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And for those that don't know what the hell a "T-50" is 'cuz "aren't all Russian jets called 'MiGs'?" Sukhoi PAK FA http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._in_flight.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../24/Pak_fa.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...FA_diagram.jpg courtesy of where else? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_T-50 |
Good Call. Im curious, does anyone else here read Combat Aircraft, Airforces, or CDR (Candian Defense Review) magazines? |
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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a...e-to-vancouver We had fighters in CFB Comox back in the day, but the hippies didn't like them making all the noise and polluting the atmosphere, so they eventually moved to Alberta. I would love a posting to Comox with the fighters, but it would never happen. |
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eg: MIG, SU, Yak, Tu, An i think T stands for an experimental or developmental aircraft. cept the SU-47 though. no idea why they didnt name it something else. |
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i do think this Sukhoi PAK FA T-50 is a pretty good looking plane. love the canted rudders (V-tail). reminds me so much of the YF-23 (the Northrop prototype that lost out to the YF-22 which eventually became the F-22 Raptor) from 1991. |
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Escorting a plane due to a bomb threat can be done by just about any plane with armament that can take it down, doesnt mean we need to put a full compliment of F-18's at Comox, as much as I would love to have fighter jets next door to Campbell River again. And you never know about the T-50. You can bet when they are finally become part of the fleet, the ruskies are gonna wanna show them off and do "checks" to see how they fair against the F-22's stationed around alaska and such, not to mention Russia is supose to be developing a new bomber here shortly. Id rather have a fighter jet approaching our airspace then a bomber with a real nuke on board, but thats just me. |
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agreed. i actually like the YF 23 more than the YF22 / F22. its more... futuristic of a design. even more advanced than the F22. not to mention, Black widow sounds better than Raptor. haha http://aircraft-list.com/keywords/YF-23/YF-23_1.jpg |
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Edit: Some nations run more then one type of fighter jet. Do you see canada running F-35's and maybe like 20-40 Super hornets to compliment them? Then the Super Hornets could be used for missions over seas and help out with local sovernty when not stationed abroad? Ya, its more expensive with logistics and mainentance, but Im sure Canada would much rather send Super Hornets overseas for missions then the expensive F-35 (Like what the US does with its F-22's) |
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We already operate the Heron in Afganistan and the F-18 here, And the Heron can have ordanance, so doesnt that make us a multi-fighter force? Im not trying to be smart, Im actually quite enjoying talking about this stuff, and I am appreciating your views on this, and a lot of what you say I agree with, I just wanna think about what if's and such. :) |
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What about doing the norm of Canada's past and continuing to run some of the better F-18 air frames with life extensions, possibly picking up some used ones from the US Navy and life extending them also to compliment the F-35's? Then its not 2 new airframes, only one. And ya i agree the heron at the moment isnt a fighter, but it wouldnt take that long to train the operators to drop ordanance with it and then it becomes a CAS plane, with the F-35 looking after the skies. |
do bombers usually go with air support or do they go alone? i mean if it was a real bomb run |
Air support 100% I would think, unless they were either stealth like the B2 or highspeed / high altitude like the B1. Something like a Bear would be plucked from the sky pretty easily on it's own. Posted via RS Mobile |
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+1 on the F-15E. love the darker colouration and its all-round capabilities of air-to-ground and air-to-air. just too bad that it's over 24 years old... there's also the F-15 SE (Silent Eagle). this is the proposed stealth version of the F-15. BUT my most favourite fighter growing up as a kid was always the F-16 Fighting Falcon. "Viper!" Love it. Fighter AND bombtruck. F-16IN (Block 60). "Super Viper" http://samapan.files.wordpress.com/2...inflightso.jpg |
^ Awesome pic!! Since we are talking favorites now... http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-co....thumbnail.jpg http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../8/0722816.jpg Any thing that goes 2284 mph + is good in my books:) Try shooting that down. |
Fuck soo good. |
A-10 Tank Killer was one of my favourite games for a reason http://www.a-10.org/photos/Photos89370/a-10form.jpg http://www.a-10.org/photos/Photos29541/A10_42.jpg |
did most people miss the fact that in the article russia equips the bombers with nukes? |
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http://images.eonline.com/eol_images...man.050508.jpg ....or 52,000 of these... http://www.geekologie.com/2008/05/19/ironman-suit.jpg |
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