Warbird Information Exchange

The Canadian Air Force also uses the probe and drogue method of air to air refueling, just thought I'd throw that out there.

After graduating from the AF Academy Caroline, while waiting for her slot in pilot training, was asked to stay has a glider instructor. She did her first tour in S. Korea and has been with the 388th FW at Hill AFB for about 18 months before deploying to Iraq.
I'll put her near the top of my favoritie fighter pilots list.

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Don't touch my junk!!

Is she seeing anybody??? PSSSSST, don't tell my wife...

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REMEMBER THE SERGEANT PILOTS!

Boy, I'm getting asked that alot
She's happliy married to another F-16 pilot

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Don't touch my junk!!

Since we're comparing willys, hard to resist rising to the bait!

Try this one on for size:



15,000lbs of ruin

Now if we're gonna play that game, somewhere I have pictures I took of the GBU-43 (MOAB) in the back of my C-17 headed for an "undisclosed location" in the middle east a few years back. It's a measly little 21,000lbs. Rigs up just about like the -82.

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Brad

MOAB has NEVER been used officially in combat but are you sure your not confusing with Eglin drops?

? It was tested dropped over Eglin few years back with fanfare...

Check and let us know

Brad is a loadmaster. I'm sure he knows exactly what his aircraft was carrying.

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Curtis Block

I've seen too many airplanes destroyed by the term "Static Restoration."

Very true, but if he's a C17 loadmaster, his plane doesn't drop MOAB...

...now if Brad were a Talon loadmaster...

I'm sure Brad is correct too, as is HGUCSU. I'm also fairly certain I know which "undisclosed location" Brad is referring to.


Can we get back to hot chicks in airplanes?

MOAB was tested but has never been used so someone is right and someone wrong. That is unless the Republicans are feeding us war stories lies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOAB

"Aside from two test articles, the only known production is of 15 units at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plantin 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Since none of those are known to have been used as of early 2007, the U.S. inventory of GBU-43/B presumably remains at approximately 15."

That thing was sitting on the ramp at <undisclosed location>, right outside the berm east of the sun shades, during OIF. It was sitting on a big K-loader, IIRC.

Thanks for the pod info fellas on the 135 wing.

Randy, do ya think that if Gary was to use some bailer twine and bubble gum ya could make that MOAB stick to your Eagle???

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Earn my respect and never lose it.
Demand my respect and never gain it. -Me

...just another plane dreamer.

I'm thinking that taxiing and taking off might be a bit tough, though!