I had forgotten the B-58 - Duh!
And I guess the FB-111 should be included.
B-45 was used in Korea, but for recce only?
F-94 was used in Korea (supposedly not as successfully as the F4U-5N,
especially against Bedcheck Charlie). Not sure what model.
French used Vampires and maybe Venoms in Algeria and Suez?
Lots of early French and Brit types used in Suez (my favorite -
Westland Wyvern - that must have been a bitchin' prop job to push
around!)
Some Alpha Jets were sold to African countries, and may have been used
there.
My guess is that the only British type to see no combat is the
Lightning - if only because it was not really optimized for airbase
defense and couldn't get anywhere else to fight! Just joking, but
only the Saudi's could have used it, using what, those goofy over the
wing bomb ejector racks? - I would have loved to have seen that. The
pilot would be safe from and optically guided AAA, however - the gun
crew would be laughing so hard it would be hard to aim their piece!
Looks like all the French hardware, except for the Mirage IV (in the
bomber role), got used (and still gets used). FAF Mirage IVPs did a
lot of good recce work for us lately, I believe. Even Rafales (off
the CV Charles DeGaulle) were deployed over Afghanistan in Air Defense
roles, while 2000's were dropping LGBs. Where were the Typhoons?
A similar picture for US and Soviet designs: Specialized Air Defense
fighters have less likelyhood of actual use (which is logical).
Bombers and "Frontal
Aviation" types - to use the soviet term - are much more likely to be
used.
All this isn't meant to prove anything, other than there sure are a
lot of people out there that apparently need bombs dropped on them or
missiles shot at them. Don't sell that stock in the Military
Industrial Complex yet! And lets start cranking out those F-35s.
Kirk
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