Thread: Consistent CAP over a fleet from a land base
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Old February 8th 06, 05:01 AM posted to sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval
Fred J. McCall
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Default Consistent CAP over a fleet from a land base
(Taki Kogoma) wrote:

:On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:49:08 GMT,
:allegedly declared to sci.military.naval...
:In article .com,
: on 6 Feb 2006 08:29:33 -0800,
: Douglas Eagleson attempted to say .....
: A fighter specially designed for fleet defense was my comment.
:
:You mean the F-14 then ....?
:
:Nah. F-111...

Nope. Not what it was designed for. That was just a mission they
tried to tack onto an Air Force design that wasn't appropriate to the
task.

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