Should the F104 Starfighter Have Been the USAF’s Air Superiority Fighter in Vietnam?

The F-104C Starfighter is a real symbol of ‘50s and ‘60s aviation. It looks fast. It looks aggressive. It just exudes air superiority. And yet, when the US really needed to establish that superiority over the jungles of Vietnam it was the F-4 Phantom that got the call. When the results of Project Featherduster were […]