What @Neal did before RVF

[GlampDaddy]

Hard to imagine our mild-mannered, geek-type programmer and forum leader with an itchy trigger finger...but, here it is!

Insane Cockpit Footage Goes Viral Of A-10 Obliterating Bad Guys: WATCH

An incredible video of an A-10 smoking targets is going viral on Instagram.

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[Neal]

Oh the good ole days, the smell of cordite, instead of keyboard!

Here is a picture from around 3 weeks ago, yeah, it was! Post desert storm bringing the ole hawg home to my local airport where I learned to fly and my buddy brought his plane over, only to realize 112 years later I'd own something similar and wish it was the other. (the picture was not colorized, it's an original!)

 

[sheridany]

Bad boys, bad boys
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

 

[GlampDaddy]

Oh the good ole days, the smell of cordite, instead of keyboard!

You may want to give that keyboard a new year's cleaning!

 

[Neal]

Bad boys, bad boys
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

Wrong show, this would be the History channel Or archaeological network?

 

[AbdRahim]

Wrong show, this would be the History channel Or archaeological network?

If only this young fellow knew.

 

[DennisT]

Wrong show, this would be the History channel Or archaeological network?

Let’s not go there please since you were probably still in junior or high school when I was already poking holes in the ocean aboard my first submarine

 

[lostinfla]

Neal, first of all, Respect. I got so disoriented flying Jim's FPV that I had to lean on his truck to keep from falling over. (and that was all of about 50' up and 20' laterally.) Secondly, Thank you for your service!

 

[Neal]

I got so disoriented flying Jim's FPV that I had to lean on his truck to keep from falling over.

Thanks Jim. The disorientation is normal with FPV's, best to just lean against something or even better be seated. I even try flight sims such as Microsoft Flight Sim and also DCS (cooler one with combat aircraft) and the virtual headset makes you nearly want to hurl. Takes some getting used to. Flying the real thing is the easier option

 

[J&JD]

There are probably several on this forum that have old military experiences. Back in 1969 I had pleasure (?) of being deployed to U-Tapao AFB, Thailand as the base explosive safety officer. 50+ B52’s were based there. Interesting year of my life for sure.

Note the SR-71 hidden away. Lots of interesting things happened back then at U-Tapao.
The bomb revetment shown in the first picture was filled with 500lb bombs. The B52’s carried 105 of them on each aircraft. We flew 40 sorties/day, 365 days/year which came out to 1,533,000 dropped in the year I was there. Hard to imagine.