Richard Stewart wrote in message ...
Hi Guys,
Just wondering what the alternate (losing) choices were for the main US
older fighter aircraft?

eg. I know the YF17 lost out to the F18...

But what were the competitors to the rest (you don't need to go back too
far) - that's if they actually HAD competitors...

F14?
F15?
F16?
A10?
F117?
(have I missed any?)

and any pix?

F-14... was there any competition? Features from the F-15 alternate
designs showed up on the Tomcat.
F-15... McDonnell-Douglas, Rockwell, and others submittted competitive
designs
F-16... YF-17 Cobra (which influenced the F/A-18 Hornet)
F-20 Tigershark... private venture, no one wanted to buy it
Piper Enforcer and ARES Mudfighter... no interest in COIN aircraft
A-10... Northrop A-9
F-117... Northrop XST (and unknown to the USAF... Germany... the MBB
Lampyridae)

Oh, and for the B-52 fans... the Convair YB-60:
http://www.air-and-space.com/YB-60.htm

Rob
Cheers,
Richard