I know the original missile targeting systems where still in their infancy back then and not as reliable, but there will always be that scenario where a pilot will eventually run out of missiles or he is too close to get a missile to lock. That’s when the guns become the ideal solution or the only solution left.

Quick. Someone post the last time air to aircombat between jets featured the use of a gun.

I thought the title said “Scared Shirtless”.

Oh, Aprilia... the brand whose dealer locator tool still lists my nearest dealer as one that closed at least a year ago, and whose next closest (40 miles away) has nowhere near their full motorcycle product range ever in stock.

Pretty sure this is the same switch gear that was on my Honda three-wheeler as a kid.

I just gonna buy 37 used RC51s

Nice, a real life Cobra Moray.

I agree wholeheartedly with that second sentence. But when the JSF program was still in the conceptual phase the MQ-1 hadn’t even flown yet. I don’t think anyone could have predicted how game changing unmanned vehicles would become and it took 2 very wasteful wars to truly realize their potential. Its likely that any…

I just cancelled my War is Boring premium membership because I cannot take this story any more. Tyler is less biased than David Axe and crew but both fail to recognize how much aerial warfare has changed since the 1960’s.

Who are we going to fight against with the latest aircraft?? We can’t fight anyone with that stuff, we are economically tied to them. I fought people with ancient gear, I was in intelligence.

Must be time for scheduled maintenance.

Come on, BOYS! Move it!

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As an experienced dad of four, I can attest that whatever your are doing that has your charges giddily yelling “FASTER!” and/or “AGAIN!” over and over is probably exactly the right thing to do :)

As a rider, you should know that pipes are one of the last factors that determine a motorcycles presence as that sound is pointed away from the vehicle that it’s approaching. Not saying that it doesn’t help, but cars are becoming insulated enough that even Harley straight pipes aren’t being noticed until the bike has…

Unfortunately, this is how checklists get made.

But all in all...I have to believe that one of the steps in the checklist would be to confirm that the aircraft is not in maintenance mode prior to takeoff.

I feel for the kid. You may have lost your life, but now you gained your wings. Ones that will never fail.