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    Listen My Children and You Shall Hear.....

    What is your source on no bullet holes in his plane, I had not heard that. Just want to read up on it.
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    Is it possible that dogfighting could make a comeback as the primary fighting style?

    Interesting article. The Major they quote at the end of the article was my Weapons Officer in one of my squadrons. Great dude, very smart, super funny.
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    You don’t negotiate with someone who is trying to kill (or subjugate) you. The hardest part is the recognition of that. Look at Israel, I think they recognize and understand that all to well.
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    Why did some British cold war era fighters have pylons for missiles on top of the wings, or in the electric lightings case fuel tanks?

    Here is the first known example of CFTs…
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    Okay, I will play the role of the contrarian. Here is a quote from the NATO website: The combined wealth of the non-US Allies, measured in GDP, is almost equal to that of the United States. However, non-US Allies together spend less than half of what the United States spends on defence. This...
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    Don’t forget your MOPP gear…
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    Dimlee, Are you able to post the entire article? Thanks, Biff
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    Why did some British cold war era fighters have pylons for missiles on top of the wings, or in the electric lightings case fuel tanks?

    Thump, Smaller niggle, the CFTs (Conformal Fuel Tanks) were introduced on and delivered with every F-15C/D bought by the USAF. The Israelis have retrofitted their A & B models to accept CFTs. Iceland based F-15Cs were the last USAF unit to use them. Eventually they were scrapped I think due...
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    Obviously heading out to sea…
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    What Cheered You Up Today?

    If you guys decide to do Athens let me know. We had an unbelievable guide. Spoke seven languages, guided in five, doctorates in history, and a great gal to boot.
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    No, I think he means someone who was investigated for years for Russian collusion by the very people who started the rumor…
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    I don’t really think he was sweating the election…
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    Pictures of Cold War aircraft.

    What year was the show at Vance? I did pilot training there.
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    1948 Israel-what combat aircraft would you pick?

    I think there are several ways you could skin this cat. F4U-5: Plenty available, air cooled simplicity, heavy armament, decent legs, fast and good rate of climb P-51D/H: Plenty available, water cooled but known quantity, fast, good armament long legs F8F: Fast, air cooled, great climb rate...
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    I’ve been standing literally 20 yards from one of these when it activated (Iraq). That is an impressive close in weapon.
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