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Martin XB-51, circa 1950s. The XB-51 was a trijet ground-attack aircraft and was originally designated XA-45. The "A" ground-attack classification was eliminated in the late 1940s, and was given the XB-51 designation.

In 1950, the United States Air Force issued a new requirement based on early Korean war experience for a night intruder/bomber to replace the Douglas A-26 Invader. The XB-51 was entered, as well as the Avro Canada CF-100 and English Electric Canberra; the XB-51 and Canberra emerged from these as the favorites.

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Martin XB-51

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enriquemzn262
spockvarietyhour asked:

If you're still roasting, Roast the IAI Lavi?

enriquemzn262 answered:
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The cute child of the F-16 and Mirage v, a highly interesting lightweight multirole fighter jet that could have become the first single-engine BVR-capable fighter jet had the Israelis not been pressured by america to abandon the project, not to mention it had the potential of becoming the best single-engine multirole fighter of the 4th generation, as her design came to be from all the Israeli experience fighting with their arab neighbors, but ala, geopolitics killed her…

At least the design lives on as the Chinese J-10.

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