I like it. It is cheap and fast but this badass could do some heavy delivery:

Yeah, pesky hooks...at least these were de-barbed.

These guys are, literally, thousands of times better than Egypt’s army band...

Actually, the hospital had 2 of those machines already but they were both in use. It just happened that the plane was getting ready for a flight to Rygge and happened to be kitted out perfectly for the mission so they chose to go with the fastest method of delivery.
The AF loved it and the timing is pretty good as…

Obviously a destroyer. Stretched AB with an aftermarket aero-kit.

And good luck with that, say I. Sell them some 35s and give them a few years, then they will be able to make a stab at their own stealth fighter. What they are learning here will help, no doubt, but this is not a thing anyone has to worry about for at least 15 years. (disclaimer: 15 years is a pretty short time, your…

Interesting article. Since we are in now some days into the AT era and since I think that FA is a cool site that has built up a respectable cadre of commenters and readers, this is what I would like to see out of an article like this.
When you say costly maintenance on the preds, what do you mean? How costly and how…

This thread is a surprising comment from you as you tend to have more interesting things to say. I have not had a lot of contact with the regulars but I have met a lot of the Foreign Legion and those guys are bad asses. I would guess a lot of your perspective is colored by a very good US (and UK) media campaign to…

The USN vessel attempted contact in English and Russian. I don’t think they were that concerned by the jet or helicopter. It was an annoyance and a chance for some dick wagging by the Russians but obviously just being staged for internal consumption.

So, to paraphrase your statement: "I got nothin'." Don't mention it. Glad to help you out.

Boy, I say boy... give it a rest. Adults are handling this diplomacy thing.

So do you purify your own crack somehow? You make pretty good crazy talk, dude.

Don’t believe that for a second. Opening them up (as it were) let’s them see all the great shit that is sitting just miles north of them. We didn’t need to ask for “concessions”, we needed to find a way to break the ice so that the people of Cuba demand concessions and real human rights and give the Cuban government a…

I still think the Jolly Roger looks better on the Tom Cat or, especially the Phantom. There is something about the Jolly Roger on a F-4 that seems right. That plane has an almost Russian Design Brutality (still too pretty to be Russian, but still brutal). . . Like something an actual pirate would fly in and ruin your…

So the plan was:
1. Fly in and make a bunch of noise.
2. Continue making a bunch of noise while indiscriminately shitting on everything in sight.
3. Fly away at the first sign of a real threat.
I like it! That is exactly what the seagulls do down by my pond.
Brava, mother russia!

Every time I see pictures of those “islands” I think that being garrisoned on the Spratlys must be one of the worst duties to pull in the Chinese military. “Congratulations Cho, you are being sent to a barren piece of sand that we scraped out of the sea. No trees, no natural shade, not much R&R, barely above sea…

This thing is intriguing! Is it me or does it look oddly like a n-generation optimization on the Kitty Hawk design?

Dog Day Afternoon with less good planning...

So what are they going to do with these nukes? Put them on a tramp steamer and float them somewhere hoping that they don’t get stopped... put them on a truck and try to get them over the boarder somehow?
Do they actually have the missile tech to deliver a nuke?

I think your word order is slightly off in "...will actually China..." Cheers!