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#5626 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 34670
Join Date: Mar 2003
Chapter/Region:
South East
Vehicle:2016 slowmobile |
![]() Human eyes to verify and track a moving target?
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#5627 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 169250
Join Date: Jan 2008
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Vehicle:2001 Schweizer 300CB (wirlybird) |
![]() Completely uneducated guess: It's meant to be used when firing at moving targets over the horizon. The ship can't guide it in. With the F18 doing the targeting, the tomahawk doesn't need to radiate, making it a less obvious threat/harder to shoot down. I'm also assuming the F18 has a much more advance targeting and countermeasures system than the missile, so it's harder to jam or confuse.
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#5628 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 57283
Join Date: Mar 2004
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Loudoun
Vehicle:2014 4.7L of TT Fury w/ 4Matic |
![]() Think forward air controller guiding arty in
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#5629 |
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Member#: 112948
Join Date: Apr 2006
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SWIC
Location: Mesa, AZ
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![]() Crazy that the pigeons started leaving before the tomahawk hit.
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#5630 |
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Member#: 11571
Join Date: Oct 2001
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RMIC
Location: Park City, UT
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![]() Umm, pretty sure the Hornet wasn't controlling that missile. It was only there as a chase platform.
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#5631 | |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 165025
Join Date: Nov 2007
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Charles Town, WV
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http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/thi...-is-1684902149 |
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#5632 | |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 11671
Join Date: Oct 2001
Chapter/Region:
SWIC
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm...sStory&id=5833 (I'm assuming a USN website is a credible source for information.....) |
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#5633 |
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Member#: 11571
Join Date: Oct 2001
Chapter/Region:
RMIC
Location: Park City, UT
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![]() Well, that article says it was receiving "updates" from a surveillance platform. I don't know if this new Tomahawk is in Link 16 and that's how it's getting it's updates but that would be my guess. If that's the case, any Link 16 capable platform can pass target quality updates to it. The Hornet is not actively guiding this thing into a target.
The other article states the idea is to have a Triton or P-8 pump updates to this missile inflight (which is good). To see a Hornet actually guide a weapon into a ship, look at the SLAM-ER. |
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#5634 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 58517
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NoDak
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![]() Hit a moving target without laser/eo/radar guidance is what is a big deal.
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#5635 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 33473
Join Date: Feb 2003
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Chicago and DuPage county
Vehicle:2010 Legacy GT Red |
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#5637 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 135502
Join Date: Dec 2006
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Maryland
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#5638 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 34
Join Date: Jun 1999
Chapter/Region:
VIC
Location: Richmond, BC Canada
Vehicle:2005 WRX STi World Rally Blue |
![]() Why do carrier jets sometimes loiter around the ship with only their tail hook down? To a noob, it just looks uncool.
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#5639 | |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 192145
Join Date: Oct 2008
Chapter/Region:
South East
Location: Atlanta
Vehicle:1987 Civic Si |
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Starts off with a short bit about his upbringing, then some about his time at West Point. After that, his struggle to A) become a fighter pilot and B) getting stationed somewhere to see some action during WWII. There are bits of personal life thrown in too throughout the book, but most of it revolves around his time in service, thankfully. Many recounted tales about things happening on bases he was stationed and his distaste for the Pentagon. At no point in the book have I thought it wasn't Olds writing the words I was reading, which is what I was most worried about before buying the book. |
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#5640 | |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 135502
Join Date: Dec 2006
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Maryland
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I already have it pulled up in my Audible account.. |
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#5641 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 192145
Join Date: Oct 2008
Chapter/Region:
South East
Location: Atlanta
Vehicle:1987 Civic Si |
![]() Only dull times were when he was working at the Pentagon, which only lasted ~10-20 pages. I'd recommend the book to anyone wanting to read about a the subject at hand. I feel the book cuts straight to the point, with no BS, which seemed to be Olds' style of working and living.
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#5642 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 135502
Join Date: Dec 2006
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Maryland
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![]() Trigger pulled. It'll be next up in line after I finish Hans von Luck's autobiography.
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#5643 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 99649
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: CO
Vehicle:07 FZ1 |
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#5644 | |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 11571
Join Date: Oct 2001
Chapter/Region:
RMIC
Location: Park City, UT
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We put our hook down once we come back into the stack. It's normal and mostly so we don't forget to put it down later on. ![]() |
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#5645 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 41769
Join Date: Aug 2003
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Ft. Worth TX
Vehicle:2003 WRX |
![]() Two F-16s have a mid-air collision during a training mission. The instructor had to eject, but the student was able to return to base with 5 feet of the wing missing.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/m...nsas/23739889/ |
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#5646 | |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 2073
Join Date: Aug 2000
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Location: Newbury, NH
Vehicle:15 AMG 45 Cthulhu Gray |
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#5647 | |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 135502
Join Date: Dec 2006
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
Location: Maryland
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#5648 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 442
Join Date: Oct 1999
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Location: RI/SE Mass
Vehicle:25 Mazder CX70 00 S2k |
![]() Errors abound on both pilots. I'd lean on the instructor more than the student in this one.
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#5649 |
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Member#: 135502
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Location: Maryland
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#5650 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 442
Join Date: Oct 1999
Chapter/Region:
NESIC
Location: RI/SE Mass
Vehicle:25 Mazder CX70 00 S2k |
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