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Love him or hate him (and we hate him) Robert MacNamara's reasoning for making a coherent designation system for our weaponry was sound.
And we're not using it for aircraft anymore.
F-35 should have been F-24. With the F-35B becoming FV-24B.
B-21 should be B-3.
F-47 should be F-25.
Or the F-35 should be F-25 and F-47 should be F-26 because F/A-18E should have gotten a new number and be F-24A. But Congress is stupid.
And now...
OA-1K Skyraider II
It's not the attack version of the O-1. The O-1 was the Cessna Birddog.
It's not the observation version of the A-1 Skyraider.
But since the last version of the A-1 was the A-1J, if this WAS a version of the A-1 then K IS the next version designator.
But the OA-1K isn't a development of the Douglas AD. It's a development of the L3 Harris Air Tractor AT-802! The AT-802 is a further development of the plane that Dusty Crophopper was based on.
Since it's a totally different plane, it should be A-14A or OA-14A.
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