50 Years of F-18's?!!

[Colonel]

[url=http://nationalpost.com/news/canadas-cf ... -phased-in]http://nationalpost.com/news/canadas-cf ... -phased-in[/url]

[quote]Companies who took part in an industry day outlining government plans were told
the [b]jets, dating from 1982, will be retired after 50 years[/b] of service[/quote]

Insane.  Pilots will be flying tactical airplanes [b]twice their age[/b].

Oh, Canada.


Ironic note:  the guy responsible for the amazing and long-lasting
F-15 / F-16 / F-18 would surely be deeply hated instead of feted
by the bureaucrats if he visited Ottawa today.

[url=https://duotechservices.com/10-things-y ... -john-boyd]https://duotechservices.com/10-things-y ... -john-boyd[/url]

[quote][b]He Helped Plan Desert Storm, Saved the F-15, a Famous Fighter Pilot…But You’ve Never Heard of Him[/b]

Boyd formed a small advocacy group within Headquarters USAF that dubbed itself the “Fighter Mafia”.

Using his E-M Theory, Boyd spurred the USAF to explore a lightweight fighter (LFW) program.

This led to the development of the YF-16, which would become the USAF [b]F-16[/b] Fighting Falcon,
and the YF-17, which would become the Navy’s [b]F-18[/b] Hornet.[/quote]

[b]You're Welcome[/b]

[mcrit]

Why should the fighter guys have it any better than the Sea King guys?

[Rosco P Coltrane]

Agreed, we should also buy a bunch of F-16s and A-10s.

[Colonel]

The USAF always hated the A-10.  They tried to kill
it since the day they started taking delivery of them.

The only reason the USAF built the A-10 was to stop
the money falling into enemy hands - you know, the
navy and the army.

I would have loved to fly an A-10.  Down low, pulling
lots of G with the biggest gun around.  Heaven!!

[Slick Goodlin]

[quote author=mcrit link=topic=7858.msg21781#msg21781 date=1517271190]
Why should the fighter guys have it any better than the Sea King guys?
[/quote]
Or the B-52 guys?

[Nark1]

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=7858.msg21783#msg21783 date=1517272548]
The USAF always hated the A-10.  They tried to kill
it since the day they started taking delivery of them.

The only reason the USAF built the A-10 was to stop
the money falling into enemy hands - you know, the
navy and the army.

I would have loved to fly an A-10.  Down low, pulling
lots of G with the biggest gun around.  Heaven!!
[/quote]


The A-10's dropped a metric shit ton/hour on Mosul. 
Hearing them check-in with the TAC-P, and listening to the 9-lines.  Awesome!


"(A10 callsign) SPLASH!"


Loved it!


You're right, the MotherFucking USAF is a jealous school child when it comes to aircraft procurement.  The C27J project is the perfect example.

[ScudRunner-d95]

BRRRRRRRRRT