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Syrian government forces carried out a third chemical weapons attack last year, a confidential report to the UN Security Council has found.
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So, I bought a E-2C Hawkeye model kit. And I was thinking: if you could name a Hawkeye wing and give it a logo for its radar dish, what would it be? I was thinking "Beholders" with a DnD beholder, but I'd like to throw it to the floor for suggestions.
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Oct 22, 2016 19:59
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Nebakenezzer posted:So, I bought a E-2C Hawkeye model kit. And I was thinking: if you could name a Hawkeye wing and give it a logo for its radar dish, what would it be? "Illuminati", with the eye of providence on the dish.
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Nebakenezzer posted:So, I bought a E-2C Hawkeye model kit. And I was thinking: if you could name a Hawkeye wing and give it a logo for its radar dish, what would it be? "Eye of Sauron" with appropriate flaming eyeball on top? "Sky Eye" with an Ace Combat livery? "Xatu" with a bunch of Pokemon, a-la ANA's Pokemon jets?
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Oct 22, 2016 20:11
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Cat Mattress posted:"Illuminati", with the eye of providence on the dish. VAW-127 Illuminati: "Seeing But Unseen"
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Oct 22, 2016 20:22
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Cat Mattress posted:"Illuminati", with the eye of providence on the dish. yup
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Oct 22, 2016 20:34
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Cat Mattress posted:"Illuminati", with the eye of providence on the dish. That's pretty good. So's the Screwtops, honestly.
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Oct 22, 2016 21:15
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45 RPM adapter like this: and name it "Radar Love" Edit: For the Hawkeye model, of course.
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Oct 22, 2016 21:32
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Davin Valkri posted:"Eye of Sauron" with appropriate flaming eyeball on top? This is what I would love to see on the domes of the Hawkeyes in Fallon, to go along with the "adversary" paint scheme like Hornets and Vipers get.
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Oct 22, 2016 21:51
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Shooting Blanks posted:45 RPM adapter like this:  Screwtops are probably the best real USN AEW squadron name.
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Oct 22, 2016 22:11
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If it doesn't involve the Alan Parsons Project, I don't want to hear any more about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-41tg_CS7s
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Oct 22, 2016 22:33
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VAW-69 "Neapolitans" with a vanilla-chocolate-strawberry swirl and sprinkles on top. VAW-51 "Saucerers" with a UFO dome, lights along the side and a giant Grey Alien face on top. Dead Reckoning fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Oct 22, 2016 |
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Oct 22, 2016 22:38
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Dead Reckoning posted:VAW-51 "Saucerers" with a UFO dome, lights along the side and a giant Grey Alien face on top. I can't find a photo of this but it sounds awesome - got a link?
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Oct 22, 2016 22:47
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Dark Helmut posted:If it doesn't involve the Alan Parsons Project, I don't want to hear any more about it. Lol VAW-45 Sky Eyes - "I can read your mind" For some reason I'm reminded of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-bXBnKXJg Sounds like a Vietnam-era unit. Maybe a gunship. AC-119: Sign of the Gypsy Queens Dead Reckoning posted:VAW-69 "Neapolitans" with a vanilla-chocolate-strawberry swirl and sprinkles on top. 
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Oct 22, 2016 23:04
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I know NATO has to give this thing a "B" name, but damned if they shouldn't break from tradition and call this thing the Platypus if this is a reasonable render: http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/10/russia-claims-progress-on-new-pak-da.html
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Oct 23, 2016 00:21
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gently caress no, call it the Dahir-Insaat.
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Oct 23, 2016 00:37
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I know NATO has to give this thing a "B" name, but damned if they shouldn't break from tradition and call this thing the Platypus if this is a reasonable render: The Batray. 
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Oct 23, 2016 01:09
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it clearly should be the Blyat
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Oct 23, 2016 01:20
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B-2ski Batusi
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Oct 23, 2016 01:31
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Shooting Blanks posted:I can't find a photo of this but it sounds awesome - got a link? It isn't a real thing; we're spitballing fake squadrons for Nebakenezzer's plastic E-2 hawkeye model.
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Oct 23, 2016 01:38
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VikingSkull posted:it clearly should be the Blyat Blyat-FA.
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Oct 23, 2016 02:15
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I know NATO has to give this thing a "B" name, but damned if they shouldn't break from tradition and call this thing the Platypus if this is a reasonable render: Coming soon to a humanitarian aid convoy near you!
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Oct 23, 2016 02:18
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StandardVC10 posted:Coming soon to a humanitarian aid convoy near you!  All things considered, though - I can't imagine the render there is very accurate, since those winglets would not only compromise the stealth of the plane from head on, but heavily imply that Russia hasn't cracked making proper flying wing designs yet.
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Oct 23, 2016 02:32
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VikingSkull posted:it clearly should be the Blyat 
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Oct 23, 2016 02:36
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BIG HEADLINE posted:
I'd imagine their software is..... lacking compared to ours.
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Oct 23, 2016 04:46
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Sperglord Actual posted:...Thoroughly overrated? The ME-262 didn't change the course of the air-war but it did make the allies have to change how they fought it.
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Oct 23, 2016 05:20
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Stairmaster posted:The ME-262 didn't change the course of the air-war but it did make the allies have to change how they fought it. Well, Hitler also looked at it and saw a 'bomber,' too. I guess meth and syphilis can gently caress up your perception. 
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Oct 23, 2016 05:21
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Cat Mattress posted:A JH-7 floundered near Liuzhou and barely missed the industrial zone. Both pilots ejected. Is this pretty common? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PNQ8Ovp6NA
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Oct 23, 2016 05:24
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I'd imagine in this instance it's a "Hey Jiang, take another plane out of its storage crate" thing.
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Oct 23, 2016 05:28
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I'd imagine in this instance it's a "Hey Jiang, take another plane out of its storage crate" thing. Can I get one shipped to me (some assembly required) from China? Kind of like the army jeeps of old?
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Oct 23, 2016 05:49
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Dead Reckoning posted:It isn't a real thing; we're spitballing fake squadrons for Nebakenezzer's plastic E-2 hawkeye model. I'm an idiot, I thought I was in a different thread 
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Oct 23, 2016 07:30
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Stairmaster posted:The ME-262 didn't change the course of the air-war but it did make the allies have to change how they fought it. Not really. I mean, they made a bit of an effort to sweep airfields and get them on landing, but they were doing that already under the general heading of "let's kill off the Luftwaffe." It pushed some slight tweaks in tactics, but it didn't fundamentally change how the air war was prosecuted.
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It's pretty likely that if Germany had been able to field them faster, earlier, and/or in larger numbers to where they were a primary feature of the Luftwaffe while it was still relevant, it would've had a major effect on strategic bombing. B-17 formations couldn't effectively deal with the broadside rocket attack, and the only reason it didn't have a huge impact is that there were only a handful of 262s actually taking part and they were basically done at that point. A bomber hit was in much more dire straights than if hit by the smaller (but related) cannon rounds. The rockets could be devastating. If you force the US to stop daytime strategic bombing, which Spaatz was voicing concern about...well, by 1944 it's too late anyway, but it would definitely be a fundamental change. What is it with Germany smashing its own thumb with a hammer by taking straight-line high performance jets and trying to force them into the ground attack role? Ugh.
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Oct 23, 2016 20:20
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Godholio posted:What is it with Germany smashing its own thumb with a hammer by taking straight-line high performance jets and trying to force them into the ground attack role? Ugh. It's the most redeeming feature of the way Nazi Germany worked.
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Oct 23, 2016 20:27
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I know NATO has to give this thing a "B" name, but damned if they shouldn't break from tradition and call this thing the Platypus if this is a reasonable render: Stealth Vulcan 
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Oct 23, 2016 21:44
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TasogareNoKagi posted:Stealth Vulcan Bulcan I guess "Bullcan" wouldn't be odder than Frogfoot or Fishbed.
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Oct 23, 2016 21:52
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Bad low poly vaporware
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Godholio posted:What is it with Germany smashing its own thumb with a hammer by taking straight-line high performance jets and trying to force them into the ground attack role? Ugh. I've never quite been comfortable with this line. When I was a kid watching documentaries in the early '80s there was always a german dude interviewed saying that Hitler held up development for a year by insisting that they add bomb racks, etc. All his fault, the German high command didn't make any strategic mistakes. Just speculating that by the time production had geared up and the engine reliability issues sorted out to the half-assed degree that they were it was already too late to try for air superiority. The experienced core of pilots was mostly gone, the fuel situation was collapsing, etc. What if they had 400 or 500 fast, low level light bombers to disrupt the Normandy invasion fleet? It is not obvious to me that 500 knot fighters were all that much more effective vs the bombers than 400 knot fighters. Maybe they could ignore the escorts for the first pass, but the jets were not a game-changer. Using them to challenge the D-day invasion as light bombers might not have been a game changer either, but I don't think it was as clear-cut as it is usually presented.
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Oct 23, 2016 22:04
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You're basically right. I got two sentences into saying roughly the same thing and then said gently caress it because I'm on a phone.
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Also other planes used those rockets and had 30mm cannon. It was a good package together with the speed but it wasn't like b17s were only eating 20mm and mg before the 262 flew.
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