From a strategic/political standpoint, Belarus, under Lukashenko, might as well be a Russian republic.

The RD-33 smokes like a J79, especially during large throttle changes, however, in the close-in ACM that the MiG-29 was designed for — and the visual signature of that smoke is irrelevant — the MiG-29 has shown to be on-par with the F-16 and better than the legacy Hornet. (Ask anyone who flew Vipers against the…

You've obviously never seen the inside of a front-line fighter cockpit. I guarantee you, that if you walk onto a flight line full of F-16s, F-15s or legacy F/A-18s, you'd see just as much worn paint around the instrument panel shroud and commonly used switches. Combat jets are machines of war, not the flying…

Back when I was a college student living in DC, I was dating a woman who lived in Atlanta, so I flew AirTran regularly. The 717s were nice, the crews friendly and the flights almost always on-time.

It's still better than the dueling morons we have to put up with:

I'm a GW grad - CSAS 2001.

A 29¢ Bic pen remains one of the most dangerous items found onboard commercial airliners. Far more dangerous than a 'box cutter' or any of the silly items restricted by the TSA post-9/11.

Honestly one of the safest possible places to be during a hurricane.

If only Jezebel could use its powers for good and promote other Kickstarter projects which also just happen to feature nekkidness (including penises!):

I miss my '87 635CSi/5. I sold it in 2011, because I couldn't fit two child seats in the cabin.

The 9S35 Fire Dome is a tracking, engagement and CW guidance radar.

Yup. That 9S35 Fire Dome radar on the front of the TELAR turret is just there for decoration, right?

You make your point… as delicately as ever, Mr. Pelt.

Ray, I was unaware that the F-14's Air Data Computer represented the first use of an integrated microprocessor (nor was I aware that the Navy prevented publication of the design for nearly 30 years), though I was aware that the F-14's CADC did represent the first digital ADC (it controlled wing sweep/glove vane…

Not so much. When I was at the 2001 Paris Airshow, the An-225 was grounded for a number of days after it blew at least 6 tires upon landing at Le Bourget.

The three major contributors to F-14A maintenance needs were:

Below the hard deck doesn't count.

Better song:

"There isn't enough thrust in Christendom to" turn the Aardvark into a fighter.

Um… You're replying to a 2-year old post… in which I cited Nature's then-two-year-old article detailing the terrible mis-management, significant cost overruns and delays which have plagued the JWST and how that has negatively affected NASA's non-JWST astrophysics programs.