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Because that model is not made anymore. It is legit an ORPHAN.

Ye ole Key West Agreement rears its ugly head. I can see the USAF digging it's heels in about it isn't a rotary wing, so you can't arm it offensively ... While that can't stop the USMC, the Army only really gets to do something with Armed Airframes if either it's hidden by USASOC or the...

Glass Half Full I suppose. I was always happy my CAF time ended before digital imagery really became a thing...

Keep in mind AC-130's generally do not fly during daylight hours. We lost their support as soon as the sun came up in Afghanistan or Iraq, and in talking with teams in the last few weeks that has not really changed. I got to work with a team doing A-10 runs -- that cannon is a bad ass...

Oh I remember a few fights about hotel breakfasts when the Breakfast didn't open till after one had to have been somewhere.

The odds of Bell allowing MV-75 production outside US is infinitely smaller than LocMart restarting the C-5 line... Bell-Textron has Mirabel as a Commercial only facility. Which if you follow the differences between the UH-1Y Venom and the CH-146 Griffon you can see there is a LARGE...

Well I didn't have disclosing SAP's on my bingo card for yesterday

Unless you can find something to leverage LocMart with outside of the USG. I think you meant "Gen 6 Capabilities" -- for folks who haven't built a Gen 5, I think a lot of nations are putting the cart before the horse. Mind you the CIA Director managed to out some SAP stuff yesterday in a feel...

The only claim I’ve heard discussed is generally aircraft ‘skin’ repairs. The F-117, F-22, B-2 and soon to be B-21 skin are/were not worked on by the USAF personnel. I guess the question is are the countries going to send tech’s to learn how to do that. Or be like the USAF and contract it...

The article you put out suggests they would be armed - which is what I drew the issue with them on. Yes a long loiter Ultra High Altitude system is great - however if you see the optical packages on the NRO satellites (they had better than Hubble stuff years before Hubble - and had a spare...

Yeah I missed the updates (stupid phone) until I posted.

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Gotcha. Sounded like a typical CAF thing though.

Honestly that is pretty odd, I know based on my own cross Atlantic and Pacific flights, one tends to get a ground meal (or two) as well as the ones on the flight. Food on planes even in business class aren't exactly heavy on portion sizes.

I think you are drawing an incorrect parallel on what the F-35 is for. The stealth functions help it deal with the A2AD environment, so that either it, or non stealthy AC can come in with appropriate weapons for the mission(s). The RCAF had decided that it was the best option (at the time) and...

In the 90’s firearm ownership per capita was higher in Canada than down here. IIRC back when the system was changing in 1994, it was reported that there 15 million registered pistols in Canada. I suspect the number of formerly non restricted long guns in Canada is well over 100m. My...

I’m a huge fan of targeted killings…

Wasn’t intended to be a dig at you, more the countless anti-F-35 folks in Canada that seem to think y’all will be better served by something else. The mental gymnastics going on with that crowd are astounding and I have to wonder if their parents had any children that lived, as clearly they...

Realistically speaking whatever is done now for carbine drill will probably need to change with the new weapons. IMHO most of the ‘rifle’ drills are beyond pointless at this point. Shorter barrels and suppressors are going to make it pretty non viable. I’m sure this will give countless...

110%. Drill would be the last aspect that I would care about for a new weapon program. It would fall about 300 places below realistic non guns for things like BPara etc. The fact that drill even gets mentioned is some weird buttons and bows fascination.