In article ,
says...
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:23:07 GMT, Tank Fixer
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:19:42 GMT, Tank Fixer
wrote:

So did the F-100, F-84 and F-104 wings. None had any silly FB designation.
One aircraft got that, the FB-111 Only for the ones SAC took on.

Please note that the FB-111 which SAC flew out of Pease and
Plattsburgh was a different model entirely than the F-111A/D/E/F
versions flown in TAC and USAFE. Larger wing, higher gross weight,
different avionics.

Well aware of it.
Wasn't that wing a carry over from the F111B program for the USN ?

No. If anything, the B model wing was smaller than A. Don't quote me
on that.

OK, it was something I'd remembered reading. Or mis-remembered.

Never liked 'Varks. It took way too long for the airplane to become
operationally effective. Folks who drove them almost universally had a
"can't do" attitude. Few fighter pilots in the organization.

Not a good attitude for a combat flyer, IMHO


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