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Offline CMC Airboss

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« on: July 19, 2006, 12:09:57 AM »
So much for retiring the Tomcat!  The only remaining Navy Tomcat squadron, VF-31, looks like it will be deployed on the "The Big Stick" to support the emerging middle east conflict.

http://www.newsregister.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=210529
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Offline Seraphim

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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2006, 12:15:44 AM »
I knew they couldn't live without it
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2006, 12:18:06 AM »
Time to saddle up for the last ride.
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2006, 12:39:28 AM »
My jrotc instuctor in hischool was a back seater in F-4's and he was heart broken to hear that they retired the last of the weasles, Im glad to see the tomcats going on one last ride... ill be watching for info on em now, thx dude
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2006, 01:48:46 AM »
Well,

My friend just got back. Guess its only fair to go back with the Cat.
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2006, 01:59:39 PM »
Welcome back F-14 crews!  I'm only saddened that you dont have newer, upgraded F-14s to fly.  Guess the A-12 and Super Hornet weren't such good ideas afterall.
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2006, 04:49:47 PM »
Anytime baby:aok Good to ear.
 
What's an A-12?
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Offline BlueJ1

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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2006, 04:55:36 PM »
A-12?

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Offline MoeRon

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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2006, 05:00:22 PM »
That would be the SR-71 Blackbird
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2006, 05:00:49 PM »
I can't really imagine a SR71 landing on an aircraft carrier, even if American ones are H U G E :p
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2006, 05:04:16 PM »
Whats an A-12?

The A-12 was a *hugely* expensive program in the early 90s to develop a stealth flying wing bomber for the Navy.  Billions of dollars of cost overruns and the collapse of the Soviet Union stopped that project.

By one estimate the A-12 had become so expensive that it would have consumed up 70 percent of the Navy's aircraft budget within three years.

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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2006, 05:06:43 PM »
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A-12?



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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2006, 05:18:19 PM »
Actually you are both right. sort of.  There were twelve design passes on the SR71 and A12 was the last.

A12 was presented to the CIA, which ordered 12 of them in 1960.  The first SR71 was presented around 1962.  It was an updated A12, which carried camera gear which could cover the peripheral view, which is the primary difference between the first SR71 and the last A12.  The A12 only had straight down view cameras.
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2006, 05:20:05 PM »
I love you google....come back to me.
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2006, 05:32:17 PM »
:lol

Oh! THAT A12 ... I remember now, I completly forgot about "The flying dorito".
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