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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:21:54 AM EDT
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Either way Iron Eagle was a great movie
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:31:29 AM EDT
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When the airplane first went into service, or it could have just been the prototype for the fly-off between it and the YF-17 (which later became the F-18), I seem to recall that it was called the "Freedom Fighter" since it was around 1976 and the country was nuts about "200 Years of Freedom". The first one I saw photographs of was painted in a red / white / blue motif and was quite unique for its day with its single engine, tall "Greenhouse" canopy, the wing strakes, and that enormous intake. F-5A Freedom Fighter. Different aircraft. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:35:23 AM EDT
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I always thought the F-16 was named the "Fighting Falcon." I even remember reading that it was the only plane named after a football team. But recently it seems the name has been changed to "Viper." What gives? It is the slang name given by the first pilots and maintainers because when the jet first came out Battlestar Galactica was airing and the Viper is then name of the fighters in that show. I wrenched Vipers for 20+ years and still run my hands down their panels at least once a week. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:36:39 AM EDT
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One of my neighbors is a retired Air Force pilot. He says its Falcon. He also says Eagle drivers are fags  It is a fucking Viper to those who drive and fix them. It doesn't matter what the official name is. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:43:01 AM EDT
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Stolen Valor. It is a fucking Viper to those who drive and fix them. It doesn't matter what the official name is. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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One of my neighbors is a retired Air Force pilot. He says its Falcon. He also says Eagle drivers are fags It is a fucking Viper to those who drive and fix them. It doesn't matter what the official name is. 
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Posted: 8/25/2019 8:02:23 AM EDT
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I never met a F-16 pilot that said "I flew Falcons."
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Posted: 8/25/2019 8:13:24 AM EDT
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They look much cooler IMHO with CFTs.
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Posted: 8/25/2019 8:19:31 AM EDT
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Joint STARS is “affectionately” referred to as the J-Pig
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Posted: 8/25/2019 8:30:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes they are. Modified and what should be a new Viper. Lockmart got in bed with Mitsu Corp Bigger,stronger,harder,longer. F-2 = Falcon on steroids Scaled up design with more potential. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 8:31:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/25/2019 8:33:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/25/2019 8:40:23 AM EDT
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I love Dos Gringos. WW III gives me the giggles every time I listen to it. Believe it or not, Live At The Sand Trap is available from iTunes. Also, this is their greatest song. If you fly airplanes.  I'm A Pilot - Dos Gringos |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 8:41:05 AM EDT
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They are a sweet looking plane.
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Posted: 8/25/2019 10:16:06 AM EDT
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When the airplane first went into service, or it could have just been the prototype for the fly-off between it and the YF-17 (which later became the F-18), I seem to recall that it was called the "Freedom Fighter" since it was around 1976 and the country was nuts about "200 Years of Freedom". The first one I saw photographs of was painted in a red / white / blue motif and was quite unique for its day with its single engine, tall "Greenhouse" canopy, the wing strakes, and that enormous intake. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 1:33:53 PM EDT
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How do you even know such a thing exists?? I’m impressed. Also, this is their greatest song. If you fly airplanes.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdSj0_Fd4dsQuote HistoryQuoted:
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I love Dos Gringos. WW III gives me the giggles every time I listen to it. Believe it or not, Live At The Sand Trap is available from iTunes. Also, this is their greatest song. If you fly airplanes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdSj0_Fd4dsMy second favorite is 2’s Blind: “What he doesn’t know Is he’s lucky to be alive. When I said I was visual I lied my ass off I was blind. That from memory, but it’s close.
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Posted: 8/25/2019 1:44:11 PM EDT
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A misspent youth, followed by a series of questionable life choices. My second favorite is 2’s Blind: “What he doesn’t know Is he’s lucky to be alive. When I said I was visual I lied my ass off I was blind. That from memory, but it’s close. Hard to believe it’s like 15-20 years old. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 2:01:59 PM EDT
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Off topic I suppose, but this used to be known as the 'Starship': https://live.staticflickr.com/5730/22375604882_9e31d59367_b.jpg http://scale-icons.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/7/6/26766741/3568043_orig.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7d/d4/7b/7dd47b9f34dddb37b8f5630d701304ee.jpg -K |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 2:03:11 PM EDT
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M551 Sheridans. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Off topic I suppose, but this used to be known as the 'Starship': https://live.staticflickr.com/5730/22375604882_9e31d59367_b.jpg http://scale-icons.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/7/6/26766741/3568043_orig.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7d/d4/7b/7dd47b9f34dddb37b8f5630d701304ee.jpg -K |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 4:54:34 PM EDT
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M551 Sheridans. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Off topic I suppose, but this used to be known as the 'Starship': https://live.staticflickr.com/5730/22375604882_9e31d59367_b.jpg http://scale-icons.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/7/6/26766741/3568043_orig.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7d/d4/7b/7dd47b9f34dddb37b8f5630d701304ee.jpg -K -K |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 4:58:02 PM EDT
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It's complicated. Since the official name is the Fighting Falcon that's what they should be called in official use. The Thunderbirds call their jets Fighting Falcons but ACC's single ship demo team is called Viper East and West. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:03:58 PM EDT
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Lawn Dart
 BikerScout Sunny AZ 
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:09:00 PM EDT
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Joint STARS is “affectionately” referred to as the J-Pig https://www.jaypig.com/comics |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:09:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes they are. Modified and what should be a new Viper. Lockmart got in bed with Mitsu Corp Bigger,stronger,harder,longer. F-2 = Falcon on steroids |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:13:52 PM EDT
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I believe at the time, "Falcon" was the common name. F-16 Falcon. No one said Fighting Falcon. Offically it has always been the Fighting Falcon but everybody outside the office who came up with that name for it pretty much never calls it that. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:16:12 PM EDT
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KC-10 = Gucci What's kinda funny is that the KC-135 is officially the Stratotanker but nobody calls it that. In fact it doesn't really have a nickname that anyone uses. It's just the tanker. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:18:40 PM EDT
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It is hard to give airs to what is prettymuch a giant flying shell station. I completely get how important they are, and they are likely classed as a strategic asset, but sadly nobody got impressed back in the day by the guys who worked at a gas station, drove fast cars sure, shot people sure, but "worked at a gas station" isn't a panty dropper is all im saying. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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KC-10 = Gucci What's kinda funny is that the KC-135 is officially the Stratotanker but nobody calls it that. In fact it doesn't really have a nickname that anyone uses. It's just the tanker. 
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:39:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How do you even know such a thing exists?? I’m impressed. Also, this is their greatest song. If you fly airplanes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdSj0_Fd4dsThat is an awesome song. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:48:51 PM EDT
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Stolen Valor. It is a fucking Viper to those who drive and fix them. It doesn't matter what the official name is. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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One of my neighbors is a retired Air Force pilot. He says its Falcon. He also says Eagle drivers are fags It is a fucking Viper to those who drive and fix them. It doesn't matter what the official name is. I'm betting Falcon vs Viper is more base related, and possibly Guard vs Active Duty? I'm guessing you're at Shaw based on your location. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:50:05 PM EDT
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Someone in that band worked on airplanes. That is an awesome song. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:50:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: YF-17 was the Cobra, F-5 was the Freedom Fighter. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:50:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yup! Seversky Aircraft became Republic Aviation which became a division of Fairchild-Hiller. Thus we have the Fairchild Republic A10 |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 5:53:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:01:17 PM EDT
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F5e's on my base were Tiger II's. Awesome little fighter. They were an aggressor squadron. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:01:26 PM EDT
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Either way Iron Eagle was a great movie |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:17:51 PM EDT
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We used the Viper callsign when they came to visit Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It's complicated. Since the official name is the Fighting Falcon that's what they should be called in official use. The Thunderbirds call their jets Fighting Falcons but ACC's single ship demo team is called Viper East and West. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:20:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It is hard to give airs to what is prettymuch a giant flying shell station. I completely get how important they are, and they are likely classed as a strategic asset, but sadly nobody got impressed back in the day by the guys who worked at a gas station, drove fast cars sure, shot people sure, but "worked at a gas station" isn't a panty dropper is all im saying. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:21:12 PM EDT
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Someone in that band worked on airplanes. That is an awesome song. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:25:07 PM EDT
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I believe at the time, "Falcon" was the common name. F-16 Falcon. No one said Fighting Falcon. The official name was going to be the F-16 Falcon, right up until the first production version was ready to be delivered to the AF. But Dassault Aircraft of France filed a lawsuit over the name since they had been building Falcon business jets since the 1960s. So AF added "Fighting" to the F-16's official name to settle with Dassault. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:26:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Boca chica? I lived on Summerland @mm25 and the F5’s used to come in low over my house. Used to drive home with the top down while the F18’s were turning in on approach over rt1. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:26:50 PM EDT
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The "Kernals" I work with call them Vipers.
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:27:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They were both F-16 pilots IIRC. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:50:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you have a military aviation background and/or actually understand the lyrics, almost all their shit is hilarious. Hard to believe it’s like 15-20 years old.  
I think they were fairly junior Captains at the time. Probably got out long ago, can’t see that kind of sense of humor as an 06 at the Pentagon. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:54:16 PM EDT
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I wish the USAF would buy a couple hundred block 70 F-16Vs. Pretty damn capable fighter.
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Posted: 8/25/2019 6:59:23 PM EDT
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Love me some Aggressor Squadron F-16s.. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/117689/18AG-f16s_jpg-1066280.JPG
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Posted: 8/25/2019 7:04:54 PM EDT
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I can see my house
Gotta say, I'm envious since that view beats being on the ground.
 F-16 Aggressors At Red Flag Alaska 19-2 • Cockpit View  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 7:06:24 PM EDT
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CH-53E Super Stalion = Shitter CH-46 Sea Knight = Pfrog etc. etc....... |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 7:07:08 PM EDT
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Off topic I suppose, but this used to be known as the 'Starship': https://live.staticflickr.com/5730/22375604882_9e31d59367_b.jpg http://scale-icons.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/7/6/26766741/3568043_orig.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7d/d4/7b/7dd47b9f34dddb37b8f5630d701304ee.jpg -K |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 7:19:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It is hard to give airs to what is prettymuch a giant flying shell station. I completely get how important they are, and they are likely classed as a strategic asset, but sadly nobody got impressed back in the day by the guys who worked at a gas station, drove fast cars sure, shot people sure, but "worked at a gas station" isn't a panty dropper is all im saying. |
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Posted: 8/25/2019 7:23:01 PM EDT
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I'll throw a wild card. In the late 70's and into the mid 80's, the F-16 was called the "Electric Jet" in the maintainer community. This was due to the first use of digital fly by wire in a tactical aircraft. That was pretty much all I heard it called when I was in two different F-16 units from 1983-87. The pilots might have been using viper, but it was not crossing over into the maintenance side of the house. That was over 30 years ago.
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Posted: 8/25/2019 7:23:51 PM EDT
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Double post, have not had one of these in a long time.
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