Re: [FT] Pics posted

At 01:49 AM 2/2/99 EST, you wrote:
>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

Correct.  Space fighters don't have wings :)

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