I am not quite sure when, if at all, anyone used the term LOAL in this thread. Not in the last couple of years.
HOBS and LOAL are related. The more you get into HOBS, the more challenging LOAL gets, particularly at shorter ranges. The F-22, T-50 and J-20 devote a lot of weight and volume to covering the HOBS envelope while staying LOBL. Pit bulls and gunny sacks, even with datalinks.
Last edited by LowObservable; 14th Jul 2015 at 02:39.