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Branis: Apr 14, 2006; by VG

I dunno if its opsec or whatever you folks call it, but what is it about modern airplanes that cause them to basically disintegrate when they crash land. Looks like theres nothing left of that B1.

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evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

It's a lot of fuel going very loving fast, of course it loving disintegrates when it hits the ground.

# ? Aug 21, 2013 01:30

hailthefish: Oct 24, 2010

Branis posted:

I dunno if its opsec or whatever you folks call it, but what is it about modern airplanes that cause them to basically disintegrate when they crash land. Looks like theres nothing left of that B1.

Force = mass * acceleration. 300,000ish pounds, mostly consisting of jet fuel and possibly bombs, the rest being lightweight structural components, meeting the ground at several hundred miles per hour... there's not going to be a lot left.

# ? Aug 21, 2013 01:31

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Planes are more or less hollow tubes to begin with so there's not a whole lot there.

# ? Aug 21, 2013 01:32

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhfziLDLJ-A

# ? Aug 21, 2013 02:06

Snowdens Secret: Dec 29, 2008; Someone got you a obnoxiously racist av.

Aluminum and carbon composites will burn down to nothing even without the heat and force of a plane crash.

# ? Aug 21, 2013 02:14

Mortabis: Jul 8, 2010; I am stupid

Omi-Polari posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhfziLDLJ-A

I recognize that channel, isn't that the dude obsessed with the M113s?

# ? Aug 21, 2013 02:22

hailthefish: Oct 24, 2010

Mortabis posted:

I recognize that channel, isn't that the dude obsessed with the M113s?

Yep.

# ? Aug 21, 2013 02:37

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Branis posted:

I dunno if its opsec or whatever you folks call it, but what is it about modern airplanes that cause them to basically disintegrate when they crash land. Looks like theres nothing left of that B1.

It's not exactly limited to modern airplanes, either.

# ? Aug 21, 2013 02:38

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Mortabis posted:

I recognize that channel, isn't that the dude obsessed with the M113s?

Ahem. I believe you mean "The Gavin". :spergin:

# ? Aug 21, 2013 02:44

Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Godholio posted:

It's not exactly limited to modern airplanes, either.

Yeah, the more "intact" wrecks are usually from planes that stalled at super low altitude

# ? Aug 21, 2013 03:28

Click Beelay: Oct 13, 2011

Heisenburglar posted:

Stuff

I'm not military or anything but your posts and your original thread are/were pretty rad. Keep in mind more people lurk than post. If you can, post some pics of IDF buttes please because drat.

I kinda missed the SF chat but I can never resist a chance to post this dude, basically because he's the only NZ SF operator I know of by name besides those KIA.

Willie Apiata

Victoria Cross Medal:

Wikipedia posted:

Apiata (then a Lance Corporal) was part of a New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) Troop in Afghanistan in 2004 which was attacked by about 20 enemy fighters while holed-up for the night in a rocky rural area. Enemy rocket propelled grenades destroyed one of the troop's vehicles and immobilised another. This was followed by sustained machine gun and automatic rifle fire from close range.

A grenade explosion blew Apiata off the bonnet of his vehicle, where he had been sleeping. Two other soldiers in or near the vehicle were wounded by shrapnel, one of them seriously (Corporal D). After finding cover, it was seen that Corporal D had life-threatening arterial bleeding and was deteriorating rapidly.

Apiata assumed command of the situation, deciding all three would need to rejoin the troop which was about 70 metres to the rear. Apiata decided his only option was to carry Corporal D to safety, and none of the three were hit during the retreat. After getting Corporal D to shelter, Apiata rejoined the firefight.

He became one of the very few living holders of the Victoria Cross.[12] In part the citation reads:[13]

"In total disregard of his own safety, Lance Corporal Apiata stood up and lifted his comrade bodily. He then carried him across the seventy metres of broken, rocky and fire swept ground, fully exposed in the glare of battle to heavy enemy fire and into the face of returning fire from the main Troop position. That neither he nor his colleague were hit is scarcely possible. Having delivered his wounded companion to relative shelter with the remainder of the patrol, Lance Corporal Apiata re-armed himself and rejoined the fight in counter-attack."

Three other SAS soldiers also received bravery awards for actions during the same mission. Two received the New Zealand Gallantry Decoration and one the New Zealand Gallantry Medal.[14]

Click Beelay posted:

Kiwi Ron Swanson

# ? Aug 21, 2013 15:44

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

For CISI/Gas/Shim's Cold War Playlist. I have a ton more I found, but I don't want to spam the thread. That WDTlive42 on Youtube, along with another guy whose name is escaping me at the moment has some of the best collections of military docs and training footage around.

Nuclear Weapon Accident Exercise : Broken Arrow - 1980 Educational Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw7FJwpR-lA

Nuclear Weapon Accident Exercise : NUWAX-81 Defense Nuclear Agency Educational Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LT4HsXzzYI

Nuclear Weapon Accident Exercise : NUWAX-83 Defense Nuclear Agency Educational Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s2FHhgXfcs

# ? Aug 21, 2013 19:04

iceslice: May 20, 2005

This thread rocks. Please post more SF pictures, especially old ones. They are almost always really cool.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 00:26

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

11b1p posted:

Kiwi Ron Swanson

Was thinking the same thing.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 00:32

Mustang: Jun 18, 2006; “We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”

I'm sure you've seen the statue of this guy. Another Son Tay Raider, Arthur "Bull" Simons.

Here he is as a captain in the 6th Ranger Battalion third from the left on the bottom row.

He took part in both the raid on the Cabanatuan POW Camp and Son Tay, pretty crazy.

There was another Cabanatuan raider on the Son Tay Raid, Sergeant Major Galen Kittleson. Can't find any good photos of him but he was an Alamo Scout in World War II, not a Ranger like Colonel Simons.

My uncle was an instructor at the Special Warfare Center when the Son Tay raid took place. He had worked for Bull Simons a few times in the past and says he tried to recruit him for what he later found out was the Son Tay raid but his boss at the Special Warfare Center wouldn't let him. No idea how true that is but he's no bullshit kind of guy and rarely talks about himself.

Robert Howard, was a member of SOG and a Medal of Honor recipient. He's on the left. He was nominated for the Medal of Honor on at least one other occasions, possibly two. Can't remember. When my dad went through Ranger School in I believe 1979 Robert Howard was one of the Ranger instructors.

Here's a couple photo's of SF with some montagnards. Despite being mostly illiterate tribesmen they were some bad mother fuckers.

Only thing that sucks with the older photos is that the resolution isn't all that great or you have to scan them from a book.

Mustang fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Aug 22, 2013

# ? Aug 22, 2013 01:02

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

iyaayas01 posted:

Here ya go

e: And here's a follow up post -

Just wanted to add another awesome follow up picture of Mike Vining.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 01:12

Thump!: Nov 25, 2007; Look, fat, here's the fact, Kulak!

Goddamn he looks like a creepy uncle. A creepy uncle who could probably kill me with his pinky.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 02:23

AllDogsGoodDogs: Dec 30, 2008

Attempting to take his lunch money would be the last thing you do.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 02:30

Smiling Jack: Dec 2, 2001; I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

I like to think anytime asked him how he was doing, he would reply in a terrible faux german accent "Vinning!"

# ? Aug 22, 2013 02:33

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

gfanikf posted:

Just wanted to add another awesome follow up picture of Mike Vining.

Cool thanks for the reminder that this fukken dude has probably killed more people than I can count on 10 hands

# ? Aug 22, 2013 02:37

AllDogsGoodDogs: Dec 30, 2008

# ? Aug 22, 2013 02:41

mokhtar belmokhtar: May 8, 2013; by T. Finninho

he looks like a creepier version of 90s dahmer to me

i think its just those badass frames though

# ? Aug 22, 2013 02:43

Smiling Jack: Dec 2, 2001; I sucked a dick for bus fare and then I walked home.

JSARSOM posted:

# ? Aug 22, 2013 02:45

large hands: Jan 24, 2006

1st special service force:

# ? Aug 22, 2013 03:07

Mustang: Jun 18, 2006; “We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”

wikipedia posted:

It was also at Anzio that the 1st SSF used their trademark stickers; during night patrols soldiers would carry stickers depicting the unit patch and a slogan written in German: "Das dicke Ende kommt noch," said to translate to "The Worst is yet to Come"

Bad rear end.

edit: The V-42 Stiletto was designed by Colonel Frederick the 1st Special Service Force commander. The knife depicted on the US Army Special Forces and Canada's Joint Task Force 2 regimental crests/badges are V-42 Stilettos, both units tracing their lineage to the First Special Service Force.

Mustang fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Aug 22, 2013

# ? Aug 22, 2013 03:13

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# ? Aug 22, 2013 03:20

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

One more of Mike...because its even better.

Mike gets his Bronze Star in 1971.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 03:27

hailthefish: Oct 24, 2010

gfanikf posted:

One more of Mike...because its even better.

Mike gets his Bronze Star in 1971.

..Wow. He looks like the most punchable kid in Middle School in that picture.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 03:34

Thump!: Nov 25, 2007; Look, fat, here's the fact, Kulak!

hailthefish posted:

..Wow. He looks like the most punchable kid in Middle School in that picture.

Only he would rip the arm off of any man attempting to punch him.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 03:53

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Thump! posted:

Goddamn he looks like a creepy uncle. A creepy uncle who could probably kill me with his pinky.

He looks like one of my undergrad history professors right down to the glasses.

# ? Aug 22, 2013 03:59

Oxford Comma: Jun 26, 2011; Oxford Comma: Hey guys I want a cool big dog to show off! I want it to be ~special~ like Thor but more couch potato-like because I got babbies in the house!
Everybody: GET A LAB.
Oxford Comma: OK! (gets a a pit/catahoula mix)