USAF tried that same theory with the F4........didn’t work.
Got to have the gun .......those guys ain’t gonna go gunner in something built by the lowest bidder. Usually the waist ginners covered the area a chin gun would in this rig today.
Hopefully we see one IMO.
Stay safe !
I mainly just hope the things stay in the air!
I still thing they should be T&E’d on supergrades, SES and generals for a year or two before approving them for Joe Snuffy.