Not too many planes get canceled and resurrected, seems like the epitome of controversial.
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Does the B-2 Lancer qualify?Not too many planes get canceled and resurrected, seems like the epitome of controversial.
Does the B-2 Lancer qualify?
Uhhh....just wanted to see if you were paying attention. Yeah, that one.You mean the B-1 Lancer?
Uhhh....just wanted to see if you were paying attention. Yeah, that one.
Could L-M restart F-22 production or was this a case of the Avro Arrow with all drawings, jigs, etc. purposely destroyed?The F-22 will be around longer than 2035. That is why we have SMR.
I understand. But the F-35 is being asked to do the role of the 22.
By most of the other nations that have purchased it. You are correct it is primarily a bomber but a lot of nations cannot afford two typesBy who? Not by the USAF. The primary mission of the F-35 is to drop bombs, end of story. "Joint STRIKE fighter."
Last year we were awarded more than $14B in contracts to modernize the B-1 and B-52, to keep them going a bit longer.
Could L-M restart F-22 production or was this a case of the Avro Arrow with all drawings, jigs, etc. purposely destroyed?
Hmmm.. where to start.Sending F-4 Phantom IIs to tangle with Vietnamese MiG-19 and MiG-21 without a gun was a controversial design decision, or should have been IMO. Did anyone ask the pilots what they wanted or needed?
I've read of some of the rules of engagement. B-52's having navigation lights on, flying the exact same routes, etc. I'm wondering what other rules were in effect?Hmmm.. where to start.
First the MiG-19 was not used in numbers until late in the war. The VNAF used MiG-17s and 21s
The no gun F-4 was a design philosophy that was brought in during the 1950s. Pilots weren't invited to the table until the airwar wasn't going well. It might have worked until politicians created Rules of Engagements that would limit the effectiveness of air to air missiles (among other things) . Last, the Sparrow missile was junk and was not suited for combat in SE Asia.
Despite all this, the USN and USAF did eventually gain higher kill ratios, the US Navy started Top Gun and that helped a lot.
The "Bone" is still in service with about 100 in the USAF inventory.Does the B-2 Lancer qualify?