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1stTimeCaller
4/5/2006, 11:08 AM
There were two F/A-18s flying overhead at about 1500 feet with their gear down in what I assume to be a holding pattern. They were basically flying in squares but then they moved and were circling more towards the NAS-JRB. Those mofos are loud. Heck, they might have been closer to 500 feet off of the ground. My windows shook pretty damned hard when they were overhead.
colleyvillesooner
4/5/2006, 11:09 AM
We're they waiting to do the flyover at the Rangers game? The fly over was at about 12:55
1stTimeCaller
4/5/2006, 11:13 AM
no this was about 6:30pm.

I'm gonna call the Navy and complain. anyone have a number for the Navy?
Osce0la
4/5/2006, 11:15 AM
no this was about 6:30pm.

I'm gonna call the Navy and complain. anyone have a number for the Navy?
Wait for a Navy commercial, it'll have something...

Isn't it the Navy that uses Godsmack for the background music on their commercials?
colleyvillesooner
4/5/2006, 11:15 AM
no this was about 6:30pm.

I'm gonna call the Navy and complain. anyone have a number for the Navy?

1-800-Good-luck-with-all-that.
1stTimeCaller
4/5/2006, 11:21 AM
I'll just PM Capt. Stankfinger. He's gotta be a Navy guy.
Stankfinger
4/5/2006, 12:29 PM
nope, i am a privateer.
SoonerProphet
4/5/2006, 12:33 PM
Right now the squadron is practicing carrier take offs and landings in prep for deployment. Good article a couple days back in the startelegram in regards to development over here in west ft. worth and the base. Been a big part of the community and I hope it stays. Kinda glad 52's and KC-135s aren't around though.
TexasLidig8r
4/5/2006, 12:43 PM
I thought F-18s were Air Force and F-14s were Navy. :confused:
slickdawg
4/5/2006, 12:46 PM
no this was about 6:30pm.

I'm gonna call the Navy and complain. anyone have a number for the Navy?


1-800-F***-YOU
Howzit
4/5/2006, 12:46 PM
18, 14, whatever it takes.
mdklatt
4/5/2006, 12:46 PM
I thought F-18s were Air Force and F-14s were Navy. :confused:

Both are Navy. The Marines also fly the F-18, but not the F-14. Actually, I think the F-14 has been retired.
Jimminy Crimson
4/5/2006, 12:48 PM
Um, have there been any black crown vics or suburbans with tinted windows camped out in front of your house?

I don't think it's a good idear to shoot down a jet. Just a hunch! ;)
TexasLidig8r
4/5/2006, 12:49 PM
. . . I think the F-14 has been retired.

BASTAGES!!! Does Tom Cruise know about this?

And.. when is the F-22 Raptor supposed to be mass produced and used?
Jimminy Crimson
4/5/2006, 12:49 PM
Actually, I think the F-14 has been retired.

:(

The Tomcat was always my fave.

The flight time to maintainance time ratio ultimately did in the F-14.
1stTimeCaller
4/5/2006, 12:50 PM
Um, have there been any black crown vics or suburbans with tinted windows camped out in front of your house?

I don't think it's a good idear to shoot down a jet. Just a hunch! ;)

I'm thinking they would appreciate the practice.
slickdawg
4/5/2006, 12:50 PM
I thought F-18s were Air Force and F-14s were Navy. :confused:


The F-14 series of operational NAVY fighters flew their last missions
early this year. The workhorse for Naval Aviation for almost three decades,
has been phased out in favor of tha F/A 18 Hornet. Both planes
are used by the Navy and Marine Corps. I'm still heavily biased for the
F-14D Super Tomcat.

The Air Force has its new toy, the F/A 22 Raptor, which is the shiznit
for fighters.
Jimminy Crimson
4/5/2006, 12:52 PM
The F-35 JSF is pretty kickass, as well.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2003/jsf7ko.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
slickdawg
4/5/2006, 12:52 PM
I'm thinking they would appreciate the practice.

But when they returned fire with a JDAM, well, you would be permanently baned.
1stTimeCaller
4/5/2006, 12:55 PM
But when they returned fire with a JDAM, well, you would be permanently baned.

The guys buzzing my tower yesterday had nothing on their weapons pylons. I just have one stinger left and I'm saving it for something special, like a hot air balloon or something.
mdklatt
4/5/2006, 12:55 PM
And.. when is the F-22 Raptor supposed to be mass produced and used?

Enemy agent reported.
colleyvillesooner
4/5/2006, 01:29 PM
The F-35 JSF is pretty kickass, as well.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2003/jsf7ko.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

That thing would have to be flying pretty low to get anyone with that spear on the nose.
reevie
4/5/2006, 07:15 PM
BASTAGES!!! Does Tom Cruise know about this?

And.. when is the F-22 Raptor supposed to be mass produced and used?


I wouldn't call an order of 183 jets a mass production, but production jets are in the field now.

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=65257&session=dae.19475147.1144282442.RDRdSsOa9dUAABRnYf g&modele=jdc_1
OUinFLA
4/5/2006, 07:24 PM
The guys buzzing my tower yesterday had nothing on their weapons pylons. I just have one stinger left and I'm saving it for something special, like a hot air balloon or something.

Don't you want to save that one for go-cart girl?
or her gaggle of friends?
IB4OU2
4/5/2006, 07:52 PM
The F-18 E/F series are great warbirds and a great customer (Navy) of ours and 1tc put your bb gun up cause they aint skeered.....:D
Penguin
4/5/2006, 07:53 PM
I'm pretty sure shooting down a military aircraft is an act of war. So, unless you're prepared to declare war on the Navy, I would stick to just shooting down airliners.
SicEmBaylor
4/5/2006, 07:54 PM
I thought F-18s were Air Force and F-14s were Navy. :confused:

God you are a liberal.