Lightweight Fighter program
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lightweight-fighter-program-253-4245275
title:
Lightweight Fighter program
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The Lightweight Fighter (LWF) program was a United States Air Force technology evaluation program initiated in the late 1960s by a group of officers and defense analysts known as the "Fighter Mafia". It was spurred by then-Major John Boyd's 'energy-maneuverability' (E-M) theory, which indicated that excessive weight would have severely debilitating consequences on the maneuverability of an aircraft. Boyd's design called for a light-weight fighter with a high thrust-to-weight ratio, high maneuver
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United States Air Force technology evaluation program
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Fighter_program
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2023-09-25T02:35:55Z
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