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Arrath posted:RIP to that pilot, a balloon his only air to air kill, forever more known as Balloon Boy. It is entirely possible that this goes down as the only air to air kill for the F-22.
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Arrath posted:RIP to that pilot, a balloon his only air to air kill, forever more known as Balloon Boy. What if the pilot was a woman?
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:The pilot is probably already on his way to a medal ceremony. They’re off to train Ukrainians in air-to-air combat
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hobbesmaster posted:It is entirely possible that this goes down as the only air to air kill for the F-22. Oof Also lmao
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LOL! Did they expend an AMRAAM on it? Or did the pilot close with it and gun it down?
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More like air-to-lighter-than-air kill
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MrMojok posted:LOL! Did they expend an AMRAAM on it? You can the smoke/constrail from a missile. Idk if a sidewinder would’ve worked? fknlo posted:It was f15’s Sounds like both were sortied. https://twitter.com/aircraftspots/status/1621952050975371264?s=46&t=H8u7MTix4OJUiosRU3fatA hobbesmaster fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Feb 4, 2023 |
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hobbesmaster posted:You can the smoke/constrail from a missile. Idk if a sidewinder would’ve worked?
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Feb 4, 2023 21:37
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I missed the f22 part of that one
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fknlo posted:I missed the f22 part of that one 4 planes, 1 balloon. We really wanted to bring that thing out of the sky. I wonder if we had any DDGs on the coast.
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TCD posted:4 planes, 1 balloon. We really wanted to bring that thing out of the sky. I wonder if we had any DDGs on the coast. https://twitter.com/jason_paladino/status/1621941494151090177?t=aOHI1v-QjtK1B1iwtzL26A&s=19
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Feb 4, 2023 22:11
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Somebody's new call sign is "Pop".
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hobbesmaster posted:You can the smoke/constrail from a missile. Idk if a sidewinder would’ve worked? That's one way to get out of -20 wind chills for the day.
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hobbesmaster posted:You can the smoke/constrail from a missile. Idk if a sidewinder would’ve worked? Here's the briefing basics, so yep, sidewinder: https://twitter.com/DanLamothe/status/1621989577526312962?t=2894ncOGXVi6sCN9-PkLDg&s=19
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Feels like just a little bit of overkill, but what do I know.
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Zamujasa posted:Feels like just a little bit of overkill, but what do I know. You don't know the myrtle beach area if you think "Trump never lit the good fireworks in your backyard, I did that" won't be an argument for Biden in the next election that actually moves voters
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Somebody's new call sign is "Pop". That's better than the moto poo poo
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Zamujasa posted:Feels like just a little bit of overkill, but what do I know. The balloon is above the service ceiling of the F-15 or F-22 so guns wouldn’t have worked well.
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Guns aren't great against balloons anyway. The 9X is the cheap option nowadays.
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itd be pretty funny if the only retaliation was the us launching hundreds of them over china
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ded posted:What if the pilot was a woman?
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Dubya would have gone up there in a jet himself. 
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Platystemon posted:Dubya would have gone up there in a jet himself. Two weeks after getting his alert call and failing a piss test in between, sure.
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Platystemon posted:Dubya's dad would have gone up there in a jet himself.
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latest republican nonsense is that the military "disobeyed China Joe's order for three days because he's that much of a joke" The actual details here are pretty amazing because estimates were blowing up the balloon was like dropping three school buses worth of debris from the sky. And apparently, every country gets 12 miles of shoreline before it turns into international waters, so really impressive planning and timing here: https://twitter.com/DavidJUrban/status/1622040107732664320
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facialimpediment posted:latest republican nonsense is that the military "disobeyed China Joe's order for three days because he's that much of a joke" Wait like Joe is bad for wanting to shoot it down, but the USAF wouldn’t let him endanger Montana cows like that? 
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Platystemon posted:Wait like Joe is bad for wanting to shoot it down, but the USAF wouldn’t let him endanger Montana cows like that? Forget it bro, they're nuts. I half suspect the next talking point is gonna be "well shooting it after it crossed the country means the damage was already done" blah blah I'm so tired all the time
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mlmp08 posted:https://twitter.com/coastguardjm/status/1621780049580941313?s=46&t=k0vsXRyXz9_FIqyTOZvXNA This idiot was also wanted for leaving dead fish at the Goonies house. And the boat was stolen.
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facialimpediment posted:And apparently, every country gets 12 miles of shoreline before it turns into international waters, so really impressive planning and timing here: UNCLOS is a very well established limit codified by the UN back in the early 1980s.
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Platystemon posted:Wait like Joe is bad for wanting to shoot it down, but the USAF wouldn’t let him endanger Montana cows like that? Joe is bad because he didn't shoot it down before it violated our airspace Joe is bad because he said to shoot it down on Wednesday and his military didn't do it Joe is bad because he listened to his military and let them wait until Saturday Donnie never would've let that happen and it would've been met with https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1621949420299231232?t=bctkr7ZB7Z_qZOXuZkxP5g&s=19 absolutely no response whatsoever
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