Rafale M will operate in USS Eisenhower

[sparkomatic]

$20

[+Gocad]

You can't land a Hornet on the White House lawn!

 

I guess that depends on

 

a) your definition of 'landing on the White House lawn'

 

and

 

b) whether the Hornet is supposed to fly again.

[Apocal]

OTOH, the fact that the Kiowa is being replaced by another Bell Jet Ranger variant DOES indicate stagnation.

 

With UAVs taking over a large portion of the tactical recon mission, why waste money developing and fielding an entirely new helicopter for the same mission? Especially when we are as pressed for dollars as is?

[Viggen]

Yeah but UAVs can't provide the same thing as a Kiowa or the Commanche or this new ARH-70. Recon and CAS. Predator with two Hellfires or a Helo with rockets or hellfires or both?

[Apocal]

Yeah but UAVs can't provide the same thing as a Kiowa or the Commanche or this new ARH-70. Recon and CAS. Predator with two Hellfires or a Helo with rockets or hellfires or both?

 

We're keeping the Kiowas dude.

[sparkomatic]

that is part of the problem...we are keeping the Kiowas and the AH-1...stagnation is not good for an Empir...uh...heh heh...move along nothing to see here