Originally Posted by
KenV
We're in violent agreement. It was a great interceptor and a remarkable "complete weapons system," but never a real fighter and certainly not an air superiority fighter. The Ardvaark and Corsair II were equally remarkable in many ways. But neither were fighters, much less air superiority fighters. Interestingly, the A-4 was officially a fighter in a number of air forces. But was it really a fighter? It certainly was agile. Although some corners of its envelope were really scary ragged. It could depart in some nasty ways, which made it difficult to really fly it to its full capability.
Ken, if you can, get of your pinto and start thinking what people are trying (however obliquely) to tell you.
You might even learn something about the so called US 4th/5th gen debate lol.