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To: LSUfan
Really? Does anyone really believe that the Air Force and/or CIA would call such an aircraft "SR-72?" Wouldn't that name be a dead giveaway.

Speaking from professional experience, it is much more likely that such program would have a quite different name.

I remember buying an "F-19" model as a teen (the aircraft also showed up in a wargame that I bought). But the real program at Tenopah turned out to be the F-117--which looks entirely different. And frankly, the F-117 should have been called "A-117" given its actual combat role.

7 posted on 11/02/2013 6:33:48 AM PDT by Lysandru
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To: Lysandru
I remember buying an "F-19" model as a teen (the aircraft also showed up in a wargame that I bought). But the real program at Tenopah turned out to be the F-117--which looks entirely different. And frankly, the F-117 should have been called "A-117" given its actual combat role.

Reminds me in my model building days I had a model of an SR-71 which included sidewinder air-to-air missiles deployed from small missile bays under the belly. One can't imagine an SR-71 engaging in air-to-air combat.

12 posted on 11/02/2013 6:46:48 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The U.S. is dead to me.)
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