Re: [FT] Pics posted
From: DracSpy@a...
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 01:49:52 EST
Subject: Re: [FT] Pics posted
In a message dated 99-02-01 23:16:42 EST, you write:
<< >Alternately you could use the US Navy designations, which start with
V for
>aViation ("A" having been previously claimed for "Armored"). Remember
CV =
>carrier? That's actually "Cruiser, aViation", since the first CV's
were
>built on cruiser hulls. Thus a fighter squadron is VF and an attack
>squadron is VA.
True, but I was reserving the 'V' designation for planetary fighters as
opposed to space fighters. :) >>
V is for fixed wing
-Stephen