Enhanced Tactical Fighter

Enhanced Tactical Fighter (ETF)
General information
Project forstrike fighter/interdictor
Issued byUnited States Air Force
PrototypesGeneral Dynamics F-16XL
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
History
OutcomeF-15E Strike Eagle selected

The Enhanced Tactical Fighter (ETF) was a strike fighter/interdictor program conducted by the United States Air Force (USAF) between 1980 and 1984, to seek replacements for the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark.[1][2] It resulted in the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle.

  1. ^ E. R. Johnson (2008), American Attack Aircraft Since 1926, McFarland, p. 9, ISBN 978-0-7864-3464-0, retrieved 2011-08-21
  2. ^ Tyson Rininger (2009), F-15 Eagle at War, Zenith Imprint, p. 85, ISBN 978-0-7603-3350-1, retrieved 2011-08-21