|
TAOC, not TACC. But really, Combat Controllers or no-poo poo ATC controllers are easy to find; attach them to a USMC TAOC or a USAF CRC. There's probably actually an in-place answer for this that I've just never seen come up, though.
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 03:10
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 23, 2024 08:02 |
|
|
loving Marines and their need to have special names for everything. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 03:16
|
|
|
Wingnut Ninja posted:loving Marines and their need to have special names for everything. “Walls? Don’t you mean ‘bulkheads’?”
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 03:18
|
|
|
Godholio posted:TAOC, not TACC. The USAF could send a CRG to go establish airfield operations. fake edit: Googled it just now, this is what's happening. The MACS has MATC capability to do no-poo poo airfield ops air traffic control. Some (most last I checked?) MATC controllers do exchange shifts with the FAA to maintain civilian certifications as well. Now let me tell you about big MACCS vs little MACS...
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 03:20
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 04:51
|
|
|
BadOptics posted:I'm the Mig-29's. Calling navalised A-10s
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 08:15
|
|
|
DesperateDan posted:Calling navalised A-10s Close:  Now all they'd need is for those engines to be able to swivel 90 degrees and we'd have the COBRA version. Also - that's quite clearly a 20mm Vulcan port on the underside of the canopy. BLASPHEMY!
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 08:48
|
|
|
DesperateDan posted:Calling navalised A-10s Do carriers actually use airport tugs? And is the F-22 really that huge compared to the other planes?
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 08:54
|
|
|
Collateral Damage posted:And is the F-22 really that huge compared to the other planes? Yes:  The F-22 really is an 'updated F-15C,' even in size, mostly. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 09:17
|
|
|
Collateral Damage posted:Do carriers actually use airport tugs?  e: What are those planes in the background? Collateral Damage fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Sep 28, 2017 |
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 09:45
|
|
|
Collateral Damage posted:Answering my own question after some googling: No, they use much smaller tugs, since you're not exactly pulling 747s around on a carrier deck. I have an irrational desire to get one of these, fix it up, and drive it around town.
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 10:31
|
|
|
Platystemon posted:I have an irrational desire to get one of these, fix it up, and drive it around town. By the time you made it street legal it wouldn't look original. =/ Making it into a hella obnoxious *golf cart*, though? 
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 10:32
|
|
|
Throatwarbler posted:There is a carrier variant of the Mig-29, but I can't tell if those are it. I also thought the delta winged ones were Rafaels but I guess they are atually Eurofighters. The position of the canards gives it away. They're close-coupled on the Rafale, while the Typhoon went for a long lever arm. Long story short, the Typhoon's canards were meant to increase maneuverability once combined with vectored thrust; but the vectored thrust upgrade of the EJ200 was never funded. The Rafale's canards were meant to increase lift (which in turn allows slower landing and take off speeds, an important thing for a carrier aircraft) without blocking the pilot's sight of the deck (also an important thing for a carrier aircraft). Here's an overhead view of Rafale onboard a carrier (along with an E-2 and some SEMs) so you can see the difference. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 10:42
|
|
|
Canards make it look like a drat starfighter.
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 16:58
|
|
|
Collateral Damage posted:e: What are those planes in the background? S-3 Viking, I believe.
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 17:14
|
|
|
A strangely-edited tour of an E4-B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7UHjIjNswo
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 22:11
|
|
|
Ah good, the Doomsday plane is fully stocked with bundt cake. I love the old 747 cockpit with all its dials and knobs and switches. Glass cockpits are soooo boring.
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 22:16
|
|
|
Gibfender posted:A strangely-edited tour of an E4-B Brought to you by David Lynch.
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 22:17
|
|
|
Gibfender posted:A strangely-edited tour of an E4-B The most interesting thing is that as the E-4B's taxing to takeoff, in the immediate distance you can see one of the E-6B Mercury TACAMO aircraft. So there are two doomsday planes in one shot. Also, the lower-quality NatGeo documentary linked on the right goes more in-depth, showing the copper mesh on the windows as well as the VLF antenna winch room in the aft section. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Sep 28, 2017 |
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 22:26
|
|
|
mlmp08 posted:Brought to you by David Lynch. I sort of love it because whoever was shooting it just wanted the feeling and the texture of the thing
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 22:44
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV3XszURSs0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP6oPhUs3_E
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 23:37
|
|
|
When auto-GCAS is more ubiquitous, it will be very good for aviators. Also, uh, this is not how you take off. Zapad 2017 is doing very well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc3mHhmUXgk
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 23:46
|
|
|
Gibfender posted:A strangely-edited tour of an E4-B I think they were just shooting B-roll footage and didn't bother to edit out the conversation of the guys who were escorting them around the plane.
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 23:59
|
|
|
whoops sorry about the safety there https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=326_1505826315
|
|
#
?
Sep 28, 2017 23:59
|
|
|
Collateral Damage posted:Answering my own question after some googling: No, they use much smaller tugs, since you're not exactly pulling 747s around on a carrier deck. First two are S-3 vikings the thing in the back is an E-2C (you can see the tip of the rotodome)
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 00:00
|
|
|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfp5_gcgLtI
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 00:11
|
|
|
btw, this video will show a BBQ body.
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 00:26
|
|
|
See, this wouldn't have happened if the Russian forest fire service used good, solid, dependable M113 Aerogavins. For the benefit of people who haven't clicked it: It's a fatal air crash of an AN-2.
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 01:16
|
|
|
Air Defense has maximum funk intros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqMdMp0KKYA
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 02:57
|
|
|
mlmp08 posted:When auto-GCAS is more ubiquitous, it will be very good for aviators. A Backfire. I really wanted to say the bear is back in the woods. Alas, it was not meant to be.
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 10:09
|
|
|
mlmp08 posted:Air Defense has maximum funk intros "I'm the Night Stalker for Army Air Defense Command."
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 16:19
|
|
|
mlmp08 posted:When auto-GCAS is more ubiquitous, it will be very good for aviators. I, uh, what? Why'd they deploy the drogue chutes? 
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 19:12
|
|
|
I would guess they were either trying to abort takeoff way too late or they somehow activated the chute on accident. Usually things like that have a cover on the button though.
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 19:32
|
|
|
Mortabis posted:I, uh, what? Why'd they deploy the drogue chutes? I assumed that something seriously malfunctioned, the pilots decided they weren't going to make it off the ground anyway and that they would rather hit the end of the runway going slower than faster so did whatever they could to slow down. That said though I don't remember seeing billowing smoke coming off the brakes so maybe not?
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 19:33
|
|
|
Maybe they source their safety switches from the same place that supplies their attack helos.
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 19:45
|
|
|
Hubis posted:Maybe they source their safety switches from the same place that supplies their attack helos. So then it's pretty much a miracle that we all haven't died in a accidental mass ICBM launch?
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 20:35
|
|
|
Murgos posted:So then it's pretty much a miracle that we all haven't died in a accidental mass ICBM launch? More so than I think anyone would be comfortable knowing about. For every Stanislav Petrov and Black Brant incident, there were probably five worse ones we'll never hear about.
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 20:37
|
|
|
mlmp08 posted:
Is the answer to negating the threat from Russia just to kick back for a few years whilst they gradually write off all their assets in airshow mishaps?
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 22:11
|
|
|
Mortabis posted:Looks like it's from some TV show called Salvation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_(TV_series) A disappointingly silly show. Recommended for comedy value.
|
|
#
?
Sep 29, 2017 22:21
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 23, 2024 08:02 |
|
|
inkjet_lakes posted:Is the answer to negating the threat from Russia just to kick back for a few years whilst they gradually write off all their assets in airshow mishaps? Serious question: What's the body count for Zapad 2017 up to now? Because it *seems* like a more than a few related and publicized screw-ups. What's the expected "attrition" from a normal mass wargame scenario (in NATO countries at least)?
|
|
#
?
Sep 30, 2017 04:09
|
|