It looked to me that the most dangerous thing in the cabin is the carry on luggage. Watch what happens for the storage bins and think about where that luggage is going to go. The only way out of the plane is crawling down the aisle because the top half of the plane is filled with broken bins and luggage.

You gotta think that Harrier pilot was saying "you are sure it is empty, right? I mean really sure, as in you checked it yourself. Really???"

Well Chris, now that you mention it..... :) However, I saw Artist Renderings of a Lockheed Martin proposed Swing Wing Navy variant of the F-22 that could make a lot of sense. A single squadron for 12 would be enough for each Carrier.

Double Post

The Vertical Stab is the one that is Vertical and in the pictures there are people for reference so you can see that the base of the Vertical stab is about 8 feet off the ground. I worked F-14 Tomcats for 20 years and made 3 Cruises walking thru hanger bays filled with Hornets. I know a Vertical Stab from a Horizontal…

Yea, and the Navy is supposed to defend a Carrier with that. The Bug does what it does well but it is not a Fleet Defense Interceptor or an Air Superiority Fighter.

Shhhhhh, we are not supposed to talk about that.

I screwed up. Either I remembered wrong or they changes the gate configuration. I don’t remember there being gates between the south (People) side and the North Side (Flight line) of the base. Sorry.

Not possible. The Vertical Stab is at least 8 feet off the ground. Horizontal Stab is most likely. Wing is too high to hit in a standard Jeep.

Me 3.

Also remember the main gate is 7 miles from the flight line. And never trust a Lt. JG.

The picture is of JRB Ft. Worth.

That is not a picture of NAS Lemoore. The Main Gate at Lemoore is 7 MILES from the flight line! How in the hell could Force Protection NOT stop them??????? I think the crashed thru a fence story in a much more plausible explanation.

If the Politicians were honorable and law abiding they would have done what was best for the country and not what was best for their wallet. In corruption, I think the person that accepts the bribe is 90% culpable.

I disagree sir. The Corporations were given a spec to build to and they did just that. Because of other POLITICAL decisions the F-35 is being expected to do things it was never expected to do. It was never intended to be a fighter, it was and is a stealthy strike aircraft that can protect itself, similar to a F-18 or…

I like this Jerry of Garcia guy!

We all know that it is a fact that all the greatest fighters in the world never needed a B, C, D, ..... Model. The P-51D was unnecessary, as was the F-15C. </SARCASM>

This massive amount of effort to find the people that perpetrated the attacks does nothing to dissuade the next terrorists. The mantra in the west has always been if you mess with us we will hunt you down and kill you. That does not matter at all to these people. All that matters to them is that their attack…

How were the people of Belgium involved in the middle east?

Brussels - How long will it be before they do something similar in the US. I am damned surprised it has not happened already. The access to weapons and explosives is much easier here.