Congress having two engines for the F-35?

Pima said:
BTW the ugliest bird out there is the A-10...JK! The stealth is the ugliest, but when you attack the A-10 people get riled and I just had to do it:wink:
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I think the A-10 IS the ugliest lol. The stealth looks like a cool spaceship thing.
 
Bullet said:
packermatt, much more was involved than just the toys on the plane. It's called TACTICS and PROCEDURES, and using those toys properly. Screw them up, and you WILL find yourself in a visual dog-fight, flaring off incoming missiles for all it's worth. And it won't matter how good your toys are.

And that's all I've got to say on that.... (I'm not a smart man, but I know what getting my butt blown out of the sky is...)
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I have no experience, just from the books I have read.
This is why I can't wait to learn what it is REALLY like, if all goes well in the next 4 years.
 
Bullet said:
packermatt, much more was involved than just the toys on the plane. It's called TACTICS and PROCEDURES, and using those toys properly. Screw them up, and you WILL find yourself in a visual dog-fight, flaring off incoming missiles for all it's worth. And it won't matter how good your toys are.

And that's all I've got to say on that.... (I'm not a smart man, but I know what getting my butt blown out of the sky is...)
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As my first IP in the eagle said: "Son (he was ancient; about 34 if I remember correctly)...if you ever get into a knife fight with this bird...your skills won't mean squat-one...if gomer gets lucky, you die...if you get lucky, maybe you don't die...it's all about luck at that point. And since you were DUMB ENOUGH TO GET THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, I'm guessing you don't have any luck!"

Guy was a total geek: about 6'4", 178lbs, BIG hairy adams apple, coke-bottle glasses...BUT...strap him in the bird and he morphed into this demon from hell that could do things with the jet I still don't know how.

Bullet is of course correct; tactics, procedures...they're your life. Rule number one is: NEVER fight fair. And if you've allowed the other guy to get inside visual range...

Well, as the army taught me at Benning a long time ago: When the enemy is in range and in sight: SO ARE YOU!
 
RetNavyHM said:
It may not be pretty, but when you are on the ground and see a pair of A-10's flying overhead towards the bad guys, it is the most beautiful site on the earth..
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If you're the bad guys seeing the A-10s coming at you then these birds are the devil in person (or..err planes). And if you're the pilot...you can't even see it! haha. I guess it depends how you look at it. Regardless, they're beasts in combat.
 
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