An SR-72 in the works? - Page 3

TLAM Strike · 06-25-07, 10:15 AM

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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.

bradclark1 · 06-25-07, 10:37 AM

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Military spending went from a 'global deterrent' to a 'global pain in the ass' overnight, everything that was deemed unnecessary was cut, immediately and in some cases without informing people.

I think I saw a show on the 71 on the History channel that it cost $1,000,000+ per flight not counting the engine replacement every three or four flight's or so.

Sailor Steve · 06-25-07, 11:16 AM

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

Well, except for the part where the F-110 designation was applied to the Air Force version of the F-4H3 (later F-4C) Phantom II, which the AF intended to nickname Spectre.

TLAM Strike · 06-25-07, 12:55 PM

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

Well, except for the part where the F-110 designation was applied to the Air Force version of the F-4H3 (later F-4C) Phantom II, which the AF intended to nickname Spectre.

Talk about disinformation its used for both!

Well YF-110 is used for the MiG-21 while F-110A is used for the F-4.

Sailor Steve · 06-25-07, 05:00 PM

AND there's no direct evidence that either of them was ever actually an official designator.

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