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    Yeah, it is. Military aircraft with colour schemes that aren't just some variation on grey make for a nice break from the usual.
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    I would say the real reason no one wants to work with HG and the Robotech brand is the simple fact there is no money to be made from it.
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    I recall one of the FCAS mockups having a V-tail set up. One of MHI's concepts for the F-3 also had a distinctly YF-23 look to it.
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    That's quite literally the playbook for the USAF right now.
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    On this day in 1990, the YF-23 PAV-1 took its first flight.
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    Japan is about to greenlight the successor to the Mitsubishi F-2 in 2020's budget https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190821-00050130-yom-pol "The government has entered into final adjustments in the direction of recording the development expenses for the successor aircraft of the Air Self-Defense Force in the 2020 budget. Aiming for Japan-led development, development costs are currently estimated to be more than 1.5 trillion yen. Aiming for introduction in the mid-30s when the retirement of F2 begins." "In the government, considering the deterrence to China that strengthens marine advancement, the successor plane is the first domestically produced stealth fighter, and a plan to achieve high air combat capability is promising. There is also a plan to equip a long-range cruise missile with a high level of anti-ship capability. The deployment of about 90 aircraft similar to F2 is assumed."
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    Call me a sucker, but I'm actually cautiously excited for the new Call of Duty. They've done a lot to revert the gameplay back to the old Modern Warfare titles, and they've gotten rid of the obnoxiously cartoony art direction of the Black Ops subseries. The Gunsmith feature in particular looks really cool, but I love customization options in any game (in general).
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    Nothing wrong with a well done English dub.
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    So, Sonoda just updated everyone with the new, planned for release date of the short. Can't wait, for this and for the GSC BD set coming very soon™. https://twitter.com/Anime_ProjectBB/status/1161882357487398912
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    Well, it helps that the C-130 has been a major export success for Lockheed, which is why the tooling and manufacturing lines have been kept warmed up. Compare that to the A-10 (sole operator: the US) and Fairchild-Republic(which hasn't existed as a corporate entity for years).
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    I went to the Abbotsford Airshow last Saturday. Unfortunately, the day I went it rained and the Thunderbirds cancelled their demo. Was pretty bummed out, but I still got to see some USN Super Hornets and an RCAF CF-18 stretch their legs. Man, movies and videogames don't do the sound of a proper low altitude high speed pass by a jet fighter justice, feeling the vibrations rattle the insides of your ribcage is awesome.
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    I'd also assume with the ISC+EX-Gear, a careless pilot might not be able to feel the huge amounts of stress imparted by some of their more frantic maneuvers. At least with the older, non ISC equipped VF's, a pilot might be dissuaded from treating their airframe like crap because they'd feel it too (although I don't think that stopped pilots like Shin from abusing the hell out of the VF-0, to the constant consternation of the maintenance crew)
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    Been a while since I watched, but I think it was the 3rd episode, where Hayate is training to be a pilot with Mirage.
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    Lots of younger anime fans aren't into mecha shows like Macross, unfortunately.
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    Super Hornets are getting conformal fuel tanks with the upcoming Block 3 upgrade, which should help with range nicely.
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    Yes, I've heard that one of the strategies F-35 pilots are working on with their colleagues still flying 4th gen aircraft is to basically act as forward spotters, marking out targets and sending the data back to Strike Eagles, Falcons, B-1B's, etc so those aircraft that are capable of carrying a larger array of weaponry can take shots just outside of the enemy's air defence network.
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    I wouldn't say the stealth load for the F-35 sucks. 5,000lbs of munitions carried internally is nothing to sneeze at, especially when you compare it to something like an F-16 which needs to carry everything (bombs, drop tanks, SNIPER/LANTIRN pods) on external hard points, thus inducing drag penalties and of course, the increase of RCS. Even if the RAM is degraded during a protracted air war, the inherent LO shaping should mean better stealth than legacy airframes, which is always a benefit.
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    Just a heads up on AC3, if you didn't already know, but the original NA release cut a ton of content from the game. Check out Project NEMO, a fan translation of the original JP release of AC3.
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    Article says Langley AFB, in Virginia. Right by the Atlantic. Then again, it is one of the Raptor demo team planes, so they probably travel all over the place.
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    I'm a fan of Chris, myself. Nothing beats tons of DAKKA and missiles!
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    The judges were pretty critical of the design as well. That said, the requirements for the 2019 contest seem to open up some more avenues for originality.
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    Stumbled across this contest on Twitter, seems like it could be fun. https://hushkit.net/2019/07/03/aircraft-design-contest-2019-launched/
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    https://twitter.com/Task_Force23/status/1156235154794397698 Some more details on the model. Lots of options it seems, very nice. There's also a snazzy jacket being released by Alpha Industries (manufacturers of genuine bomber jackets) with Trigger's "Three Strikes" markings on the back.
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    How so?
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    At least this "territorial incursion" didn't end with the Russians losing an aircraft like the Turkish incident a few years back.
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