Definitely a high AOA. Look at the air-stream fins of the LGB’s laser sensors. They are streamlining into the relative wind indicating a pretty high AOA.

Dropping inerts with an Paveway II kit is some sort of myth that I think was perpetuated by either Tyler or some other commenter. It doesn’t happen in combat. A Mark 82 filled with cement will do no damage if it misses it’s target by a couple of feet and the CEP of an LGB is advertised to be around 3 feet in the best…

All those articles are referencing Area 51, which is not where Tonapah Test Airport is located and where the F-117 squadron flew out of.

I looked at Romney in a family picture with five strapping, healthy sons....Not a one of them served a minute in the military. And throw in the grandfather and great-grandfather into that category. He lost me as a potential CIC.

Boy, you’ve read too many Clancy novels. Most aircraft bought down by IR missles never saw the missile and didn’t know what hit them. They only way they might have seen it would be if their friendly radar was telling them bandits were close and then they’d be looking for them.

Four bombs come out, only 3 explosions. Go to the youtube version, click on the gear to slow it down to .25 and watch the last bomb hit the ground with failure to explode. One dud probably buried 3-4 feet in the ground. Future IED material.

You can still count 8 F-14s in the boneyard at Davis Monthan that look to be in pretty good shape:

One ‘star’ for you stanley. After 3 or 4 years of being on the team, back to the RAG or Squadron (if you were a T-bird) and relearn bombing parameters, gun jinks, yo-yos, SAM/atoll breaks, the enemy’s capabilites, and combat formations etc. Of course, flying an instrument approach on the wing would be second nature…

Hate to disappoint you prospective buyers that want to listen to the ‘Beiber’, but that’s a Garmin GTX 300 (or variant) transponder with ADSB. You better still carry your mp3 player.

Read my post below which is relegated to the ‘pending’ folder. I spot 8 F-14s.

I’ve repeated this on two other unrelated threads. Jettison all the stores, and the F-4 had a glide ratio of 7:1 at 215 kts.

Ya it could be semantics and all my time is in the older aircraft and more than you want to know - 747-100,200,400, 727-100,200, DC-10. As I recall, all used window heat for anti fogging in addition to prevent ice buildup. Here’s a quote from the 747-400 AOM which is the only manual I kept:

Ford Trimotor?

This live fire range, commonly called ‘Nightmare Range’ by US military is 42 miles North East of downtown Seoul and about 50 miles from Incheon. So the moderator took a little liberty in direction and distance....he’s a journalist, not an operator.

Are you kidding me? With dual engine failure in the V-22 and no restarts, I’d definitely take a Harrier with engine out. It’s got ejection seats. The Osprey doesn’t.

Except for the 6 F-14s sealed up and still sitting in the desert at AMARC. If you have the time do a google earth view search. And I still count around 30 F-4s, probably too costly to convert to QF-4s.

Unfortunately, in TG #2 LT Tom “Iceman” Kazanski (Val Kilmer) was told that he would either have to be a drone pilot or choose an alternative naval career path. He decided to become a

While I’ll buy the fact that this a real photo with very little ‘shopping’, it certainly was staged and maybe practiced prior to the shoot for an excellent photo op. The dropping of flares in this relatively close formation is a ‘look at me’ attention-getter and provides more glitter for the viewer and the camera in…

The crash was reported extensively by the local and state newspapers, but they took the USAFs explanation that it was an A-7 which was the standard cover for F-117s at that time. The FAA made the crash site a no fly zone for civilians for a while and we flew kind of security guard sorties in OV-10s out of George AFB…

Looks to me that this is just somebody holding a consumer grade camcorder. An actual visual tracker recording would have a lot more digital info on it and probably something the Navy doesn’t feel comfortable releasing to the world.