The Bears that flew along the Alaskan, Canadian and US West coast most recently, instead of locking their guns in the up position (to signal peaceful intent), trained their guns on the intercepting jets.

MOARBEARZ FTW

Exactly. BFM is still taught and practiced. It's like keeping a condom in your pocket - better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Actually, Sprey's been out of the business for decades. For the better part of the past 30 years, he's been making jazz music. Some of his work was sampled by Kanye West for 'Jesus Walks.'

Even when he was working at the Pentagon, he had a reputation for being "difficult." In 1969, he was referred to by NAVAIRCOM as:
"In…

Sprey didn't design the F-16. He didn't do any engineering work on it.

I wish I could give this more stars.

Video of a Russian Blackjack bomber that violated Columbian airspace, November 5, 2013.

MOARBEARZ!

Doesn't change the fact that you're still wrong about the differences between the schemes.

No, this is why we're melting the ice caps - these man-made islands will soon be underwater, thus negating China's claim.

Purging Florida is just an added bonus.

I prefer real life over a video game.

Via Project Habu:

That kind of weathering is not uncommon on aircraft operating in maritime environments. Fluids leak, stains happen, dirty boots leave tracks and dirt shows up quite easily on light hued paints.

"Russian squadrons go for gradual camo paint, unlike the US, who favors geometric shapes of high contrast colors."

Huh?

I'm amazed the Navy agreed to that name. Aside from that, I haven't kept up with the EA-18G.

I didn't miss anything; that's not a massive component. G-suits are plugged into the aircraft and use air from the environmental control system to inflate the bladders. An unmanned system will also need air, but they need it to cool some of the avionics. The amount of space taken up by a pilot is not a big factor in…

That answer addresses excessive G-loads. Roller coasters may briefly touch on a few positive Gs for a couple of seconds. Riders gray out or black out because they're not expecting it, they're not wearing a g-suit nor are they trained to handle it physically. Modern fighters can easily go to 9+ G. An F-15 can easily…

I remember back during ODS, coalition aircraft took on the role of "tank plinking" - airplanes ordinarily thought of as "interdiction" or "deep strike" fighters ended up bombing tanks, in revetted positions, one by one, with 500-lb LGBs from medium altitude at night. F-111s and F-15Es were well suited for this on…

F-102? F-106? B-58? SR-71? XB-70? Who said the USAF doesn't like delta wings?

Pure deltas aren't a popular choice for fighters because they bleed energy very fast. Your first turn is great, but that's not sustainable. That's why aircraft such as the Gripen, Rafalé, Typhoon, J-10 and J-20 have canards; the canards…

That's cool. I'm just a big fan of the F-16XL is all.

Why Rafale?

F-16XL airframe....