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.....before April slips away lets remember the Hawg received its offical name "Thunderbolt II" 30 years ago this month.

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Ugly But Well Hung

Thanks for the reminder Dice.
I'm sure the 100th Hog was 76-553......I think it lives at SP as a ground trainer, flew in there about 1992 straight from the 'Skulls' at WR.

I have no idea if 553 was the 100th, but i do know that it is at Spang as the weapons load training aircraft.

If they counted the 6 DT&E aircraft then Bacon bits is correct, if they didn't count the DT&E aircraft it would have been 77-0192.

Ugly But Well Hung

That reminds me, the questionable relationship between military and contractor existed then too. A short time after this ceremony General Dixon became a Vice President at Fairchild. He got a good deal, I'm sure, but it is questionable if he held up his end of the bargain. It was speculated that he was supposed to grease the skids for both the two seat NAW with the USAF, and foreign sales to places like Korea and the UAE. None of it happened. It was also discussed by the employees that since he was once the chief of TAC he had as many enemies in the Pentagon as friends, so his influence was neutralized. Inside the company he was known to be an A-hole because he thought he was a still a General that could order around employees and customers alike.

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Always good background info from you Stress!!

Ugly But Well Hung

553 would be close to #100. My jet was 76-0534 and it was in the high 70's for delivery to the AF.

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