tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post115896282167402497..comments2023-11-03T04:39:50.760-05:00Comments on Galley Slaves: The Pattern Is FullJonathan V. Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426165197358366129noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1162683754279367922006-11-04T18:42:00.000-05:002006-11-04T18:42:00.000-05:00...as does the world's most beautiful aircraft, an......as does the world's most beautiful aircraft, and America's premier bomber, the B-1B (killed off by Jimmuh Carter, and re-born under Ronnie and Cap Weinberger).Franklin D. Rosenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084204809893169247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1159578814910440442006-09-29T20:13:00.000-05:002006-09-29T20:13:00.000-05:00That would be the A-5 Vigilante, one of the most b...That would be the A-5 Vigilante, one of the most beautiful aircraft ever!<BR/><BR/>The Tornado (flown by the RAF, Germany and Italy) has variable wings as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1159300309007044632006-09-26T14:51:00.000-05:002006-09-26T14:51:00.000-05:00"What happens to all those RIO's?"Probably the sam..."What happens to all those RIO's?"<BR/><BR/>Probably the same thing that happened in the USAF when they retired the F-4 Phantom - all the WSO/EWOs were passed over for promotion and were involuntarily separated from the service, like I was. But, what the Hell...<BR/><BR/>As far as other swing wing aircraft, there was the MiG-23 Flogger, and I think the Navy had a large recon aircraft with variable geometry wings as well, but that's about all I remember.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1159278770953368772006-09-26T08:52:00.000-05:002006-09-26T08:52:00.000-05:00"I want some butts and I want 'em now! I WANT SOME..."I want some butts and I want 'em now! I WANT SOME BUTTS!!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1158990087663826932006-09-23T00:41:00.000-05:002006-09-23T00:41:00.000-05:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVqig9aYLc<A>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVqig9aYLc</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1158983825207559652006-09-22T22:57:00.000-05:002006-09-22T22:57:00.000-05:00Bullshit, you can be mine.I cannot believe this. ...Bullshit, you can be mine.<BR/><BR/>I cannot believe this. Maybe because I'm a child of the Top Gun era, but this is maybe a little like Wayne Gretzky's retirement: I've never known the Navy to not have the F-14, and I am sad to see such a sturdy pillar of my world move on. <BR/><BR/>What happens to all of those RIOs?<BR/><BR/>And doesn't this seem very wasteful on the part of the DOD? I mean, any enemy we're going to fight these days doesn't have half the technical capability of the F-14. It doesn't matter when you're bombing tents and mudhuts whether the bomb comes from a B-17, or a F-14. Unless the Iranians have perfected some secret flying carpet we don't know about. It seems to me the money sunk into F-22s and JSFs could be better spent devising and implimenting better methods to make the too-few boots we have on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan safer and more effective.<BR/><BR/>Requiescat, Goose.jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00414032307167156643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871003.post-1158965182562077412006-09-22T17:46:00.000-05:002006-09-22T17:46:00.000-05:00You can be my wingman anytime.You can be my wingman anytime.NLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836853918004723688noreply@blogger.com