The other side of these reactors is that you can plop down one or two at forward deployment bases oversees. You no longer have the major logistics headaches of trucking in mass amounts of fuel normally required to run the huge banks of fuel hungry generators.

Tyler is just giving it an honest review.

This is the big ass SOB that always scared us. Every time you'd hear that it was operational all the HVAA platforms would dive and or retrograde like a raped ape...

It just goes to show that when it comes to aviation buffs, service affiliation knows no boundaries....

There is this guy.......

Way back in the day I was a Civil Air Patrol Cadet and got to spend a summer going through UPT at Columbus AFB. At the end of the course we each got about 10-15 hours in the front seat of 37s or 38s plus a whole lot before that in the simulators. Depending on which side of the course we went through. Mine was the…

The 38 has amazing maneuverability.. Where it falls short is in on demand power for acceleration. Though if you ever watch the F-20 tigersharks then you might change your mind......

Plus, Hollywood aside, it was never really designed for high performance ACM. Originally it was designed to speed out away from the fleet, then shoot the Phoenix at BVR for its intended target. While the 4 was not much better with maneuverability, the factors you mentioned put the 14 out of consideration.

Not keen on the paint scheme, but I sure do miss Big Ugly.... They retired them just as I was hoping to get an assignment to them. sigh.....

You might want to include the Scottish game keepers that entered WWI as snipers. They brought the basic concepts for camouflage to the sniper profession with their early versions of the ghillie suits.

Nothing as of yet has been demonstrated that can reach out beyond low Earth Orbits (LEO). The only ASAT systems out there have just reached satellites in low earth orbit which is around 2,000 KM. The GPS systems are almost an order of magnitude higher at 20,000KM. Not saying it won't happen in the future, just…

Wrong.... Many of the satellites have imaging systems that render cloud cover null. You just don't get the pretty Kodak moments you're thinking about.

The other side of the GPS equation is that their is still an encrypted (DoD only) GPS signal still being broadcasted. Another issue is that you'd also have to sever the command and guidance links that are being issued from the control center. You have to remember that there is still a human "flying" it. So…

I think you overestimate the Growlers ability. It max ceiling is 50K. That and it is designed to provide localized IADS suppression to ingression strike aircraft. It isn't designed for wide area suppression.

In my career I've had the opportunity several times to be part of the "White Forces" at well as one of the "attendee" units at the the Flag exercises. The aggressors are top notch and really rack up the training hours. Much of the time they have to hold their punches and follow the scripting so as not to completely…

The German Air Force also trains extensively in the US as well. And while they are using a mix of US & European airframes, it becomes a real treat for US crews when they bring over some of their eastern block units they acquired from their reunification. Both sides tend to put in as much effort into the training…

uhh,,,,That would be "Lieutenant Commander" not Major. Think Nautical!

Another of my favorites....

Another really cool one that never made it was the YC-14; an attempt to replace the C-130.