The most aswome thing you can not buy!

[inthebutt]

I don't know much about future droids, but I doubt any soldier in his right mind would take this thing into a combat zone. From what I saw, the guy riding it looked like he had to give a fair bit a concentration to keep on it. So that takes away from the attention he's paying to his surroundings. Add in his overall vulnerability to... well, anything that his armor won't stop and you may as well just be on foot. Plus, when you take into account that many of the patrol casualties are caused by IED's, you have to consider how much safer it would be to stay inside an armored Humvee.

That's why you join the air force. strap yourself inside a multi-million dollar jet and watch the action from 10,000ft. Plus you get to drop 5000lbs bombs on people's heads. use the latest surveillance video technology to watch people and you don't have to worry about someone coming around a corner and unload a full clip into your FUBAR armor.

[Paper]

That's why you join the air force. strap yourself inside a multi-million dollar jet and watch the action from 10,000ft. Plus you get to drop 5000lbs bombs on people's heads. use the latest surveillance video technology to watch people and you don't have to worry about someone coming around a corner and unload a full clip into your FUBAR armor.

I know, that's what I plan on doing :P

A-10 here I come

[Hodgie]

I know, that's what I plan on doing :P

A-10 here I come

I wish I had gone that route. Side note: One of my teachers was on the design team for the A-10

[Paper]

I wish I had gone that route. Side note: One of my teachers was on the design team for the A-10

That's awsome, I love that thing. The F-22 might be the sleekest, most advanced fighter we have, but I just can't get over the durability and brutal efficiency of the A-10, needless to say I was happy when they extended the planned service to 2028 with the new upgrades.

[Hodgie]

That's awsome, I love that thing. The F-22 might be the sleekest, most advanced fighter we have, but I just can't get over the durability and brutal efficiency of the A-10, needless to say I was happy when they extended the planned service to 2028 with the new upgrades.

Yea, he had some funny stories about problems they had during testing. Apparently the propellant they were using in the bullets for the gun had to be changed. The gun shot so fast that the fumes exiting the barrel would cause the engines to stall.

While we're talking about military planes, this is a cool video. An israeli pilot loses a wing on his f-15 and still manages to land it

[Paper]

Yea, he had some funny stories about problems they had during testing. Apparently the propellant they were using in the bullets for the gun had to be changed. The gun shot so fast that the fumes exiting the barrel would cause the engines to stall.

While we're talking about military planes, this is a cool video. An israeli pilot loses a wing on his f-15 and still manages to land it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_EXtBEaBbs

That's video is pretty nuts.
Don't the South Koreans have the most advanced version of the Eagle now?

I remember reading something a while ago about the engine flare-outs from the GAU-8, didn't know it was a propellant change that fixed it though.

[inthebutt]

Your both wrong. The F-14 Tomcat is what many fighter pilots want to fly. Earning your top gun wings is the great honor in the air force. The tomcat is so versatile as a mulit-role plane. Plus the 8 mavericks it carries are deadly to anything worth putting on the battlefield.

[Hodgie]

something a while ago about the engine flare-outs from the GAU-8, didn't know it was a propellant change that fixed it though.

They also added two plates to the bottom of the fuselage. They are attached to the bottom of the fuselage and point down. They channel the exhaust from the GAU-8 under the aircraft and keep it from going over the wing and into the engine.

[Hodgie]

Your both wrong. The F-14 Tomcat is what many fighter pilots want to fly. Earning your top gun wings is the great honor in the air force. The tomcat is so versatile as a mulit-role plane. Plus the 8 mavericks it carries are deadly to anything worth putting on the battlefield.

Yea, but it was retired a few years ago. Although retiring an aircraft doesn't always mean it's no longer flown...the SR-71 was also "retired" and given to the CIA. The problem is that you can only do so many upgrades to an existing design. Our aircraft fleet (in design terms) is relatively old. F-14,F-15,F-16 are from the 70's and the F-18 is from the early 80's... I'm not saying they aren't good aircraft and that their upgrades have allowed them to remain effective, but like I said, you can only do so much with a single design.

[Paper]

Your both wrong. The F-14 Tomcat is what many fighter pilots want to fly. Earning your top gun wings is the great honor in the air force. The tomcat is so versatile as a mulit-role plane. Plus the 8 mavericks it carries are deadly to anything worth putting on the battlefield.

Sorry if I'm wrong about this (I haven't looked beyond UPT), but isn't Top Gun the Navy school for fighter weapons training?

In any case, I don't care much for Tomcats.