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10-18-2011, 01:59 PM
thegame68
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Mr. Hardy flies rotor AND fixed. That makes him an Army pilot, ie: not a USAF pilot.
And the Skystriker is not necessarily a Navy fighter. In the same way that the Marines' Super Cobras and Hueys are a far cry from the Army's earlier versions of those airframes, the Skystriker could be one of the few proposed upgrades to the F-14 that the Navy rejected (search ST-21 and ASF-14). It would have been the perfect opportunity for Grumman to cut some losses, and for GI Joe to acquire a proven airframe "under the radar" - one that would be underestimated to be a plain F-14.
Speaking of ST-21, the latest iteration of the Skystriker XP-14F is now called the Skystriker XP-21F. It kind of reinforces my theory.
Interesting. When I started putting my collection together, I knew that I didn't have the resources to build a Joe Air Force or Navy, so instead I focused on a small group. My Joes were going to look like the movie Blackhawk Down. The elite soldiers supported by a small number of helicopters and armored vehicles. I try to stick to cannon as much as possible, but I switched the jet pilots to helicopters and so far I like what I've put together.
Then I made the mistake of reading a book about the carrier battle around Midway in WWII. Now, I walk through Target and Toys R Us and see the Skystriker and I keep thinking how cool it would be to have Ace leading VF-99 and Slipstream leading VB-99 off the deck of a vintage Flagg. I don't have the money. I don't have the room. And it would upset the parameters that I've set for my collection to make sense. BUT it would be sooooo sweet!
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