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From: wku_unix!kinney@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mark A. Kinney)
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Subject: Aircraft Answers
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Date: 12 Mar 91 23:13:49 GMT
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From: Mark A. Kinney <wku_unix!kinney@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
In response to William Daul's question about Project Aurora:

	I heard that it was supposed to be the SR-71 follow-on. It was supposed
to be hypersonic and use stealth technology. Official reports I've heard say t
that the project doesn't exist. I know this will sound somewhat political, but
I think cancelling the Blackbird was a really bone-headed move on the part off
the DoD.

In response to davidl's post on the F-14:

	I heard on the news about a week ago that the F-14 was not going to
undergo another update. The YF-23 is the ATF version I've been seeing on every
news program about it (including something on the Financial network :) ) so I
think it's the chosen one. I hope Navy picks it up, because the FA-18 simply is
NOT capable of the long range intercept mission of the F-14. Cancelling the
Tomcat in favor of the Hornet would cut our carrier defence radius dramatically.

In response to Steve Williams' post about the F-111:

	The RC-111 is the recce version. It's called the Raven (thank God it
wasn't cursed with "Aardvark"), and is used by Australia as well as the US.
The EC-111 Electric Fox is the ECM version.

	sources for F-11 info: _Encyclopedia of World Military Power_, Bishop,
		for RF-111, _Concise Color Guide:Modern Combat Aircraft_ for
		EF-111.

MArk K
Mark Kinney
kinney@wku.edu