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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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And that's an -18F. At least they got the Chuck right.Wing vapes are always cool!
140824-N-ZI635-088 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 24, 2014) An F/A-18C Hornet from the Stingers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 and an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Fighting Redcocks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 fly in formation over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting Carrier Qualifications as part of the ship's Western Pacific Deployment 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class George M. Bell/Released)
Didn't really look at the Boeing jet, but now I clearly see that is an EA-18G......
I guess the guys at Lockheed-Martin have poor recce skills:
I'd guess the photo is from LM, but the MCs got busy with the captioning. Job well done, yet again.
This unaltered image was captured at Beale Air Force Base, CA, in the late 1980's. All of the subjects wearing pressurized flight suits are actual pilots or back-seat reconnaissance systems officers. Not pictured: Behind the photographer, Eric Schulzinger, were special transport vans, oxygen canisters and @officialusairforce.
Photo credit: Eric Schulzinger/Lockheed Martin (via Gizmodo)
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I find it sad that we as a country seemed to simply give up on cutting-edge aerospace engineering. Sure we still have the x-stage demonstrators every once in a while, but nothing like the SR-71/A-12, X-15, or U-2.
And even now that we are finally moving back towards that, they're all going to be unmanned. It's a shame, those SR-71 guys were really at the top of the pyramid when it came to actual flying gigs (i.e. not being shot into space as a passenger on a rocket).
And even now that we are finally moving back towards that, they're all going to be unmanned. It's a shame, those SR-71 guys were really at the top of the pyramid when it came to actual flying gigs (i.e. not being shot into space as a passenger on a rocket).
Haha I apologize, didn't mean to ruffle any feathers. Anyways, back to my lane.
140918-N-TR763-213 WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 18, 2014) Cmdr. Michael Langbehn salutes as aircraft fly as the “Missing Man” formation flies above the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during the memorial ceremony for Lt. Nathan Poloski. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, are on deployment in the 7th Fleet area of operations supporting Valiant Shield. Valiant Shield is a U.S.–only biennial exercise in which participation will focus on the integration of joint training among U.S. forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nick Brown/Released)
Photo?
No, I was driving. I'll see if I can find it online.
Here's a little video http://www.defense.gov/video/default.aspx?videoid=361857
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