Diamonds.

There are NUMEROUS IR and VR (Victor Route) routes intersecting that area. You can check the AP-1B on the exact altitude and airspeed limitations for each, usually the airspeed limit is in the neighborhood of 420KIAS and above 500AGL for altitude. This exact thing is why they put so much emphasis on clearing outside… Read more

I worked at cherry point NC for 8 years, 2003-2011. I want to say around 2009/2010 a p3 from nas patuxent river came down to the hangar next to mine with this attached. They hangared the plane, only to pull it out, immediately fly it, upon return it taxied within feet of the open hangar entrance to be immediately… Read more

It’s probably the wing shape & proportion to the body but for a split second I thought this was the weirdest looking A-6 of all time.

The kinship with the de Havilland Comet is both obvious and mind-bending.

These are my favorite detail from the hangar at Hillsboro. These turbine looking things are actually a circular array of about 20 swooshes.

Reminds me of a vacation to San Diego when I was a kid - early 90s sometime. We were staying on Coronado Island and were treated to a steady stream of low-level flybys as Intruders and S-3B Vikings came into land at the NAS just up the beach from us. They were low enough that from our balcony you could see the pilots… Read more

Do yourself a favor - play this, then go play the video again. The soundtrack makes it even more awesome.

Place sure has grown since I was there last. I remember the Hyena’s following from the other side of the fence when I was jogging. They never got their meal, but their constant stare was... disturbing Read more

With so many groups operating out of the Lem no telling I have seen all sorts of oddities on camp. The HOA s always full of surprises. Read more

Tyler, If you look at it closely, you will see that it is in an “X” pattern. I think we are seeing the sub deploy her mooring lines to control her entry into the dry-dock since she is not under her own power. With those mooring lines, they can not only pull her into the docking space, but precisely position her over… Read more

My analysis and conclusion is that with the F-35B replacement engine issue, there will be an unnegotiable requirement for civilian contractors/technicians to augment the ship and squadron aviation jet mechanics. F-35 engines, unless catastrophically damaged, will absolutely positively need to be repaired and made… Read more

There’s an interesting comment early in the article - that one of the chief arguments for eliminating the A-10 is it’s inability to survive in an environment of integrated air defense systems. As Gen Giap commented commented when told by a US General that the NVA never defeated the US Army in the field, “ Perhaps true… Read more

Here is more low level awesomeness done by its older brother:

I see your crazy-low EA-6B flyover and raise you one ludicrous-low F/A-18 flyover. I was there in person, and it was just as awesome as you imagine it would be.

With all the talk about USMC replacement: Read more

Funny. My dad and I were just mentioning the early 80s film the Final Countdown, and how not a single plane in that movie is left. Read more

I’ve always loved subs; my Dad is a former nuke (from the early days, he served on the Nautilus). After he got out, he had an amazing career—and continued working with many of the men he served with until he retired. It’s a tight-knit community, and I’m honored to have been a part of it, however peripherally. I’m… Read more

Reading about, again, the USMC variant handicapping the rest, I’m reminded of something. I am a proud American. Love my country to death. Have a great deal of pride in our ingenuity and technical skill. The things we can do as a country are astounding. But when we really, stubbornly, set our minds to it, no one does… Read more