...and as to the JSF not being that much louder (according to official spin) what a load of tripe!
Loudest single engine jet I've heard - by a long shot.
It was bloody fantastic - everyone ran out of the tents blinking into the bright sunlight when it roared past on take off on Saturday morning.
I'll swear I felt the heat when it cranked round in one of those hi-g, knife-edge turns with all the moisture coming off the top of the wings - we were looking straight up the tailpipe!