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You forgot contractors.
Contractors may be doing things for Fort Carson.
There were a lot of Hueys flying over WSMR until the switch to Lakotas and Blackhawks.
All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
Contractors may be doing things for Fort Carson.
Do contractors fly in regulation Army green?
The reason I ask is the military bases around Colorado Springs (Ft. Carson, Petersen AFB, Shreiver AFB, Cheyenne Mountain/NORAD) tend to do as much as they can themselves. Excepting the Air Force Academy which does have a contractor wing training the pilots-to-be.
I mean it makes some sort of sense since the Kiowas are going spare after the Lakotas happened.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Tuffel, your Marines might be making a mistake...
The Guy in Back is going away.
(Also I'm more interested in hearing the story about how Maj. "STFU" came to get that callsign.)
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
I think part of this is that it is increasingly difficult to keep the Original F-18 designs flying and the two-seater variants mission capable are overall fewer in number. The Corps should have made the leap to the Super with the Navy instead of holding out so long.
Who watches the watchmen?
rollin' on dubs
Do contractors fly in regulation Army green? If that's all the flight suits they have yes.
Contractors out at Fort Bliss wear helmets (when they don't have hardhats) while driving military vehicles since that's the post regulation.
The Army could be using the Kiowas as OPFOR and have either soldiers or contractors as pilots.
All night at the computer, cuz people ain't that great. I keep to myself so I won't be on The First 48
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Any other pics from the show? Display A-10's are oldies but goodies.
Who watches the watchmen?
SPACE
Oh yeah, I got over 200 pics in total, I just figured mini-galleries was the way to go. Now I've got to decide what to post next.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Sweet.
Who watches the watchmen?
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
Very nice, thanks for the share. If I can find them again I have a bunch of images from my last trip to the SAC Museum.
Edited by TuefelHundenIV on Jul 24th 2019 at 6:09:25 AM
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In the name of being honest
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European FCAS fighter to be optimised for carrier ops
The NGF will follow a similar development path to that of the three variants of the Dassault Rafale fighter, the source added.
Engineers will take into account the lessons learnt from the Dassault Étendard, Super Étendard, and Rafale programmes for corrosion resistance and catapult shots/deck landings compatibility. During carrier landings, large loads are inflicted upon the airframe when impacting the flight deck. The paths through which these shocks and impact loads are absorbed will have to be carefully engineered, the source said.
On the Rafale, it was decided to build the strength required for carrier operations into the basic airframe, negating the need for structural enhancements that would be heavy and thus limit performance. Although it is too early to speculate on the final design of the NGF aircraft, the source confirmed that similar choices are likely to be made once detailed design work begins.
Electromagnetic compatibility is another major constraint on carriers as ship-borne radars and radios generate strong electromagnetic signals. To resist these, the Rafale's electronic systems are protected by dedicated shielding and high-quality connectors. All these components also protect the Rafale against the powerful electromagnetic pulse that could be generated by either a nuclear explosion or a new generation of pulse/micro-wave weapons. The NGF will benefit from the same level of protection, said the source.
For carrier operations, the NGF will need to be equipped with a landing gear capable of absorbing a 6.5 m/sec sink-rate and, like the Rafale, will be fitted with a launch-bar for the catapult.
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
I wonder exactly where they will go with that fighter design.
Here is my SAC Museum in Nebraska Album from the last time I was there. I need to revisit it as several restoration projects they started a few years back should be completed and some displays rotated around.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
How does the F-16 Fighting Falcon compare against the F-15E Strike Eagle? Both are all-weather multirole fighters, though the latter is a modification of the dedicated air superiority fighter F-15 Eagle. I'm simply trying to figure out why would the US Air Force ask McDonnell Douglas to develop the F-15E when it already had General Dynamics' F-16 filling the same job description by that time.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
The Strike Eagle is faster in both straight line speed and climb rate. Both very desirable attributes for SEAD/Wild Weasel missions.
In the name of being honest
Aside from the stronger kinematic performance, the F-15 has a lot more spare space to stick new goodies into. You'll notice that newer F-16 variants have all sorts of protrusions
◊ where they fit in the extra fuel and electronics.
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Aug 9th 2019 at 9:00:01 AM
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The F-16 was originally conceived as a "Ballin' on a Budget" alternative to the expensive F-15. It's a bit slower (due in large part to having half as much thrust) but the lighter weight means it has an edge in agility. Also "slower" in this case means "still supersonic."
The F-15E is a variant of the F-15B trainer, putting in some beefier engines and loading the plane up with avionics equipment to help with the air-to-ground role, essentially turning the fighter into a light bomber (the Guy in Back is responsible for running the extra kit so the pilot can focus on flying).
The F-16, like the F-15, was originally designed to knock down enemy airplanes and nothing else, but like the F-15, eventually saw its mission expanded to include a considerable amount of air-to-ground missions like interdiction. Over the years, various upgrades and variants of the F-16 have been made, and one of the more air-to-ground centric variants is probably the F-16CM, used by Wild Weasel squadrons. It's got some high-tech targeting gear and a few stealthy implementations like special radar-absorbent paint.
EDIT: If you wanna see a really interesting "What could have been", check out the F-16XL, which the Air Force turned down in favor of the F-15E (partly because the XL was gonna be hella expensive in comparison).
Edited by AFP on Aug 9th 2019 at 12:40:36 PM
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
The F-15 Strike Eagle, the E variant, also has longer effective combat radius giving it a longer strike range. The F-16's base design on the original white paper proposals is different from what eventually rolled out in production.
The F-16 XL looks and sounds like a Superhornet type upgrade. Namely, it is a different aircraft.
Edited by TuefelHundenIV on Aug 10th 2019 at 2:51:07 PM
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I mean the F-15E needs CF Ts as well, so I'm not sure what that F-16I was meant to prove.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
In the name of being honest
Yeah, but they're a lot more prominent and draggy on late-block F-16s while carrying less so -shrug-
Edited by eagleoftheninth on Aug 10th 2019 at 3:40:00 AM
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Russia has admitted that a missile engine test explosion involved a nuclear isotope power source.
Basically the Russians are trying to develop a nuclear powered cruise missile (named Burevestnik) that theoretically could fly for weeks straight. During an engine test earlier this week, the engine exploded killing 5 technicians and injuring more. A spike of increased background radiation was detected.
Edited by MajorTom on Aug 10th 2019 at 6:25:11 AM
Man, the viral advertising campaign for Chernobyl on HBO is insane.
In today's Today I Learned segment, apparently Fort Carson Army Aviation has picked up at least one OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter. They were doing typical training flights over Pueblo today but instead of just MH-60's or AH-64's, one flight was tailed by an OH-58D.
The only other possibility I can think of is there's a unit on TDY or other training exercise at Fort Carson and they brought in the Kiowa from elsewhere.