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waddsworth
09-24-2006, 12:09 AM
The F-14 Tomcat was retired on Friday.

Ironically, the only other country that bought the Grumman aircraft was Iran. Now their aging fleet will be that much harder to service.
Jeff.Liu
09-24-2006, 12:11 AM
The F-14 Tomcat was retired on Friday.

Ironically, the only other country that bought the Grumman aircraft was Iran. Now their aging fleet will be that much harder to service.

piece of shit plane

A-10 Warthog or nothing baby

"Armies Angels"



nothing is better than seeing 2 warthogs leave base to fuck up towel heads in the mountains "trying" to mortar the base
doug
09-24-2006, 12:15 AM
yeah, because A-10s are Navy planes and can land on aircraft carriers and everything.


Jeff once again proves that he is a piece of shit.
Jeff.Liu
09-24-2006, 12:17 AM
yeah, because A-10s are Navy planes and can land on aircraft carriers and everything.


Jeff once again proves that he is a piece of shit.

not navy, air forcehttp://forums.offtopic.com/images/smilies/nono.gif

navy is just a piece of shit
doug
09-24-2006, 12:28 AM
you are real good at picking up sarcasm.



I hope you can at least catch that one.
Jeff.Liu
09-24-2006, 12:30 AM
you are real good at picking up sarcasm.



I hope you can at least catch that one.

nope not at all
sealice aka lone ranger
09-24-2006, 08:21 AM
you are real good at picking up sarcasm.



I hope you can at least catch that one.


damn dude, dont get so emotional.......its just an airplane.
BART
09-24-2006, 09:56 AM
f-14 rules

it's basically the first plane you learn as a kid that kicks ass. you see the movie top gun, you get a little toy f-14 with retractable wings. plus it just has sexy lines.

p.s. jeff, whatever, when the a-10's go up during an airshow i usually go take a piss and grab a hotdog. i much prefer to watch an f-14, f-15, f-18E/F, f-18 c/d, f-16, f-117, t-38, f-4, b-1, b-2, before watching an a-10 again. they fly like tugboats.
Aaron Peluso
09-24-2006, 10:59 AM
the f14 might not be top of the line anymore but a10? haha... thats like the worst plane we have.... I mean, its useful for what it does in its limited role. But so is a volkswagen bus...
Jeff.Liu
09-24-2006, 11:03 AM
A-10 was built to support the infantry, and does a good part in doing that.

what ive read and been taught, the cockpit is titanum (sp?) and it can fly with one of its rear turbine damaged.

i think their max speed is around like 200 something forgot
Dzan
09-24-2006, 11:19 AM
Fuck planes, its all about missles.
Jeff.Liu
09-24-2006, 11:26 AM
lol
Aaron Peluso
09-24-2006, 11:47 AM
we should just get rid of everything except for nukes. That way iuf someone messes with us we have no choice but to nuke em. Its our only option.
RexSkimmer
09-24-2006, 11:53 AM
totally
Jeff.Liu
09-24-2006, 11:57 AM
we should just get rid of everything except for nukes. That way iuf someone messes with us we have no choice but to nuke em. Its our only option.

http://forums.offtopic.com/images/smilies/bowrofl.gif

Hugo Chavez first http://forums.offtopic.com/images/smilies/bowrofl.gif
sealice aka lone ranger
09-24-2006, 12:02 PM
when i was at Ft Indiantown Gap for a WWII reenactment there was an a-10 training mission going on in the impact zone and from one ridge were our convoy was moving we had a clear line if site when they blasted it too hell. the a-10 is plenty badass. seeing them launch rockets and hearing that volcan cannon is crazzzy
BART
09-24-2006, 12:03 PM
a-10 doesn't even have afterburning engines. it sounds like a tiny airbus. the 'sound of freedom' is way sicker. nothing like having that rumble penetrate your tissues and reverberate through your skeleton.

check out out the pressure wave of this f-14 ripping up the water. that's
not from the engine thrust, but from a pressure wave created as the aircraft moves close to mach 1. the immediate roar of sound is that pressure wave reaching the camera.

http://www.youtube.com/v/W-3i_k065Ls
BART
09-24-2006, 12:16 PM
Fuck planes, its all about missles.

and rockets. rockets kick ass. i saw minuteman III rip across the sky once, as a dummy ICBM being launched from CA into the south pacific. i later read it was going mach 20+.

fucking amazing.
Jeff.Liu
09-24-2006, 12:21 PM
when i was at Ft Indiantown Gap for a WWII reenactment there was an a-10 training mission going on in the impact zone and from one ridge were our convoy was moving we had a clear line if site when they blasted it too hell. the a-10 is plenty badass. seeing them launch rockets and hearing that volcan cannon is crazzzy

if you heard vulcan cannon go, it sounds something from a video game


BLLLLLLUURRRRPPPPPPPPP BLLLLLLUURRRRPPPPPPPPP BLLLLLLUURRRRPPPPPPPPP


best place to watch A-10s has to be Fort Leonardwood, Missouri where i went to Basic at

they trained with every arsenal of weaponry there, FTX was the shit the A-10 training grounds was a couple miles away and they would use illumination flares high up so we could use it to our advantage during FTX

it sucked when they would do runs at 2am in the morning though
sealice aka lone ranger
09-24-2006, 01:13 PM
yea it sounds like its farting, then you can hear the rounds impact.
waddsworth
09-24-2006, 02:51 PM
I love that video.

As much as I love A-10's, the F-14 is much more versatile. I see A-10's regularly that are stationed at Willow Grove. Unfortunately, its usually while I'm playing golf. But when they fly real slow overhead, I think about what it would be like to be at the receiving end of its arsenal. It gives me chills.
waddsworth
09-24-2006, 02:52 PM
A-10 was built to support the infantry, and does a good part in doing that.

what ive read and been taught, the cockpit is titanum (sp?) and it can fly with one of its rear turbine damaged.

i think their max speed is around like 200 something forgot

I'm pretty sure the F-14 can still fly with one engine.
sealice aka lone ranger
09-24-2006, 02:56 PM
look at this firepower, its an amazing infantry support aircraft.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-485152666214457252&q=a-10&hl=en
sealice aka lone ranger
09-24-2006, 03:00 PM
OH MY GOD this movie is pretty badass.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6483847955572106058&q=a-10&hl=en
skimcowboy
09-24-2006, 03:10 PM
They all serve a purpose. A-10's are the greatest anti-tank aircraft ever created, hence why they're still around, you can shoot the shit out of it with 20mm, small arms, blow a part off the wing, or take a piece out of the ruuder and she'll still come home. When it comes down to it the F-22A Raptor dominates everything, from firepower to manueverbility to versatily. Not to mention its stealth capabilities. The Tomcat on the other hand was/is a great fighter indeed. I fly in a C-130 Hercules Myself.
Jeff.Liu
09-24-2006, 03:10 PM
OH MY GOD this movie is pretty badass.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6483847955572106058&q=a-10&hl=en


definitely why their called the Armie's Angels
sealice aka lone ranger
09-24-2006, 03:12 PM
They all serve a purpose. A-10's are the greatest anti-tank aircraft ever created, hence why they're still around, you can shoot the shit out of it with 20mm, small arms, blow part off or take a part out of the ruuder and she'll still come home. When it comes down to it the F-22A Raptor dominates everything, from firepower to manueverbility to versatily. Not to mention its stealth capabilities. The Tomcat on the other hand was/is a great fighter indeed.


Im pretty sure we all understand its like compairing apples to oranges, but this thread just reminded me of arguments i used to have when i was little. and i mean that in a nostalgic reminicsant way, not being an ass.