I feel like the news reports on the first attack were a bad idea. It literally gave ISIS a damage assessment they would have otherwise been unable to do. Sometimes, the public has the right to know, and sometimes the soldiers deployed have a right to live.

I have a feeling a lot of this is going on on multiple levels with various services.

Depends on accessibility. HiMARS can fit into a C-130 that can land on a dirt strip, so if you have that, pretty quickly plus some force protection if it is not already out there.

As Tex Johnston and a certain Boeing 707 can bare witness to. :)

These two rolls aren’t really ‘barrel’ rolls. They’re ‘aileron’ rolls that can be performed by any air frame that has a decent roll rate. Barrel rolls, while keeping positive Gs throughout, take a lot more space and altitude. Aileron rolls, depending on how fast you roll, may introduce some ‘light in the seat’ or…

That’s what she said!

As are Mk 84 airbursts and KISS concerts.

Yeah but can it do a 4G inverted dive with a Mig 28?

I believe they are +2.5 or 3G rated, but this is really not a high stress maneuver. Hell barrel rolls can maintain 1G constant.

The Bone seems fairly maneuverable for its size.

To the Iraqi Sunnis— it was all about perception. We were not only the moderators, but had significant leverage with the Shi’a dominated government to ensure Sunni inclusion in Baghdad. Our continued presence gave the Sunnis the security they needed to turn on AQI, and restore order to their territory. Once the…

“Really? Which ones?

Not Christianity. Christianity has had plenty of atrocities committed in the name of God.”

All of them execpt Islam. Maybe because Islam in not a religion but an ideology.

Fuck you retard. Islam is an ideology. Not a religion.

Your insistence on dividing people into us vs. them and supposing that you’re in the right because you abhor religion makes you no better. Learn to humble yourself and recognize that you’re not the brilliant perfect being you think you are. We’re all capable of error and weakness. I am, and so are you.

“We love death more than you love life” -Osama Bin Laden 1994 interview

Plenty of religions believe deeply in their sky fairies without blowing themselves up over it.

No, this is because of hatred and evil. I believe in God, I have several friends who believe in different gods and guess what? We all get along and care for one another. The lack of value for human life and a desire to rule over people with fear is what caused this, not a simple difference in ideology.

Hey, let’s see you look better after having a hard day of lifting.

Loved the sound but yes we threw pistons and turbochargers on a regular basis :( I was a radar operator/ICT on EC and RC-121's in the 60's. Most memorable takeoff was from McDill AFB during the Cuban Missile crisis, as the pilot opened the throttles a pack of F-105's on the parallel runway hit the afterburners :)