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Old February 9th 06, 02:34 AM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
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Default Consistent CAP over a fleet from a land base

David Brower wrote:
Tank Fixer writes:

In article ,
on Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:14:28 +0000 (UTC),
Taki Kogoma attempted to say .....


On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:49:08 GMT,

allegedly declared to sci.military.naval...
In article .com,
on 6 Feb 2006 08:29:33 -0800,
Douglas Eagleson
attempted to say .....
A fighter specially designed for fleet defense was my comment.

You mean the F-14 then ....?

Nah. F-111...


Say, what was that straight wing predecessor of the F111 that didnt get built ?


The F6D Missileer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F6D_Missileer

-dB


I vaguely remember a proposal to arm A-6 Intruder with AIM-54 Phoenix.
Probably it was mentioned in "Grumman A-6 Intruder: WarbirdTech Volume
33".