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IronHog

July 14, 2011, 10:31:54 pm #50
Quote from: AirForceHog on July 14, 2011, 12:21:31 pm
The F-14 is retired. We have no F-14s flying. Maybe as drones to be shot down but not operational flying.

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TLFHAWG

July 15, 2011, 01:03:17 pm #51
MC-130
 

1SGBob

July 16, 2011, 07:23:14 am #52
C130 for sure.  They are just like the energizer bunny.  They just keep going and going and going.

chshog

July 16, 2011, 09:42:39 am #53
F-4. Spent numerous hours cussing it when I worked it as an Instrument Specialist.

RazrRila99

July 18, 2011, 08:49:53 am #54
Not that I served but my favorites were the F-4 Phantom (I got to sit in one at an airshow at the Ark Air Nat'l Guard base in the mid-80s) and the SR-71a Blackbird (that one just looked cool). 

PorkSoda

July 20, 2011, 03:25:01 pm #55
this thread is useless without pics.

no disrespect of course. 
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SteveInArk

July 21, 2011, 05:24:45 pm #56
  ;)

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McKdaddy

July 23, 2011, 12:45:58 pm #57
Civilian here....

The SR-71 always seemed cool.
Also, the B-29 due to its role in long-range bombing of mainland Japs
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Jeffcphog

January 14, 2012, 12:40:14 pm #58
C-130.  Although it took a layover in Okinawa, Wake and Hawaii, it brought me from Vietnam to California in 1966.

Blue35

January 16, 2012, 09:09:23 am #59
OH-6A Cayuse, also known as the LOH for light observation helicopter or "loach", a small powerful 253 horsepower turbine engine helicopter designed and built by the Howard Hughes Aircraft Company in Los Angles, California, the same man and company that built the "Spruce Goose", the largest airplane ever built.

This helicopter was designed for combat operations, small,  fast and with it's A frame construction was crash survivable, similar to the modern NASCAR race cars.  The LOH had a four bladed main rotor with an off set V tail with tail rotor. It was approximately thirty feet long, nine feet in height and had a maximum take off weight of three thousand pounds.  Capable of flying at 160 miles per hour at tree top level, it could turn on a dime, decelerate and come to a hover in a few seconds.  In other words, it could "rock -n- roll".

uaspiderman

January 17, 2012, 06:32:54 am #60
Favorite modern is F-22, just amazing air to air and stealth signature. The new F-35 is growing on me. Great to have stealth, hairier ability and speed. Always be a hornet guy no matter what. Favorite past aircraft is the P-51 followed close second by the SR-71.

ChemEHawg

January 24, 2012, 06:17:33 pm #61



The new addition to the Marine Corps arsenal is a thing of beauty. I'm sure there are bugs to be worked out, but the F-35 Marine Variant is definitely a force multiplier.
Thanks for all the info.  Will probably stick to one of the places close to the hotel so that if I have a few too many I can stagger back.  Nothing better than your kids seeing you drunk.  I don't look at it as a bad example but rather a cautionary tale.<br /><br />-Dwight_K_Shrute<br /><br />I can't wait to have kids...

ChemEHawg

January 24, 2012, 06:20:53 pm #62


Only marine aircraft that ever really helped me out personally were the Cobras in the hunter killer teams that roamed the Al Anbar province. The punch they packed really surprised me.
Thanks for all the info.  Will probably stick to one of the places close to the hotel so that if I have a few too many I can stagger back.  Nothing better than your kids seeing you drunk.  I don't look at it as a bad example but rather a cautionary tale.<br /><br />-Dwight_K_Shrute<br /><br />I can't wait to have kids...
 

Harley_Hawg

January 31, 2012, 05:24:59 am #63 Last Edit: January 31, 2012, 05:31:54 am by Ironman44
Guess Im biased to the fact my son is a Avionics tech in the Marines. He is currently working with Civilian contractors testing new hardware and software on the Prowlers.

My Personal Favorite has always been the A-10

Chief Mac

February 28, 2012, 10:26:24 am #64 Last Edit: March 02, 2012, 01:44:12 pm by Chris McWilliams
A-10  was my favorite to work though I loved the being part of the CSAR mission when working on HH-60's.  Oh and while I wouldn't want to work on lawndarts (F-16s) it is a VERY fun ride!!

F-35 is nice....and I am currently assigned to standing up the first AF F-35 wing

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RazrRila99

March 01, 2012, 03:26:07 pm #65
I know where the 30mm rounds are made for the A10.  Thats as good as I got.

H&D

March 10, 2012, 03:29:02 pm #66
Simple, it saved my arse in Iraq.  Enough said.


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