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How relevant is gun fighting for the F22/F35?
Of the appx 54 kills by US Air Force F-15s, not a single one was with the gun.
Apparently some of the Israelis' appx 50 F15 kills have been by gun, but I don't know how many. Anyway we don't design our fighters for the Israelis, we design them for us.
Yes, we all know the stories about F4's sent to Vietnam without cannon. That was 45 years ago, and missile technology has advanced a lot. Plus, there is a difference between a fighter with no gun capabilities, and a fighter with some gun capabilities. Maybe "some" is plenty good enough.
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