Re: Numbers for Bombers & Fighters (v. OT, but Somebody Here Probably Knows)

On Aug 27, 5:40 am, Pat Flannery <flan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Brian Thorn wrote:
The Air Force brass
sure does seem to have been neutered in the last 20 years... "we don't
care what our regulations say, Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop, we'll
designate your planes whatever you want.

Here's a goody: At the moment we are up to the Boeing 787...then comes
the 797...and then? :-\

Pat

In the early 90s, I think, the 767's replacement was to be the 7J7.
Because J is the tenth letter.

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