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hotdogging or not, if a C-135 was indeed "jumped" by fighters I think flying that low on the deck would be one of the only ways that a tanker could get into the ground clutter and evaid missiles or fighters so it could serve as some sort of real world training. Same goes for the M2000, F1, and Jaguar since thats the only way that they can get into highly defended targets and survive w/o SEAD is to do that. They just seem to have less restrictions filming it all. Ah if they would just let me do victory rolls in the T-6 at UPT...

Never let a women get between you and your wings...

Yeah I talk to Col Mock occassionally when go down to Metro State college in Denver. He's still a big supporter of Det 105. Some of his stories he tells to our guys are a little over the top (like ejecting and landing w/o his chute opening) but they're great to listen to. Druss, Great to see fellow Det 105 alums on the boards...

While I was flying last week we "ran" into a Kaman K-Max doing Forest Service work. It's a pretty interesting machine especially with that Husky rotor arrangement. Any of the Helo guys know what the control surfaces behind the rotor blades are and how does it yaw without a tail rotor or NOTAR?

Are the Canadians flying with mixed crews (e.g. with Air Force, Navy on the same a/c) or are the Merlins flown by one branch in the Armed Forces?

Also read something somewhere that the GIB in a B/D can not fire ordance. Is that true?

Yeah it shows one loaded on the middle pylon on the Left wing. If you get ahold of the book its on Page 58.

According to my source (F-16 Units in of OIF) the old Mk 129s were still being used in Operation Iraqi Freedom with one squadron dropping 31 before and 109 during the war.

Its called a Mk129 Leaflet Bomb "The Mk129 leaflet bomb is designed for use in the delivery of leaflet type materials. The bomb body is cylindrical in shape with an ogical nose and a tapered aft section with fins. The bomb body is split longitudinally into two sections, which are held together by four latches on each side. The fuse well in the nose of the weapon accommodates a variety of airburst mechanical fuses. The fuse causes a booster to ignite and detonates a strip of primacord, which in turn separates the two body halves, detaches the fins, and allows the leaflet material to scatter.

Does anybody know of a good source for decals for modern RoCAF fighters? I'm building a AIDC Chung Kuo IDF (F-CK-1) in 1/48 but the Zhengdefu decals in the kit are horrible. Any help would be much obliged. Thanks.

Man that reminds me of my fam flights that I did down at Luke last year. Kick ***!!! Although I wish we dropped some real ordnance besides those BDU-33s...

EAA Airventure Oshkosh 1995. During the Warbird display commemorating the 50th Anniversary of WWII, they put up a huge mass flyby for the finale. The sounds of radials, merlins, etc. tt was fantastic! I have yet to see anything which comes remotely close to that one...

I wonder why they used LGBs instead of Harpoons? Too expensive?

Does the team prefer pilots that come from Eagle/Viper flying units or do Hawg guys have an equal chance of getting on the team? Also, if someone needs to crossover to the Viper at Luke, are they trained as full fledged combat pilot or do they just learn how to fly the airplane?

"Never fly again..." What BS! Leave it to the local news agencies to get the straight dope on aviation...ugh