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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: variable geometry wings
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Date: 11 Apr 90 03:17:02 GMT
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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)

In article <15409@cbnews.ATT.COM>, creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps) writes:
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> From: creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps)
> In article <15314@cbnews.ATT.COM> xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) writes:
> >if they were still using F-5s or if they moved on to other aircraft.  I recall
> >hearing somewhere that the Navy was moving to F-18s for their Aggressor aircraft
> >but cannot recall where or when I read/heard this.
> 
>    I haven't heard anything about that myself, although it may be true.
> If not, maybe what you are thinking about are the Blue Angels, who recently
> changed from F-4's to F-18's.

The Blue Angels transitioned from F-11F-1 Super Tigers to A-4 Skyhawks to
F/A-18 Hornets over a couple of decades.

The Thunderbirds (U.S.A.F.) flew F-4's for a while, but left them for less
fuel-hungry T-38 Talons and now fly F-16's.  (Fighting Falcon is a dumb
name...I like Electric Jet a lot better.)

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