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I've heard several things why the fleet hasn't gotten those engines. Most of them tie back to money. The CFM56 isn't a huge difference in power vs the TF-33A's we run. What you get is improved fuel burn to the tune of saving ~3k an hour. Basically the USAF has a massive inventory of TF-33's so when the motors go bad, it's not a problem pulling one out. You're also talking about that if the fleet ever does get re-engined, performance data needs to be re-accomplished which is a huge expense. Us getting electronic data programs took years plus millions of dollars. Not to mention that the airframe hasn't been stressed for the engine as well in terms of its power output and such. Common sense says that if an utterly similar airframe like the KC-135R can operate it well, so can we. I guess how the USAF sees is that the upgrade isn't worth the cost when there's other poo poo that needs cash thrown at it.
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DrCuntmuffins posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQLrbfxeiQ Well it's not like they have any ammo to train with, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NBUiA3Tjs
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^^^^ I want to believe that's dubbed over, but I see their mouths moving with the pewpewpewpewpew. Please tell me I'm wrong or it's satire.
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I had to do that poo poo in MCT because during the FEX at the end our MG had a broken bolt carrier so the guy I was sharing a hole with was screaming BANG BANG BANG in his thick rear end South Jersey accent at one dude with an M16 and a smoke grenade.
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Bolow posted:I had to do that poo poo in MCT because during the FEX at the end our MG had a broken bolt carrier so the guy I was sharing a hole with was screaming BANG BANG BANG in his thick rear end South Jersey accent at one dude with an M16 and a smoke grenade. I hate that poo poo so much. God forbid we loving practice a weapon malfunctioning in combat, or something.
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Bolow posted:I had to do that poo poo in MCT because during the FEX at the end our MG had a broken bolt carrier so the guy I was sharing a hole with was screaming BANG BANG BANG in his thick rear end South Jersey accent at one dude with an M16 and a smoke grenade. I had to do this for an entire defensive ex when my C9(M249) basically broke and was NS for the next week. I had to shout "BRAAAAAP! BRAAAAAAAAAP! BRAAAAAP!" and would get yelled at when my BRAAAAP was too long, as I was not doing a proper burst. 
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That is how 9/10ths of sub / antisubmarine training is conducted.
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MA-Horus posted:I had to do this for an entire defensive ex when my C9(M249) basically broke and was NS for the next week. I didn't realize this was an international phenomenon.
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It's all about doing either "SAW, SAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!" (length depends on rate of fire) or "Bu-Bu-Bu-Budget Cuts!". I will admit I'm also partial to "Peanut Peanut Butter Jelly!" for gun teams practicing talking M240s. Granted we do that whenever we are in our company area practicing or we aren't allocated nearly enough blanks.
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We had a guy during a drill who was supposed to be simulating a close-in torpedo detonation (that would set off flooding, loss of steering hydraulics, several other minor casualties). When it came time for the torp to "hit", he keyed up the 1MC and unintentionally let loose with the most San Fransisco sissy stereotype "bewwwwmmm!" squeal you can possibly imagine. Instead of taking their immediate actions, people were dying laughing, and for a while there were running jokes about the special actions required when your hull was penetrated by the Gay Torpedo.
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BaconAndBullets posted:Granted we do that whenever we are in our company area practicing or we aren't allocated nearly enough blanks. You say that like its a bad thing. Blanks are dirty and have minimal training value. 
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God I hate notional shooting and "butta butta jam" at least give us bfas and blanks. Once we hiked with all that fancy laser tag poo poo and didn't use it because we would have to police call the brass at night. So we ambushed a position at night, walked into their defense, yelled bang bang bang/butta butta jam. And then walked out.
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Veins McGee posted:You say that like its a bad thing. Blanks are dirty and have minimal training value.   (click through for huge)
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iyaayas01 posted:
This AF train have something to do with nukes?
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GAS CURES KIKES posted:This AF train have something to do with nukes? Nope, coal train up at the Eielson power plant (also transporting other random poo poo around Eielson because the base is so big/dispersed). Since you mentioned the (aborted, never deployed) Peacekeeper railway garrison car, though:  
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BaconAndBullets posted:It's all about doing either "SAW, SAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!" (length depends on rate of fire) or "Bu-Bu-Bu-Budget Cuts!". I will admit I'm also partial to "Peanut Peanut Butter Jelly!" for gun teams practicing talking M240s. Granted we do that whenever we are in our company area practicing or we aren't allocated nearly enough blanks. They made us do the "die mother fucker die" for our burst lengths. Look at this poor bastard.  
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So colorful  Is that a refueling, uh, thingy (drogue?) that the one in front is dragging? Didn't think they could buddy-tank or something.
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movax posted:So colorful Yeah, the Russians pretty much rely on buddy tanking for cross country flights since they really don't have too many dedicated tankers
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The Syrian rebels built a new toy, which I've written about here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT2i_RaYLjk
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Had to look up Peacekeeper missles after seeing that rail car, and ended up find this sexy rear end missle: Pershing II  Click for big Fallows fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Apr 11, 2013 |
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Brown Moses posted:The Syrian rebels built a new toy, which I've written about here
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Val Kilmer on the left should probably start sticking to light beer.
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Brown Moses posted:The Syrian rebels built a new toy, which I've written about here Hahahaha, did anyone else get an ad that started with a screen advising you "When operating power tools, be sure to take appropriate safety precautions"?
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I've spent the last two months trying to figure out what kind of warhead this is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ScHMZMHfo4 I've given up trying, and blogged about it, so if anyone knows that would help ease my arms ID OCD.
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grover posted:Is that a Shahab-3 NRV? The problem is they match a few different missile and rockets Assad has, but the only way to be sure is getting a photo or diagram of what's inside. There's a great close-up of what's inside in the video I posted, so any reference images could probably be easily matched.
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It could be a re-purposed Dong Fen 15 or 31 judging by the size and shape. Edit: Coworker who's a bit of a missile nerd says it looks like an Indian Agni series rocket Booblord Zagats fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Apr 12, 2013 |
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GyverMac posted:The little Bradley( or CV90?) that could? "I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can..."
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Wasabi the J posted:I didn't realize this was an international phenomenon. The last ex I had in the CF we were suffering such a shortage of 105 rounds for the guns, that they had us firing blanks. Howitzer blanks Ceremonial howitzer blanks. Some rear end in a top hat officer planning this poo poo thought having the guns farting out a bunch of cordite and fouling them all to hell was a great idea The rest of us were right pissed that we had to use up ALL our TP to clean the barrels out after every goddamn fire mission.
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Whats the context on this? Also I want to know if he ruined the magazine.
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His magazine wasn't fully seated so that dude offered his face to be used as part of the immediate action drill.
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Anyone have any idea why there appear to be weights in this Voodoo's nosewheel well? Ballast? They don't seem to be there in the other F-101B I've looked up into.
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I would assume they're to balance out the plane, as the nose is generally where you add weights for that. It probably had some equipment removed or added in a place where other ones didn't; or maybe the other planes you looked at had their weights in a different spot.
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Richard Bong posted:Whats the context on this? Also I want to know if he ruined the magazine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqbNSXJ55HE
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