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Posted: 8/24/2021 10:39:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2021 10:41:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/171553/tweet_png-2063987.JPG My ANG unit flew these before they switched to A-10s. A tweet is about the size of a VW Bug, but with a gatling gun and a whole bunch of hardpoints! @kpoesq369 111FW? |
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Posted: 8/24/2021 10:48:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2021 11:05:24 PM EDT
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Another vote for F86
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Posted: 8/24/2021 11:08:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2021 11:11:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/24/2021 11:16:25 PM EDT
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Always loved the P-40
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Posted: 8/24/2021 11:23:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: B-25G. Because if it’s worth shooting with one forward-firing .50 caliber, it’s worth shooting with 12 forward-firing .50 calibers. https://hdwallpapers.cat/wallpaper/b-25g-mitchell-wwii-plane-warplane-aircraft-6Eeb.jpg They would also turn the top turret forward and use up to 14 toward firing 50’s I’d equipped with the four blister mounted 50’s. |
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Posted: 8/24/2021 11:41:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is that kirtland Air Force Base, because it looks like Kirkland Air Force Base. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The actual B-52 (in the background) that my grandpa (in the foreground) used to fly. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/515930/54E04DFB-F2CE-492A-A1F2-10448B1F4810-2050322.jpg @s707bw Close enough! That B-52 used to be on display at Kirtland AFB, but now it’s at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History right outside Kirtland. This photo was taken in 2016 when the plane was dedicated. |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 2:31:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is it wrong that I want to make an RC version of that? Quote HistoryQuoted: Is it wrong that I want to make an RC version of that? That would be cool, and I want photos. . |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 2:36:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI did an op at Kerup Flyvastation (spelling?) in ‘86 and they would launch an alert drill every day and one of those would tear-ass all around for awhile and put on a great show. Not painted like that though. |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 2:36:54 AM EDT
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Double tap edit.
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Posted: 8/25/2021 2:51:40 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/25/2021 3:08:18 AM EDT
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 Somehow, inexplicably, even over the shriek of the J79 in burner, you can hear a menacing whisper: “I’m coming for you, motherfucker.” |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 4:09:05 AM EDT
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 Sir James... |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 6:48:25 AM EDT
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I've always liked the F-101's lines.
Also, Voodoo is a cool moniker. 
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Posted: 8/25/2021 6:57:12 AM EDT
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sr71.jpg
because it's awesome looking, and because of that airspeed story |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 12:23:37 PM EDT
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Always loved the A-4 Skyhawk, probably because that’s what the Blue Angels flew when I first saw them. Plus the F-14 because “Top Gun”. Hard not to love the SR-71. Or the P-40 Warhawk. Dang this is hard.
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Posted: 8/25/2021 12:31:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLove the SLUF. I have a thing for attack aircraft. Speaking of attack aircraft, who knows what this one is?  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 12:45:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI miss them so much. As a kid I saw them flying all the time, but these days it's only the odd air show. 
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Posted: 8/25/2021 12:57:47 PM EDT
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4 pages and nobody posted a pic of the greatest American war machine ever built. The US could have produced nothing but P-47 fighters for the entire war and would have done just fine. The real reason the US went with the P-51 was cost, not performance.
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Posted: 8/25/2021 1:02:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If your boy ever called an Inflight at Cherry Point, odds are I have watched him land. Been here in the Fire/EMS role since 95.... Rules, My favorite Bird. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269478/14322674_10207235970323233_4099709105395-2064462.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My oldest boy riding the dragon. Low level flight during a Mountain Home AFB detachment. VMA-542 Tigers rule. https://i.ibb.co/XtsZf39/Eric-09-Low-Level-Mountain-Home.jpg If your boy ever called an Inflight at Cherry Point, odds are I have watched him land. Been here in the Fire/EMS role since 95.... Rules, My favorite Bird. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269478/14322674_10207235970323233_4099709105395-2064462.JPG @NCUrk I was a CH46E crew chief/mechanic. My Fav would probably be the A7D because my dad flew them. |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 1:25:30 PM EDT
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Too many to list, but if there has to be an absolute favorite..............
 Attached FileLiving proof that given enough power a brick can fly and proof that you can take kerosene and make a lot of smoke and noise with it |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 1:30:38 PM EDT
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a picture I took back in the day....
 before the age of digital cameras. |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 2:03:25 PM EDT
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Stratofortress:
 Longbow: 
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Posted: 8/25/2021 2:27:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So many good looking planes. This is always the first one that pops into my head though https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/8d/a5/f78da5be6e2dac445d773f3c3c88882c.jpg Sadly that one was lost. |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 2:35:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sadly that one was lost. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So many good looking planes. This is always the first one that pops into my head though https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/8d/a5/f78da5be6e2dac445d773f3c3c88882c.jpg Sadly that one was lost. Oh no, I hadn't heard that :( I built a model of that one when I was a kid, still hanging up at my parents house. beautiful plane. |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 3:54:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Didn’t expect to see an RC-135 on here. I was a crew chief on one back in the 90’s. @EmptySmile. Based out of Offutt, Mildenhall or Okinawa? I was electro/environmental with the 95th Recon at Mildenhall from roughly 1990 to 1999. We were actually an EC-135 unit at the outset, but the good lord saw fit to send those dogs to the Bone Yard a year or two after I got there. I have huge respect for both the Rivet Joint program and the crews. I don't think they'll ever get the credit they deserve for their role in ending the Cold War, among many, many other accomplishments. |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 7:53:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/25/2021 7:55:58 PM EDT
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Quote Historyexcept that is not a longbow, no radar dome on top, right? |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 8:20:17 PM EDT
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BTW, if my first two choices (T-33 and the Mig-17) aren't available I'll take a B-47 all day long (Even with the issues they had).
 Great sequence from the old 1950's Jimmy Stewart movie "Strategic Air Command". There's some beautiful footage of them starting around 4:00.  The B-47 and Jimmy Stewart "Strategic Air Command" |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 8:26:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The actual B-52 (in the background) that my grandpa (in the foreground) used to fly. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/515930/54E04DFB-F2CE-492A-A1F2-10448B1F4810-2050322.jpg That there is an awesome picture with history!!! |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 8:31:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/56603/D208AECA-26BC-475B-889A-DF113160B58D_jpe-2065188.JPG Because the F4 is a sexy beast. That’s my old squadron. I worked with a guy who flew these, two tours in Nam, always liked that plane. His nickname at work was Napalm Bill. 
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Posted: 8/25/2021 8:52:20 PM EDT
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 Big beautiful Jugs! |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 10:58:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm kinda biased... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/100647/020925-F-9999S-0029_JPG-2064631.JPG So many happy memories of Space Available flights taken on these planes. |
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Posted: 8/25/2021 11:07:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @EmptySmile. Based out of Offutt, Mildenhall or Okinawa? I was electro/environmental with the 95th Recon at Mildenhall from roughly 1990 to 1999. We were actually an EC-135 unit at the outset, but the good lord saw fit to send those dogs to the Bone Yard a year or two after I got there. I have huge respect for both the Rivet Joint program and the crews. I don't think they'll ever get the credit they deserve for their role in ending the Cold War, among many, many other accomplishments. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Didn't expect to see an RC-135 on here. I was a crew chief on one back in the 90's. @EmptySmile. Based out of Offutt, Mildenhall or Okinawa? I was electro/environmental with the 95th Recon at Mildenhall from roughly 1990 to 1999. We were actually an EC-135 unit at the outset, but the good lord saw fit to send those dogs to the Bone Yard a year or two after I got there. I have huge respect for both the Rivet Joint program and the crews. I don't think they'll ever get the credit they deserve for their role in ending the Cold War, among many, many other accomplishments. |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 9:04:40 AM EDT
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My first love and this F-15E was the first jet I was an Assistant Crew Chief on and later on the first one I was the Crew Chief on.
 Attached FileAnd my second love and the first F-22 I was an Assistant Crew Chief on.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 9:15:18 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2021 9:37:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cuz nothing has been able to shoot one down. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/33552/012C271A-6695-4633-84EC-EB891C494E8E-1530505.jpg About that nothing has been able to shoot one down statement. You shouldn't have picked a picture of an F-15E. Two E models were shot down during Desert Storm by AA/SAMs. Needed an A-D model picture with the the statement about no air-to-air losses. |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 9:39:37 AM EDT
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P-38 Lightning, the plane that killed Yamamoto (Admiral of Japanese Navy during attack on Pearl Harbor)
Was a pure beast for it's era. Focused on guns and speed.  Animated video of P-38 attack that killed Yamamoto below. Worth watching.  The USAAF Intercepts and Shoots Down Admiral Yamamoto, 1943 - Animated |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 9:47:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2021 9:57:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryYep. I wish that had won over the F-22. Much better looking. |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 9:58:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2021 10:15:51 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2021 10:27:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first love and this F-15E was the first jet I was an Assistant Crew Chief on and later on the first one I was the Crew Chief on. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54089/1680_JPG-2066564.JPG And my second love and the first F-22 I was an Assistant Crew Chief on. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54089/00E00044PR_jpg-2066565.JPG @2A373 Fantastic! I love both of these planes. I work at a manufacturing company making structural components for those engines; hot and cold sections. I was (still am) on the development team for both the F119 and F135 engine hot sections. Still making F100, F135, and just restarted the F119 line.. Thank you for your service |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 3:58:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2021 4:36:24 PM EDT
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I can't pick just one.
I'll pick a few not yet represented yet.Fokker DVII if only for the lozenge camo pattern...  Early post-WWI - P-26, if only for the cool paint schemes  Early WWII - P-40 Warhawk  WWII - there are many choices, but this one hasn't shown up yet - Messerschmitt Bf/ME-109. Over 35,000 airframes produced from 1936-1945.  |
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Posted: 8/26/2021 4:44:51 PM EDT
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No better ride than a filthy French whore!
 
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Posted: 8/26/2021 4:45:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNot sure which is more antiquated, the ship, the bird... or you... 
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