“...those who breathed the fumes and touched parts of the Vega 31’s smoldering carcass would probably get gravely sick in not so many years.”

The hell? That car didn’t even try to slide.

Its actually very easy to tell the difference as long as you remember that a Flanker has a wanker.

And then there’s the Jet Fuel Starter (JFS) which the F-16 has.

APU’s provide electrical, hydraulic and bleed air for ground operations and for starting the aircraft. If you ever had to push a dash 60 or a mule around the flightline you would think APU’s are heaven sent.

Missing rivet at 8:30 of video.

“The Flying Platypus of Death”

“The Flying Platypus of Death”

Its 2015 and people still don’t know how to hold a camera.

How long before Russia loses a jet, whether to ground fire, maintenance issues or operator error? The statement blaming the US is probably already written, designed to create international pressure to force the US out of the region.

The license plate was stolen from my bike when I lived in Las Vegas. The thief put the plate on his bike then robbed a convenience store. The cops chased him and he fell off his bike at high speed in an intersection so he probably had pretty identifiable road rash. Since I hadn’t ridden my bike for a few days and…

Does anyone think the Russian’s have a policy on NCD (attacking targets that No Collateral Damage is allowed) or is it going to be “Nyet, tough shitski!”

I was a crew chief at Ramstein in 1983 working on F-4E’s in phase docks. It wasn’t one of ours.

Now off to the hills. With stop signs in awkward places.

They bought them in the pre “death to America” days.

These guys.

You beat me to it.

That story needs some grainy pictures. And aliens.

Don’t play games with me...