I was flying my CGS Hawk ultralight south of Lake Erie 25 yrs ago and saw a Chinook with what looked like an F-16 under it's belly. It was way faster than me so I couldn't get anywhere near close enough to confirm.
Posted: 4/26/2024 6:58:01 PM EDT
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This is the real kind of diversity the military should concentrate on.
Posted: 4/26/2024 7:01:20 PM EDT
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See how close those blades are to that tanker’s tail?
That’s a nope for me, dog.
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Try doing it at night… over water… zero illum… on NVG’s… with a drogue that’s flopping all over the place because some asshole ‘stabbed the basket’.
Pucker factor - mildly high.
Posted: 4/26/2024 7:03:07 PM EDT
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That is an F-35C that is a pre-production aircraft. It is CF-01. It did not have a BUNO. It the first developmental test carrier variant F-35C fighter jet that was built.
Marine CH-53K lifts a F-35C while refueling from a KC-130
Those super stallions or whatever they call them are awesome.... they fly those things into combat and heavy lift right?
Posted: 4/26/2024 7:26:55 PM EDT
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Quoted: Is that AI?? Because it doesn’t look right to me.
After seeing Zitiforbreakfast post, I guess it is real. That C-130 fueler looks awful close to those rotor blades in the first picture. That’s some skills keeping the blades from smacking that big donkey dick.
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Marine CH-53K lifts a F-35C while refueling from a KC-130
I don't recognize the tail code, but it's got pods and baskets. Enlighten me?
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Nope, your right, navy woops.
Posted: 5/1/2024 7:01:49 AM EDT
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Quoted: Damn right!!
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FWIW, 163310 was originally a USMC bird too. I worked on it when it was assigned to VMGR-234, That one was also lent to the Blue Angels for a season, while their Fat Albert went through Depot at Hill AFB
Posted: 5/1/2024 8:12:42 AM EDT
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Quoted: On one hand, it seems cool.
On the other hand, it seems rather Rube Goldberg.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 8:19:09 AM EDT
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I don't recognize the tail code, but it's got pods and baskets. Enlighten me?
Do you work for Erickson? I have a good friend that does.
No. I sent a resume with that as my cover sheet and got a restraining order in the mail. Don't send him that picture, I think just seeing it is a career ender