TomS said:Yeah, he looked like he was having trouble keeping up.
Steve Pace said:Love this - Give it up for Mr. Ax! -SP
donnage99 said:Please refrain from calling journalist "idiot" no matter how strongly you disagreed with them. I made a mistake calling Carlo Kopp a liar a few years back for his campaign against the f-35 and got a strong warning from PaulMM.
AeroFranz said:I'm digging the concept of rapid deployment of small numbers of F-22s.
Wouldn't it be fun if the next time a Su-24 decides to do some idiotic buzzing of a destroyer, an F-22 creeps out of nowhere and joins on its wing unseen? sort of a nice reminder of your own mortality. ;D
AeroFranz said:I'm digging the concept of rapid deployment of small numbers of F-22s.
Wouldn't it be fun if the next time a Su-24 decides to do some idiotic buzzing of a destroyer, an F-22 creeps out of nowhere and joins on its wing unseen? sort of a nice reminder of your own mortality. ;D
AeroFranz said:it is also a very effective way of shortening your life span in a war scenario!
AeroFranz said:These are done for the consumption of the general public - I'm annoyed that some people will inevitably interpret it as the Russians being able to fly their aircraft right on top of a US warship and sink it in a war scenario. Of course we know that's not what an attack profile would look like.
Airplane said:AeroFranz said:These are done for the consumption of the general public - I'm annoyed that some people will inevitably interpret it as the Russians being able to fly their aircraft right on top of a US warship and sink it in a war scenario. Of course we know that's not what an attack profile would look like.
I don't think anyone here thinks that AeroFranz. I am concerned about the Russians flying aerobatics over the usaf "spy planes." Unlike the Su27s, our guys don't have ejection seats for when there is a collision. Honestly, why not fly some raptors with them? ...for part of the mission at least?
NeilChapman said:Airplane said:AeroFranz said:These are done for the consumption of the general public - I'm annoyed that some people will inevitably interpret it as the Russians being able to fly their aircraft right on top of a US warship and sink it in a war scenario. Of course we know that's not what an attack profile would look like.
I don't think anyone here thinks that AeroFranz. I am concerned about the Russians flying aerobatics over the usaf "spy planes." Unlike the Su27s, our guys don't have ejection seats for when there is a collision. Honestly, why not fly some raptors with them? ...for part of the mission at least?
Depending on the spy plane, perhaps that cap would be a good job for A-10's. They're pretty tough birds. Very likely to survive a "brush" with another jet.
sferrin said:My question is do the cracks matter or does the material still look "smooth" to radar?
sferrin said:Or is it just degrading on a predictable, measurable, schedule and will be replaced if/when it gets to a certain point?
quellish said:sferrin said:My question is do the cracks matter or does the material still look "smooth" to radar?
The photo does not load, and the exact composition/layering of the F-22 RAM is not public. There is significant detail in the F-22 lawsuit though.
Assume it does not look "smooth" to radar, though like anything else this depends very much on the radar frequency. Do not assume that these cracks measurably alter the radar cross section.
sferrin said:Or is it just degrading on a predictable, measurable, schedule and will be replaced if/when it gets to a certain point?
Again, there is more detail in the F-22 lawsuit. Operational F-22s are regularly checked using ground diagnostics and are checked using DYCOMS after depot service.
sferrin said:See attachment:
TomS said:Let's see: cruise speed for an RC-135 is 500 knots. Max speed for the A-10 is around 380 knots. Endurance for the RC is at least 12 hours; more with refueling. Endurance for the A-10 is around 4 hours in general and 12 hours is pushing the absolute limits of a single-pilot aircraft.
Steve Pace said:B-2 crews flew non-stop 44 to 46-hour combat missions with multiple inflight refuelings. That has to be some kind of record. -SP
TomS said:Steve Pace said:B-2 crews flew non-stop 44 to 46-hour combat missions with multiple inflight refuelings. That has to be some kind of record. -SP
The 44+ hour sorties to Afghanistan were a record. At least those guys get to lie down and have a nap during the flight.
TomS said:Steve Pace said:B-2 crews flew non-stop 44 to 46-hour combat missions with multiple inflight refuelings. That has to be some kind of record. -SP
The 44+ hour sorties to Afghanistan were a record. At least thoseguys get to lie down and have a nap during the flight.
BioLuminescentLamprey said:...USAF not my branch, but in my time, we were given a little assistance for long endurance missions. It's called Dextroamphetamine. This was over 17 years ago though. don't know if it's still used.
Now, I don't know if they still hand those out, because they really do have abuse potential, but I can't think of a better time to pop one then on a 44 hour mission. Still, thinking about our $750,000,000 B-2As being flown by "tweaking" pilots is probably not something that the USAF is eager to make public.
Does anyone here have USAF experience? I know energy drinks are really popular in the Army. Same with ephedra and other stimulants. Curious.
marauder2048 said:BioLuminescentLamprey said:...USAF not my branch, but in my time, we were given a little assistance for long endurance missions. It's called Dextroamphetamine. This was over 17 years ago though. don't know if it's still used.
Now, I don't know if they still hand those out, because they really do have abuse potential, but I can't think of a better time to pop one then on a 44 hour mission. Still, thinking about our $750,000,000 B-2As being flown by "tweaking" pilots is probably not something that the USAF is eager to make public.
Does anyone here have USAF experience? I know energy drinks are really popular in the Army. Same with ephedra and other stimulants. Curious.
Provigil (modafinil) and Dexetrine (dextroamphetamine) are the standard and approved USAF "Go Pills."
BioLuminescentLamprey said:marauder2048 said:BioLuminescentLamprey said:...USAF not my branch, but in my time, we were given a little assistance for long endurance missions. It's called Dextroamphetamine. This was over 17 years ago though. don't know if it's still used.
Now, I don't know if they still hand those out, because they really do have abuse potential, but I can't think of a better time to pop one then on a 44 hour mission. Still, thinking about our $750,000,000 B-2As being flown by "tweaking" pilots is probably not something that the USAF is eager to make public.
Does anyone here have USAF experience? I know energy drinks are really popular in the Army. Same with ephedra and other stimulants. Curious.
Provigil (modafinil) and Dexetrine (dextroamphetamine) are the standard and approved USAF "Go Pills."
Thanks for the reply. That's kind of what I figured. Those are long flight times.
BioLuminescentLamprey said:marauder2048 said:BioLuminescentLamprey said:...USAF not my branch, but in my time, we were given a little assistance for long endurance missions. It's called Dextroamphetamine. This was over 17 years ago though. don't know if it's still used.
Now, I don't know if they still hand those out, because they really do have abuse potential, but I can't think of a better time to pop one then on a 44 hour mission. Still, thinking about our $750,000,000 B-2As being flown by "tweaking" pilots is probably not something that the USAF is eager to make public.
Does anyone here have USAF experience? I know energy drinks are really popular in the Army. Same with ephedra and other stimulants. Curious.
Provigil (modafinil) and Dexetrine (dextroamphetamine) are the standard and approved USAF "Go Pills."
Thanks for the reply. That's kind of what I figured. Those are long flight times.
Bill Walker said:BioLuminescentLamprey said:marauder2048 said:BioLuminescentLamprey said:...USAF not my branch, but in my time, we were given a little assistance for long endurance missions. It's called Dextroamphetamine. This was over 17 years ago though. don't know if it's still used.
Now, I don't know if they still hand those out, because they really do have abuse potential, but I can't think of a better time to pop one then on a 44 hour mission. Still, thinking about our $750,000,000 B-2As being flown by "tweaking" pilots is probably not something that the USAF is eager to make public.
Does anyone here have USAF experience? I know energy drinks are really popular in the Army. Same with ephedra and other stimulants. Curious.
Provigil (modafinil) and Dexetrine (dextroamphetamine) are the standard and approved USAF "Go Pills."
Thanks for the reply. That's kind of what I figured. Those are long flight times.
In Canada we are very familiar with the USAF use of go pills.
sferrin said:See attachment:
jsport said:http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/stealth-is-king-the-world-is-flat/
quellish said:jsport said:http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/stealth-is-king-the-world-is-flat/
That is an impressively poorly researched article.