"user314" (user314)
07/09/2020 at 11:00 • Filed to: Planelopnik, planelopnik history, f-14, Top Gun, gulf war, desert storm, flightline
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"user314" (user314)
07/09/2020 at 11:00 • Filed to: Planelopnik, planelopnik history, f-14, Top Gun, gulf war, desert storm, flightline | 4
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Drawing inspiration from yesterday’s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of the 707s at Boeing Field, I’m going to start a daily (until I get bored or forget...) post of an image from a flightline, either civilian or military, that catches my interest.
To start then:
“I feel the need...”
NAS Falon, circa 1990. The two closest F-14Bs are “Camel Smoker” and “Thief of Baghdad”, specially painted (apparently the ground crew raided a local hobby/craft store for tempera paint) aircraft from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the Fighting Renegades, during their detachment to Falon. In addition to flying Adversary sorties, VF-24 was also the first F-14 squadron to drop bombs. The squadron was not deployed for Desert Storm, but did fly cover from the USS Nimitz for Operation Provide Comfort in April ‘91. The unit returned to the states in ‘91, and flew at Red Flag the following year. VF-24 was disestablished in 1996.
ttyymmnn
> user314
07/09/2020 at 11:07 |
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I feel the need.....the need.....for SPEED !
For Sweden
> user314
07/09/2020 at 11:12 |
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oui
ClassicDatsunDebate
> user314
07/09/2020 at 11:24 |
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There is something so visceral about air superiority fighters. They have an air of dominance typically reserved for the animal world. If I walk an airshow or see them in action and get to compare say, an F-16 or F-18 to an F-15 or F-22 you get a different feeling than what pictures or video can convey. In car terms, it’s like watching super-comp cars, which are awesome, and then a top fuel funny car pulls up. They kinda look the same but completely different league.
Brian McKay
> user314
07/09/2020 at 12:20 |
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I like tempura paint until it's destablished.