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Subject: Re: Why There's a ?New? American Fighter Called the F-21 - F-21 India 2.png ...
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:32:01 +0000
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>Well the last fighter in the standard numerical serie was the Northrop
>F-20 (ex F-5G) who disappear when the sale of F-16 was allowed so
>renaming the F-16 as F-21 is rather humorous. If I remember well the
>F-21 designation was used for the IAI Kfir (no more in service).
The name F-21 is a PR move; makes it look like a brand new plane just
for India.
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