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[actaeon277]

Oh goody.
More forgetting about the supply chain.
the Navy under the microscope now.

 

[actaeon277]

@KellyinAvon, I give the Air Force credit.
You guys seem to place great importance on your refueling fleet.

The Navy tried to become more "efficient".. code for cutting down to the bone.
Which means when something fails... there is nothing in the barn to pick up the slack.

 

[KellyinAvon]

@KellyinAvon, I give the Air Force credit.
You guys seem to place great importance on your refueling fleet.

The Navy tried to become more "efficient".. code for cutting down to the bone.
Which means when something fails... there is nothing in the barn to pick up the slack.

Pull on up, we’ll gas up your Hornets and Growlers. Got the big badminton birdie looking thing for you non-boom types.

I think it’s called a drogue and chute, but big badminton birdie thing is a better description.

 

[actaeon277]

Pull on up, we’ll gas up your Hornets and Growlers. Got the big badminton birdie looking thing for you non-boom types.

I think it’s called a drogue and chute, but big badminton birdie thing is a better description.

Still need AvGas on the carrier, to launch.
And while the video mentioned civilian tankers, civilians don't don't do underway replenishment.
And making a Carrier go back home to refuel, takes it out of the 'fight' for too long.

 

[Alamo]

On this date in 1942 America’s first jet fighter prototype flew. Yes, 1942. There was still work to be done as it was slower than the top propeller fighters of the day and never entered production.

Link with much more info:

1 October 1942 | This Day in Aviation

Things got sorted out and on this day in 1947 the prototype XP-86 (which became the F-86 of Korean War fame)made its first flight. It was flown by George Welch, and during this inaugural flight it may have exceeded Mach 1 in a dive, a week before Chuck Yeager set the official record for first aircraft to exceed Mach 1.

(George Welch was one of two fighter pilots to get airborne during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In his P-40 he shot down 4 Japanese aircraft. Although Hap Arnold recommended Welch be awarded the MOH, an officer in Welch’s chain of command refused to endorse it because Welch took off without orders. !! Welch received the DFC instead.)

Alas the first prototype XP-86 was destroyed in 1952 as a ground test target of the only nuclear artillery shell ever fired by the US, a W-9 warhead fired from the M-65 Atomic Cannon.

Link with much more info:

1 October 1947 | This Day in Aviation

 

[Nazgul]

May be the wrong thread, this is the Military BS thread. The pic borders on truth....just saying.....

Don

 

[OneBadV8]

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May be the wrong thread, this is the Military BS thread. The pic borders on truth....just saying.....

Don

Full bar inside

 

[KellyinAvon]

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May be the wrong thread, this is the Military BS thread. The pic borders on truth....just saying.....

Don

You know back in the day...