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In reply to the discussion: Air Force investing $12B in F-15s [View all]justhanginon
(3,292 posts)18. M-D built designed and built some pretty good airplanes
and you're right not much credit given anymore.
I also worked on the F-4, i think it was the F4-J version for the Brits. Workhorse of a plane.
Getting old but I still remember Mr. McDonnell getting on the plantwide audio system and you would hear, "this is old Mac calling the team" and we would get a little peptalk or company announcement. Naturally, there was were always collective groans but in retrospect it was really a nice personal touch for a large corporation. Of course by today's standards we were probably not that big a corporation.
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I'm guessing because replacing them with brand new F-15 SEs would cost more than upgrading
PersonNumber503602
Sep 2016
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