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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d1ORgVjZto While this video is from 2006, USAF just awarded Boeing a contract last month to explore usage of this platform in the next 5-10 years. I think it's pretty cool and reminds me of something from Command & Conquer.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgpQBZF2sZQ The CIWS is probably my favorite weapon platform out there. How do you not love a gatling gun that fires over 3,000 rounds a minute
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildahRqe0ZA This is part 1 of a 10 part doc about joining the French Foreign Legion. Pretty interesting. All 10 parts are on YT. It's mostly subtitled, with the exception being one American kid going out for it.
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That is fantastic. That guy must feel like such a dope.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ0kUJmVT9g
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw
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Pretty good doc done in coordination with Vice about the challenges in trying to prepare the ANA for 2014 handover. It paints a pretty grim picture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKHPTHx0ScQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S77dCAZzcLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8rRqRoCUsg
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I did the weather briefing for this very flight 
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Heck, they were waiving convicted felons during the surge, having some fatties were the least of their concerns.
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Fun fact: the guys that did that all got LoR's!
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crosspostin'
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Disband the Air Force
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 This was my dad's ship, the USS America. He served most of his career on there, including Desert Storm/Shield. It's now sunken somewhere off the coast of Virginia, as they decommissioned it and used it for testing.
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He wasn't behind that! Look at those eyes! #freejahar
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This is what happened when a Navy S-3 decided it wanted to get intimate with a thunderstorm. Pics via somebody on Facebook. Not sure of the date these were taken but a crew took off out of NAS Fort Worth, and the crew on apparently their own volition, decided they would fly right through a thunderstorm. They encountered 3 inch hail, severe turbulence, and the tail section was struck by lightning.    Notice one of the sidepods is missing as well, and the plane had to be helped back by ATC because I think the windshield was also cracked significantly.
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A-10 is the best plane ever thread closed
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Aug 1, 2013 19:42
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Hail to the king, baby. You all need to visit Kennedy Space Center if you haven't yet. They have an original Saturn V on display, and they just opened up an exhibit for the shuttle Atlantis, which is absolutely stunning. edit: And I know it's not a plane per sé but holy gently caress 
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This was always another favorite, the X-15, the aircraft that was pretty much the precursor to Project Mercury: Since it was essentially a rocket with wings, it couldn't take off normally. It was taken up under the wing of a B-52 to an altitude of around 45,000', then released.    Had a top speed of Mach 6.72 (fastest manned aircraft in history), and it flew so high that the aircraft was technically in space and some pilots even saying they experienced weightlessness, and all pilots earned astronaut wings. shyduck fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Aug 1, 2013 |
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There's monsters in the ocean 
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I'm pretty sure C-17s are mainly used to haul goods down to Christchurch, New Zealand, and either from there or one central part of Antarctica they use LC-130s to move everything around the continent.
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the F-22 is an American Hero
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maaaaan, mom is gonna be PISSED
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I wish the military was still cool
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Aug 7, 2013 18:17
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Planes are more or less hollow tubes to begin with so there's not a whole lot there.
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Slim Pickens posted:Well that's pretty dumb. I can't wait til they start making dudes press their uniforms again.
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I like that the one black guy has a shaving waiver Yeah that's about it
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Aug 28, 2013 09:42
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Step 1: Fly to Jordan Step 2: Walk north
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How much of this sentiment would be different if Romney were President.
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I know it's  at this point but just saw this one
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Can two Ospreys refuel each other simultaneously? 
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I hope he's not using Apple Maps 
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Crosspostin from AF threadaf times posted:Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark Welsh appears on stage wearing a Captain America mask to remind airmen that "A" stands for airpower during the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference Sept. 17. 
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Sep 17, 2013 21:10
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Yeah but that means I'd have to be in the Army, let's not go nuts
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Sep 17, 2013 21:51
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For the billiionth time, the Chinese copy another idea that isn't theres and do it really half-assed.
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The KEEP OFF GRASS sign with a buncha sparse dead grass behind it makes it
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Yeah he was at his stepson's Army graduation. The guy was in the Air Force for a few years but I think he got kicked out with a less than honorable. He is a little crazy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud9ZOIyMO7Y This is begging for MST3K treatment
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