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December 2022

basco

Nice book, very useful. size could be bigger and I would have liked to have more text.

December 2022

SableLiger Patron

Nice.

For those curious to know why the nickname. It was because:

  1. General Dynamics Plant No. 4, where the aircraft was developed and built, was based at Carswell AFB, near Ft. Worth, TX. It is currently owned by Lockheed-Martin, which is the main assembly plant for the F-35 Lightning.

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  1. They called them “Swingers” because of the swing-wing configuration.