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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

On 10/10/04 11:51 PM, "Simon Spero" <ses AT unc.edu> wrote:

> Alan MacHett wrote:
> 
>> Have any of you or anyone you know managed to get photographs of the
>> F-whatevers that have been strafing us these past few days?  I'm trying to
>> identify the aircraft and squadron, but without an image on hand it's hard
>> to work from a memory of something zipping past at a few hundred knots.
>>  
>> 
> http://airdefense.bliss.army.mil/fm4480/Default.htm
> 
> Fighter. USAF. Two vertical tail fins.

If that is the case, I think it is pretty easy. As far as I recall, the USAF
only has two fighters with two vertical stabilizers in inventory--the F-15
and F-117:

http://airdefense.bliss.army.mil/fm4480/chpt6/eagle/33h02.htm
http://airdefense.bliss.army.mil/fm4480/chpt5/f117a/28h01.htm

At least until the F/A-22 is deployed in 2005:

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/f22/f22_back.html

My guess of the three would be F-15 ;-)

David