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F-16 Turns 50 today
The YF-16 and YF-17 were a result of the victory by the Israelis in the 6 Day War in 1967 using Day VFR fighters. We had a competition to come up with our own DVFR fighter, and the YF-16 and YF-17 were the result. The problem was, that by the 1973 Mid East war, we found out the day of the Day... -
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Vought F-8 Crusader: Last of the Gunfighters
As someone who flew the F-4, I was underwhelmed by the F'8. It was going away by the time I finished flight training in 1972. The F-8 was basically a Day VFR fighter. The F-4 was an all weather Intercepter that could be used as a fighter bomber. -
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The Armory Life Flies a British Spitfire
Glad Will got to fly a fairly fast mover after flying slow movers in the Army. I got to fly fast movers in the Marine Corps, F-4's.