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Originally Posted by Gun Grape
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Shocking I know.
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In the case of the FB-111. By the rules the aircraft basic mission is a bomber. And it has a modified mission as a fighter. When in fact, its just the opposite.
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And that's something that's always bothered me. A
bomber? I thought the term bomber was supposed to refer to a strategic (not necessarily meaning nuclear) aircraft that attacked..erm, strategic targets behind enemy lines. I didn't think they intended the F-111 to do that as it's primary mission.
Oh wait, I remember: following the rules even if it's rarely done (like having an exception to virtually every standardized naming scheme in the Navy....USS
Hyman G Rickover, USS
Henry M Jackson, USS
Thomas Gates etc.)
The rules are actually for coming up with NATO reporting names for Soviet equipment. THEN you have to follow them
