Only FIGHTER JETS
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sherwood4099
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That's because we have not needed their capabilities at all since they have been created. They are made assult heavily defended areas defended by technology that none of our most recent enemies like Iraq, Lybia and Afghanistan have. Iwe also don't have more than 200 and they are being preserved and having the quirks worked out to use against an enemy that actually requires it. We just moved a bunch of them to the UAE so they are avalible to use against Iran if nessecary.
A lot of people have scrutinized the fact they havn't flown combat missions yet but it really doesn't mean anything about their capabilities or readiness.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/77-billion-raptor-22-fighter-jets-war/t/story?id=13322450
A lot of people have scrutinized the fact they havn't flown combat missions yet but it really doesn't mean anything about their capabilities or readiness.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/77-billion-raptor-22-fighter-jets-war/t/story?id=13322450
Flying~Squirrel
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except they are sub-sonic
sherwood4099
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That's part of the idea. They are slow moving CAS birds. They are so effective being able to go that slow and get shit tons of ordinence on target
Flying~Squirrel
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yeah i know, im saying that because he called them silent death, when really you can hear them from pretty far off
sherwood4099
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Oh I get it. I've heard some other claims of nicknames over there like "the devils cross" because of their silowet and wing shape. I have no idea though. I would be scared as shit to be on the recieving end of that GAU-8
Trojan~Man
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this.. also i dont think anyone compared it to a fighter jet which would be retarded...
On another can we pleasseeee avoid the F-35 debate/argument/conversation or whatever cuz that could get real ignorant real fast lol (so far it has been alright surprisingly
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On another can we pleasseeee avoid the F-35 debate/argument/conversation or whatever cuz that could get real ignorant real fast lol (so far it has been alright surprisingly
)
PhaedeD
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my favorite though for sure.. I would love to learn to fly and buy one someday. very expensive though.
F16 and Mustang. Notice the Happy Hooligans on the F16... People who believe that Flight 93 in PA was shot down think that the plane that did it is from this squadron. Badass squadron name.
cool WWII footage I found while looking for p51 stuff. gets a little crazy later in the movie but its real life. kind of makes me wonder if the Japanese realllly hate us still. I mean shit, I would.
F16 and Mustang. Notice the Happy Hooligans on the F16... People who believe that Flight 93 in PA was shot down think that the plane that did it is from this squadron. Badass squadron name.
cool WWII footage I found while looking for p51 stuff. gets a little crazy later in the movie but its real life. kind of makes me wonder if the Japanese realllly hate us still. I mean shit, I would.
Lt-Aldo-Raine
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My uncle sweeping the runway
sherwood4099
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He's an Angel?
Lt-Aldo-Raine
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was in the 90s
Kreech
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My grandpa by marriage, Tudor teague was the guy who flew the f-4 phantom under the golden gate bridge back in the summer of '69. He was also a commander of the kitty hawk. So I kinda have to love the f4. But my favorite modern fighters are the f/a 18, the f22 and the f35. Also, just have to point out that the name of the thread is fighters only and the op has an a10 (an attack plane) in it. But whatever, that's just my OCD....
SmokeyTheBear
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No F35 yet?
HOLY SHIT
Dat cockpit...
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HOLY SHIT
Dat cockpit...
SmokeyTheBear
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damnit
BravoWhiskey5280
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Im pretty sure most fighter pilots claim that the F-15 was the greatest fighter jet every made.
BravoWhiskey5280
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The B-2 Bomber is incredible as well. The do fly overs all the time where I live and its crazy how quiet they are.
Alright here we go... this thread is my childhood coming back to play.
My uncle was an A4 pilot, so naturally A-fighters are my favourites, but besides that, while all the other flippydoo fancypants jets go doing 20 barrel rolls just to show how big it's cock is to the tune of Danger Zone, these things are the real beasts - I equate them to the Offensive linemen of air superiority. These things swoop in 100 feet above the ground, laying waste to any array of front-line enemy troops, and launch missiles that probably are shaped like those giant oversized boxing gloves from cartoons which give enemy tanks the finger before punching them in the balls, and detonating with the force of a volcanic explosion on Jupiter. They are ugly as FUCK and when you find out what just killed you, its like waking up next to solid-7 girl. They are slow, dirty, dusty, perhaps clumsy, but then they fire up a fucking spirit bomb on your ass and laugh on the way home to go fuck chi-chi. While those other guys got a bj from a supermodel and a medal for 5 fucking kills, these guys were racking up like 10 times as much death on their shit breaks. If these guys were characters in Full Metal Jacket, they'd all be Animal Mother.
the A4 skyhawk... My Uncle's plane. the Navy's version of the A10 before the A10... thing was able to launch nukes without issue, refuel it's own brethren (if a tanker wasn't available), carry pretty much insane amounts of armament, and along with the Phantoms, turned Vietnam into a flaming forest on the reg. Brazil, Israel, and Argentina still has them in service, where they have mostly been refitted with F16 avionics. Singapore actually got these things up to Mach 1, which is legit for an attack aircraft originally from the 50's. They are one of the few planes the Navy actually used as a Blue Angels squadron. They were the first planes to drop bombs on Vietnam, and though at the time, didnt have any guided missiles, at least 1 was able to score an unguided kill on a Mig 17 from a rocket pod - which is hilarious. Same thing happened a few years later by an Israeli. The Argentines fucked a lot of British shit up with these.
the A6 - the plane my uncle jeff WANTED to fly, and the plane my uncle Phil was a specialized mechanic for, when he was in the Marines. Things were one ugly son of a bitch, but they also were nuke-ready, and had super advanced electronics for it's day. They were originally developed to be VTOL, but that idea was scrapped due to costs. They now serve as Electronic warfare planes.
the Sukhoi SU-25. This thing's like Russia's version of the A-10. Thing has a huge autocannon that shoots depleted uranium, and is Russia's tank killer aircraft - basically the ilyushin IL2 of the modern day for them. They are rugged as shit, just like the A10 and have badass avionics to boot. The russians have used them to gain mad air superiority against the Georgians and Chechens, and Iraqi pilots fucked iranian shit up with these things during 1982 - if they were able to get off the ground. They just load these up with a shitload of Mi24 rocket pods and they use them to scorch the planet.
Speaking of which, the Ilyushin IL2 - kinda fucking badass right there. Russia threw about 46 thousand of these out to the front lines during ww2. More of these were made than ANY OTHER PLANE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN BEINGS ON PLANET EARTH. They were slow as fuck, but could take a serious beating, and had safety in numbers, so nobody gave a shit.. They didn't really give a fuck about the tailgunner, and gave him like no armour, but regardless, these things pissed off hitler hardcore - and just like the t34, gave the nazis nightmares as they saw a billion of them coming at them. The soviets claimed to take out 70 nazi tanks in 20 minutes with a squadron of these motherfuckers during the battle of Kursk. Thats laying some fucking WASTE. They weren't accurate for shit, but they'd just send out a fucking airmada of these things and carpetbomb wherever the enemy was - thus being effective as hell. Some crazy stories happened with this plane, and it's easily a favourite of mine for that reason.
the A10 thunderbolt2/warthog. We all know about this one, and with those 2 huge engines and forktail, as well as just stupid armaments and ability to take a scud to the asshole and walk away? Not to mention the sweet paintjobs on the nose with a MEAN TOOTHY SHARK FACE WITH A GATLING GUN STICKING OUT? Thing is slow as fuck, about as fast as a supermarine spitfire, but has moves like a romanian gymnast in the sack. It has an avenger gatling gun, and enough bombs and missiles and whatever to just be a one man wrecking crew of assaulting awesomeness. We all know about them, but here's a rad video.
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Lastly, one of the coolest things ever, the Fucking harrier. These things are like helicopters that also can just by chance, go mach 1. Everyone who's played GTA San Andreas loves these things for destroying shit. The Brits used these things to give Argentina a 2nd butthole in the Falkland war while being outnumbered like 5-1, and the Americans have used them in the Marines since it's inception. They haven't really seen heaps of battle outside of the Faulklands, but carry a 22-0 record in air combat. They actually faced off against the A4 skyhawks my Uncle flew, but seeing as Argentine skyhawks weren't fitted with AA missiles, had no heads up AA display and weren't facing Mig 17's, they were pretty much cannon fodder if they got a harrier on their 6. Harrier haven't seen a ton of battle if they ever do again, they are planes that can do plenty of damage. 4 rocket pods 2 missles and 2 cannons... plus the ability to take off and land anywhere? fucking rad. The Spanish, Indians, and Siamese have these in their arsenal too... The plane was so cool, the Soviets even tried to copy it in the 70's but made a plane that sucked huge ballsackary and couldn't carry dick for weapons or work if it was humid/hot. Harrier pilots are super extreme to the max-gnar as well, because they are usually guys who used to do barrel rolls in fucking helicopters. Harriers are super unforgiving and hard to fly, so they take mad skill.
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My uncle was an A4 pilot, so naturally A-fighters are my favourites, but besides that, while all the other flippydoo fancypants jets go doing 20 barrel rolls just to show how big it's cock is to the tune of Danger Zone, these things are the real beasts - I equate them to the Offensive linemen of air superiority. These things swoop in 100 feet above the ground, laying waste to any array of front-line enemy troops, and launch missiles that probably are shaped like those giant oversized boxing gloves from cartoons which give enemy tanks the finger before punching them in the balls, and detonating with the force of a volcanic explosion on Jupiter. They are ugly as FUCK and when you find out what just killed you, its like waking up next to solid-7 girl. They are slow, dirty, dusty, perhaps clumsy, but then they fire up a fucking spirit bomb on your ass and laugh on the way home to go fuck chi-chi. While those other guys got a bj from a supermodel and a medal for 5 fucking kills, these guys were racking up like 10 times as much death on their shit breaks. If these guys were characters in Full Metal Jacket, they'd all be Animal Mother.
the A4 skyhawk... My Uncle's plane. the Navy's version of the A10 before the A10... thing was able to launch nukes without issue, refuel it's own brethren (if a tanker wasn't available), carry pretty much insane amounts of armament, and along with the Phantoms, turned Vietnam into a flaming forest on the reg. Brazil, Israel, and Argentina still has them in service, where they have mostly been refitted with F16 avionics. Singapore actually got these things up to Mach 1, which is legit for an attack aircraft originally from the 50's. They are one of the few planes the Navy actually used as a Blue Angels squadron. They were the first planes to drop bombs on Vietnam, and though at the time, didnt have any guided missiles, at least 1 was able to score an unguided kill on a Mig 17 from a rocket pod - which is hilarious. Same thing happened a few years later by an Israeli. The Argentines fucked a lot of British shit up with these.
the A6 - the plane my uncle jeff WANTED to fly, and the plane my uncle Phil was a specialized mechanic for, when he was in the Marines. Things were one ugly son of a bitch, but they also were nuke-ready, and had super advanced electronics for it's day. They were originally developed to be VTOL, but that idea was scrapped due to costs. They now serve as Electronic warfare planes.
the Sukhoi SU-25. This thing's like Russia's version of the A-10. Thing has a huge autocannon that shoots depleted uranium, and is Russia's tank killer aircraft - basically the ilyushin IL2 of the modern day for them. They are rugged as shit, just like the A10 and have badass avionics to boot. The russians have used them to gain mad air superiority against the Georgians and Chechens, and Iraqi pilots fucked iranian shit up with these things during 1982 - if they were able to get off the ground. They just load these up with a shitload of Mi24 rocket pods and they use them to scorch the planet.
Speaking of which, the Ilyushin IL2 - kinda fucking badass right there. Russia threw about 46 thousand of these out to the front lines during ww2. More of these were made than ANY OTHER PLANE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN BEINGS ON PLANET EARTH. They were slow as fuck, but could take a serious beating, and had safety in numbers, so nobody gave a shit.. They didn't really give a fuck about the tailgunner, and gave him like no armour, but regardless, these things pissed off hitler hardcore - and just like the t34, gave the nazis nightmares as they saw a billion of them coming at them. The soviets claimed to take out 70 nazi tanks in 20 minutes with a squadron of these motherfuckers during the battle of Kursk. Thats laying some fucking WASTE. They weren't accurate for shit, but they'd just send out a fucking airmada of these things and carpetbomb wherever the enemy was - thus being effective as hell. Some crazy stories happened with this plane, and it's easily a favourite of mine for that reason.
the A10 thunderbolt2/warthog. We all know about this one, and with those 2 huge engines and forktail, as well as just stupid armaments and ability to take a scud to the asshole and walk away? Not to mention the sweet paintjobs on the nose with a MEAN TOOTHY SHARK FACE WITH A GATLING GUN STICKING OUT? Thing is slow as fuck, about as fast as a supermarine spitfire, but has moves like a romanian gymnast in the sack. It has an avenger gatling gun, and enough bombs and missiles and whatever to just be a one man wrecking crew of assaulting awesomeness. We all know about them, but here's a rad video.
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Lastly, one of the coolest things ever, the Fucking harrier. These things are like helicopters that also can just by chance, go mach 1. Everyone who's played GTA San Andreas loves these things for destroying shit. The Brits used these things to give Argentina a 2nd butthole in the Falkland war while being outnumbered like 5-1, and the Americans have used them in the Marines since it's inception. They haven't really seen heaps of battle outside of the Faulklands, but carry a 22-0 record in air combat. They actually faced off against the A4 skyhawks my Uncle flew, but seeing as Argentine skyhawks weren't fitted with AA missiles, had no heads up AA display and weren't facing Mig 17's, they were pretty much cannon fodder if they got a harrier on their 6. Harrier haven't seen a ton of battle if they ever do again, they are planes that can do plenty of damage. 4 rocket pods 2 missles and 2 cannons... plus the ability to take off and land anywhere? fucking rad. The Spanish, Indians, and Siamese have these in their arsenal too... The plane was so cool, the Soviets even tried to copy it in the 70's but made a plane that sucked huge ballsackary and couldn't carry dick for weapons or work if it was humid/hot. Harrier pilots are super extreme to the max-gnar as well, because they are usually guys who used to do barrel rolls in fucking helicopters. Harriers are super unforgiving and hard to fly, so they take mad skill.
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straightlining
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The U-2, still in service, just an amazing aircraft.
Ski_the_east01
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great post dingo..this whole thread has given me a raging clue, it had always been a dream of mine to fly any one of these badass machines
Toaster-Tony
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This thread is awesome.
Trojan~Man
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more c 17 love, because me gusta
BravoWhiskey5280
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It is/was my dream to be a fighter pilot as well. However I am color blind so it will pretty much never happen. If I were not color blind then you could bet your ass that I would work my ass off to become one.
*Dos*Planker*
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cool a video that im sure everyone has seen. That comment should in no way lead to the end of the thread. Unless you mean you will not be coming back, in which case i applaud your idea.
Flying~Squirrel
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harriers kinda suck. the fact that they have VTOL makes the rest of the plane pretty terrible in terms of performance, and i personally dont think its worth it. VTOL requires that the plane be very light and have very small wings. the size of the wings means that its responses are sluggish and it has trouble turning hard, and wight reductions mean it carries fewer weapons, armor, and fuel. they are also subsonic, which is basically a joke compared to the mach 3+ speeds common in other fighters today. so what you have is a fighter that is slower, less maneuverable, outgunned, and less armored than any other modern fighter jet. it also lacks versatility to be used for ground attacks, carries a minimal amount of fuel so it cant be used for recon, and theres no way this slow bird is going to be swatting ICBMs. while the whole VTOL things is really cool, it completely ruins the rest of the plane, without providing a whole lot of benefit. being able to take off and land anywhere is neat, but really the only place a military jet is going to be landing is in a military base or an aircraft carrier, and they tend to have runways.
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Flying~Squirrel
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the iphone originally sold for 600 dollars. now the iphone 4s is available for 200 dollars. the f-22 was a lot of brand new technology that came with a high price tag, but as the technology becomes more mundane the price will fall dramatically. at that point were looking at a pretty damn good aircraft which is pretty far away from a "piece of shit."
cottage_steeze
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o rly?
geteducated
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ive heard stories from boom operators on refueling planes in the usaf saying that the a10 pilots are the coolest and most laid back and the f18 dudes have egos that write checks their bodies can't cash.
sherwood4099
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Tomcat Tomcat!
howlongcanausern
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this would be so fucking rad to do. 70,000 feet. and to think an f-4 phantom went another 5 miles ABOVE this during testing. i would love to do something like this.
CluckaChuck
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here,
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Flying~Squirrel
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they are just ahead of their time. the advantages they would provide on the battlefield are absolutely tremendous, but in areas that we arent currently having a problem with. right now, we dont need a stealth fighter to take down a guy throwing rocks from the back of a camel, but should we ever engage with a more developed nation with an actual air force im sure wed be quite thankful for the raptors.
Dr.Gnar
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That's right the A-10 is a quiet beast. I saw a demo at the Abbortsford Airshow near Vancouver where they flew over at a few hundred feet to do a "wall of fire" demo with runway pyrotechnics. Mindblowingly quiet. You don't hear it til it's far too late, not like an F-18 or something where the whole world around you sounds like jet engine when it's miles away. As for the gun...in the videos you can see that the bullets impact before you hear the gun itself...scary as hell!
sherwood4099
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Procurement and contract decsions in the military are hardly ever based solely on function and quality. There's always political interference. The F22 is an extremely capabile and advanced fighter there is just no arguing with that. There are more reliable, proven and affordable platforms but nothing that can preform job the F22 will once it is needed.
sherwood4099
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Would love to see a gun demo like that. I've seen them flying a few times around Olympia they were sweet. I know last summer at the Olympia airshow one lost a bunch of its airframe while flying. Just broke up and it still landed and flew. They can fly fucked up