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DEFA-ADEN would rock, without a doubt. In fact, while i would settle for 20mm guns, armament is not what the aircraft needs to change, other than those range issues. It is not like the Hawker Hunter had any trouble (well, beyond the ammo links caused damage) with that heavy weaponry

C.16-31 mean it was the 31st aircraft delivered of the 16th type (Typhoon). 14-01 would mean it belongs to the 14th wing and is numbered as 01, wich means nothing about the order it was delivered or that it it flown by the wing commanding officer. Fighters belong to the Wing proper, instead of a particular Squadron, however in that particular case, there is only an operational Squadron (142nd) in the wing, while pilots undergo training for the type as they may be needed to staff more aircraft, 141st being temporarily deactivated. However, the EdA is quite happy with them. They may be under scrutiny since a couple of days ago, one Typhoon crashed while landing for unknown or undisclosed reasons, killing the pilot, in fact, the controversy is that they remain too much operational (and, to my surprise, recieved much more A-G capabilities than i had expected.) while neglecting other needs in the Air Force.

Let the nutters kill each other in a desert range, to prove whose side is Allah on. And broadcast in Pay-Per-View. Proceeds will be for the children.

Perhaps it was simpler, more compact, and more conventional when compared to propeller driven aircraft, after all, it was a single engine aircraft...but the engine layout was still used succesfully by the Meteor wich soldiered on for years. I´m not talking about developing more aircraft types based on Me262s, only improving the original, proven design as an stop gap while more advanced designs are developed Yes, while perhaps some changes to the fuselage would have been needed for the guns and fire control radar, but either way, most probably I.... as 76.IAP said. The new one would be more fit not only for bomber destroying, but also better for air superiority, considering all the improvements to the already relatively satisfactory original design.

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What a shame. The referee looks either retarded or something, but we should have scored another goal before the first Dutch one. From then onwards, the referee and demoralization screwed us well. The Dutch physical condition is awesome, they were everywhere, rough play, but an outstanding game by them

Inspired by the service of the Gloster Meteor after WW2 and the evolution of other fighters in that era, I've been thinking about the possibility of Me262s being used post-war in a wide scale than it really was. The Schwalbe outperformed the Meteor, but never evolved as the Meteor did, and i´m wondering how well could they have performed if they had been improved beyond the limitations it found in war. Please share your ideas about the topic As a what-if, i felt that it could have been something along the lines of the Post-War Me-109s made by Avia and Hispano Aviacion. Been picturing a HA.2262 in the Spanish Air Force or a 101Sqn IDF Avia C92...sounds awesome to me. Among those, i thought, in example, of replacing the Jumo engines with Derwent V engines, wich made the Meteor F.8, with less advanced fuselage, outperform its German counterpart. In fact, the Russians had reverse-engineered it into the Klimov RD-500, wich doubled the Jumos performance and was much more reliable and durable. It was used by Yak-23s, but I don´t know if they could have been fitted properly to the Me 262 airframe, i´m interested in any input you can make. Another ideas were changes in the cockpit, adding an ejection seat and replacing the original canopy with a bubbletop like the one in the Meteor and Mustang. Regarding control surfaces, they were said to need badly some sort of airbrakes, but i don´t know where to put them. Perhaps at the sides of the waist fuselage, like in the A-4s. Also, an all-flying tail like in the late F-86s could have meant a significant improvement, while i don´t think supressing the leading edge slats would have been inherently a good idea, perhaps the new engines, being more powerful and reliable, could have compensated for the issues that dictated their use. Again, any ideas are welcome. Finally, the armament could have been improved. Switching the 30mm cannon with some 20mm could have provided a flatter trayectory and more ammunition, and perhaps, if vibrations were reduced this way, a ranging radar and associated sight would have been a game changer. In case I haven't told you yet, I will be happy to read what you think about it

My mom said the exact same thing about the B-1Bs. I think Dad and I shouldn´t have made her watch that Discovery Channel documentary. I'm just concerned that without proper intel or on the ground FACs it could derive in a higher risk of civilians being killed.

I would bet they can. After all the crap they´ve endured because of the World Cup, i´m sure as hell it is worth bribing the crap out of whomever may concern. No offence intended.

Power Point Ranger can hit the nail in the head more often than any commentator, analyst or self-proclaimed expert out there, sadly

That´s all

Rest easy, it´s under control, they took the bait http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/06/isis-iraq-humvees-captured/

Isn´t that normal? I wouldn´t have noticed any issue. Perhaps a bit if the missile wings are inside, but other than that, that's the way they were meant to be, IIRC

Nukes man, nukes

Shameless Rip-Offs presents.... Hispano Aviacion HA-2262...should spend more than 15 minutes to do that, but it is just an idea i will polish later on.

I bet uncle Vlad put that fire down by peeing into it. Waiting for RT to show the clip

Wait, it can´t be possible, it wasn't the yanks doing all the genociding thing in Iraq?

Comet, Meteor...the good ones were already caught. Blackbird and Dragonlady are flying animals, but they were the coolest already. Swallow should be for a Me-262 What If, i think Raven could be a good name.

Major Kong planting a nuke turd. It doesn´t get any more atomic.

Range, let alone performance, would have suffered badly, but i guess it could have got some possibilities if used for bunker busting, assuming that targeting and conditions were up to the job

I only wish that i never have to live up to men like these, and that if i have to, i won´t let anybody down

There is a fatty cat, white with orange stripes, living near my girlfriend´s block, with the wich i hold a feud reminiscent of that Ridley Scott film "The Duellists". The mofo keeps teasing me to run over him with the car. I see his eyes shining with my headlamps, waiting in the sidewalk, just for me to get by and enter the road. Sometimes, i stop on time while he stands defiantly in the middle of the road, sitting, only to walk away flamboyantly moments later. Other times, i can´t stop on time and i stomp him. Once he flew away and hit his spine against a tree. I thought he was dead, but the next day i was walking and he was sitting in a mailbox, staring at me. Sometime later i run over him again (with another car!!) as he sprinted in front of my car and heard him bounce all over the transmission gear. I smashed the brakes and thought i would have ripped the poor bastard apart but then i saw him limping away as fast as he could into the darkness. I don´t know how many lives he had, but i´m sure he´s got a few less left, yet i still see him from time to time, being an asshole and teasing me. Dauntless son of a....

The one you pointed him at originally, but he may keep engaging targets after he´s done or just come back at you

Tag another killmark in your chair buddy, you earned it