You don't like seeing Attack Helicopters taking on and shooting down Supersonic Interceptors?
I heard that in the sequel they were going to take out a rogue Carrier Battle Group to prevent WW-III. After splashing all of the F-14 CAP first of course.
I like seeing that!
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I have the complete boxed set of
AIRWOLF!!!!
Seriously, the use of attack helicopters vs. Jet fighters was tested at Nellis a couple or three decades ago. It was assumed the Jets would TKO the choppers post haste, but, were quite surprised that the opposite happened.
I recall two reasons:
1. The Jets operate high and fast, the choppers low and slow. Most first contact was visual as the choppers mixed in with ground clutter on radar and choppers sometimes do not have radar. Chopper pilots have an easier time seeing up than jet pilots have seeing down.
2. The choppers may not go zoom zoom fast like jets, but they're
a LOT more maneuverable.
An additional conclusion was that dogfights between jets and choppers was not very likely due to the fact they operate in different realms and fighters usually are up against other fighters and worried about SAMs from below, while choppers are more typically antitank, if they're armed. But, I understand some AH-64s to have Sidewinder missile ability.
Anyway .... I still like AIRWOLF.
