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Article explaining how the picture came about https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/35749/this-shot-of-an-a-10-f-35-and-f-22-billowing-vapor-in-formation-is-absolutely-insane

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The Su-27/35 family are some good looking planes. Although the dingle out the back, between the exhausts is a little goofy

Ukranian MiG-29's and Su-27's fly a mission over the Black Sea with USAF B1-B's

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33593/f-117s-flew-directly-over-los-angeles-on-another-mission-off-the-southern-california-coast

:fy: who needs thrust vectoring

Oh, yeah I didn't think that needed to be specified :roflpicard:

52 F-35's out of Hill AFB in Utah, performed an elephant walk, in a display of force. At least 50 of the planes took off during the exercise. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31743/hill-air-force-base-executes-the-mother-of-all-elephant-walks-with-52-f-35s

B-1B’s landing in Saudi Arabia as part of a first time fighter and bomber buildup in the Kingdom. F-22’s are already in country.

I believe I saw an article that they’re making the switch to super hornets pretty soon actually. I’ll have to dig it up

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Cool story

The Navy is ditching Fat Albert, but is going to acquire a C-130J from the RAF for their next support vehicle. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28671/the-navy-has-bought-the-blue-angels-an-ex-royal-air-force-c-130j-to-replace-fat-albert

Consider the Soviet version of the Concorde...it's pretty fucking cool

Turns out, that there's going to be a squadron of F-35 aggressors...here's one painted in a Chinese black with the F-16N in the foreground :nutz: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27932/f-35-aggressor-squadron-to-be-activated-at-nellis-air-force-base

Reading about this last night. The F-16N, which was used as a purely adversary platform for the Navy and Marines. It was basically an up-engined F-16, with the barest of necessities. All unnecessary weight was stripped out (including the gun and all weapons pylons to save weight and drag), which...

Like I said, you're never going to completely eliminate detection, and why adherence to angles and paths is necessary to mitigate the chance of detection. They've also probably learned a thing or two since the downing of that F-117, and know not to follow the same flight paths night in and night...

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Strict flights paths are definitely still something that stealth planes still use, because the plane is most stealthy only from certain angles. The F-117 was done in because of the bomb bay doors, and a crafty radar operator. You're never going to be able to fully eliminate the risk of...

AD = Area denial (a country or group with dense anti air systems in place, creating highly dangerous air space to operate in) S-400 = Russian anti air system with advanced radar and highly capable ground to air missiles. These systems have been exported to a number of Russian allies and...