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The Fighter Mafia was a controversial group of U.S. Air Force officers and civilian defense analysts who, in the 1970s, advocated the use of John Boyd and Thomas P. Christie's Energy-Maneuverability (E-M) theory as the sole driver in designing fighter aircraft. The mathematical model developed enabled quantitative (number-driven) one-to-one comparison of the performance of aircraft in terms of air combat maneuvering, independent of real world flight testing. The model was used to identify deficiencies with both designs in service and proposed designs of the time. The Fighter Mafia would influence the specifications of the F-X, and went on to independently develop specifications for the Light Weight Fighter. The group was instrumental in a return to air-combat maneuverability as one of the

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  • The Fighter Mafia was a controversial group of U.S. Air Force officers and civilian defense analysts who, in the 1970s, advocated the use of John Boyd and Thomas P. Christie's Energy-Maneuverability (E-M) theory as the sole driver in designing fighter aircraft. The mathematical model developed enabled quantitative (number-driven) one-to-one comparison of the performance of aircraft in terms of air combat maneuvering, independent of real world flight testing. The model was used to identify deficiencies with both designs in service and proposed designs of the time. The Fighter Mafia would influence the specifications of the F-X, and went on to independently develop specifications for the Light Weight Fighter. The group was instrumental in a return to air-combat maneuverability as one of the
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  • The Fighter Mafia was a controversial group of U.S. Air Force officers and civilian defense analysts who, in the 1970s, advocated the use of John Boyd and Thomas P. Christie's Energy-Maneuverability (E-M) theory as the sole driver in designing fighter aircraft. The mathematical model developed enabled quantitative (number-driven) one-to-one comparison of the performance of aircraft in terms of air combat maneuvering, independent of real world flight testing. The model was used to identify deficiencies with both designs in service and proposed designs of the time. The Fighter Mafia would influence the specifications of the F-X, and went on to independently develop specifications for the Light Weight Fighter. The group was instrumental in a return to air-combat maneuverability as one of the defining qualities of fighter planes after the Vietnam war showed that long-range missile systems of the time were insufficient as the sole deciding factor in air combat. The next generation of warplanes combined both maneuverability (which the group advocated) as well as the high-tech electronics and missiles (that they opposed). Aircraft in this generation included the F-15, F-16 and F/A-18.
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