fjs@floyd.ATT.COM (04/22/89)
From: fjs@floyd.ATT.COM In article <5758@cbnews.ATT.COM>, dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Dave Goldblatt) writes: > > From: Dave Goldblatt <dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> > > I've recently heard news that the F-14D is not in the proposed DoD budget; > does anyone have further details as to WHY? (the Navy certainly wanted it, > and Grumman was doing the development *at cost*, which was certainly something > new for a defense contractor.. :-) As I understand it, Grumman was awarded a 500M+ contract for F-14D's and the F-14A+ upgrade. I saw an F-14A+ at the Blue Angels Air Show this past weekend at NAS Norfolk. Talk about awesome. The B1-B and SR-71 were crowd pleasers too!!