Thread: Boeing displays concepts for F/A-18E/F replacement
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Old May 7th 10, 08:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Jack Linthicum
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Default Boeing displays concepts for F/A-18E/F replacement
On May 7, 3:09*pm, Jack Linthicum wrote:
On May 7, 2:49*pm, wrote:



"Boeing has started publicly marketing two
concepts for a stealthy, tailless, supercruising
strike fighter to replace its F/A-18E/F Super
Hornet after 2025.

Both twin-engine concepts, which feature
optionally-piloted cockpits, resemble a
modern-day replacement for the ill-fated A-12
Avenger. The carrier-based stealth bomber
project was cancelled in 1991 amid cost
overruns and technical problems."

So if the A-12 was the Avenger II:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-12_Avenger_II

Maybe they should call this one the Avenger III.

How would this compare to an improved JSF?

pix

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...boeing-display...

more pix

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2508669/posts