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« Reply #1875 on: November 16, 2017, 01:03:16 AM »
Cover of Issue #75 of Warbird Digest

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1876 on: November 16, 2017, 02:09:06 AM »
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« Reply #1877 on: November 16, 2017, 02:21:10 AM »
It would be interesting to show a side-by-side comparison of the original YF-16 or F-16A with the latest Block 52/60 series.
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« Reply #1878 on: November 16, 2017, 01:27:19 PM »
everyone wants a bit more of this, or that, and is willing to pay for it and it grows incrementally.  I'd love to see a wholesale redesign/update that uses a stretch much like that of the F-2A/B and installs a F135 engine.  A production diverterless inlet would be a nice touch, too (the one tested on the JAST F-16 was a hand-made "one-off").

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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1879 on: November 16, 2017, 02:43:47 PM »
You know, I'm sure this F-16 is all business, never been a better purveyor of destruction and death delivery system ...
But it just doesn't look as splendid as that old sports car of an F-16A was back in the 70s and 80s.

It's a bit like the Spitfire Mk.I thru F.24 in that way, I think. From something beautiful, sleek and lightly armed, to something far more powerful, much more capable that looks like it just wants to kill something.  >:D
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« Reply #1880 on: November 17, 2017, 10:50:17 PM »


You can read up on this photo came to be here ESA Space Images.
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« Reply #1881 on: November 18, 2017, 02:34:55 AM »
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« Reply #1883 on: November 18, 2017, 04:30:24 PM »
That's quite a shot. I wonder if it was the same meteor that was seen - and heard - over northern Finland.

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/watch_fireball_in_northern_finnish_skies_either_meteor_or_space_trash_expert_says/9935805

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« Reply #1884 on: November 18, 2017, 10:02:30 PM »
Not a large photo I'm afraid but .... Beriev A-100 airborne early warning and control aircraft (AWACS) with integrated cutting-edged Vega Premier Active Phased Array Radar performed its long-awaited maiden flight today. Mass production scheduled for 2020.



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« Reply #1885 on: November 19, 2017, 03:38:24 AM »
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« Reply #1886 on: November 19, 2017, 06:21:55 AM »
Looks like a modeller over emphasized his panel lines :))
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« Reply #1887 on: November 19, 2017, 07:52:54 AM »
A LearJag!

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« Reply #1888 on: November 19, 2017, 07:56:12 AM »
 CF-104D Starfighter LN-STF / 637

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« Reply #1889 on: November 19, 2017, 01:02:02 PM »
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« Reply #1890 on: November 19, 2017, 08:31:27 PM »
A LearJag!


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« Reply #1891 on: November 20, 2017, 02:16:28 AM »
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« Reply #1892 on: November 20, 2017, 02:37:02 AM »
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« Reply #1893 on: November 20, 2017, 06:20:19 AM »


They will never get it airborne going THAT direction!

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« Reply #1894 on: November 20, 2017, 09:16:22 AM »
They will never get it airborne going THAT direction!

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« Reply #1895 on: November 20, 2017, 10:17:38 PM »


Source: Twitter @PACAF Nov 17 Brrrrr! Take a look at these 'cool' pictures from a recent trip to McMurdo,

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« Reply #1896 on: November 21, 2017, 09:54:20 AM »
EA-6B Prowler aka the "Family Sedan"

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« Reply #1897 on: November 22, 2017, 11:46:49 AM »


Source: Twitter: Fortifikationvast.se‏ @FortVast En vacker bild på Draken i skyn. Foto: Anders Nylén. #svfm #säkpol #militärhistoria #fötwitt #flygvapnet
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« Reply #1898 on: November 23, 2017, 02:22:37 AM »
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« Reply #1899 on: November 23, 2017, 09:52:58 AM »


Source: Twitter Klaas Meijer‏ @klaasm67 Nov 21 What a pic! Dutch NH90 during the Harbor Days in Rotterdam 2017 (picture Ilya)
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