We have some topics on the IFA contenders (V-1000, CL-1200) but I can't find something on the competition in general. Came across this. It's been claimed that the USAF recommended the V-1000. According to this, the performance was CL-1200, F-4, V-1000, F-5E but cost was in the same rankings, so...
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Following on from Overscan's post on the Corsair for CAS i recently noted in Air Pictorial from March 1970 that LTV had proposed a land based development of the F-8 Crusader called the V-1000. The aircraft was propossed for the Low Cost US Fighter project fo replace the F-5 Freedom Fighter as a...
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