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Stargazer2006 said:Wasn't AX an Air Force specification? Why would LTV's contender be labeled "Navy", then? Unless it was a prior design that they had initially submitted for a Navy competition and didn't bother to modify the model, maybe?
You really have to look back to the Vietnam era to understand the AX requirement. Some would argue that the eventual A-10 was the direct replacement for the Skyraider. Obviously, the mission changed with the drawdown and end of the Vietnam war, but at the time the requirement was conceived, there might have been a very real possibility of a Navy purchase.