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JD¹³ 04-16-2011 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by GabAlmighty (Post 7393470)
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.

GabAlmighty 04-16-2011 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JD¹³ (Post 7393480)
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!

roastpuff 04-16-2011 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by GabAlmighty (Post 7393470)
Well, just got the call yesterday afternoon. Got accepted, 2 years subsidized schooling+pay and then on to training. So fucking stoked.
Awesome!

kuruuze 04-22-2011 06:30 PM
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Can someone help me identify these famous planes? Would be much appreciated.

JD¹³ 04-22-2011 06:34 PM
1: Concorde
2: Boeing 747-400, Air Force 1
3: CT-114 Tutor, Snowbirds
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CorneringArtist 04-22-2011 06:45 PM
Concorde, Boeing 747, CT-114 Tutor.

edit: damn jd13 beat me to it :p

kuruuze 04-22-2011 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by JD¹³ (Post 7403159)
1: Concorde
2: Boeing 747-400, Air Force 1
3: CT-114 Tutor, Snowbirds
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Originally Posted by CorneringArtist (Post 7403164)
Concorde, Boeing 747, CT-114 Tutor.

edit: damn jd13 beat me to it :p
i want to credit jd13 with the thanks but for some reason the thanks button isn't there for his post ....

belka 04-23-2011 03:49 AM
F-35: Politics of Procurement.

tool001 04-28-2011 09:45 AM
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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.

http://networkedblogs.com/h9VbD

MoBettah 04-28-2011 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by kuruuze (Post 7403156)
Attachment 5719

Can someone help me identify these famous planes? Would be much appreciated.
Are you serious? Those are 3 of the most recognizable planes ever.

Gumby 04-28-2011 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by MoBettah (Post 7412276)
Are you serious? Those are 3 of the most recognizable planes ever.
Well in his defense, the picture quality/size ain't the greatest...

Supafly 04-28-2011 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by MoBettah (Post 7412276)
Are you serious? Those are 3 of the most recognizable planes ever.
Not everybody is aircraft savy there big guy.....:twirleye:

JD¹³ 04-28-2011 11:27 AM
The Eurofighter sure is a nice aircraft, but at over 150million dollars a pop..... ouch.

http://files.air-attack.com/MIL/euro...er_paveway.jpg

Gumby 04-28-2011 11:36 AM
^
Holy smokes, that thing can carry a lot of ordnance... 13 hardpoints!

tool001 04-28-2011 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by JD¹³ (Post 7412402)
The Eurofighter sure is a nice aircraft, but at over 150million dollars a pop..... ouch.

http://files.air-attack.com/MIL/euro...er_paveway.jpg
and without a Aesa as of now. Rafael will take it.

roastpuff 04-28-2011 12:29 PM
The French make good planes. I would love for Canada to run the Rafale.

Supafly 04-28-2011 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 7412412)
^
Holy smokes, that thing can carry a lot of ordnance... 13 hardpoints!
Imagine 39x 500lb cluster bombs...:whistle:....will put the A-10 to shame hahaha!

JD¹³ 04-28-2011 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 7412412)
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Holy smokes, that thing can carry a lot of ordnance... 13 hardpoints!
15 actually. Two centre-belly missiles are slightly hidden by the forward most bombs and external fuel tank.

belka 04-28-2011 02:23 PM
Eurocanards are nice when they actually have bombs to drop.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...ElD_print.html

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Concerns that supplies of jet-launched precision bombs are growing short in Europe have reignited long-standing controversies over both burden-sharing and compatibility within NATO. While allied jets have largely followed the U.S. lead and converted to precision munitions over the last decade, they have struggled to keep pace, according to senior U.S. military officials.

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.”,

belka 04-28-2011 02:25 PM
Current OPs CF-18's are deployed at:

Keflavik, Iceland
http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca.../index-eng.asp

Sicily
http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca.../index-eng.asp

CorneringArtist 04-28-2011 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by roastpuff (Post 7412463)
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.

JD¹³ 04-28-2011 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by CorneringArtist (Post 7412599)
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).

belka 04-28-2011 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by CorneringArtist (Post 7412599)
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.

tool001 04-28-2011 10:23 PM
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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Supafly 04-29-2011 06:16 AM
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Originally Posted by JD¹³ (Post 7412569)
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.:D


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