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http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_F15K,,00.html Maybe this is old news, but I am wondering, why would they give a fighter with this kind of technology to a foreign country? I thought all export versions of aircraft like F-15s and F-16s and so forth were "stripped-down"...

Just remember to take really good care of the knees. They are one of those sensitive parts where when you mess them up enough, they can be ruined for life.

Now watch, you'll make a "Gun Thread" and the discussions will turn from guns to aircraft....

Well, I don't like the A380 simply because it is French, and America is known for some of the greatest aircraft. A large portion of the world's great aircraft are mostly American. It is one of the things we can be proud of; the excellence of American ingenuity and engineering. So I don't like...

Just wondering, but why is the Navy doing this (if it is); isn't the Navy reducing its size?

This is just from what I have read from various sources, and from a person who works on UAVs, so anyways, IMO, I also wouldn't bet on anyone creating a useable air-to-air UAV anytime soon, as those are pretty complicated, and I was told that by the person who works on UAVs. The communications...

Isn't the F/A-22 also designed to be able to handle new anti-aircraft threats that are becoming less expensive to smaller nations (i.e. future conflicts may be a lot tougehr to send current aircraft into, whereas an F/A-22 is designed to handle these)?

This guy is obviously just a super fanboy, which means he can't be reasoned with.

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/theairforcefun.html

The neat thing about Chesty is he failed out of flight school twice, yet he became one of the most legendary ground Marines ever.

According to the U.S. troops, they signaled the car with flares and fired warning shots, whereas the journalist herself says none of this happened. Her being totally anti-U.S., from a Communist newspaper, and the fact that the road is famous for car-bombs, makes it sound suspicious to me. Here...

JEEZ, am I behind in the times, if the movie already came and went just like that. Well thanks for the heads-up.

I personally didn't see really anything in "Jarhead" that they could make a movie out of. Swofford is just brilliant at marketing I guess. His book was "required reading" for my freshman college year. The book "Chickenhawk" by Robert Mason would've been a much better book to let college...

Hey, maybe this has been posted before, I am not sure, but it is a neat website on helicopters done by a former U.S. Army Blackhawk pilot. http://www.helicopterpage.com/

If you get rich (or a sponsor), you could buy one of those WWII fighter planes, and fly it in races.

Okay, thanks.

Hey one other thing, as I forgot this, but what is the age limit to become a pilot in the Marine Corps? I read somewhere it was 26, but then I've also read it is 27, and 28 even (confused).

Okay, I C (reviewing information). I just got a little confused there was all. I had OCC mixed up with PLC-Combined.

OCC is for college juniors and seniors isn't it, and OCS is for college graduates?

Well, real yoga is actually pretty difficult and can build up some fantastic physical strength, because it uses a lot of gymnastic holds and such and develops great flexibility. It is the silly yuppie yoga one shouldn't be bothered with.

I see, thanks for the info.

Okay, this question is just off of a basic thing about helicopters that I was thinking of in regards to single-engine prop aircraft. I am not sure, so anyways, with a helicopter, a counteracting rotor is needed to keep the helo from spinning out of control, since the engine turning the rotor in...

You guys sure seem to hate Air Force folk.

Cool, thanks for the info and links.

Thanks; where do you obtain the Navy Advanced helo pubs, though (are they sold in normal bookstores or in specific stores)??

The key to climbing ropes is using your legs in conjunction with your arms (unless by "climb a rope," they mean solely using arm strength). My mother was a tremendous rope climber when she was younger, and she always said you must use your legs. Otherwise though, it is just upper-body...

I couldn't get it to work; what player or viewer do I need (don't know if it is a picture or video)?

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http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/approach/issues/mar02/i-want.htm

Thanks; I just meant in terms of technical things the book describes, a pilot might be able to critique if the book describes the details clearly enough, I suppose; I see your point though.

Well I just started it, I am reading it in my spare time. It goes into a lot of detail about the aspects of a helo though (at least as far as an aviation newbie like me could be concerned). It goes into a lot about how lift is generated from the rotors, the engine, the tranny, types of helos...

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Hey, I just found this book in the library today called "The Art of the Helicopter" by John Watkinson; it is pretty detailed technically, but it goes over a LOT about helicopters, from transmissions to engines to rotors, to tail rotors, dynamics, etc.....it seems like a book that could give one...

This is just a suggestion from another guy who is also an SNA-wannabe, but stop with the "People have put me down my whole life, but I know I will make it, and they are just jealous because they didn't yada yada" type of attitude, and people will stop knocking on you. If people do put you...

Well, I did use the search function for this question on Air Warriors, but nothing came up (but that probably makes sense as this is a Naval Aviation site). I understand it is for Naval Aviation, but I mean a helicopter is a helicopter, if you get a technical question on one, I don't really see...

Oh and thanks for the replies though, everyone

Okay, now that I re-read my question, I realized I should've phrased it a bit more clearly; I wasn't asking if say, while flying an Apache, the pilot could just suddenly turn the helicopter upside-down and just fly along completely upside down like that; I just meant was the helicopter capable...

Okay, perhaps this is a dumb question, but I am just curious because I could swear I once saw in a video somewhere an Apache doing a loop or something. Maybe it is just my memory playing a trick on me, but I figure one of you would probably know. I googled this and found that most helicopters...

Just a suggestion, but maybe you guys who run the forums should put up some stickies consisting of links to previous threads (like this one) for people who come asking these questions about "can they transition aircraft," "do they have a chance at getting accepted, etc...." I mean I know I asked...

A car you buy from a dealer is a lot different from the aircraft that flies around the President of the United States.

Okay not sure if these were posted already some time ago, but in case not, here: http://www.grouchymedia.com/other_videos/magic_f18_ride/download.cfm -video showing a ride inside the cockpit of an F-18 jet http://www.grouchymedia.com/other_videos/helo_thunder/download.cfm -awesome video...

Hey, I have a video that I'd like to post on the U.S. military (it is just a cool video is all, a tribute (sort of) so I'd like to post it), but I don't think the forum allows one to post this type of video. It wouldn't let me upload it when I tried; the problem is, I don't think this video is...

http://funnyjunk.com/movies/52/Air+Force+Fun/stream Air Force fun :)

Maybe just certain individual parts will be foreign-made, but the overall project assembled in America (i.e. the design itself is here). The Secret Service are really touchy about the security of the stuff that protects the President.

I am just guessing here too, but I suppose you could drop the law contract, just the Marines would really dislike that since they wasted a bunch on law school (if you went through law school before TBS.....I say that because I have no idea how the law contract works), and thus they'd put you...

Yeah, I shouldn't have phrased it like that; I know you still have rights, I just mean (or thought) that as a military person, you aren't entitled to all that "right to free speech" kind of stuff that same way a civilian person can be. But yeah, it would be the same with a corporation, if you...

That is why I had asked about that officer writing that; I figured as a military officer, since you have given up your civilian rights, that you have to keep your mouth shut no matter how you feel about something like that.

You'd think the officer would know he'd probably get in trouble for saying stuff like that.

Actually, if you read back, I didn't ask that question at the start of this thread; I was simply giving an example to the person who did.

Well when I first came to this site, I DIDN'T know it was so age-old; I was new to all this stuff (and still am).