RE: Fighter Group Turn around time was: YAFS

Yes and no.  Current jets like the F-18 come in two slightly different
versions, one for ground attack, one for air-superiority.  ALthough an
F-18 can carry something like 14,000 lbs of ordinance, it pales in
comparison to the 50,000 lbs that a B-52 can carry over 4 times the
range.	In addition, the F-18 is limited to 2000 lbs bombs, wheras the
B-52 can carry up larger ones.

The question would then be, can anti-ship craft enter the atmosphere
with no appreciable loss in performance?

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beth.Fulton@csiro.au [mailto:Beth.Fulton@csiro.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 2:37 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: RE: Fighter Group Turn around time was: YAFS
> 
> 
> G'day,
> 
> > Beth, Bombers as in planetary attack craft? Or heavy 
> anti-ship craft?
> 
> Ahh give my grasp on military names I meant things that 
> bomb... I take it there's a difference and you can't use 
> something for both?
>  
> Cheers
> 
> Beth
> 
>