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Old 04-16-2011, 12:31 PM   #326
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Well, just got the call yesterday afternoon. Got accepted, 2 years subsidized schooling+pay and then on to training. So fucking stoked.
Nice! I'm accepted as well after finally getting my interview. I just need to get some formal training under my belt to speed up the selection process. That will take place this summer, so hope to go next spring.
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Nice! I'm accepted as well after finally getting my interview. I just need to get some formal training under my belt to speed up the selection process. That will take place this summer, so hope to go next spring.
Nice man! You'll probably end up being a year or two ahead of me then. Congrats!
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Well, just got the call yesterday afternoon. Got accepted, 2 years subsidized schooling+pay and then on to training. So fucking stoked.
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Can someone help me identify these famous planes? Would be much appreciated.
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india short lists Eurofighter and Rafael for MMRCA comp.

initial order will be for 126 aircrafts. but may baloon to 200+ fighters.

will translate into leargest defense deal,
other fighters in the comp. were Mig-35/ F-16IN/ F/a-18 (super hornet)/Gripen.

American Envoy Tim Roemer to india just resigned.

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Can someone help me identify these famous planes? Would be much appreciated.
Are you serious? Those are 3 of the most recognizable planes ever.
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Are you serious? Those are 3 of the most recognizable planes ever.
Well in his defense, the picture quality/size ain't the greatest...
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Are you serious? Those are 3 of the most recognizable planes ever.
Not everybody is aircraft savy there big guy.....
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The Eurofighter sure is a nice aircraft, but at over 150million dollars a pop..... ouch.

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Holy smokes, that thing can carry a lot of ordnance... 13 hardpoints!
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The Eurofighter sure is a nice aircraft, but at over 150million dollars a pop..... ouch.

and without a Aesa as of now. Rafael will take it.
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The French make good planes. I would love for Canada to run the Rafale.
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Holy smokes, that thing can carry a lot of ordnance... 13 hardpoints!
Imagine 39x 500lb cluster bombs.......will put the A-10 to shame hahaha!
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Old 04-28-2011, 02:11 PM   #343
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15 actually. Two centre-belly missiles are slightly hidden by the forward most bombs and external fuel tank.
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Eurocanards are nice when they actually have bombs to drop.

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Libya “has not been a very big war. If [the Europeans] would run out of these munitions this early in such a small operation, you have to wonder what kind of war they were planning on fighting,” said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense think tank. “Maybe they were just planning on using their air force for air shows.”,
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Current OPs CF-18's are deployed at:

Keflavik, Iceland
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The French make good planes. I would love for Canada to run the Rafale.
IMO, run the Rafale over the F-35 if the government cancels the plan. Sounds like a decent alternative if we're that hurting for new planes.
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IMO, run the Rafale over the F-35 if the government cancels the plan. Sounds like a decent alternative if we're that hurting for new planes.
If we're going to put a bandaid on a broken leg we might as well get the F18E/F for ease of transition and training, as well as cost (about 55million/jet).
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IMO, run the Rafale over the F-35 if the government cancels the plan. Sounds like a decent alternative if we're that hurting for new planes.
If the F-35 gets cancelled, it would be between the Eurofighter and Super Hornet. Trust me.
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I for 1 would like to see a bid process, then comp, along with re-investment clause, not just go with f-35 where we don't even know the final cost per piece & plus life cycle cost worked out. Its pretty amazing that all indications including from pentagon has stated that the final cost will mulitply (but the haper govt. Is still sticking to its guns). Techincal evaluation by af, along with transfer to tech (in full) should be worked out. Something similar to what india is going thru.
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15 actually. Two centre-belly missiles are slightly hidden by the forward most bombs and external fuel tank.
I thought that....but I originally excluded the hardpoints on the wingtip.
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