Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 21645468 United States 10/17/2014 05:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. That's weird... I saw two flying in Boston 2 weeks ago. And I don't even think there are any based in the northeast. The F/A-18 is a pretty badass jet... it sucks they are forgetting about it in favor of the F-22 and the F-35. |
411 (OP) User ID: 64190601 United States 10/17/2014 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. That's weird... I saw two flying in Boston 2 weeks ago. And I don't even think there are any based in the northeast. Quoting: R. Wordsworth The F/A-18 is a pretty badass jet... it sucks they are forgetting about it in favor of the F-22 and the F-35. They may have been headed for the far east. "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." --William Pitt |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 21645468 United States 10/17/2014 06:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. That's weird... I saw two flying in Boston 2 weeks ago. And I don't even think there are any based in the northeast. Quoting: R. Wordsworth The F/A-18 is a pretty badass jet... it sucks they are forgetting about it in favor of the F-22 and the F-35. They may have been headed for the far east. They don't have enough range to make it across the Atlantic... if they were headed over there they would be on a carrier. I doubt they would arrange mid-air refueling for a jet that's mainly carrier based. |
411 (OP) User ID: 64190601 United States 10/17/2014 06:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. That's weird... I saw two flying in Boston 2 weeks ago. And I don't even think there are any based in the northeast. Quoting: R. Wordsworth The F/A-18 is a pretty badass jet... it sucks they are forgetting about it in favor of the F-22 and the F-35. They may have been headed for the far east. They don't have enough range to make it across the Atlantic... if they were headed over there they would be on a carrier. I doubt they would arrange mid-air refueling for a jet that's mainly carrier based. I was thinking mid-air refueling but your probably right. Maybe they came from "Oceana Naval Air Station". Google it, click the map link, switch to earth view, then zoom in. "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." --William Pitt |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 63915087 United States 10/17/2014 07:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. The state of the art (30 years ago, anyway) F-22 just scored it's first kill against the mighty ISIS Luftwaffe! Why Is America Wasting the F-22 Raptor on Bombing ISIS? [link to nationalinterest.org] Meanwhile, the F-35 still has a few billion dollar bugs to work out. Here's Another Sign Of How Astronomically Expensive The F-35 Is [link to www.businessinsider.com] USA! Number $18 Trillion! :money::money: |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 45303303 United States 10/17/2014 07:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. The state of the art (30 years ago, anyway) F-22 just scored it's first kill against the mighty ISIS Luftwaffe! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 63915087 Why Is America Wasting the F-22 Raptor on Bombing ISIS? [link to nationalinterest.org] Meanwhile, the F-35 still has a few billion dollar bugs to work out. Here's Another Sign Of How Astronomically Expensive The F-35 Is [link to www.businessinsider.com] USA! Number $18 Trillion! :money::money: yeah, but we only have 8 of each of them |
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411 (OP) User ID: 64190601 United States 10/17/2014 08:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. I was thinking mid-air refueling but your probably right. Quoting: 411 Maybe they came from "Oceana Naval Air Station". Google it, click the map link, switch to earth view, then zoom in. Damn 411, you truly earn your name, you're on top of shit. There's a whole shit ton of em there!!! I try. "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." --William Pitt |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 64065778 United States 10/17/2014 08:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Navy Grounds Top Guns. F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter squadrons state-side grounded with only two or three flyable jets available. They can ferry 2,000 miles when carrying a maximum load of external fuel. I don't worry too much about all this. The core combat strength is still there. All that is lost is the time required to become operationally effective. I've studied war all my life and I can tell you there are two kinds of war. there's play war and there's real war. In real war impossible things happen at impossible speed. A ship that takes 4 years to build in peace time gets built in 4 months. Mothballed equipment gets rebuilt and put into service at unimaginable speed. And spare parts show up quickly. |
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