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A comment on Boeing gearing up for 787 move to South Carolina. Parent comment

Re:Boeing gearing up for 787 move to South Carolina by throw0101a on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:55AM (#24553027)
> I have mixed feelings on the F-15, and think it might have turned out better if it'd been a lighter fighter, as per Col. John Boyd's specification.

Can you go into who Boyd was, what was so important about the "specifications", and how the F-15 would have been better by following them (or is worse because didn't)?

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Re:Boeing gearing up for 787 move to South Carolina by ZanyProgrammer on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:31AM (#24553274)
Boyd had a veritable fetish for fighters that were cheaper, less performing but smaller and maneuverable. He also came up with the OODA stuff, if you're really into that kind of thing.
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