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Posted: 8/20/2022 9:58:41 AM EDT
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widebody commercial would be a good choice too
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Posted: 8/20/2022 10:04:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/20/2022 10:20:55 AM EDT
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Stealth aircraft identify targets in “wtf was that?” mode, a swarm of missile trucks light them up from beyond visual range?
A flight of relatively un stealthy drones on a strike mission with some stealthy planes in support HARMing the fuck about any defenses that wake up? A continuously renewing, loitering cloud of unmanned bomb trucks just waiting for “bomb the fuck out of this spot” orders? Wild weasel missions that don’t risk pilots? Sounds like a recipe for success. |
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Posted: 8/20/2022 10:38:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maintain? These will only fly 1 sortie. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Maybe in some cases. In most however it’s because they are just clapped out. Also, who’s going to pay to maintain this fleet of Q jets? Maintain? These will only fly 1 sortie. If you don’t maintain a fighter it will fly zero sorties. |
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Posted: 8/20/2022 10:44:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: IF an f-16 is made into a drone it will be used for dangerous strikes, like SEAD. so they wont need much loiter time, just program a route for it to go to, detect radar, fire HARM, and then get the heck out and RTB Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Seems like a good idea. But what about flight time? One of the benefits from drones is they can hand around for quite a while, can an old F16 do the same thing? IF an f-16 is made into a drone it will be used for dangerous strikes, like SEAD. so they wont need much loiter time, just program a route for it to go to, detect radar, fire HARM, and then get the heck out and RTB Today I learned that the wild weasel mission is as simple as flying a route, detecting a radar (any radar is fine), shooting a single HARM, then heading home. |
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Posted: 8/20/2022 10:45:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because our government doesn't want peon citizens flying around in surplus USAF/USN jets. Even the Collings Foundation had as per FB aircraft relics page, Collings had to go to some congress critters to be able to fly the F-4. There should be tons of T-37s flying around. But there aren't because they were never offered for sale. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Why would the USAF be pissed that the Collings Foundation has a flyable F-4 and an F-105? Because our government doesn't want peon citizens flying around in surplus USAF/USN jets. Even the Collings Foundation had as per FB aircraft relics page, Collings had to go to some congress critters to be able to fly the F-4. There should be tons of T-37s flying around. But there aren't because they were never offered for sale. There should be tons of surplus M-16s for sale too. |
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Posted: 8/20/2022 10:57:34 AM EDT
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You guys are missing the most important question the Pentagon will ask.
Are these Project teams diverse enough? |
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Posted: 8/20/2022 11:19:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Stealth aircraft identify targets in “wtf was that?” mode, a swarm of missile trucks light them up from beyond visual range? A flight of relatively un stealthy drones on a strike mission with some stealthy planes in support HARMing the fuck about any defenses that wake up? A continuously renewing, loitering cloud of unmanned bomb trucks just waiting for “bomb the fuck out of this spot” orders? Wild weasel missions that don’t risk pilots? Sounds like a recipe for success. I hope they put mannequins in the cockpit to mess with visual ID.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/20/2022 12:08:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Today I learned that the wild weasel mission is as simple as flying a route, detecting a radar (any radar is fine), shooting a single HARM, then heading home. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Seems like a good idea. But what about flight time? One of the benefits from drones is they can hand around for quite a while, can an old F16 do the same thing? IF an f-16 is made into a drone it will be used for dangerous strikes, like SEAD. so they wont need much loiter time, just program a route for it to go to, detect radar, fire HARM, and then get the heck out and RTB Today I learned that the wild weasel mission is as simple as flying a route, detecting a radar (any radar is fine), shooting a single HARM, then heading home. No problem. |
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