More than two bombs each...

I know the first hand circumstances of two of those combat related deaths, and one of those US aircraft.

iirc, 25's didn’t do much low level. They were usually high and fast, right?

Maybe an EA-6A - I can’t tell if there’s a second cockpit in that pic.

I will also remind every NFL fan who reads this that this could be YOUR team, if they get sold and get stuck in a quagmire of terrible ownership.

It’s not my God damn planet - understand, Monkey Boy?

That hadn’t occurred to me, but you’re right. I was looking on Wikipedia, and there are a couple of pictures on there where they’re carrying weapons on their outer pylons, or carrying nothing.

During the cruise for Desert Storm, the F-14 squadrons on our boat developed an annoying habit of running into the radomes on our Intruders during landings. It happened 4 or 5 times, and we ended up running out of radomes in the entire Pacific. Took weeks to get the chain filled back up.

Having served on-board a carrier (back in the late 80’s - early 90’s), it truly was an awesome sight to behold. We had 2 squadrons of F-14’s, 2 squadrons of A-6’s, an EA-6B squadron, an H-3 squadron, an S-3 squadron, an E-3 squadron, and during Desert Storm, were on 24 hour flight ops, with Intruders and Tomcats on 5…

AFAIK, the F-35 can carry 15k external and 3k internal, equal to the Intruder’s 18k (obviously only external). Add in the Intruder’s all-weather and TF capabilities, and here’s another example of the 35 being a ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’.

About 85% of the Intruders got re-winged with the composite wings. The A-6F was about engine and avionics upgrades.

My dad was CO of the rag squadron during the white years at Holloman, and he still won’t say much about it. He flew them while they were still black (including Desert Storm), and he won’t talk about either time period.

Just out of curiosity, which one loss are you referring to? As of right now, they’re 12-0.

Dunno - it’s probably a moot point though, as I’m certain that there’s a rule that requires a certain number of linemen on the defense. Assuming they stick in the wedge though, a line of 350+ pound linemen could waddle 60+ yards and block 2 DB’s each - we’re not talking about a lineman blocking a lineman at that point…

Who? One of the most disappointing draft busts in history? The quarterback so bad that the Raiders unofficially retired his jersey number, so no one else was shackled with that number?

If there’s no D-line, entire Packers offense successfully runs the ball, with 8 guys in a wedge formation (4 of them 350 pound + linemen) blocking for the runner. Touchdown, Packers.

Under normal circumstances, all of the aircraft won’t be down there at the same time. They’ll be down there for maintenance, or to lessen the number of birds on the roof, and give them more room to refuel, rearm, and reposition. I was on the Ranger, and it’d take about 20-30 minutes to move 2-3 birds from the hanger…

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Back during Desert Storm, we had some Intruders that were g-limited. Either the age of the wings, or the age of certain structural components, and there were stickers put all over the cockpit, telling the crews that their g-forces were limited.