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    Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up

    A Look at Fifth Generation Fighter Planes

    Dumb Jet: F-22 Raptor Listens But Can't Talk
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    Image of GizMadone GizMadone
    07/11/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    Airplane assembly wasn't a dude thing back in WWII. My great-grandmother riveted B-24s together at Willow Run airport near Detroit and had some good stories to tell. Due to her small size, she could squeeze into places none of the men could and was very good at her job.
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    Image of MurphyNardz MurphyNardz
    07/11/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    Blue Angles F-18s are actually regular aircraft that fly regular combat missions until they start to get old. Then they are fixed up and painted blue.

    They don't waste a perfectly good brand new aircraft on flying around being pretty.
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    Image of Will Nickelson Will Nickelson
    07/10/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    And just what exactly is so funny about the lack of women in this field?
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    07/10/09

    @Will Nickelson: You do know there are two funnys, right? Like, one is Eddie Izzard, the other is what milk smells like a week after the expiration date. We're using the latter here.
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    Image of Dreadfish Dreadfish
    07/10/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    I may be crazy but after about 20 seconds I stopped seeing people, and started to see legos.
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    07/10/09

    @Dreadfish: That's the secret to Australian technology.
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    Image of CrispyAardvark CrispyAardvark
    07/10/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    After all that effort I'm so glad it didn't get a Blue Angels paint job. I swear we lose more Hornets at airshows than in combat..
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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/10/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    Those Australians think they're ahead of their time

    with skills, ingenuity, that's top of the line.

    They think they're cool 'cause they call themselves "mates"

    but they prob'ly bought the parts in the United States
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    07/10/09

    @Xterm11_is Rhyming:

    Those Aussies fancy that a jet,

    But the we know they ain't seen nothin' yet,

    It may be the choice of the Angels, Blue,

    But it's got nothin' on the F-22.
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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/10/09

    @Con Seannery:

    That F-22 is much over-hyped

    you didn't know that, as you typed.

    In their pants, the Aussies will pee,

    when they observe our F-23.
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    Image of seapathac seapathac
    07/10/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    If I could fly a jet fighter I'd be the happiest boy in the world. Too bad you can't be colorblind and allowed to fly those things. Stupid beautiful beautiful worthless eyes of mine.
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    Image of nerdtalker nerdtalker
    07/10/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    An amazing video. Do they work 24/7 or are the nighttime scenes cut out? That's my only question.
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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/10/09

    @nerdtalker:
    Please my friend, don't give me sass,

    As your avatar shows that your head's up your ass.
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    Edited by Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK at 07/10/09 10:32 PM Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was starred Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was unstarred
    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/10/09

    @Xterm11_is Rhyming:
    If you pause the video with 15 seconds left,

    It shows the night sky, now you mustn't feel deft.
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    Edited by Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK at 07/10/09 10:36 PM Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was starred Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK was unstarred
    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    07/10/09

    @Xterm11_is Rhyming:

    Now now, xterm, try to be civil!

    This guy may be daft, but don't spam out this drivel!
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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/10/09

    @Con Seannery:

    Please nerdtalker take no offense,

    I am just rhyming to make me less tense.
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    07/11/09

    @Xterm11_is Rhyming:

    What is it, my friend? I've got no hunch,

    As to what's got your panties in a bunch.
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    Image of OMFG! Horny Manatees! OMFG! Horny Manatees!
    07/10/09

    In reply to Watch and Learn: F/A-18 F Super Hornet Built From Ground Up
    So THIS is what I have to wait so long for every time I buy a new jet on Command and Conquer 3!
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    07/10/09

    @blazedshaggy: Depends. Are you playing as Australia?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/02/09

    In reply to A Look at Fifth Generation Fighter Planes
    People who ask why we need this plane, are the same kind of people who ask why we need the military. The idea isn't that we want to use the equipment, the idea is that we keep the force ready so that ideally we discourage people from making us use it.


    The planes these are replacing have reached the end of their airframe life.

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    Image of greasypigarvin greasypigarvin
    03/02/09

    @Lite: supports Bacon Salt...And so should you.: It's not like we are nor do we need to keep the actual 1970's era F-15's maintained, it just seems like we can build new F-15E's with upgraded avionics and still maintain air dominance. At the very least certainly no plane's come close to matching the F-22, so why the need to spend the billions to get the next generation already.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/02/09

    @greasypigarvin: Because that technology also trickles out into the public domain as well, creates jobs, etc.


    The point is to stay ahead of people, not keep up w/ them.


    Pretty much it's government funded research that eventually ends up in public domain for other companies to use for profit/technology advancement.

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    Image of Robert Speed Robert Speed
    03/02/09

    In reply to A Look at Fifth Generation Fighter Planes
    Turn and burn lots of cash. Great plane but like a recently acquired PC its tech is obsolete. Granted it surpasses anything out there but unless it can detect a nuclear brief case at 50,000 feet. It can only look forward to smaller and smaller budget. The UAVs are coming and the A 10s can will be upgraded.
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    03/02/09

    @BlackMage is doing the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!: I liked JSF better.
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    Image of BlackMage is doing the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!! BlackMage is doing the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!
    03/02/09

    In reply to A Look at Fifth Generation Fighter Planes
    An awesome plane, for sure, though I wish the geniuses developed a more original name.


    The F-35 is called the Lightning II for a reason. The original P-38 Lightning was an aircraft flown by the US in WWII. It was primarily a highly maneuverable and fast fighter bomber, thanks to its twin-engine design.


    While the F-35 does have some similarities in function to the P-38, it's an entirely different aircraft. A single, jet engine. Stealth. Mostly designed for air-to-air combat, since I doubt you'll be able to cram a ton of bombs (literally) onto its tiny airframe. The most important part is the VTOL (vertical take-off & landing) aspect of the F-35, pioneered by the Harrier and Osprey. The P-38 could definitely not take off or land vertically. The Harrier II would be a much better fit, even though the Harrier has more structural resemblance to the F-4 Phantom.


    Sorry for the aero-geek tirade, but I do loves me my planes. And the shows Dogfights & Battle 360 on the History Channel!

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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    03/02/09

    @BlackMage is doing the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!: it's also named for the British Electric Lightning.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/02/09

    @BlackMage is doing the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!: I'd say the Harrier has a more structural resemblance to the A-6 Intruder.
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    Image of Jay Beezy Jay Beezy
    03/02/09

    @BlackMage is doing the Time Warp agaaaaaaain!!!: The Harrier was one of the ugliest fighter jets known to man.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/02/09

    @Jay Beezy: A10 still beats it... And blows holes in it too.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    03/02/09

    In reply to A Look at Fifth Generation Fighter Planes
    Cool look into where our billions are going...


    Why do we need the F22 again?

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/02/09

    @UnderLoK: I suppose for the same reasons we needed F-40 Warhawks, P-51 Mustangs, P-38 Lightnings, F-4U Corsairs, the Douglas SBD Dauntless Divebomber, Superfortress, the B-25 Mitchell, the F6F-5K Hellcat et al.
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    Image of Yarr! Yarr!
    03/02/09

    In reply to A Look at Fifth Generation Fighter Planes
    Doesn't really say much more than "We are awesome!" :) Was expecting something a bit more technical than that.
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    03/02/09

    @Mikael: They are. The shots are.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/02/09

    In reply to A Look at Fifth Generation Fighter Planes
    Up yours MiG!
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