An SR-72 in the works?

TLAM Strike · 06-25-07, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

F-112 through F-116 were used to designate Soviet planes used for evaluation after they were received from Egypt following the signing of the Camp David Accords. F-117 was the next number in the sequence and was used to hide the true nature of the aircraft.

That's interesting. I have a couple of books on the development of fighters and they never mention that. Can you show me which planes got which numbers?

YF-110 was the MiG-21 and the YF-113 was the MiG-23

Also see this:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/pri...ad.php?t=62776
http://www.designation-systems.net/u...ignations.html

Oops beat me to it I see JSLTIGER.