ISBN10: 9871682468, ISBN13: 9789871682461, [publisher: Australis (Serie Fuerza Aérea No 27), Argentina] Softcover First Edition 59p., photos, wrps. At the beginning of the sixties the Air Force began the analysis of the characteristics that an interceptor aircraft that would replace the Gloster Meteor should have, complementing the F-86F Sabre. The latter, even though it was an excellent fighter plane, was inadequate as an interceptor. A supersonic aircraft was required, equipped with radar and air-to-air missiles. The North American F-100 Super Saber option was discarded because it was an aircraft that was already technologically outdated; The English Electric Lightning, the Saab 35 Draken and the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter remained as candidates - although the possibility of the US authorizing their export was remote.
[Redlands, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2018]