There were three 'area rules' that applied to the F-105.
1) It took an inordinate amount of 'geographic area' to turn it around (7.33 corner was somewhere around 500 with reasonably negative SEP))
2) It was able to leave a 'geographic area' straight-ahead at an inordinately high speed in its early days (later on not so much)
3) It took quite a large 'geographic area' to build a runway long enough for it to get airborne (even with its water injection system)
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If they do restart the F-22 line, will ANG pilots still go on '60 Minutes' to complain about and refuse to fly it?