It’s not a 0, but an O for obsolete. It’s ment to avoid confusion when there are conflicting serial numbers in a different fiscal year. The O is occasionally given to aircraft older than ten years.
Boeing Projects About $300 Million Overrun on Tanker Contract By Tony Capaccio – Jun 24, 2011 8:55 PM GMT+0200
Boeing Co. (BA) is projected to exceed its cost ceiling by as much as $300 million — about 6 percent – – on the initial contract to develop and build U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tankers, according to government officials.
There were more surviving La-15s until at least the early 1990s. In a German documentary, there was a report on the Soviet nuke design. It showed some (then-)recent footage of a testing ground in Kazakhstan complete with a mock-up airfield for testing the results of a not-too-close airburst.
Because of radioactivity and Oblomovism the target airfield hadn’t been cleared. There were at least a dozen La-15s there.
Some corrections to your site:
– The ‘North Korean’ Mi-24 is actually a US Army agressor with OPTEC/OTSA
– The chemical sprayer wasn’t a proposal. It’s a painting ordered by and paid for during the 1980s Red Scare. Published in some annual military review.
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