Wow, great story. Ingenuity when an air force has small resources to work with.
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How ‘bout dem A/B flames ?
Here’s a fun thing: I had an Ertl “Force One” diecast F-15 Eagle toy (still do, technically...I think it’s in a box in my attic) from the mid-1980s, I think. It’s a single-seater, but unusually, the body has FAST/CFT on it. Interesting choice, considering how relatively rarely you’d see normal Eagles with CFT.
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TOW my God!
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Tyler, how about an article on the incredible composition of a Carrier Strike Group? Preferably, one out of NBC (1 or 9)! Please!! :-D Read more
But it kinda is a valid point, Tyler. Specially because I bet not all of the Foxtrot Alpha readership is used to imperial units. Acre, to me, is a state that Brazil bought from Bolivia in the early XX century.
Anyways, great blog, the one you run. Love your work, keep that shit up.
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The Navy actually makes soldiers pay for their meals. It’s reasonable to assume not everyone’s eating a full three meals a day, especially when that comes out of your paycheck. Hell, even I don’t eat breakfast. Read more
one of the best parts of jalopnik. thank you. Read more
The investigators were onboard the ship for almost a month on three occasions, and gave Sailors leading question
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I think latency would be the biggest hurdle. don’t want the connecting crapping itself in the middle of offloading fuel. Or something happens and the operator has to abort the fueling quickly.
The Reaper totally looks like the enemy jets from Blue Lightning for the Atari Lynx! (Front shot even more convincing, but can’t find one online!)
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Wow, I think that’s the first T-1A pseudo-refueling photo I’ve seen... (T-1A Jayhawk is the training platform for pilot trainees on the “heavy” track - meaning non-weapons users such as Mobility, Recon, AWACS, Tankers, etc). We only did that kind of training twice (IIRC, it was 15 years ago, after all) just as a… Read more
If they can land a drone on a carrier, I would believe the could easily refuel mid-flight. Read more
Funny you posted this, I went to my first airshow yesterday at Barksdale AFB after years of saying I would go. There was an F15C from the 159th there on display which caught my eye due to the Bayou Militia name, so I did research on them. Just ironic going back and reading this post now! I’ll have to link you to pics… Read more
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I think you mean San Diegoat Read more
A goat on a navy cruiser? Surely you’re kidding us.
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