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re: What's your favorite military plane ?
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
P-51, and P-38for USA
Spitfire for Allies
Nada for Japs
Stuka Drive bomber for Germans
Me-109
Spitfire for Allies
Nada for Japs
Stuka Drive bomber for Germans
Me-109
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Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:09 pm to midnight1961
Too many to pick just one... but contenders
P-40
RA5C- Vigilante
B-17G
A-26 Invader
ME-262
FW Ta-152
A-4 Skyhawk
F-8 Bearcat
Vulcan bomber
P-40
RA5C- Vigilante
B-17G
A-26 Invader
ME-262
FW Ta-152
A-4 Skyhawk
F-8 Bearcat
Vulcan bomber
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:16 pm to midnight1961
T-38 Talon
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:24 pm to midnight1961
As an Av Fuels QA supervisor, I spent 4 years on board the USS Constellation. The F/A 18 hornet was my favorite. The first all-weather fighter/attack jet. The tomcat got much pub because of Top Gun, but the hornet was an arse kicker.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:31 pm to morganwadefan
Black Widow
Fighting Falcon ( I grew up right next to Shaw AFB. When they landed they would fly right over our house)
B-52/B-2
Fighting Falcon ( I grew up right next to Shaw AFB. When they landed they would fly right over our house)
B-52/B-2
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:35 pm to midnight1961
Only because of my personal connection while my time in the 101st Airborne Division, I'd have to say the C-130 and the Huey Helicopter and the Boeing CH-47 Chinook.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:36 pm to midnight1961
Bomber: B-17 because my great-uncle flew them
Fighter: Spitfire
Fighter: Spitfire
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:38 pm to DesScorp
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XB-70 Valkyrie
This looks like that one Clint Eastwood stole from the Russians in Firefox
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:39 pm to midnight1961
B-36 Peacekeeper
P-38 Lightning
F-4 Phantom
F-14 Tomcat
P-38 Lightning
F-4 Phantom
F-14 Tomcat
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:40 pm to morganwadefan
A grape on the most dangerous piece of real estate on earth!
In the 80s, everyone talked about the original F/A 18 as being able to get gen engine replacements far, far, faster than any other plane in the inventory in the USN.
But the look of the F-14 was BDE. I always liked the A-6 and the Queer (EA-6B), too.
In the 80s, everyone talked about the original F/A 18 as being able to get gen engine replacements far, far, faster than any other plane in the inventory in the USN.
But the look of the F-14 was BDE. I always liked the A-6 and the Queer (EA-6B), too.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:43 pm to lsudave1
quote:Was a cool airplane with a variable incidence wing.
I always thought the F-8 was badass.
Every time I think about the F-8 now, I think about a true story I read about in a book called Over the Beach: The Air War in Vietnam about Navy pilots on the USS Oriskany. Two F-8 pilots were returning back to the carrier after a raid over North Vietnam, and one pilot radios the other guy and this was the conversation.
“Deuce, are you in burner?”
“Negative.”
“Well then you’re on fire.”
He had apparently taken some flak in his engine during the bombing run and didn’t notice. But they were still over North Vietnam and he said he wasn’t punching out over NV because he didn’t wanna be a POW so he decided to take his chances and fly the jet to at least past the coast or until it blew up or flamed out.
They flew for several minutes until they were off the coast and he ejected. I can’t remember if his engine flamed out or if he didn’t want to burn up. So he floats down to the ocean in his parachute and the NVA sends boats towards him to capture him, but his wingman stayed above him and strafed several boats with his 20mm cannon and protected him until the Navy chopper was able to pick him up.
This post was edited on 5/18/23 at 11:34 pm
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:44 pm to RustyDaDog
Pretty much all of them... but I haven't seen the ME 262 mentioned
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:45 pm to LemmyLives
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In the 80s, everyone talked about the original F/A 18 as being able to get gen engine replacements far, far, faster than any other plane in the inventory in the USN.
Was the airframe and accompanying hydraulic systems a big part of the reason that they phased out the Tomcat?
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:45 pm to midnight1961
F-4U Corsair
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:49 pm to midnight1961
WARTHOG
Pure badass.
Pure badass.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:57 pm to bad93ex
I was under the age of 10 at the time we left that Naval Air Station, so take anything I say with appropriate grains of salt.
Variable wing maintenance was always harder than fixed wing maintenance. The F-14 was essentially designed around the AIM-54 and the radar. We figured out there weren't going to be 24 Badgers/Bears coming at carrier groups, so, why do we need the F-14 radar and a missile that was super expensive with so much range?
Especially when AEGIS started coming on line, we could shoot baddies out of the sky from a long, long, range, which kind of displaced the F-14's use. I remember when they created the "Bombcat" to try to transition the F-14 into somewhat of a ground attack role. Clearly didn't go well enough to keep it around.
Unfortunately, to keep spare parts out of the hands of the Iranians, I think every US F-14 has been destroyed.
Variable wing maintenance was always harder than fixed wing maintenance. The F-14 was essentially designed around the AIM-54 and the radar. We figured out there weren't going to be 24 Badgers/Bears coming at carrier groups, so, why do we need the F-14 radar and a missile that was super expensive with so much range?
Especially when AEGIS started coming on line, we could shoot baddies out of the sky from a long, long, range, which kind of displaced the F-14's use. I remember when they created the "Bombcat" to try to transition the F-14 into somewhat of a ground attack role. Clearly didn't go well enough to keep it around.
Unfortunately, to keep spare parts out of the hands of the Iranians, I think every US F-14 has been destroyed.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 8:59 pm to LemmyLives
quote:
Variable wing maintenance was always harder than fixed wing maintenance. The F-14 was essentially designed around the AIM-54 and the radar. We figured out there weren't going to be 24 Badgers/Bears coming at carrier groups, so, why do we need the F-14 radar and a missile that was super expensive with so much range?
Especially when AEGIS started coming on line, we could shoot baddies out of the sky from a long, long, range, which kind of displaced the F-14's use. I remember when they created the "Bombcat" to try to transition the F-14 into somewhat of a ground attack role. Clearly didn't go well enough to keep it around.
So it was more of the avionics than the airframe, I thought I had it switched around but wasn't entirely sure.
quote:
Unfortunately, to keep spare parts out of the hands of the Iranians, I think every US F-14 has been destroyed.
I know there is one sitting in Corpus Christi on the deck of the Lexington.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:03 pm to midnight1961
F-15 of course. I had my name on the side of one for awhile. Just wish it was the pilot side.
Posted on 5/17/23 at 9:11 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Used to perform at Barksdale every year. One of the loudest things I have ever heard.
It's on display there now
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