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F-14 Retirement Story

Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:52 am

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... mcat_x.htm

Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:07 am

Sad day indeed.

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Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:42 pm

Read it at breakfast...interesting how they grouped it together with the Corsair, Mustang and Spitfire as one of the truly great fighters of all time...

It will be missed.

M

Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:13 pm

Don't forget the Thunderbolt!!

Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:20 pm

Um....no...not mentioned in the article...I distinctly remember it...Corsair...Mustang....Spitfire.

M

Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:13 pm

See they said "Truly Great". If they would have said "One of the all time best fighter planes ever produced" then it would be clasified with the P-47. :D
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