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Subject: Re: Fighters without guns
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Date: 10 Jan 90 03:27:58 GMT
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>From article <12928@cbnews.ATT.COM>, by dlj@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (david.l.jacobowitz):
> From: dlj@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (david.l.jacobowitz)
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> But I'm trying to think of the fighters that were actually deployed
> without an internal gun, and I can only name one: the F-4 Phantom II.
> So I'm wondering what other U.S. fighters have been deployed
> without an internal gun.
The F-111 was a bomb and rocket hauling fighter. It was adapted to accept 
an 'electric cannon' in it's bomb bay. It had the minor drawback of
being one of those aircraft that can fly fast enough to shoot itself
down. I don't know if that is true, but it WAS advertised at mach 2.5+.

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