Originally Posted by
Leon Jabachjabicz
Fonsini - absolute hoop I'm glad to say. There were problems with spectrally impure RADARs in the early days but the addition of YIG filters solved a lot of those issues. By the time we were on Stage 2 RADARs any issues were well ironed out. The early issue wasn't with F16 RADARs by the way, but with more 'agricultural' spectrally impure RADARs.
The EW/ECCM features on Foxhunter were pretty good when looking at other types flying on TLP. That said we never really knew what we all had 'hidden up our sleeves' for when the real shooting war started!
LJ
Many thanks LJ, you certainly seem to know what you're talking about. My curiosity resulted from the following comment:
"I well remember the 'exceptional ECM capabilities' of the F3. Without doubt it was quite the worst fighter radar I ever saw in a jamming environment. In fact, in the early days, a co-channel radar or most F-16 radars would remove all the plots on the screen without setting a jamming spoke."