On the contrary. Marketing aka recruiting is big thing for the military as an all volunteer force. And the air demo squadrons are a huge tool in that. Hell there parts are a higher priority than deployed squadrons. As much as it doesn't seem important recruiting is the backbone of the military because you can't fight…

That means nothing. No combat vessel in the Navy has “gun slits” in the bridge windows. I’m being literal because what you’re saying is utter nonsense. You clearly have zero knowledge on military equipment or even how the military works and operates. Leave this stuff to the big boys.

Please explain your logic as to how you came to the conclusion that windows for the bridge of this ship are gun slits. And please define gun slits for all of us.

I can't tell if you're high or just trolling...

The one you can barely see? I highly doubt that's the one he's talking about...

Growlers are the electronic attack F-18s. Which are VAQ squadrons (two seater super hornets). That’s just a hornet (single seater) since the side of it says VFA 131 which are FA-18Cs.

If an aircraft is down in hangar for maintenance then it isn't going to be launched anytime soon. They usually go down there for big maintenance reasons like airframe work or pulling an engine. I'm not sure on the exact number that fit in there but I'm sure it's maybe 25% of the total aircraft on the ship so you still…

I wasn’t going down that road at all. I just thought it was a nice hat tip to the comics. Since these movies aren’t remakes of the comics but rather artistic interpretations.

Playing on the idea that Bucky takes up the mantle as Cap from the comics. It’s awesome when you understand it.

Have you seen a recent Volvo? They aren't boxy anymore.

US Navy ships have to clear the decks when they launch from the VLS because of the “hot launch”. The smoke and blast can launch a sailor near them into the sea with ease. Just look up the video of the USS The Sullivans doing a launch and the Sailor was on the deck. It wasn't a good day for the Captain of that ship…

That makes no sense as we are phasing out the P-3 over the next 2-3 years.

P-3 uses T56 A-14 and C130 uses T56 A-15. Similar but not the same. I'm a supply officer that deals with P-3s and we can't grab a C130 engine from Cali or Japan to fix the P-3s.

Maybe in the old day. C130Js are 6 prop now where as the P-3 is 4 prop. They also have no common parts.

You can buy it... Or try to steal one from the military base but good luck with that.

You can't really compare the P-3 and the C-130 (I mean you can obviously but you shouldn't) considering one was designed based off an airliner and the other from the ground up. Plus their missions are totally different. Just because it has 4 turboprops and some wings doesn't make it the same. That's like saying a Yugo…

The program in and of itself shouldn't be cancelled but it should be tabled with it going back to the R&D phase in the background while we use the majority of our funds to upgrade and purchase new current gen aircraft. This rush and money dumping to get it operational as soon as possible is going to cause mistakes…

You're joking, right? Please tell me you're fucking joking with your nonsense.

VLSes are not what many would call compact. Just go read the article from earlier today about the LCS with VLS tubes. VLSes are deep. The first part you said was true though now any ship that can carry torpedo tubes on deck (pretty much any size ship) can now have mid to long range missiles. Plus this system…

COTD.