Post by ironhold on Jul 24, 2023 20:25:51 GMT
Stems from the above bit in "editorial critique" where, due to my penchant for over-thinking things, I'm taking world-building a fictional universe to such an extreme that I'm trying to come up with as many brands and products as possible that I can slap fictional names on to flesh things out.
While looking up General Dynamics as a possible military contractor, I found this little bit on Wiki:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_operators
Apparently, while the United States Air Force was all over the F-16 Falcon when it first appeared, the Navy was slow to consider adopting it and eventually went with the F/A-18 Hornet as its choice for attack aircraft.
This has me wondering.
Suppose, for a second, the Navy had indeed chosen the Falcon, even though it was already getting some miles on the tires.
Would that have killed the Hornet program?
Would the aircraft have served side-by-side?
Would some other allied nation have seen fit to keep the Hornet going?
Would the US Navy have found itself at a tactical disadvantage as the Falcon fleet got older?
While looking up General Dynamics as a possible military contractor, I found this little bit on Wiki:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_operators
Apparently, while the United States Air Force was all over the F-16 Falcon when it first appeared, the Navy was slow to consider adopting it and eventually went with the F/A-18 Hornet as its choice for attack aircraft.
This has me wondering.
Suppose, for a second, the Navy had indeed chosen the Falcon, even though it was already getting some miles on the tires.
Would that have killed the Hornet program?
Would the aircraft have served side-by-side?
Would some other allied nation have seen fit to keep the Hornet going?
Would the US Navy have found itself at a tactical disadvantage as the Falcon fleet got older?
