SPF shout-out from Stephen Trimble on Hushkit

I always thought Fishbed was derived from the geological term

http://sjg.lyellcollection.org/content/12/3/205.extract

written by my sedimentology lecturer.

Chris
 
I always thought that FISHBED was a variant of FISHPOT when FVEY Intel realised the MiG-21 wash't an Su-9. Didn't realise it was anything other than a feature some sort of fish might sleep on. I certainly wouldn't consider the FISHBED underrated. All those MiG-21s in the third world may have looked good on paper and during a flyover of the local dictator's parade but they had little real combat power. The F-5 was far superior because it was much easier to fly safely so young air forces could develop air combat skills without scaring or killing their pilots out of the business.
 
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