F-111 "swing-wing" fighter-bomber

[unknown_3x]

but this is sure we cant match the american technology in many years ..(maybe we can when thay ground them) LIKE F16...now we need some single wing air crafts for our sky boys .....and tell me if pakistan have some stealth tech in plan......WE MUST TAKE IT SERIOUS :cop

 

[Magoo]

The A-12 version of the Blackbird was the CIA only recon version. 12 aircraft were built.

Three YF-12 interceptors which could carry three nuke tipped anti aircraft missiles were built but it never entered service operationally.

Three M-21 aircraft were built to carry the D-21 'Tagboard' drone, but this program was cancelled after a crash.

The SR-71 was a USAF recon aircraft, and never carried weapons.

The pics posted on page 1 of the foward swept stealth jet are of the 'Switchblade' concept which was patented by Northrop Grumman in 1995. There have been various reports that the aircraft flew but did not enter service due to 'issues' with the swept wing design.

AS for 'unknown_3x's "jew" comment. what the hell was "veiled" about that??? He should be booted for good for that crap! :mad

Magoo

 

[gf0012-aust]

Magoo, people get warnings first. Then we take it from there.

News just in is that the YF-23 Black Widow may be resurrected as an interim fighter bomber.

I always did like the YF-23 over the F-22, so it will be interesting to see how serious they are about having it for a long range strike role.

A-12 and YF-12 were fundamentally the same aircraft - it's just that the recon internal pod would be evacuated from the weaps bays.

I'll drag out my SR-71 refs to confirm. I managed to score a couple of excellent ref works on the breed while I was in Germany last year - unfort they're all in German.

 

[Magoo]

Magoo, people get warnings first. Then we take it from there.

News just in is that the YF-23 Black Widow may be resurrected as an interim fighter bomber.

I always did like the YF-23 over the F-22, so it will be interesting to see how serious they are about having it for a long range strike role.

A-12 and YF-12 were fundamentally the same aircraft - it's just that the recon internal pod would be evacuated from the weaps bays.

I'll drag out my SR-71 refs to confirm. I managed to score a couple of excellent ref works on the breed while I was in Germany last year - unfort they're all in German.

Hmmm...ok. I would have thought such a dumb comment warranted a send-off without the benefit of a yellow card first! Oh well, your call I guess.

There are strong indications that a development of the YF-23 has been flying for some years, and may in fact be based at TTR in the Nevada desert in near squadron strength along with an F-16 cover squadron.

The A-12 was a single seater and had a much smaller nose cross section. The YF-12 had a totally different forward fuselage which was about 2 ft longer, had a WSO (Weapons Systems Officer) in back, a radome with a big radar in it (forerunner to the AWG-9 in the F-14), and missile bays in the chines. The GAR-9 missiles were the forerunner of the AIM-54 Phoenix. Maybe uyou were thinking of the M-21 which had the camera pack behind the pilot removed to make way for an LCO (launch control officer).

GF...I'd like to get in touch with yourself and Aussie Digger off this forum if you feel so inclined. I'm based in Sydney and would be interested in opening up some Aussie specific dialogue away from this forum which is obviously heavily aimed towards the sub-continent!.

Cheers

 

[gf0012-aust]

Hmmm...ok. I would have thought such a dumb comment warranted a send-off without the benefit of a yellow card first! Oh well, your call I guess.

There are strong indications that a development of the YF-23 has been flying for some years, and may in fact be based at TTR in the Nevada desert in near squadron strength along with an F-16 cover squadron.

The A-12 was a single seater and had a much smaller nose cross section. The YF-12 had a totally different forward fuselage which was about 2 ft longer, had a WSO (Weapons Systems Officer) in back, a radome with a big radar in it (forerunner to the AWG-9 in the F-14), and missile bays in the chines. The GAR-9 missiles were the forerunner of the AIM-54 Phoenix. Maybe uyou were thinking of the M-21 which had the camera pack behind the pilot removed to make way for an LCO (launch control officer).

GF...I'd like to get in touch with yourself and Aussie Digger off this forum if you feel so inclined. I'm based in Sydney and would be interested in opening up some Aussie specific dialogue away from this forum which is obviously heavily aimed towards the sub-continent!.

Cheers

Feel free to PM me. As for non sub continent section, I guess that is another opportunity for the Web to consider - it would certainly broaden the "reader base" Although for the interim I guess things could be slotted into Social and Political (as it it's designed to allow wide ranging discussions)

I've just had a trawl through my SR-71 books and I stand corrected. As per prev, the A-12 was "un-chined" (sic), and also shorter in absolute length. Tis strange as I would think that an autonomous interceptor (as in independant of GCI) would have had the larger nose for larger radar systems - much like its bigger sisters. I still think that it is one of the lost opportunities of aviation history. It would have had a better power to weight/thrust ratio though.

The XB-70, F-108, YF-12, SR-71 would have been an amazing quartet.

 

[Aussie Digger]

Yep, feel free to PM me too Magoo.

 

[webmaster]

Magoo, welcome!

Many times a warning in their replies or through PM is enough to make them realize their mistake. If they do not improve on that, we show them the door. I do agree with you that there are too many topics on subcontinent, please feel free to open threads on any issues not related to the South Asia rim.
We just have too many indian and Pakistani members. :alian

Enjoy!

 

[Salman78]

F-111 is a beautiful strike aircraft but it has run out of steam now.