May 7th 10, 08:37 PM
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Boeing displays concepts for F/A-18E/F replacement
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.
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