I was a navigator in the USCG flying on these. Some of the best times of my life.
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The C-130 remains the flying backbone of America's combat forces. You need a pallet of crap moved from an air base…
During my 24-year career in the U.S. Navy, I experienced "submarining" in such heavy seas. It's not so bad if the ship is heading into the waves as the USS FORT WORTH is doing. This motion is called "pitching" or "heaving." But the two nuclear-powered cruisers that I served onboard (USS CALIFORNIA and USS…
To our benefit against those low flyers/sfc contacts, the metric fuck ton of LL moisture kicked up by the sea spray in 30KT+ winds will wreak havoc on the range/effectiveness of their electro-optic sensors as well, which I guarantee aren't as good as ours.
The work the Airmen at AMARG do to bring aircraft like 61-0007 back to life is truly amazing.
It's ridiculous that we manufactured almost 750 total airframes but have less than 100 left. Especially since this aircraft has proven to be one of the greatest investments the USAF has ever made.
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U.S. Air Force serial number 61-0007, a B-52H known by its nose art as "Ghost Rider," was brought out of seven years…
That's quite the payload on the Mirage. It's like opening your coat a bit to reveal a sidearm. "Are we going to have a problem here fellas....?"
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We've already seen what it's like for a NATO jet to get intercepted by a Russian fighter, but Russian planes get…