What is a nth Generation fighter?

Why bother, when it is of little value and
is extremely subjective in nature?

Which I was unaware of prior to this thread. The clear cut way it was explained
to me led me to believe there was a formal catagorization process.

Trying to develop half-generation steps
just makes it even more cumbersome and subject to debate.

To date, I've never heard anyone use the terminology "4th plus" or "4.5", but
hey I'm a bomber guy what the hell do I know?


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

On 16 Dec 2003 01:07:51 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

Why bother, when it is of little value and
is extremely subjective in nature?

Which I was unaware of prior to this thread. The clear cut way it was explained
to me led me to believe there was a formal catagorization process.

Trying to develop half-generation steps
just makes it even more cumbersome and subject to debate.

To date, I've never heard anyone use the terminology "4th plus" or "4.5", but
hey I'm a bomber guy what the hell do I know?


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"


Wouldn't the BUFF be considered a 2nd generation bomber? ;-)

"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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On 16 Dec 2003 01:07:51 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

Why bother, when it is of little value and
is extremely subjective in nature?

Which I was unaware of prior to this thread. The clear cut way it was
explained
to me led me to believe there was a formal catagorization process.

Trying to develop half-generation steps
just makes it even more cumbersome and subject to debate.

To date, I've never heard anyone use the terminology "4th plus" or "4.5",
but
hey I'm a bomber guy what the hell do I know?


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it
harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"


Wouldn't the BUFF be considered a 2nd generation bomber? ;-)

Yeah, and now flown by fifth generation crews...

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 01:48:55 GMT, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:


"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
.. .
On 16 Dec 2003 01:07:51 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

Why bother, when it is of little value and
is extremely subjective in nature?

Which I was unaware of prior to this thread. The clear cut way it was
explained
to me led me to believe there was a formal catagorization process.

Trying to develop half-generation steps
just makes it even more cumbersome and subject to debate.

To date, I've never heard anyone use the terminology "4th plus" or "4.5",
but
hey I'm a bomber guy what the hell do I know?


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it
harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"


Wouldn't the BUFF be considered a 2nd generation bomber? ;-)

Yeah, and now flown by fifth generation crews...



I wonder if there are BUFF pilots out there flying the same aircraft
their grandfather did. I'd heard of pilots flying the very same F-4s
their dads did.

I wonder if there are BUFF pilots out there flying the same aircraft
their grandfather did. I'd heard of pilots flying the very same F-4s
their dads did.

For the 50th Anniversary of the B-52 in Wichita in the Spring of 2002 they were
able to assemble two (or maybe three?) groups of grandfathers, fathers and sons
who had all crewed the B-52. I remember seeing e-mail asking for info on such
unique people in the Summer of 2000 and wondered if any existed. There are
numerous storys about father-son BUFF crewmembers. We even had two in my
squadron at one time. One radar nav whose son was a BUFF pilot and an ol' BUFF
pilot whose son was a radar nav. Kind of interesting.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

Wouldn't the BUFF be considered a 2nd generation bomber? ;-)


Apparently that depends


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"