Word: hilo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hilo, Hawaii...
...company chose the same Pratt & Whitney turbofan engines used in the Air Force's costly ($12 million) but cherished new McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle long-range fighter. The General Dynamics fighter thus meshes neatly with the concept now gaining popularity in the Pentagon of a "HiLo Mix" in weapons systems. In essence, the "mix" is an effort to make the really expensive items that the Defense Department wants (like the Eagle) more palatable to a skeptical Congress by pairing them with cheaper systems (like the YF-16) that use some of the same components and thus offer possible...