Recent content by jareds

How did he get the license in the first place?

I don't think it will have to be over anything big like that. WWI was started because of an event that didn't concern most other countries.

Out at Luke they want some F-22s and F-35s, but HOAs the cities and such are against it. They say that the planes would be too loud. Living about a mile from the base, they fly over my house some times. I've never had a problem with noise. Even when I go on base with JROTC they're not that loud...

Sounds like you guys come from all over the world

At this point I'm just being devils advocate, but why try looking for another less expensive plane? I believe I glimpsed something about the Euros having a few next gen fighters for less.

The spirit is a bomber, one able to get in, drop the load, and get out quickly. In WWII, because we didn't have the power and precision of today, many planes were used at a time. Today we don't need that, we can level several blocks with one bomb; Or destroy cities with a nuke. Planes like this...

"the price tag for each of the stealth fighters, designed during the Cold War for the next generation of air-to-air combat, is about $200 million." source (Democrats, Obama disagree on F-22 spending - The Boston Globe) Hmm, still, that still sounds a bit much to me.

The F-22 is a phenomenal plane. It has a great airfoil, great capabilities, and great speed. The problem is cost. It costs about 361 million dollars. So much so that we (America) only bought about 180. The F-35 costs about and estimated 65-120 million. I understand that the F-16s are aging and...

I put the F-15 due to it's versatility. Although I don't know too much about it, from what I've read and seeing them fly, a properly trained pilots could knock any other plane from the sky (that was up there) other than the new generation fighters. It had at least eight variations, included air...

Thanks, hope that I stick around and don't forget about this place. I came here to learn more about aviation and from what I've seen, you guys know a lot more than me.

I live in Arizona, I'm 16 and most of my family is pilots. I'm in Air force JROTC and I'm trying to join the CAP to help get my pilots license. My uncle is a flight instructor at Glendale airport, my great grand father was a flight instructor right after WWII with the mustang, and my great great...