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  • #1066
    Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

    Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
    Rand Paul has flipped flopped. He would go to war against ISIS.

    http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...tion-rand-paul



    I knew he'd flip. He's flipping on other stuff too.

    http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...re-109746.html
    Not a surprise. Ron is a genuine ideologue, Rand is just another opportunist.

    And while the ideology of libertarianism was probably the best we could hope to emerge from the cesspool of the right, it is still better to have pragmatists than purists in power. They cause far less damage.
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    • #1067
      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
      Not a surprise. Ron is a genuine ideologue, Rand is just another opportunist.

      And while the ideology of libertarianism was probably the best we could hope to emerge from the cesspool of the right, it is still better to have pragmatists than purists in power. They cause far less damage.
      I was against it until I was for it.

      Lots of people have said it. Charles Lindbergh was one.
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      • #1068
        Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

        Originally posted by SteveP View Post
        Time to bring the A-10 Warthog back to operational status!
        Absolutely my favorite piece of airborne hardware. Cheap, slow, takes an absolute pounding, gets the job done.
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        • #1069
          Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

          Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
          Absolutely my favorite piece of airborne hardware. Cheap, slow, takes an absolute pounding, gets the job done.
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          • #1070
            Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

            Today in derp.

            It should be noted that, purely coincidentally, Frank Wolf represents VA-10, which is Ground Zero for defense contractors looking for something new to squeeze with Iraq and Afghanistan down to their last drips of budgetary juice.
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            • #1071
              Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

              Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
              Absolutely my favorite piece of airborne hardware. Cheap, slow, takes an absolute pounding, gets the job done.
              And its cannon packs quite a punch. From XKCD - What If:

              The GAU-8 Avenger fires up to sixty one-pound bullets a second. It produces almost five tons of recoil force, which is crazy considering that it’s mounted in a type of plane (the A-10 “Warthog”) whose two engines produce only four tons of thrust each. If you put two of them in one aircraft, and fired both guns forward while opening up the throttle, the guns would win and you’d accelerate backward.
              Last edited by GrinCDXX; 09-03-2014, 04:47 PM.

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              • #1072
                Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

                Originally posted by FreshFish View Post
                Often it is helpful to look at what has worked well in the past and see what part of it can be replicated. The difference between those successes and the failures listed by Scooby could provide very useful contrasts that we all could learn from. (cf SJHovey post # 1057)
                Like I said. You won't even get an A for effort with this latest troll string.

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                • #1073
                  Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

                  Originally posted by GrinCDXX View Post
                  And its cannon packs quite a punch. From XKCD - What If:
                  As it is, the one gun slows the airplane down so much during a good strafing run that you have to be sure to start out going fast enough that the momentum transferred to the bullets doesn't cause the aircraft to drop below stall speed. Really, really impressive piece of hardware all the way around.
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                  • #1074
                    Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
                    As it is, the one gun slows the airplane down so much during a good strafing run that you have to be sure to start out going fast enough that the momentum transferred to the bullets doesn't cause the aircraft to drop below stall speed. Really, really impressive piece of hardware all the way around.
                    I've heard 4 seconds is the threshold at whatever their airspeed is on a normal strafing run. That's just through the pilot rumor mill, though.

                    I'm guessing stall recovery was harped on a little harder in A-10 training.
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                    • #1075
                      Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

                      Originally posted by MinnesotaNorthStar View Post
                      I've heard 4 seconds is the threshold at whatever their airspeed is on a normal strafing run. That's just through the pilot rumor mill, though.

                      I'm guessing stall recovery was harped on a little harder in A-10 training.
                      Yeah, that's about right!

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                      • #1076
                        Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

                        Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                        Absolutely my favorite piece of airborne hardware. Cheap, slow, takes an absolute pounding, gets the job done.
                        Yeah, it's high on my list, too. Although I've got a soft spot in my heart for the B-52 (BUFF, Big Ugly Fat. . .Fellow). By the time the last one leaves service this terrific aircraft will have served America for nearly a CENTURY. As a kid, I had a love affair with the B-36 ("six turning, four burning") that Jimmy Stewart flew in Strategic Air Command. Man, that was an impressive aircraft.

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                        • #1077
                          Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

                          Originally posted by Old Pio View Post
                          Yeah, it's high on my list, too. Although I've got a soft spot in my heart for the B-52 (BUFF, Big Ugly Fat. . .Fellow). By the time the last one leaves service this terrific aircraft will have served America for nearly a CENTURY. As a kid, I had a love affair with the B-36 ("six turning, four burning") that Jimmy Stewart flew in Strategic Air Command. Man, that was an impressive aircraft.

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGjyH2ulsCk
                          There was a B-17 doing flights over Happy Valley a couple of weeks ago. I could see a sky full of them over Germany.

                          My soft spot is the Spitfire, arguably the best fighter of WW 2. Hey what can I say, I'm from a Commonwealth nation!
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                          • #1078
                            Originally posted by SteveP View Post
                            There was a B-17 doing flights over Happy Valley a couple of weeks ago. I could see a sky full of them over Germany.

                            My soft spot is the Spitfire, arguably the best fighter of WW 2. Hey what can I say, I'm from a Commonwealth nation!
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                            • #1079
                              Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

                              Originally posted by joecct View Post
                              Mustang - us
                              Spit - you
                              FW-190 - them
                              That's why I said arguably. . You can add the Me-109 to the list.

                              The Spit and Hawker Hurricane pilots saved Britain.
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                              • #1080
                                Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

                                Originally posted by joecct View Post
                                Mustang - us
                                Spit - you
                                FW-190 - them
                                Is it fair to include the ME 262 Swallow on the list?

                                I think Admiral Yamamoto's favorite US aircraft was the P-38. I believe his last words were: "@#$%^& P-38s" LOL
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