Author Topic: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less... (Read 1977273 times)

Kerick · « **Reply #6001 on:** January 30, 2025, 09:55:04 AM »

So cheeky!🤪

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6002 on:** January 31, 2025, 06:03:52 AM »

Finnish company SISU presented the new GTT all-terrain vehicle

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6003 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:11:17 PM »

Kerick · « **Reply #6004 on:** February 03, 2025, 11:26:10 PM »

Quote from: The Big Gimper on January 31, 2025, 06:03:52 AM

Finnish company SISU presented the new GTT all-terrain vehicle

That makes me think of an Egg Trak!
Looks top heavy too.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6005 on:** February 04, 2025, 08:55:50 PM »

Polish F-35

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6006 on:** February 06, 2025, 07:33:02 PM »

HMCS Ottawa sails with United States Carrier Strike Group Ships in the Indo-Pacific region during Operation HORIZON on 19 November 2024. Photo Credit: Sailor 3rd Class Jacob Saunders, Canadian Armed Forces

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #6007 on:** February 07, 2025, 01:23:45 AM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6008 on:** February 07, 2025, 01:31:10 AM »

Sea Fury T.20

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #6009 on:** February 07, 2025, 02:59:27 AM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6010 on:** February 07, 2025, 08:00:49 AM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6011 on:** February 12, 2025, 09:23:48 PM »

F-35B BF-19 aboard JS Kaga, 21 Oct 2024

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6012 on:** February 14, 2025, 03:50:49 AM »

OP Text:

I love this photo so much, I got it colorized. Pictured in this 1964 photograph are 3 competing Supersonic Transports (SST) design entries evaluated by the FAA. The FAA estimated that there would be a market for at least 500 SSTs by 1990 (spoiler: they were wrong).

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6013 on:** February 15, 2025, 07:13:04 AM »

USS Tripoli Moving to Japan to Serve as Forward-deployed Big Deck - USNI News

https://news.usni.org/2025/02/14/uss-tripoli-moving-to-japan-to-serve-as-forward-deployed-big-deck

ChalkLine · « **Reply #6014 on:** February 15, 2025, 11:16:16 AM »

When someone says "you can't hang that many armaments off that 'plane": Northrop F-89H Scorpion wing pod.

Kerick · « **Reply #6015 on:** February 15, 2025, 01:46:09 PM »

Quote from: ChalkLine on February 15, 2025, 11:16:16 AM

When someone says "you can't hang that many armaments off that 'plane": Northrop F-89H Scorpion wing pod.

Fortunately they didn’t all hang out like that when it tried to fly!

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #6016 on:** February 17, 2025, 02:32:31 AM »

ChalkLine · « **Reply #6017 on:** February 17, 2025, 03:56:10 AM »

We should have stuck with them until drones were mature.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #6018 on:** February 18, 2025, 07:36:58 PM »

Quote from: ChalkLine on February 17, 2025, 03:56:10 AM

We should have stuck with them until drones were mature.

What do you mean? Not get F-35s?

ChalkLine · « **Reply #6019 on:** February 18, 2025, 10:48:00 PM »

I'm not a 'F-35s are lame' fool but I think keeping a fleet of new F/A-18s as a backup seeing as we already have the logistics array for them would have been sensible. Older aircraft do have a higher availability rate and keeping a high number of robust, older airframes available for non-peer warfare means you can shepherd your newer airframes. Also, to be blunt, we have too low a population base and economy base to maintain first line equipment in any meaningful numbers.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #6020 on:** February 19, 2025, 07:11:04 PM »

Quote from: ChalkLine on February 18, 2025, 10:48:00 PM

I'm not a 'F-35s are lame' fool but I think keeping a fleet of new F/A-18s as a backup seeing as we already have the logistics array for them would have been sensible. Older aircraft do have a higher availability rate and keeping a high number of robust, older airframes available for non-peer warfare means you can shepherd your newer airframes. Also, to be blunt, we have too low a population base and economy base to maintain first line equipment in any meaningful numbers.

You are assuming that something like a Super Hornet is significantly different from a F-35 In terms of sustainment requirements.

Kerick · « **Reply #6021 on:** February 19, 2025, 10:28:42 PM »

Even the USAF says they will have an F-35/F-16 type of mix. The idea is the stealth goes in first to take out the air defense and radar systems then the whole mix goes in to pummel the enemy. There will always be a mix of types and missions.

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6022 on:** February 20, 2025, 04:29:33 AM »

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #6023 on:** February 21, 2025, 08:13:49 PM »

The Big Gimper · « **Reply #6024 on:** February 22, 2025, 03:47:15 AM »

F-16 & F-35 showcase Allied interoperability during flying training mission over the Baltic shore

Simultaneously, NATO‘s #BalticSentry is ongoing in the Baltic Sea region ensuring integrity & security of the Alliance


Fabulous '50s GB

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