Thomas_The_Wank.......

Sports John...... This may come as a surprise to you, but most USAF pilots are not English majors.... And what's even MORE STRANGE.... You can't read our handwriting for shit....

Hungryjack..... I was trying to read the text but my eye's just kept drifting to those ridiculous hats.... I cracked up when In saw a group of men... on an aircraft... wearing floor length trench coats (ALL OF THEM.... INCLUDING DOUGH BOY)... with some wearing fur Commy Cap's (on the aircraft) and other having a…

The BUFF will be around for a long time. When Boeing designed that aircraft it was one of those moments in the aeronautical time line when everything came together and someone had the gut's and vision to build the damned thing.....

Tyler

Fine ships all... As were/are the men who sailed them... I will however speak to one issue brought up... The Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyer is no "vulnerable pushover"... and perhaps that is not what the author is driving at. I had an opportunity in a RIMPAC exercise some 8 to 10 years ago to climb out…

I caught a few rides on tanker aircraft while going to and from unit and training locations. They taxi people all the time. Had the opportunity to get Yoke time in a DC-10-30CF. A Boeing DC-10 Triplejet known at Boeing as the KC-10 Extender Frame. The 2nd officer contracted food poisoning and I was rated and good on…

positiony..... I beg to differ. The location and travels of those trains will be prioritized. Within a few months they will have satellites tasked specifically to track them. NASA's work using sensors to detect gas anomalies and all manor of chemical or radiological variation used to find and classify Galaxies,…

Alexi..!!! There are so many drones flying around the train they look like bee's.... Do we have bee's to follow the Gut sucking, capitalist pigs in their Ohio Class Ballistic missile subs..? My uncle Vitoli was in navy.... they called those subs "Ghosts"... because you knew they were there but you never saw them…

Thank you for the correction. The way I wrote the explanation is incorrect... Indeed, the power level applied to the propeller, NOT the pitch creates more thrust. You wrote what I wished to say, but failed, thank you again...

Tyler... Why hurry to start racking up hours on these new aircraft airframes..? Every jet in the military's inventory has a finite life span before it is either retired or must be completely gone through. There have been Naval aircraft which were flown to the bones before ever getting real action of any length. The…

Tyler... I would say you offer a fair and valid argument. The literal evidence certainly supports your observations. I can offer you a "#4 point" to add to your list... After retiring from a 26 year career in the USAF, I took up a long loved career as a audio engineer and stage and lighting engineer for a major…

Cheaper and faster is not always better... In fact... I can't really recall many instances in aviation development where "Cheaper" is a beneficial aspect other then that of the bean counters who don't have to fly the damned thing. Truth is... Your comment has a very immature ring to it.

Tyler.... The difference between a turboprop and a turbofan isn't as substantial as you would think. They burn the same fuel. They are both jets, one just swings a propeller with a turbine utilizing a gear reduction system. The other uses (as I'm sure you know) thrust generated by compressed gasses being ignited and…

That is just not accurate. I flew F-16D's & F-15E's in a 26 years USAF career. I still have several friends who are on active status (whereas I am now in reserves) who fly the 22's in Alaska where an entire F-22 squadron stationed. First of all you don't station aircraft in Alaska that cannot fly in bad weather or at…