F-35s?

Their planes, however, are the oldest of the old. Only aircraft that are retired from combat roles are used for the teams and as such, they’re more likely to have issues.

2 birds down in one day is very rare. These pilots are the best of the best.

You sound like the opposite of fun.

VWs have a similar “feature”

Cheap as fuck, kicks ass, lots of weapons.

No Cargo take-off out of Norfolk back to Dover with only 45k fuel... 460k-ish gross weight with 200,000+ lbs of thrust... It was impossible to get up out of your seat on climb out. Pilots where showing off for the F-22 guys who said we’d break and be stuck there forever. lol

Hi Justin.

Do you have any constructive feedback?

Congrats on the move - will miss you here especially since this is one of the few places I generally can get out of the greys on! 😜

That’s my gun!!! Seriously, I was the OPS/CSO on GTN when we installed the Block 1B mounts she currently has. I was really proud of the work my Sailors put in on getting it installed, calibrated, and getting rounds down range. It was probably the smoothest thing on that entire tour.

Haven't read the article yet, just glad to see you're alive Tyler! #tylerisfree!

Having worked security at this very gate, I can personally attest to that. I still remember times where I was staring off in space while on guard duty, listening to a dry, hot wind, as it caused a small piece of metal to make a clinking sound against a nearby light pole.

Is it wrong that I care only about the F/A-18?

“I was just curious how, if at all, pushing ISIS out of Iraq would change Middle East tensions?”

Not true. Defense contractors aren’t losing either.

Tyler used to run his own blog, Aviation Intel. Two years ago, he got hired by Gawker Media to write for Foxtrot. Now he posts 2-4 times a day instead of 2-4 times a week. I’ll deal with a lot of Gawker crap to see a fantastic writer get paid to put out more quality content.

Those have never been a good looking truck.