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[DavidC]

Had a few F-35's fly over. Your not gonna sneak up on anybody . Bet I could hear that thing at least 50 miles out, neighbor ran out thinking an airliner was ready to crash into his RV .

 

[TFucili]

Had a few F-35's fly over. Your not gonna sneak up on anybody . Bet I could hear that thing at least 50 miles out, neighbor ran out thinking an airliner was ready to crash into his RV .

They come out here to play all the time. Sonic booms galore. I love it!

 

[TFucili]

A Chinook will definitely let you know it there when its directly over the house

As soon as I hear big rotor chop, or especially an old "round motor" I am outside watching. Dang, I love round motors!

 

[DavidC]

Blue Angel/ Thunderbird flyover
https://www.militarytimes.com/video...litary-flyovers-for-covid-19-medical-workers/

 

[DavidC]

Couldn't happen to better group

Iran missile hits own ship in fatal accident
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TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing 19 Iranian sailors and wounding 15, Iran’s military and state media said Monday, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington.

The statement significantly raised the death toll in Sunday’s incident from what was reported just hours earlier, when Iran’s state media said at least one sailor was killed.

The Konarak, a Hendijan-class support ship, which was taking part in the exercise, was too close to a target during an exercise on Sunday when the incident happened, the reports said. The vessel had been putting targets out for other ships to target. The media said the missile struck the vessel accidentally.

The friendly fire incident took place near the port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometers (790 miles) southeast of Tehran, in the Gulf of Oman, state TV said.

A local hospital admitted 12 sailors and treated another three with slight wounds, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

Iranian media said the Konarak had been overhauled in 2018 and was able to launch sea and anti-ship missiles. The Dutch-made, 47-meter (155-foot) vessel was in service since 1988 and had capacity of 40 tons. It usually carries a crew of 20 sailors.

 

[TFucili]

Now, that's a live-bait drill.

 

[DavidC]

And here I have been brainwashed that all planes fly
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your...rm=Editorial - Air Force - Daily News Roundup

 

[brucejohnson]

And here I have been brainwashed that all planes fly
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/08/12/wwii-aircraft-arrive-in-hawaii-aboard-amphibious-assault-ship-essex-for-end-of-wwiis-75th-anniversary/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Air Force DNR 8.12.20&utm_term=Editorial - Air Force - Daily News Roundup

Saves a lot of wear and tear on those rare old engine parts. IIRC that is about 10 to 12 hour flight with a strong tail wind with not much between start and finish if something really old quits working as advertised. I'm not sure an IFR session with a 50 foot Craftsman garden hose would work either. Plus cabin creature comforts don't exist. We have it good today! God Bless and salute them "old-timey" flight crews getting the job well done with what they were given. We're spoiled...

 

[DavidC]

Salute to Veterans
Arsenal of Democracy D.C. flyover scrubbed due to weather, will try again Saturday

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...rm=Editorial - Air Force - Daily News Roundup

 

[DavidC]

You SAC guy's remember when we had hundred's active.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/...rm=Editorial - Air Force - Daily News Roundup

 

[brucejohnson]

You SAC guy's remember when we had hundred's active.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2020/12/10/us-b-52h-bombers-fly-to-middle-east-in-mission-to-deter-iran/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AIr Force DNR 12.10.20&utm_term=Editorial - Air Force - Daily News Roundup

Yep...Amen to that David. We had stuff at numerous strategic locations, ready for whatever mission was called for. Never knew if the call was just a training event or the real McCoy. Loved the elephant walks and mitos...and the occasional run to the car to grab the mobility bag from the trunk (hoping you put it back in there after laundering the contents last week) and go. No time to contact the dear wife; the shop would take care of all the loose ends. B-52s and KC-135s launching at 12 to 20 second intervals. Being a maintenance pax and getting the pleasure of sitting in the IP seat as a spotter in a KC as number 13 of 19 in line of the mito (minimum interval take off) where all the B-52Gs and KC-135As were on water take off sure makes a memorable life event with the turbulence and crew co-ordination. Truly skilled professionals at work. Miss them good ol' days.

 

[SnoKing]

B-52s and KC-135s launching at 12 to 20 second intervals.

I witnessed that in real time(think war) for many months in 1966-67. Out heavy every morning and back light in the afternoon. We were four miles out and three miles to the side of Utapao's runway. Standing on the tarmac at Utapao watching a fully loaded B-52 run down the 11,500' runway was quite a sight, wing tips going up, up and up until the fuse decided to lift off the runway. And away it went.

 

[DavidC]

Ah yeah, the good ole mobility bag. Lugging that thing like a ball and chain and dumping it for inspection for every ROI at 2am.

 

[brucejohnson]

I witnessed that in real time(think war) for many months in 1966-67. Out heavy every morning and back light in the afternoon.

I had the "first hand" opportunity a few years later on Andersen AFB, Guam. Depending on loads, temperature, humidity, winds, etc., watching those sweet "heavies" charging down the runway, in cells, then leaping off Pati Point...where their flight paths sink...and sink...struggling for altitude, appearing to almost touch the Pacific ocean, then slowly and gracefully gaining altitude as they continued on their mission. Depending on the source of information, we had, uh, let's say, upwards of 150+ busy Buffs tilting the island into the ocean...maybe on Sundays.

 

[BoeingDiesel]

Okay you AF guys tell the truth...the mobility holds you iron and drivers...right?

 

[DavidC]

Okay you AF guys tell the truth...the mobility holds you iron and drivers...right?

Sure

 

[SnoKing]

Okay you AF guys tell the truth...the mobility holds you iron and drivers...right?

Back in my military days 1965-1969, it was known that it contained their bus driver uniform.

 

[brucejohnson]

Okay you AF guys tell the truth...the mobility holds you iron and drivers...right?

DARN!!! And that was such a closely guarded secret, too!

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[HPSimpson]

DARN!!! And that was such a closely guarded secret, too!

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Yes we know you had no clue!Never could understand why you send two tankers to fill my little two engine plane up, was some old KC 135Q's that barely see the tanker ahead the smoke, those planes must have been using water injection! That must have been the problem!

 

[SnoKing]

I knew a sled driver that said he could fuel up over the Pacific and then be over the Atlantic before the tanker on the left coast landed back in California.