I love these kinds of stories because every single time I hear of a “Damn BMW” / “Damn Mercedes” / “Damn VW” story it’s always someone that bought a car that was an abused piece of junk for too much money to begin with that had tons of screaming red flags they ignored.

Tyler,

We all will have to deal with far more than Russian arrogance if that happens

Figured we could change it up a little.

A couple of F-16s could probably outfly the Su-34. I think NATO gave them a stern talking to about how to approach these situations in the future. Better to thoroughly document the incursion and then confront Putin though diplomatic channels.

Let’s hijack this thread with some quality pornography:

Whole lotta airspace out there. Things happen quickly. May not have had assets in place or may have considered the consequences not worth the depth of the incursion. I don’t think they consider themselves “overmatched” to say the least.

Political issues aside,

Here we go again with the A10s

Drowning is not a humane death. Neither is being terrified and confused beforehand.

I'm pretty sure they were serving bacon in the galley the next morning.

Nah, not possible. Navy pukes wouldn’t have a clue that there was a number missing.

I’m no vegan or peta supporter. I love my bacon and ribs. But those poor little pigs being so petrified, imagine if one fell off deck and somehow survived and drowned.

USS America should’ve painted the pigs with numbers 1, 2, and 4. Leave the Kennedy crew looking for pig 3.

Because Pilots are wussies.

The G-Suit difference is the F-16's side stick vs. the F-18's center joy stick. The Blue Angels don't want the inflation and deflation of the suit to bump a hand or the stick while close to another jet. Not an issue with the F-16.

Dude....

Wait another 10 years. Remember, There were plenty of noise about how crappy and wasteful the F-22 was back in the day. Something Tyler seems to have forgotten. Anything cutting-edge is going to be expensive, untested and imperfect until refined through trial & error (and time). The F-35 may be a pile of shit now, but…