Dumbest question ever

Ghost,

Well they call the F-117 a fighter but it aint really that is it?

Cheers

BHR

Originally posted by BillHicksRules
Ghost,

Well they call the F-117 a fighter but it aint really that is it?

Cheers

BHR

True! I'll give you that one. The F-117 has no A2A capibility at all.

Ghost,

Ha ha!!!

I demand you relinquish your post as you have been bested in combat.

Cheers

BHR
ATS Director of Counter-Ignorance

[edit on 31-5-2005 by BillHicksRules]

reply to post by waynos


The A-12 was designated as an attack aircraft and it wasn't made by Grumman it was made by Lockheed. It's part of the Blackbird family and was flown by the CIA before the SR-71 was accepted into the Air Force.

Originally posted by Blackbirdspecops
reply to post by waynos

 

The A-12 was designated as an attack aircraft and it wasn't made by Grumman it was made by Lockheed. It's part of the Blackbird family and was flown by the CIA before the SR-71 was accepted into the Air Force.

There was 2 A-12 Designated aircraft

A-12 Avenger II McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics Corporation
Program Cancelled

A-12 Oxacrt Program, Lockheed. Flown by the C.I.A.
Forrunner to the YF-12A Interceptor, M-21 and the USAF 's SR-71 .

reply to post by Blackbirdspecops


The A-12 flown by the CIA was never an attack aircraft. It was a single seat version of the SR-71 that was lighter, and a bit faster than the SR-71, but it had no attack capabilities. The A-12 had a shorter range, and was designed for direct overflight of the Soviet Union, where the SR-71 was designed for oblique photography.

The armed version is the YF-12, which carried AIM-47 missiles. There were several firings, all at Mach 2+.

A-12:
Range- 2500nm
Max Altitude- 95,000ft
Speed- Mach 3.35

SR-71:
Range- 3250nm
Max Altitude- 85,000ft
Speed- Mach 3.2

[edit on 3/1/2009 by Zaphod58]

[edit on 3/1/2009 by Zaphod58]