Military aviation porn

[TrailDust]

An F/A-18 drogue contact gone bad....

An Israeli F-15I that suffered a mid-air collision, lost virtually the entire right wing, yet landed safely. Incredible!

Missile damage to an A-10 engine nacelle....

An F-15 laying vapor over Wales....

An F-15 pushing through the sound barrier....

An affordable new weapon for our fighters....

USAF recruitment....

The fighter that should have won the ATF competition....

 

[TrailDust]

One of the coolest photos I've seen in a while. Looks almost like a Star Wars X-wing fighter blasting through the atmosphere. Very cool!

 

[TrailDust]

More photos of aircraft making vapor....

And a final one of The Bone....

 

[lalonguecarabine]

The fighter that should have won the ATF competition....

I remember thinking that as well at the time.
Remember the results that they published? If I remember correctly, they said something along the lines of:
"They were both very close. I wouldn't call the winning design a 'squeaker'. Nor would I say it won 'by a mile'."
I think that's almost verbatim.
"Almost", because it's from memory.

 

[lalonguecarabine]

One of the coolest photos I've seen in a while. Looks almost like a Star Wars X-wing fighter blasting through the atmosphere. Very cool!

F-18E. Very nice.

 

[The_Hunter]

My Room mate from A&M about to head out to work

 

[SIG_Fiend]

My favorite plane of all time:

 

[robin303]

 

[lalonguecarabine]

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My Room mate from A&M about to head out to work

THEY LET AGGIES FLY PLANES?!?!?

 

[TrailDust]

I remember thinking that as well at the time.
Remember the results that they published? If I remember correctly, they said something along the lines of:
"They were both very close. I wouldn't call the winning design a 'squeaker'. Nor would I say it won 'by a mile'."
I think that's almost verbatim.
"Almost", because it's from memory.

Truth was the YF-23 beat the YF-22 on all test criteria except one: maneuverability. It was a political decision to award the F-22 to Lockheed, and I have yet to talk to a former or present fighter pilot who didn't say the better plane lost. So much for giving our boys the best. Well, at any rate, there's a body of evidence to suggest that the YF-23 lives on in a black world program as the follow-on to the SR-71.

My favorite plane of all time:

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Agreed. BTW, my Dad was a flight surgeon for the U-2 and SR-71 pilots while stationed at Beale AFB. It was a great place to grow up I can attest!

 

[JADB]

My favorite plane of all time:

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Man you aint lyin! I grew up with posters of this beautiful peice of machinery all over my walls. And when we ordered books from school, they were always about this one!

 

[ROGER4314]

Great pictures! Thanks for posting them!

Flash

 

[woolleyworm]

One of the coolest photos I've seen in a while. Looks almost like a Star Wars X-wing fighter blasting through the atmosphere. Very cool!

I spent most of my 8yrs working on A's and C/D's, I only got to touch the E/F's once when they were still testing them and they flew through Cecil Field. They lost a computer on one of them and we had to swap it out for them. The E/F's are a mean looking jet!

 

[LilIrishTemper]

One of my favorites, very sly indeed...

 

[lalonguecarabine]

One of my favorites, very sly indeed...

WOW! That's awesome! I love that one!
I'm sure some REMF will see it and make them change it though.

 

[TrailDust]

Or at least you'd be made to change it before rotating back to the states....

 

[MR Redneck]

Can somebody point me in the direction of the nearest recruiting office.

Im sold on the idea!!!