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Flightdeck Friday: TFX – A Time for Turkeys (Pt II)

November 30th, 2007 5 Comments

“Senator, there isn’t enough power in all of Christendom to make that airplane what we want” VADM Tom Connolly testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee (1968)
 
 
 
In Part I we explored some of the politics (and politicking) behind the TFX – the program to provide the Air Force and Navy with a common next generation [...]

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