... How can YOU say that ? Eh ! How ?! The F-22s sure are making an impact in this situation, thank God we paid $ 360 million each (incl. dvelopment) and thank...
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Duke Rumley
duke_rumley
Apr 11, 2009 7:52 pm
We need many more F-22s to go along with the special warfare folks ..... many, many more Duke Rumley 8th RRFS '71 ... From: "MGC" <max_g_cunningham@...> ...
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Parazo Jerico
jericoparazo
Apr 12, 2009 3:08 am
F-22's cost $ 360 milion dollars, with development costs? I thought it was $250? Gosh.....quite a lot of money. Besides, it took as long to develop as a...
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Parazo Jerico
jericoparazo
Apr 12, 2009 3:11 am
Hahahahaha...daresay some congress people get kickback for these items? It's the story around the world, I guess.  On the plus side, these expensive...
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MGC
r1max
Apr 12, 2009 7:28 am
... There's a lot more information, and this thread would be far better served on LWJF. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LWJF/...
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MGC
r1max
Apr 12, 2009 7:20 pm
... Right on Duke, if so, I take it then this is an offer to PAY for close to 500 hundred more, YOURSELF personly, to bring the numbers upto the original...
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Walter Armstrong
walt7486
Apr 13, 2009 7:48 pm
Here's a new mission - WA Asked on Fox News Wednesday what he would do to fight pirates, the retired Air Force lieutenant general replied that for every...
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MGC
r1max
Apr 13, 2009 8:38 pm
... _________ Great post Walt. I'm glad you also mentioned alternative responses. I experience a "little" problem every spring with a few red ants that show up...
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P38eddie@...
eddie4jesus
Apr 14, 2009 3:15 am
I suspect they're trying to save their precious F-22 program that Gates wants to stop beyond currently ordered production. By proving that we need it to fight...
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MGC
r1max
Apr 14, 2009 11:37 am
... As if stealth means anything to Pirates, and/or Afgan insurgence, or Alquida. There's always a need for some conventional warfare capability. Having said...
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Parazo Jerico
jericoparazo
Apr 14, 2009 3:14 pm
A friend of mine said that the Somalian pirates evolved from people protesting on ships passing through Somalia discharging their wastes.  If there's one...
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MGC
r1max
Apr 14, 2009 4:04 pm
... I've read and heard similar, and who can say, if there maybe some truth involved. I heard also that a lot of marginal if not illegal (over) fishing may be...
In the modern sense of astetic and aluring lines that reek of speed, Perhaps the most beutifull aircraft to have ever served on a carrier. M ...
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Parazo Jerico
jericoparazo
May 8, 2009 2:53 pm
As I posted before, if your forget the single tail, it looks too much like a MiG-25. The Foxbat was also used as a tactical recon aircraft like the...
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MGC
r1max
May 9, 2009 10:07 pm
... Size and planform, it's hard to deny. The A-5 though is a far more attractive AC. M...
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John McKenna
bigredlancer...
May 9, 2009 11:31 pm
The A3J mockup had twin tails... ________________________________ From: MGC <max_g_cunningham@...> To: CombatAircraft@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May...
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MGC
r1max
May 10, 2009 12:35 pm
... Makes sense, since the single tail is quite large, and high, twin tails would provide the surface area, stability and control authority with a smaller...
I actually read in an aerodynamics book that they considered twin tails for the F-16 during parts of the design phase. I'll try to get get hold of a copy of...
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MGC
r1max
May 16, 2009 3:23 pm
... Jerico, It's possible that one or another casual bidder on the original LWF contract may have had an artists casual rendition of a twin tail concept, in...
... http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/06/26/diplomat-says-us-to-consider-f-16-sal\ \ e-to-taiwan/ Jun 26, 2009 03:46 EST The de facto U.S. ambassador in Taiwan said...
