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So my brother-in-law (USAF Combat Camera) got deployed to Afghanistan a little while back, and it seems that a couple weeks ago someone told him to hop in the back of a KC-135 and take pretty pictures of planes gassing up. I ain't complaining. Click for big. FEED ME.  Oh yeah, that's the stuff.  A'ight, that was fun but I got some scrubs to shoot.   F/A-18 gets some sloppy seconds.   ...aaand a Belgian F-16 shows up late. 
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| # ¿ Mar 9, 2011 09:59 |
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| # ¿ May 23, 2013 07:45 |
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Wikipedia also mentions that the probe and drogue system is not so great for larger aircraft thanks to the fine maneuvering required to make the initial connection. Reasonably easy for fighters or helicopters, but kind of a pain in the rear end for bigass bombers and other such lumbering beasts of the air, especially if you're in a hurry. The boom, on the other hand, is more of a "just hold steady while we fly this thing into you" deal, which makes things a lot easier when your plane isn't exactly the most nimble thing in the sky. The probe and drogue has its advantages, though. It's a lot more flexible overall, and it lets you do neat things like multi-point refueling and buddy refueling. Speaking of buddy refueling, here are 2 A-3 Skywarriors and an A-4 Skyhawk in a daisy chain: 
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| # ¿ Mar 10, 2011 05:47 |
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Know what owns? B1-B Lancers, that's what. I've got a few more of it refueling if anyone's interested.
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| # ¿ Apr 21, 2011 13:32 |
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Have JDAM, will travel!   
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| # ¿ Apr 21, 2011 15:21 |
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Insert name here posted:You better be posting these images as soon as you get them. If I don't fill up half my hard drive with refueling pictures by the time this thread is done I will be very disappointed. For more pretty pictures, here is the DVIDS profile page for my brother-in-law.  
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| # ¿ Apr 29, 2011 03:56 |
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We all like nuke photos, right?
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| # ¿ May 7, 2011 17:09 |
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My E-8 has a first name, it's J-O-I-N-T... My E-8 has a second name, it's S-T-A-R-S...  I was gonna do the rest of the song, but  . Have some AWACS instead.
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| # ¿ Jun 5, 2011 07:59 |
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BigLove posted:I just love the A 10. It sure as hell isn't pretty, but It was introduced in 1972 and is projected to be in service until at least 2028 simply because nobody's been able to come up with anything better.
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| # ¿ Jun 6, 2011 07:48 |
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if it doesn't make me want to cuddle it. 
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NosmoKing posted:There's a bike shop (of all odd places to find it) here in WI that has a civil defense target map of the Twin Cities area in MN. It shows the estimated DGZ's and damage areas for the metro and surrounding area. If nuclear war broke out, I really wouldn't want to be living where I am right now. I'm pretty sure Seattle would just get wiped off the map. Oh, and have an F/A-18. 
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| # ¿ Jul 24, 2011 20:34 |
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Revolvyerom posted:The Blue Angels had their restrictions for flying over Seattle tightened years ago, and after those boundaries and limits were enforced, living on Beacon Hill years ago (right along the flight path for quite a lot of the passes they made towards the lake), it would get far too loud to even shout over effectively. Nothing has scared me out of sleep to such an immediate 0-100MPH "fight or flight" heart attack than the first time one of them blew overhead. F/A-18 flybys do indeed make for an extremely effective alarm clock. Not to mention all the screaming car alarms left in their wake. Now I live in Ballard, and I miss it too. Even though it would probably be incredibly infuriating to deal with since I work graveyard shift.
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| # ¿ Nov 25, 2011 10:46 |
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It was unbelievable, for several hours, for three days straight, every summer. You just had to stop whatever you were doing if you had to hear until the plane passed.
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grover posted:I was using a bit of rhetoric; C-RAM doesn't use DU shells. Navy doesn't even use them in CIWS anymore. DU itself is no more dangerous than a lead slug; it's when it strikes something hard (like tank armor) and burns/oxidizes and creates dust that can be inhaled that it becomes a potential health risk to people. Small quantities of that dust coat everything around the gun after every firing and make it a huge issue to decontaminate. Someone mentioned a couple pages back that they'd buy a T-38 if they won the lottery. Personally, I'd be tempted by the adorably stubby M-346:  Oh, who am I kidding, I'd want both.
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