OMG so many videos!! Bookmarked in folder "aircraft porn" :)

I would assume the jump was also a validation of the Jump School in general. Since the whole "jumping-out-of-airplanes" thing is not really the most modern way to bring men and their equipment into a combat zone. I guess they didn't want to lose that asset for never having used it.

Thanks for the laugh, I just checked what you meant, excellent :)

Very cool video, thanks for posting.

My god, I'm so sorry for all the US taxpayers, having to sit by and watch this debacle unfold unhindered since it's "too big to fail". You have all my sympathies, maybe some day this will all be finally over, until then, best not read any more about this plane that I refuse to accept as the successor of the truly…

Those two 10 minute videos of the debrief are awesome, thanks for posting them!

All a matter of lobby, sadly...

Is it just me or is she cute? She can dogfight me any day :)

Also this:

Wow, I never thought of that. You really do have the better job in a C-2, if not the best!

Meanwhile in Germany:

I wonder, do pilots like to fly them or would they rather avoid being assigned to them?

Say what you want, but that is intimidating.

I just found this and thought I should leave it here:

And that is how the world turns...

Trust me, you WILL hear that siren, earbuds or not. As a german I should know, I got all kinds of sirens passing my house frequently (Fire Station nearby).

It's hard to believe that nobody up to this point has come up with this buoy concept before., it seems so very logical.

The deeper root to all these symptoms is the unwillingness of the general public to accept higher defense budgets. I can relate, as it is the same in my country, Germany. Politicians can always get easy approvement ratings through defense budget cuts and keeping it lean, and the Armed Forces aren't really part of…

The deeper root to all these symptoms is the unwillingness of the general public to accept higher defense budgets. I can relate, as it is the same in my country, Germany. Politicians can always get easy approvement ratings through defense budget cuts, and the Armed Forces aren't really part of public awareness. It's…

Having served as a machine gunner in the Bundeswehr paratroops, I can tell you: even with blanks those still sound fearsome. And since you usually group a bunch together (think ambush) you get pure MG3 porn.