As I recall, it was just the one plane. Personally, loved the F-20. Seemed like a no brainer with the F-5 proliferation around the world. But like you said, complicated.
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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery, Troisième partie: la vengeance!
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The F-20 was far more to the liking of the Fighter Mafia led by COL John Boyd who had pushed for the Lightweight Fighter competition but felt even the F-16 had suffered too much in performance due to adding more multi mission capability. The F-20 had plenty of promise and appeal, but potential buyers all wanted an aircraft that the US had in inventory and would sustain and upgrade thereby yielding benefits to the potential buyer(s) as well as providing the all important training component. If USAF had adopted the F-20, the buyers would be knocking at the door.
The F-20 was far more to the liking of the Fighter Mafia led by COL John Boyd who had pushed for the Lightweight Fighter competition but felt even the F-16 had suffered too much in performance due to adding more multi mission capability. The F-20 had plenty of promise and appeal, but potential buyers all wanted an aircraft that the US had in inventory and would sustain and upgrade thereby yielding benefits to the potential buyer(s) as well as providing the all important training component. If USAF had adopted the F-20, the buyers would be knocking at the door.
Great pic. This pic was probably taken when SECNAV Lehman and his designated front-seater were taking this a/c on a publicity tour to many bases, trying to drum up interest and get backing for procurement. I was instructing in Kingsville when they came through there. COMTRAWINGTWO and base CO, both of them fighter-types, got rides in it, if my memory serves me right.
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Yes. 201 did go VFA. I remember those F8's. We moved from Houston to Dallas in 75. If I behaved, mom would take me out to the base to watch the jets come and go. Did that into my early teens. Little did I know that in 1995, I would become a Hunter. Stayed till the decom.
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Beautiful shot of a beautiful combat aircraft.
We should never have gotten rid of Rosey Roads. When I was in PR a few years ago doing CNT Ops, whenever the locals found out the Navy was in town, they asked the same question: "Is Roosevelt Roads coming back?" Shutting that base down tanked the local economy and I think many of the older generation are regretting that decision now.
