Question for Salty Fighter/Attack Pilots

[Jedj]

how many mk 83's can an x wing fighter carry, does the millenium falcon have laser spot tracking, and when the hell are they going to bring back napalm.

 

[SteveG75]

Nobody EVER accused Meat of being smart.

Brett

Absolutely.

Anyway, I agree on the skill of todays Fighter Attack Guys (I'll avoid the inevitable acronym). The preflight planning today is just as exhaustive as it was in the days of the Intruder if not more so. IMHO, where the Intruder (or any two seat platform (Tomcat and Rhino F included)) is in the area of the high workload, in close, flex in flight game. I did not just drop on coordinates, I had to study and find the target use OAPs, FLIR, and laser. Mobile targets and TST is a lot of fun. Nowadays, the 90% of targeting is done on the ground, not in flight.

I will say that during Fallon, the Intruders were averaging 90%+ bombs on target first pass versus approx 70% for our single seat brethern.

Imagine if you will, a squadron of A-6F's. APG-73 radar, two AIM-120 stations, ring laser gyro, GPS, HUD, and a payload of 28 500lb JDAM per aircraft. Rhinos can carry the weight but not the number. You will never see a Hornet (Super or not) with a MER or TER fitted big bombs.

And with that, I retire to the bar to cry in my beer and lament the passing of my gallant steed. :icon_zbee

 

[Fly Navy]

Imagine if you will, a squadron of A-6F's. APG-73 radar, two AIM-120 stations, ring laser gyro, GPS, HUD, and a payload of 28 500lb JDAM per aircraft.

You sure do know how to make a grown man cry.

 

[TurnandBurn55]

No one will speak to that sorry. Careful everyone we are approaching lockdown

Nah, like I said, I wasn't expecting any earth-shattering stuff here... not that dumb... More curious if anyone was aware of open-source information that talked to the subject (BTW- thanks, FlyNavy)

 

[Kolja]

Imagine if you will, a squadron of A-6F's. APG-73 radar, two AIM-120 stations, ring laser gyro, GPS, HUD, and a payload of 28 500lb JDAM per aircraft. Rhinos can carry the weight but not the number. You will never see a Hornet (Super or not) with a MER or TER fitted big bombs.

And with that, I retire to the bar to cry in my beer and lament the passing of my gallant steed. :icon_zbee

Now imagine the A-12. Now, live in the now :icon_tong

 

[Jedj]

I thought I had valid questions, I guess not. Thanks fvckers.

 

[Fly Navy]

I thought I had valid questions, I guess not. Thanks fvckers.

Everyone knows the X-Wing carries 4 laser cannons, able to be link-fired, and proton torpedoes as a guided munition. Duh!

 

[Ryoukai]

^ Laser cannons, actually.

 

[Fly Navy]

^ Laser cannons, actually.

I blame my slip on tiredness.

 

[kmac]

Han Solo was a cod pilot.

 

[jarhead]

and when the hell are they going to bring back napalm.

Marine Corps still uses Mk-77 Firebombs

 

[PropStop]

A P-3 can carry up to 20K of bombs....and we can get up to pee while doing it.

now, of course, using a P-3 for precision strike wouldn't be a really good idea... we like to bomb places that don't have any air defense - you know, like picking on the retarded kid, you know your airforce sucks when a P-3 is invading your airspace!

 

[Super18Ordie]

Everyone knows the X-Wing carries 4 laser cannons, able to be link-fired, and proton torpedoes as a guided munition. Duh!

And an onboard Espresso machine that show you porno movies of your sister while you fly.

And this is your wingman

 

[Brett327]

A P-3 can carry up to 20K of bombs....and we can get up to pee while doing it.

now, of course, using a P-3 for precision strike wouldn't be a really good idea... we like to bomb places that don't have any air defense - you know, like picking on the retarded kid, you know your airforce sucks when a P-3 is invading your airspace!

Actually, it's 14K by my count (2K mines don't count here if we're talking about bombs) and since there is no electric tail fuzing available, there's no chance for LGB/J-WEPS. So, if you're relying on the MK-8 bomb sight for all of that, then good luck.

Keeping it real,

Brett

 

[Ryoukai]

Han Solo was a cod pilot.

8 laser cannons will make anything badass.