11bee Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Semi-related - got a friend who’s a maintainer in an East-coast SH squadron. A good number of his buds on the west coast met Mr Cruise during the filming of this epic. To a man, they described Mr Cruise with a two-word phrase. First word starts with D, second word starts with B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Cartwright Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hmmm... Dedicated Boy? Delightfully Brainy? Decisive Businessman? What could it be...what could it be... 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathan_Lotton Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 7 hours ago, jpk said: I thought that was the case but you never know sometimes with the military. I thought the F-117 was gone completely. There were the very public photos of airframes being chewed up but then they've recently been shown that the airforce has kept some airframes flyable. The difference is that the F-117 was retired and they were very open about putting them into storage. The F-14, however, was also very publicly disabled and destroyed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 The difference is the F-117 wasn’t exported to Iran. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viper730 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 So back to the Plot. In the Trailer at one point he was wearing what looked like a U-2 Pilot suit so in my story He over fly's Iran gets shot down like Gary Powers. but he evades capture and steals the Last remaining flyable Tomcat and heads to the safety of the USS Ford 🤣 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 You're probably not wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Off topic, but someone mentioned the F-117 and I remembered watching this video from a few months ago: Happy modeling all! Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) At least a couple of F-117s have been spotted this month over the eastern California, western Nevada ranges. Some have speculated that they're participating in Red Flag in some manner. I guess at least one appears to have a different looking camo scheme. -Gregg Edited July 26, 2019 by GreyGhost Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 37 minutes ago, GreyGhost said: At least a couple of F-117s have been spotted this month over the eastern California, western Nevada ranges. Some have speculated that they're participating in Red Flag in some manner. I guess at least one appears to have a different looking camo scheme. -Gregg If interested in this from a modeling perspective, Wolfpack, an aftermarket decal manufacturer, just released markings for one of these recently spotted -117's, complete with a new "Dark Knights" logo on the tail. Details over on the jet forum. Definitely some interesting stuff still happening with these aircraft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 22 hours ago, Jonathan_Lotton said: The difference is that the F-117 was retired and they were very open about putting them into storage. The F-14, however, was also very publicly disabled and destroyed. Destruction of retired F-117's is going slow (per TheWarZone). My guess is they are carefully dismantling them to preserve the technology. Keep 2-4 flyable shouldn't be difficult when you have 20 parts birds in the next hanger. I would also think they could be used to develop stealth/counter-stealth technology. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 4:47 PM, viper730 said: So back to the Plot. In the Trailer at one point he was wearing what looked like a U-2 Pilot suit so in my story He over fly's Iran gets shot down like Gary Powers. but he evades capture and steals the Last remaining flyable Tomcat and heads to the safety of the USS Ford 🤣 So, it says Top Gun 2 but we’re really just getting Iron Eagle IV. Rick L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Maybe Goose can come back as a force ghost....oh sorry....wrong franchise.😁 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camus27 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 On 7/26/2019 at 5:48 PM, Spruemeister said: So, it says Top Gun 2 but we’re really just getting Iron Eagle IV. Rick L Sorry, no, Iron Eagle IV came out in 1995. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 8 hours ago, niart17 said: Maybe Goose can come back as a force ghost....oh sorry....wrong franchise.😁 Goose's kid, who looks like Goose maybe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 56 minutes ago, camus27 said: Sorry, no, Iron Eagle IV came out in 1995. I was thinking of Irony Golfer.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 20 hours ago, camus27 said: Sorry, no, Iron Eagle IV came out in 1995. Let’s just say I stopped counting after 1. Rick L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sketchh22 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Spruemeister said: Let’s just say I stopped counting after 1. Rick L. As did we all Edited July 28, 2019 by Sketchh22 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkKnight Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 DB? dirty boy? especially after the volleyball game hahahah Iron Eagle 4 would be awesome, wasn't here already a 4 with doug masters returning and being a butt, Iron Eagle V, Doug Masters escapes from a Russian Prison with the help of that hot pilot chick from IE 2, they steal a Mig-31 and shoot down her ex-BF, then doug flies the SR-71 and finally he becomes an instructor and aggressor pilot, at no time does he have sex with a really scary lesbian with a mans name, or kill any WSOs although he does call his back seater in the blackbird, JAFO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 7/26/2019 at 11:40 AM, 11bee said: If interested in this from a modeling perspective, Wolfpack, an aftermarket decal manufacturer, just released markings for one of these recently spotted -117's, complete with a new "Dark Knights" logo on the tail. Details over on the jet forum. Definitely some interesting stuff still happening with these aircraft. I'll check that out, thanks for the head's up 11! -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tlott Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 11:22 AM, 11bee said: Semi-related - got a friend who’s a maintainer in an East-coast SH squadron. A good number of his buds on the west coast met Mr Cruise during the filming of this epic. To a man, they described Mr Cruise with a two-word phrase. First word starts with D, second word starts with B. An old buddy of mine was an IP with the Tomcat RAG when they were filming the original, and he said pretty much the same thing. Most of the extras in the classroom scenes were his star--struck students. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Just found this online, the updated trailer to TG2 has finally been posted! Given the original's homo-erotic tendencies, this one definitely seems to be more appropriate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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