"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
09/28/2018 at 15:18 • Filed to: None
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"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
09/28/2018 at 15:18 • Filed to: None | 0
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pilot got out in time.... but the planes now a lawn ornament
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For Sweden
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 15:19 |
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Lockheed just can’t win
OPPOsaurus WRX
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 15:20 |
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it looks like half the top side is duct taped together
Chariotoflove
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 15:24 |
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I just felt a disturbance in the Force, as if millions of wallets cried out in pain and were suddenly silenced.
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 15:26 |
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Maybe it was hit by one of them invisible F-35s...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/does-trump-even-know-what-stealth-means/
Azrek
> For Sweden
09/28/2018 at 15:26 |
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They put the plane together midflight again?
HammerheadFistpunch
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 15:38 |
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These fellas are in my neck of the woods. i.e. right over my house. So yeah, thats comforting.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/seent-a-flying-thing-tonight-1829088414
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2018 at 15:40 |
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ah.... yeah... thats a little concerning
we should be getting 8 of them next year (yes thats pretty much our whole airforce)
Svend
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 15:44 |
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You’ve got an additional 27 planned.
We’ve 15 (six in America) another 42 by 2023 and total of 138.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Svend
09/28/2018 at 15:49 |
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soooo 35 total.... welp.. thats the defensebudget spent for the next 30 years :p
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HammerheadFistpunch
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 15:49 |
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So far so good, the 388th is the first o perational squadron so they’ve been operating here for some time without incident. plus if it wasn’t 35's it was 16's A10s, etc.
user314
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 15:53 |
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Let’s see what the cause was.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> user314
09/28/2018 at 15:55 |
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my professional assesment is....something broke :p
but yes... i’d like to know
facw
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 16:02 |
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Was going to happen eventually. Will be interesting to see what the cause is.
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facw
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/28/2018 at 16:05 |
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One of your guys totaled his F-16 earlier this year, so you need some new planes anyway.
Good news is you are getting the F-35A, which is presumably safer than the F-35B.
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Svend
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2018 at 16:12 |
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37 total. Yours are all F35A’ s, n o B’ s.
All ours are B’ s, no A’s .
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Svend
09/28/2018 at 16:15 |
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correct. Not a lot of need for a VTO L variant in the desert. The 388th is more a testbed group since support and training ranges are close by. The A was done first so it makes sense they’d put them here.
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Svend
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2018 at 16:24 |
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?
It was a B that crashed though.
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user314
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/28/2018 at 16:30 |
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Yeah, I’ve never understood why the F-35 looks like that. I mean, I get that it’s RAM on the panel edges to keep the RCS down, but it’s still an odd look compared to other steal th aircraft.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Svend
09/28/2018 at 16:33 |
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I mean the reason we have A’s instead of B’s is because there isn’t a reason to put them out here, Hill is more about testing integration and avionics than about flight dynamics or combat o perational .
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Svend
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2018 at 16:44 |
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The U.S. has B’s out at two squadrons in Arizona.
We’ve six B’s in the U.S. for training and testing.
All ours are B’s for Air Force and Navy
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> facw
09/28/2018 at 22:15 |
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we need new everything.. our military is in a pretty sad state atmo... underfunded overworked kinda thing
LastFirstMI is my name
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/29/2018 at 00:02 |
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The article title isn’t exactly right- we’ve crashed more expensive weapons before (at least per plane cost, maybe not total program cost...)
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2017/12/collision-destroyer-cargo-ship.html
At least it wasn’t 2.5% of our entire B2 fleet, or rammed into a giant, slow-moving cargo ship....
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> LastFirstMI is my name
09/29/2018 at 08:21 |
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lol.. ouch