On May 7, 12:37 pm, Jack Linthicum
wrote:
On May 7, 3:35 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:



On May 7, 12:10 pm, Jack Linthicum
wrote:

On May 7, 3:09 pm, Jack Linthicum wrote:

On May 7, 2:49 pm, wrote:

"Boeing has started publicly marketing two
concepts for a stealthy, tailless, supercruising
strike fighter to replace its F/A-18E/F Super
Hornet after 2025.

Both twin-engine concepts, which feature
optionally-piloted cockpits, resemble a
modern-day replacement for the ill-fated A-12
Avenger. The carrier-based stealth bomber
project was cancelled in 1991 amid cost
overruns and technical problems."

So if the A-12 was the Avenger II:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-12_Avenger_II

Maybe they should call this one the Avenger III.

How would this compare to an improved JSF?

pix

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...boeing-display...

more pix

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2508669/posts

NIFTY, certainly looks efficiently futuristic.
There's something cooking at Boeing about building more F/A-18's here,

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN...pe=marketsNews

has something to do with a possible delay of the F-35.
Looks like a good deal for the taxpayer too.
Ken

Canada is talking F-35 for an FA-18 replacement.

I'd hope Canuck pilots will objectively evaluate the F-35 vs F-18's,
for the foreseeable missions.
The F-18's are a formidable competition, like a bench mark.
Canucks have a lot of good experience with the F-18.
The F-35 will need to demo a superior capability to justify the
extra cost and 'learning curve' , it's still a new born babe.
Ken