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...another big raid, Air Force F4 Phantoms using both laser-guided and general purpose bombs attacked a fuel depot 35 miles northeast of Hanoi. Pilots reported many direct hits, numerous secondary explosion and fires, and a pipeline...
...recent days U.S. officials have indicated that to counter the upcoming communist offensive, two aircraft carriers are on their way to the Vietnamese coast, and one squadron of F4 Phantom bombers and two squadrons of B52s are en route to bases in Thailand...
...interceptor plane was more spirited, but the vote only slightly closer, 61-28. Spending watchdogs considered the F-14 to be the most vulnerable item on the military procurement bill; it will cost four times more than the plane it is designed to replace, the F4, and there have already been cost overruns during its development, One Senator attributed its acceptance to unemployment: "Some members told me that they would rather have people working on useless things than being out of work. That's a hell of a commentary when you think of all the things that need...
Since then, Fairchild Hillers sales have climbed from $115 million to $210 million for 1966. Along with the F-228, the company is engaged as a major subcontractor on the McDonnell F4, the Boeing 747, the SST, and it is working with West German designers on what could be a multibillion-dollar verticaltakeoff and landing aircraft. With such projects under way, Fairchild President Edward G. Uhl's forecast of doubled sales within the next six years seems somewhat conservative...
Spain recently agreed to buy 70 F-5 jet fighters from Northrop Corp. for $47 million; the planes were originally developed for distribution to U.S. allies under military-assistance pacts. Canada, on the verge of ordering 200 F-5s, is debating whether to switch to the costlier McDonnell F4, whose interceptor model is the hottest in the U.S. inventory, or to the Douglas A-4E Skyhawk, which can land on a carrier. Australia has decided to buy ten Lockheed P-3 Orion antisubmarine planes. West Germany, whose purchases account for nearly half of U.S. foreign arms sales...