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Underwater ejection testing gif: http://gfycat.com/SparklingUnequaledBlesbok
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Jul 13, 2015 16:34
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mlmp08 posted:Underwater ejection testing gif: makes me cringe to see the dude's head go right through the canopy whether or not it got punched by the top of the seat going out first. I'm guessing the canopy ejection charges don't work underwater? on the other hand the part where it seems to work is a positive.
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Jul 13, 2015 17:08
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Mistel tactics, 50s USN-jet style.
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This is a good read on an underwater ejection IRL. The whole site has some good reads. http://www.ejectionsite.com/eunderh2o.htm
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bitcoin bastard posted:There are no Russian troops in Georgia. *nudges border with foot, takes another step* That's how you added more land to your dacha in the 90s, move your fence and hope that no one noticed until your amnesty papers were processed.
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Jul 13, 2015 17:23
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TasogareNoKagi posted:Trying to decode this. If his flight orders didn't include explicit instructions to go refuel at such-and-such a time, he'd just let his planes fall out of the sky? Other fun Marine Air tricks: - Not understanding why planning independently and then pushing all of their requests into the battle management system shortly before the daily plan is finalized is A Problem for airspace management and also everyone else. - "Hey, we decided to push up the forcible entry maneuver to today. Can Ospreys can refuel from KC-135s?"
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German Patriot probably got hax0red. Patriot-over-the-interent might have some...issues.
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bewbies posted:German Patriot probably got hax0red. I'm really curious as to what Germany uses for encryption when doing PoIP. e: It's also of course possible that the whole report is bullshit. Primary reason it could be bullshit: even if the encryption was hacked, no one knows Patriot's dead programming language anymore 
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Jul 13, 2015 18:23
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mlmp08 posted:I'm really curious as to what Germany uses for encryption when doing PoIP. Clearly theres a wide opening for consulting in ADAaaS.
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Jul 13, 2015 18:27
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The Swedish armed forces just opened their entire photo database to the public, just go to http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/sok, choose "Bilder" and type in whatever you like (try for example "Gripen", "stridsvagn", "ubåt", "afghanistan", "mali" or "libyen"). Free for non-commercial use. Unfortunately historical photos that have been transferred to the national archives aren't included, so "Viggen" gets no hits. 
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Jul 13, 2015 21:16
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Douglass X-3? IN THE NAVY?
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Jul 13, 2015 21:40
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TheFluff posted:Unfortunately historical photos that have been transferred to the national archives aren't included, so "Viggen" gets no hits. Should have never painted over "FARA"
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Jul 13, 2015 21:49
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My favorite gfy of the day: http://fat.gfycat.com/CanineThunderousEastrussiancoursinghounds.webm
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I think we could make lemonade out of the F-35
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mlmp08 posted:My favorite gfy of the day: http://fat.gfycat.com/CanineThunderousEastrussiancoursinghounds.webm I raise you: 
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This is easily the best of ~AIRPOWER~ from that Libya report:quote:On May 27, RAF Typhoons, as well as other NATO assets, revisited the Bab al-Aziziyah complex and destroyed its guard towers. This latter attack was conducted with the specific aim of having a psychological impact on the regime.
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A Handed Missus posted:This is easily the best of ~AIRPOWER~ from that Libya report: Ahahahaha. "Psychological Impact" is code for, "we literally had no targets of legitimate military value to put you against, but somebody decided it would look bad if you weren't contributing, so here's a standing structure to tee off on." I'm sure Gaddafi was pissing himself over the loss of guard towers. Dead Reckoning fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Jul 14, 2015 |
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Jul 14, 2015 00:46
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mlmp08 posted:My favorite gfy of the day: http://fat.gfycat.com/CanineThunderousEastrussiancoursinghounds.webm 
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mlmp08 posted:My favorite gfy of the day: http://fat.gfycat.com/CanineThunderousEastrussiancoursinghounds.webm "Sergeant, that bush just drove up the hill and two smaller bushes got out."
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Was reading about the history of conscription in the United States and saw this hilarious bit:quote:The Selective Service (and the draft) in the United States is not limited to citizens. Howard Stringer, for example, was drafted six weeks after arriving from his native Britain in 1965.[102][103] Today, non-citizen males of appropriate age in the United States, who are permanent residents (holders of green cards), seasonal agricultural workers not holding an H-2A Visa, refugees, parolees, asylees, and illegal immigrants, are required to register with the Selective Service System.[104] Welcome to the land of opportunity, son. Now, grab that rifle because you will be spending the next ten months in 'nam. 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMTz9nIUkGc
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chitoryu12 posted:Got another story from General Ickes! This was when the F-15 was just entering service. In today's Air Force that crew chief gets an attaboy from the wing king for integrity and an article 15 from his squadron commander for violating tech data.
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Didn't see this posted but there is literally a Bear in the Woods
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Even males illegally the country have to register with Selective Service.
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How commonly equipped were the Hound Dog nuclear missiles in US service in the early 60's? In the event of a nuclear war, was it assumed the B-52D's would be strapped with two of em each plus internals, or were they kinda rare? Its a pretty loving neat weapon.
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Dandywalken posted:How commonly equipped were the Hound Dog nuclear missiles in US service in the early 60's? In the event of a nuclear war, was it assumed the B-52D's would be strapped with two of em each plus internals, or were they kinda rare? Its a pretty loving neat weapon. At its peak SAC had like 600 of the things so ... quite a few B-52s would have them, yes. I don't know how many B-52 wings SAC had total to say whether it was a majority or not, but yeah a lot of Hound Dogs were deployed.
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I'm re-reading Command and Control and it's just as loving terrifying as the first read through.
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Vahakyla posted:Even males illegally the country have to register with Selective Service. Now that transexuals can be in the military, do women who want to be men have to register?
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Craptacular posted:Now that transexuals can be in the military, do women who want to be men have to register? The US military does not recognize transgender persons as any identity save their genetic sex. So no. The DOD has been crystal clear in basically saying "noooooope" to even dealing with questions of gender identity.
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Craptacular posted:Now that transexuals can be in the military, do women who want to be men have to register? I'm sure my transgender pre-op tranny bisexual bootcamp buddy is very happy about this change.
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Smiling Jack posted:I'm re-reading Command and Control and it's just as loving terrifying as the first read through. I read the bit about the runway fire with the B-47 carrying the hydrogen bomb in Morocco and everybody is just running around and the base commander tells everybody to run far, far away and I mentally run out of profanity.
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Jul 15, 2015 04:24
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Holy poo poo I have to read this book
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The best tidbit from that book is finding out the first real safety measures put on US submarine missiles to prevent unauthorized launches had a habit of corroding inside the warhead. Which literally made something like 90% of the U.S. sub fleet have duds in the tubes until the corrosion problem was noticed a couple years later.
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lol http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/missiles-become-detached-british-tornado-fighter-jet-cyprus-n392361quote:Two missiles fell off a British fighter jet while it was landing at a military base Wednesday morning after an anti-ISIS mission over Syria and Iraq, officials told NBC News.
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Have lots of tissue ready, for you will blow a load or two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ba2wWgc8cU
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Doctor Grape Ape posted:Have lots of tissue ready, for you will blow a load or two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ba2wWgc8cU Someone could of got hurt from those flying metal rods.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gnD68O7yAM Maybe paint some teeth around that little flappy, or glue a tiny tophat onto it.
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Syndic Thrass posted:Holy poo poo I have to read this book Yes, you do. It's probably the scariest book I've read.
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So the Baseball All-star game was in Cincinnati Last night. They had some F/A-18 Super Hornets do a fly over and they parked them overnight at the Airport. I happened upon them when I got to work this morning. Good day indeed.     
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