F-ZeroOne Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 PLASMA STEALTH CONFIRMED! Also, OMG, F-22 makes rainbows, stealth is useless, must buy more A-10s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Introducing the B-21 Boring McLameName: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/americas-next-stealth-bomber-will-officially-be-named-r-1786797266 B-21 "Raider". Place your bets on what the crews will actually call it now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Thankfully, its successor the B-24, has a much cooler name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Confuses Gamlin Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 B-21 "Raider". Place your bets on what the crews will actually call it now... The most obvious nickname is already the reporting name for the Tu-160, so maybe not that. Then there's the movie about the similarly-numbered EB-66, but that was a giant mess, so maybe not that either... So maybe just the... Batarang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Batarang? Ooh, yes, that would be good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hmm. I was hoping for Ghosthawk or Wraith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Supposedly its to honour the Doolittle "raiders" who attacked Tokyo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal9000 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) Looks like we lost a U-2 today. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/20/u-2-spy-plane-crashes-in-california.html Edited September 21, 2016 by hal9000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Looks like we lost a U-2 today. Pilots safe though. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/20/u-2-spy-plane-crashes-in-california.html bugger.. that's no good. Engine failure perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal9000 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Update on the U2 crash. The Unites States Air Force reports that a U-2 "Dragon Lady" crashed shortly after takeoff at approximately 9:05 a.m. today. The U-2 was from the 9thRW ,Beale AFB. The aircraft went down in Sutter County, CA; both crew managed to eject, only one survived. Via www.Sierrahotel.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Supposedly its to honour the Doolittle "raiders" who attacked Tokyo. Since it comes with a "crew optional" feature, it's clearly an allusion to the Cylons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Looks like we lost a U-2 today. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/20/u-2-spy-plane-crashes-in-california.html Was really saddened when I read one of the crew didn't make it. I wonder what their altitude was when they ejected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyg Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 There's a video of the event and you can see the smoke from the ejection rockets. It looks like it wasn't that high up, given you can see what look to be two shoots as well and it was all filmed from something with a zoom lens. In other words, I don't think they were at "normal" cruising altitude for a U2. Which begs the question, what went wrong and why did someone not make it? Very sad indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles316 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 There's a video of the event and you can see the smoke from the ejection rockets. It looks like it wasn't that high up, given you can see what look to be two shoots as well and it was all filmed from something with a zoom lens. In other words, I don't think they were at "normal" cruising altitude for a U2. Which begs the question, what went wrong and why did someone not make it? Very sad indeed. I'm sorry if i am making light of the death, but a U-2 cruising altitude in 60+thousand feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 TIL the B-1B wasn't shutdown and when I pitched a fit when I saw it in Transformers I was being a dumbass. =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Cool podcast with a former Tomcat pilot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grigolosi Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 I'm sorry if i am making light of the death, but a U-2 cruising altitude in 60+thousand feet. You are very correct Miles. I see them takeoff from here quite a bit. They get off the ground quick but they take a bit of time getting to their "cruising" altitude. I never worked them but they were included in our AF Career Development Course study books. These basically explain the systems of the different aircraft that fall under our AFSC. They have several features that have to be checked prior to take off at the end of runway, especially some of the flight controls. Hard to say what happened until the USAF releases the findings. I am curious as to what happened if both crewmen did manage to eject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Edited October 11, 2016 by NZEOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Ah, the same air-to-air missiles they used in "Blue Thunder", the ones that can take out the whole floor of a tower block by themselves... ...wait a minute, in that second clip, is that music from an "Ace Combat" game?!! Spanish guitar?!!!!: Edited October 11, 2016 by F-ZeroOne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Not sure. Going to have to watch the whole movie now I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Oh, it definitely is, its one of my all-time favourite game tracks... Be interesting to know if they licenced it.... Edited October 11, 2016 by F-ZeroOne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 A properly maintained paint job seems to generally have low priority in the Hellenic Air Force. This is from the operational days of their A-7s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyg Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Look at all that bird crap on the vertical stab! That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Maintenance, optional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZEOD Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) What it looked like the day the dropped it off... What it looked like after a few weeks after some budget cuts... birds already starting to feel at home on the tail... Ahhh the unloved life of a trainer... Edited October 12, 2016 by NZEOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric indigo Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 The A-6 was another bird that didn't age too well either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Thats not bird cr*p, its "white dielectric material"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 What it looked like after a few weeks after some budget cuts... birds already starting to feel at home on the tail... Ahhh the unloved life of a trainer... And it didn't even get washed for the airshow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hingtgen Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 The A-6 was another bird that didn't age too well either.The A-6 looks neat from some angles. But the A-7 was fugly from all aspects right from the start. Amazing considering it came from the F-8. (If only the A-7F had went into production...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 What's actually weird is seeing a factory fresh aircraft. Got up close and personal with an F-18E once that was fresh off the delivery to a local squadron. The thing was so utterly uniformly painted, it looked like a toy. Completely flat paint, no dirt anywhere. It was bizarre. The pilots with the squadron were having a blast with it though, since it had come without a lot of mission specific components installed yet. No pylons, no pontoon mounts, nothing. They were hot-rodding the thing all over the desert, relishing in the low-drag/low-weight configuration, and how well it accelerated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 What it looked like the day the dropped it off... What it looked like after a few weeks after some budget cuts... birds already starting to feel at home on the tail... Ahhh the unloved life of a trainer... such a beautiful plane! always had a special place in my heart for the Corsair & Crusader if only they made the Crusader III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 The A-6 looks neat from some angles. But the A-7 was fugly from all aspects right from the start. Amazing considering it came from the F-8. (If only the A-7F had went into production...) Yeah. I think the A-6F Intruder II would have also been great if it had become reality. Would have solved many of the A-6Es shortcomings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 (edited) The A-6 was another bird that didn't age too well either. I love that plane. Bulbous nose and all. And to imagine all the crazy bombing missions it was put through-scary stuff. Edited October 14, 2016 by Valkyrie Hunter D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vifam7 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 (edited) The A-6 looks neat from some angles. But the A-7 was fugly from all aspects right from the start. Amazing considering it came from the F-8. (If only the A-7F had went into production...) Had the USN purchased the A-7F, perhaps there may not have been a need to purchase the Super Hornet... And had the USAF purchased the A-7F, the A-10 might have been retired long ago? Another pic - Edited October 14, 2016 by Vifam7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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