And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
near on 50-years in service and as amazing today as 1978. As I recall it was the first operational "fly-by-wire" aircraft. Long list of improvements & innovations from sloped cockpit to conformal fuel tanks, yet they still included a gun.
A truly great fighter.
ReplyDeletenear on 50-years in service and as amazing today as 1978. As I recall it was the first operational "fly-by-wire" aircraft. Long list of improvements & innovations from sloped cockpit to conformal fuel tanks, yet they still included a gun.
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