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[BusyBee604]

Yes

Is that you busybee? or is that just the flight suit you were talking about.

That's the real Bee on Vets Day! You were maybe expecting maybe... Tom Cruise?:icon_smil The offending bag I cited was the flight suit, NOT me! lol
BzB

 

[Mumbles]

Hozer....

I can't believe that your ship is now under 3 miles of water...still sitting upright evidently.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_America_(CV-66)

 

[Flugelman]

That's the real Bee on Vets Day! You were maybe expecting maybe... Tom Cruise?:icon_smil The offending bag I cited was the flight suit, NOT me! lol
BzB

Well, at least your zoom bags still fit. Mine shrunk...

 

[Jim123]

As a quick aside: Knowing that the RCAF was at the vanguard on NORAD's North frontier during the cold war, it would have made a lot of sense for them to buy a few AWG-9 Tomcats. (maybe too cost prohibitive??)

Probably money, but mostly timing (late 1960s the CF-101 Voodoo program was in full swing).

I sort of wonder if the politics of the CF-105 and the ensuing bitterness had anything to do with them not buying F-14s or F-15s.

I don't think so, by the time the CF-18 program got going (late 1970s) the F-18 proposal had that whole multirole thing going for it (since the Canadian government wanted a common platform for interceptor and strike roles to replace the Voodoos and Starfighters), not to mention it cost less than the F-14 and F-15.

 

[rondebmar]

As a C-1A COD Pilot, the boss's "Get the f**k off my deck!" was common & became "ho hum" standard. The one that got your attention was "COD PILOT TO THE BRIDGE, NOW"! Heard by yours truly after being spotted at trap by the Captain, with a SH short-sleeve flight suit on a sweltering, humid Yankee Station day. Dont know why he was so pissed, after all, it has an embroidered Ship's Patch!!!:icon_tong...see the actual offending bag below.
BzB

Damn, Hugh...I can only hope to look that good when (if) I reach your age!!

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

12/01/2009
EAGLE OVERHEAD
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle conducts operations over eastern Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. The Strike Eagle is assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller

12/04/2009
PROWLER PROWESS
A U.S. Marine Corps EA-6B Prowler aircraft conducts operations over eastern Afghanistan Nov. 26, 2009. The Prowler is assigned to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller

12/09/2009
HORNET REFUELING
A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft over Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2009. The squadron is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, which is deployed to the region. The Super Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 41. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j. g. Kyle Terwilliger

11/20/2009
LINE UP
A row of C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi during a mobility exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 18, 2009. The exercise provides realistic training for combat air force, mobility air force and U.S. Army personnel. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephanie Rubi

 

[beaverslayer]

m2 Edwards AFB 29 Mar

Sweet pictures Kow! I really like this one.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

AE 606 photos

 

[yak52driver]

^^^^^^ Awesome pictures!! Thanks for sharing them.

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft from the 335th Fighter Squadron drop 2,000-pound joint direct attack munitions on a cave in eastern Afghanistan on Nov. 26, 2009. The 335th is deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Marines with Helicopter Support Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 8 prepare to attach an M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter at the landing zone on Fire Base Fiddler's Green in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 28, 2009. The Marines are transporting howitzers to broaden 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment's support of Regimental Combat Team 3, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. DoD photo by Sgt. Christopher R. Rye, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

AE 606 photos

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

AE 606 photo

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

AE 606 photos

 

[Alpha_Echo_606]

AE 606 photo

 

[HeyJoe]

091210-N-2953W-004 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 10, 2009) An SH-60 Sea Hawk Helicopter prepares to land aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during flight deck certifications. (U.S. Navy photo Illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White/Released)