LTV interest in clearing A-7 Corsair II for export to Jordan:
https://archive.org/details/State-Dept-cable-1975-15657/mode/1up
RoK interest in A-7s for a naval air arm (point 3D):
https://archive.org/details/State-Dept-cable-1974-95974/page/n1/mode/1up
....but RoK must first take care of...
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1970s
cold war
hashemite kingdom of jordan
ling-temco-vought
ltv
republic of korea
republic of the philippines
state department (united states)
united states
The arrival of a new book on the F8 Crusader got me thinking of the old chestnut of giving the RN a fighter
for Ark, Eagle, Victorious and Hermes
I have always felt that if we had done what France did and purchased the F8 we could have kept a carrier force
as long as the French did. We could...
air defence
alternate history
chance vought
cold war
fighter
fleet air arm
fleet air defense interceptor
great britain
jet age
ling-temco-vought
royal navy
short brothers plc
united states
vought
I found these pictures in the Vought Aircraft Historical Foundation archives and had to go online to research PATA
to find out what the heck it was. PATA Plenum Air Tread Amphibian
It basically has a plenum that provides air to tracks that are a series of low pressure air cells and an airflow...
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