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Richard Crandall started his Air Force flying career in the F-111 Aardvark, but found himself in the cockpit of the mighty F-15E Strike Eagle, the service’s newest jet, during Operation Desert Storm. Although F-15C/D Eagles were already a staple in the Royal Saudi Air Force by the time Desert Storm kicked off, the Strike Eagle would eventually find its way into the Kingdom’s aerial arsenal in the form of the F-15S. http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4381/f-15-strike-eagles-over-saudi-arabia-then-and-now

The Vigo metal bit...........had to laugh!

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20131030-can-you-guess-the-star-cars

RIP to these guys https://youtu.be/bgzjMMPDQD0 Possibly related: https://www.rt.com/news/350440-russian-helicopter-pilot-khabibulin/

Have to take their words for it really because in terms of bypass ratio (given as 9:1 to 12:1 on specs ) it looks to have similar figures to other recent airliner engines.

DARTS vs VIPERS Two Air Defense Interceptor Pilots vs Two Tactical Fighter Pilots By S. Michael Townsend, LTC, USAF (Ret.) “Viper 1, Pierre, Bucko, Genie, FMO, Rafsob” Circa 1984 I was a Captain stationed at Tyndall AFB as an F-106 Instructor. This day my wingman, a fellow Captain and Instructor, and I were scheduled for Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) with two F-16s from Shaw AFB. I was to be the Instructor for the training on the Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation Range (ACMI) over the Gulf of Mexico, a highly accurate tracking system that would record all maneuvers in the airspace by the aircraft, score all shots taken and simulate any kills. None of us had ever fought against the other type fighter. Tactical Air Command pilots considered Air Defense pilots a lesser breed. I started the preflight briefing after introductions with the Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) and his wingman a Lieutenant (LT). The LTC immediately interrupted and informed me that he had no idea why they were scheduled for DACT with aircraft that were far inferior to the F-16 and that it would not be much of a challenge for them resulting in very little effective training. He stated that we should engage with full up all weapons capability for both fighter types even stating that though they only had heaters (heat seeking missiles) and guns he saw no disadvantage for them. I hid the fact that he had pissed us off and verified that he meant for us to use the full weapons capability of the F-106. He replied, of course you can! Obviously he had no idea what we carried between our legs, a clueless state of mind! I smiled as I looked at my wingman while stroking the inside of my thigh; this pecker checker was going to get hammered when the Genie popped up! I briefed the LTC to take his flight to the farthest most southern point of the airspace and be prepared to attack the coastline that we would defend. We would place ourselves on “Five” (five minute alert) and scramble when we saw him takeoff giving him the advantage of being ready when we arrived. I told him to be sure to look at the F-106 ramp on takeoff to verify that we there on “Five” and this would be important during the debrief. We briefed two engagements followed by join up for 1v1 basic fighter maneuvers (BFM), him versus me and the wingmen against each other. The fun began as they lifted off and saw us on the edge of the ramp, “communicating”, with a raised finger over two rising moons! We had a hard time getting our crew chiefs to stop laughing so we could launch. A gate (full afterburner) climb to 41,000 feet put us in the airspace in 6 minutes when I called “fight’s on”! I felt sorry for my wingman because he would not get a shot on this first engagement. One minute later I called “Fox 3, KILL, two F-16s north bound at 18,000 feet. Nock- it off, nock-it off, fights over, return to your safe area,” was immediately passed to the Viper pilots. The LTC was so confused that the ground control intercept (GCI) controller had to tell him he had been shot by a “NUC” (Genie nuclear tipped rocket) and that him and his wingman were DEAD so return to your point! I told GCI to inform him that we had one more Genie but that we wouldn’t use it on the next engagement. Score: Darts 2, Vipers 0 I put my wingman in four mile trail as we began the next engagement from 41,000 feet at 1.2 MACH racing down to their altitude of 18,000 feet, dumb a - - he didn’t even change his altitude to make it harder on us. Since they had face heaters (firing heat seekers in our face), we cooled our jets by retarding the engines to idle power to cool them off and denying the face shot while maintaining supersonic on our downhill slide. They took the bait, the leader rolled out behind me, the wingman behind mine. We had them right where we wanted them! Not even an F-16 can sustain a climb followed by a 9 G turn and roll out 2 miles behind a supersonic target and chase them down so the missile will make the kill. The leader found himself in front of my wingman who easily “Doe popped” him with two missiles while outrunning the F-16 wingman. Score: Darts 1, Vipers 0 After a fuel check we split for 1v1 BFM. Starting from line abreast each fighter turns 45 degrees away from the other to gain spacing. At the fight’s on call the fighters turn toward each other passing canopy to canopy with no advantage. The knife fight begins in earnest as they turn to gain six o’clock on the other for a guns kill. Hands are helpful in explaining what happens next. Obviously the Viper can out turn a Dart and the LTC was behind me closing for guns! My next maneuver required exact timing or it would turn out all bad. As he closed for the shot I presented him with the infamous “F-106 Barn Door”. This is a frightening experience for anyone who has never seen the Dart act in such an unbelievable aerodynamic manner. Never attempt this maneuver at home as it should only be done by a highly trained and experienced Dart driver! With him captured solidly at my six, in a hard four G turn, closing for the kill, fangs out and dripping, I held the G while applying full opposite rudder. The Dart responds beautifully with an opposite direction roll through the vertical to a full nose down dive where I apply full afterburner and dash for the deck. From the Viper’s cockpit it looked just like someone opened a barn door in his face, nowhere to go and no idea what to do. Suddenly the Dart disappears. His only option was to call nock-it off because he lost sight having never squeezed the trigger. Meanwhile our wingman had to nock-it off because the LT was low on fuel. Score: Darts 0, Vipers 0 I sent the Vipers home and my wingman and I played for a while. My debriefing was short and sweet. The Fighter pilots had to fly again to get some real training. It went something like this: Know your enemy. Never underestimate your enemy. Never enter a gun fight with a knife. Never engage an enemy when you don’t have a clue. Lose sight lose the fight. Pecker checkers should be well endowed. When the Genie pops up, you’re goanna die! Nothing was ever said about the moons, I believe we “communicated” effectively! Final Score: Darts 3, Vipers 0 America remained safe from attack!! S. Michael Townsend, LTC, USAF Ret. “Viper 1, Pierre, Bucko, Genie, FMO, Rafsob” http://www.f-106deltadart.com/databases/thereiwas/mfhandler.php?file=ADC%20DARTS%20vs%20TAC%20VIPERS.pdf&table=thereiwas&field=file2&pageType=list&key1=194

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QiArJ1cL4E

Then something very strange caught my eye. Proudly displayed on the fuselage of ‘Bad Angel’ were the markings of the pilot’s kills: seven Nazis; one Italian; one Japanese AND ONE AMERICAN. Huh? “Bad Angel” shot down an American airplane? https://fightersweep.com/5671/bad-angel/

France are winning 5-1 with 15 mins to go so I would say Iceland are going home and congratulations to France.

The BBC said 'thousands' had marched..........this is actually a very tiny minority that no one is going to take any notice of.......and they are showing total disrespect to those that voted leave.

The F-35A empty weight was last seen around 29,000 lbs in the last DOTE report so that's about right, but the B and C are significantly heavier. For thrust (going from TKs conversion figures) I take it you used the P&W figures inc 43,000 lbs for Max AB which is SL static thrust uninstalled. (quoted from a P&W employee) Lockheed however give the Max thrust at 40,000 lbs (for the A & C) which is installed static SL thrust apparently and if that is the case seems the more typical measure. The bug in the bay doors was probably realistic when these were done

Artists behind 'ghost soldiers' project revealed National Theatre head Rufus Norris and artist Jeremy Deller were behind a Somme commemoration project with men dressed as World War One soldiers. The "modern memorial" involved about 1,500 voluntary participants appearing in public spaces across the UK. Photos and reactions to the project quickly spread across social media, connected by the #wearehere hashtag. Each carried a card with the name of the soldier they represented and his age - if known - when he died. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36682140

DCS World Weekend Update - 1 July 2016 Patch 1.5.4 News Last week we published the 1.5.4 patch in Open Beta. So far, your feed is more than helpful in squishing this pesky bugs! Right now, we still have some critical bugs which we need to fix before we patch DCS World to 1.5.4. Weekend Bundles This weekend we have two fantastic 50% off bundle deals for you. Starting from Friday, 1st July 2016 at 1500 GMT to Monday, 4th July 2016 at 0900 GMT. DCS: NEVADA Test and Training Range + DCS: UH-1H Huey DCS: Flaming Cliffs 3 + DCS: UH-1H Huey Visit Digital Combat Simulator Special Offers Store Page Combined Arms Video Contest Given the popularity and success of our last screenshot contests, we put the whole thing to the next level - video contest time! Using any units included in DCS: Combined Arms, give us your best action for some very nice rewards! Rules: Any ground units of DCS: Combined Arms, inside and outside views Map: NTTR or Caucasus Duration: One to five minutes Format: Full HD (1080p) Upload to the usual video portals (YouTube would be great) Prizes: 1st Place: Three serials of your choice 2nd Place: Two serials of your choice 3rd Place: One serial of your choice Competition starts Friday, 1st July 2016 and ends on Friday, 8th July 2016 at 1500 GMT. The whole team here at Eagle Dynamics whises you a great weekend!

Anniversary of the Somme...........a battle my dads dad fought in and never really got much information on it other than he was in the battle. On day 1 over 19,000 dead and around 57,000 casualties on the British side only, doesn't bear thinking about. Silly but this comedy ending had one of the best tributes to the WW1 fallen IMO

For anyone who really can't wait http://www.belsimtek.com/news/1643/

Just time to get this in............. contains swearing:

Hopefully we can impound these ones before they realise we are out of money I took this out of a video..............although the guy is at Lockheed now he is also dissing a product he also has to sell....anyway thought it was interesting.

Respect CH! - good to hear from you. That's the big question.........why did we vote Brexit. The Leave campaign was fronted by 2 national jokes (Johnston / Farage ) - you may as well have put out Laurel and Hardy impersonators. I thought the whole thing was a fix - whereby the 2 major parties just put their feet up and expected everyone to vote for them instead of the 2 court jesters. Because they didn't was it just a swipe at the ruling elite?- the austerity cuts have upset a lot of people since 2010.....but it is likely those same people will come off worse again if the top people are affected. Sure some likely hoped all the recent immigrant influx from the EU would stop and they would be sent back down the Euro tunnel...............whereby we would all have our jobs back and it would be like the 60s again when you could just walk in any job because there were so many (or so I have been told). Of course non EU immigrants would still be coming in and taking our jobs wouldn't they? As for thinking about which way Scotland would vote, it is very likely most never considered they would have a chance to split again.....but on the other hand because Scotland nearly split in 2014 some likely didn't care. How many Scottish voted stay because they thought England would vote stay? I am pretty certain most of England would still want Scotland to stay in the UK at least and it would be very very sad if that split happened.

Three British and American F-35 combat aircraft have landed in the UK following a successful Trans-Atlantic crossing. The US Marine Corps had revealed plans last year regarding sending a pair of F-35B’s to two air shows in Britain this summer, it is understood that this is in addition to one British aircraft. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/f-35-lands-uk-crossing-atlantic-ocean/

Lots of people will feel like Rusty and it is valid to a point because most people hate change and will rightly be upset at the changes they are seeing to places they grew up in and it is perfectly acceptable to see things like that. Where I live I have seen a lot of change over the years but not that much in the way of immigrants. I work with one Polish person and tbh he is worth about 3 of his English colleagues any day just due to his work ethic and integrity. I know they are not all like that but the ones that make the effort to come here and work are usually the go-getters and better people from their countries. I might sound old fashioned but the English schooling system has bred far too many lazy and in-disciplined people here.......and in recent years the only place I see the type of English old fashioned discipline and integrity is immigrants basically. Immigrants that have been here generations are brought up to be just as lazy and useless as everyone else it seems.........luckily we have an influx of Somalians to clean the toilets for us..while a lot of kids sit at home waiting for everything to arrive on a silver platter. (good luck with that!!) Sometimes stagnating and holding onto the past is not always the best thing (see IBM in the 80s) just for survival. Being a Liverpool fan naturally I get accused of hanging onto a glorious past......that history doesn't stop the current team being mediocre/sh*te. These days when I see an old listed building I often think its worthless and should be knocked down to build something useful.......maybe some housing that someone not super rich can afford! History should not be forgotten but trying to hold onto the past is usually a recipe for disaster. We tried the EU for 40 years and Economic growth was hardly anything to shout about.but hey that is also now in the past so onwards and upwards. If the pound keeps devaluing I might invite Tesla to start mass producing some cars here

This could vary on type..........have some photos of RAF displays with Green background when turned on with yellow bars etc. Front cockpit repeater or back WSO radar display?

v805 Available now 28 June - f.scio Updates in v805 include: Rearward roll without brakes fixed Control and Shift added to keyboard inputs MFD button positions improved Cockpit clickable items added (animated switches to follow in a later update) -Flaps -Water -Gear -Autopilot -Upfront display keypad (functionality to follow) Cockpit fuel panel info drum digits added -Fuel burn enabled -Water injection doubles fuel burn Cockpit engine panel info drum digits added MFD display of waypoints HUD display of waypoints -WP Heading bug/marker -WP position display -WP range and index New control input, WINC (waypoint increment) New control input AG Bomb Pickle (functionality enabled in 806) HUD AoA using alpha symbol (instead of infinity) Assignment of WPs in mission planner to wingmen -wingmen will follow route (improved functionality in 806) Plans for v806 Bug fixes/feature requests Commands to wingmen will be completed for 806, almost made it in for 805 Mission Planner -individual aircraft Payloads, Fuel, Water -Waypoint node altitude, speed -Waypoint node type - transit, patrol, attack, refuel, RTB Wingmen AI for formation, ground attack. Improved waypoint transit Assignment of WPs in mission planner to CH46 rotorcraft MFD navigation chart for Hawaii Check out the dev blog for info on previous updates: http://devblog.sim155.com/ Happy Flying!