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  1. Shadow
    Cool news.
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    He was incredibly lucky that his clothing snagged something keeping him from being pulled into the fan blades. I heard that the A-7 also has a few horror stories around crewman getting sucked into the intake.
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    Abit more up-to-date but still looks to be early 1980s.
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    I also have to admit, I was really surprised with how small the carrier decks were on the Essex class. Maneuvering an F-4 and especially an A-5 Vigilante on deck would of been quite a task. I noticed the announcer used the designation F-8U but that could be any Crusader variant from the F-8A thru the Echo.
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    Fixed. Mostly..
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    I've decided to hold off on MK11 until I can get for a good discount or may even skip it altogether like I did MKX after all I've heard regarding microtransactions along with the cosmetic decisions. On the cosmetics, I can honestly live with the new female designs but with so much customization, I wish they would've provided older costumes as an option. It just seems odd to see Ed Boon and NRS treat the female legacy outfits (MK2-UMK) like they never existed while the male characters get their legacy outfits. All out of some false sense of morality that they suddenly adopt because of the #MeToo movement and some puritan SJWs they hired. I'm not saying go back to MK9 designs but I find it hard to believe that they can't find a middle ground and provide an option for the players. On a personal note, I hated Jade's human redesign in MK11. Would've gladly taken this instead.
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    Impressively clean footage of carrier ops from 1962.
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    There's a big oops. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27620/russian-mig-31-foxhound-shot-down-its-wingman-during-disastrous-live-fire-exercise
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    Unlocking a force power will cost you a dollar. Getting the actual lightsaber will cost you $5. I can see it now. The Inquisitor actually looks pretty menacing compared with those from Rebels.
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    Another great display by the Swiss Hornet.
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    A good read on a test pilot for the YF-23 who would also later fly the F-22. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27309/the-only-man-who-flew-both-the-f-22-and-the-yf-23-on-why-the-yf-23-lost
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    I'm actually interested in the story for once.
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    Imagining a scenario where a hostile aircraft being baited by a lone F-22 runs into a wall of AMRAAMs fired from a few Super Hens.
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    Well it looks official. The USAF has reportedly bought 8 F-15Xs for their FY2020 budget. http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26916/8-f-15xs-for-usaf-and-22-f-5s-for-navy-in-2020-budget-request
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    This is all I saw in the trailer.
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    According to this resource, yes. They did test the Zuni rocket pods on the Cat. http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-detail-zuni.htm From what I've heard, this will be the most complex module to date released on DCS. It definitely looks it. Heatblur is working on a detail AI version of the A-6E and KA-6D Intruder to boot which I can't wait to see and have voiced the possibility of developing the F-14D if the F-14A/B module is a big seller.
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    Trailer reminds me of the old Microprose flight sim intro sequences.
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    Went on a work trip a few days ago flying out to Kansas City. The first aircraft I was on was your common CRJ. Speedy little thing. On the way back though, I was put on an MD-88 and seated in the back very close to the engine. Hearing the JT8D spooling up for the first time was an interesting treat.
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    Went to go see it today. Probably the best manga/anime to live action adaption so far. I really enjoyed it despite the poor pacing. It felt like a 3 hour movie at times while sitting in the theater. I did watch the anime movie the other day to get reacquainted with the story as it's been years since I saw it or read any of the manga.
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    A good read on the incoming F-15X. http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26305/f-15x-will-come-in-two-variants-and-no-it-wont-cost-100m-per-copy
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    It will be interesting to see the differences in physical wear in 10 years between the F-35C and the A model.
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    Okay. Now I'm curious. What were the pros/cons of the GE/RR engine over the 135? I don't imagine the difference was as stark as it was between the P&W F119 and the GE F120 were.
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    The F135 is a beast of an engine indeed. I've heard it can been tweaked to push upto 50,000 pounds. Not sure how much that shortens the lifespan of the engine though.
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    The AMRAAM-D is supposed to be ranged upto 60-65nm. Only double that of the AIM-120C from information is available. I wasn't implying that we should have stuck with the F-14 platform but it would have been wise to look into developing a future heavy fighter for the Navy to ultimately replace the Super Hornet that provides the endurance of the F-14, if not greater than, but also perform more effectively than the F-35 in A2A with a more powerful AESA radar and perhaps a modified version of the AMRAAM for long-range. The post-Cold War geopolitics ofcourse changed alot of priorities and there is only recently a reshuffling of priorities as China appears to becoming a greater threat along with a more aggressive Russian foreign policy.
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