No you haven’t. You go vertical and pre-celebrate because you just won. You’re over exaggerating Harrier engagements in the Falklands to a massive degree. That was also decades ago, long before reliable, super-maneuverable, high angle, off-boresight missiles. In an age where IR missiles really needed hot-exhausts to…

What? How about linking what you think you’re referring to.

I call it Afghanistan 2.0, and consider them almost two separate conflicts. I was there early in the war, in the middle of the war, and at the very end of the war. That middle deployment was one of the most mellow I’ve been on. It reminded me of our mission in Bosnia.

Lol, COTD contender.

Possibly, but it would be pretty miniscule. It would have about the same effect as putting an AIM-7 on one of the rear, centerline, AIM-54 stations on the Tomcat.

It’s true my friend. Take a look. Well before 2012 started the Taliban had been routed, and was either dead or in Pakistan. Same deal with their Al-Qaeda amigo’s. We missed Bin Laden by the hair on his face. We listened to him talk on the radio, saying the battle was lost, apologizing, and basically saying “every man…

No FD love? Hater...

If you need any help/advice msg me. I’ve been know to own an FD from time to time...

At least it’s not painted blue. There’s nothing I hate more than to have a fighter get me all worked up, just to see her roll over and show me the blues!

People might wanna see this too. I’ve been paying far more attention to this aircraft lately than the Flankers.

Basically. They’d firewall the throttle and the landing gear fell off. Russian oligarchs were upset and bought Eurofighters with JATO packs in protest.

It would be really cool to see that tumbling from that perspective. Kinda surprised they haven’t tossed a gopro in the cockpit yet. Really surprised actually.

I’m jealous. Got pics to share?

Every year or two somebody scores an air-to-air kill somewhere. Doesn’t matter how frequently it happens. Since WWII, air-superiority is basically mandatory if you want a shot at winning. The larger and more modern a military is, the more important it is. Especially if you care about your soldiers. Otherwise you…

You’re an utter dunce. I usually don’t crow too loud when an opponent hand-delivers me a victory on a silver platter.

Very true. You can tell the difference because Kremlins are red and can be tracked with a geiger counter.

Only the ‘09 Flankers. After that they fixxxe’d it...

That’s a pretty good analogy pal. Outta the grey’s for you!

That’s absolutely ridiculous. No it’s not. Getting a sniff at stealthy aircraft on low-band radar is possible. Putting it in a platform that can take advantage of it, and cue weapons based on the information is a whole ‘nother thing. It’s not happening ATM, and won’t to any relevant degree for some time.

They’re having hard time selling ‘em because the SU-35 really isn’t special. You’re still at a disadvantage to most western fighters in the BVR envelope. Considering that, if you’re looking for this type of aircraft you get the same advantages (long range, large loadout, 95% of its performance and capabilities) in…