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Ike
9/21/2006, 10:16 PM
The US Navy is retiring the F-14 :(

I know they are getting cooler toys these days, but this was always one fun bird to see.

http://www.ecanadanow.com/us/2006/09/21/us-navy-retires-the-f-14-tomcat/
Mongo
9/21/2006, 10:18 PM
Iceman is going to be p!ssed
yermom
9/21/2006, 10:21 PM
you could ride his tail anytime
slickdawg
9/21/2006, 10:22 PM
Adios to a sexy plane.
Mongo
9/21/2006, 10:27 PM
you could ride his tail anytime

Thats be his wingman anytime, pervert!!
yermom
9/21/2006, 10:29 PM
:D

http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/sleep.shtml
Mongo
9/21/2006, 10:33 PM
:D

http://www.godamongdirectors.com/scripts/sleep.shtml


Well, they are the NAVY:D
handcrafted
9/21/2006, 10:50 PM
I have actually ridden in one. That is a sexy plane. This is a sad day.

:(
Blue
9/21/2006, 10:53 PM
Let's give love to what we still got.

http://es.geocities.com/scuadrafotos/wallpapers/S_F-22_Raptor_2_1024.jpg
tbl
9/21/2006, 10:53 PM
I sat next to an F18 pilot on his way home from a tour in Iraq, and he dogged the F14's out.
Blue
9/21/2006, 10:54 PM
F-18 Hornet

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/My-favourite-pics/aax.sized.jpg
Blue
9/21/2006, 11:10 PM
F-16 Fighting Falcon

http://www.waffenhq.de/flugzeuge/f-16-07.jpg
Blue
9/21/2006, 11:12 PM
My fave. "The Transformer." The F-15 Eagle.

http://www.sirviper.com/fighters/f-15/f15-1.jpg
yermom
9/22/2006, 01:36 AM
yeah, always dug the F-15 myself
12
9/22/2006, 01:48 AM
http://www.bringbackthecranes.org/images/updates/flight-jeffhuxmann-12-03-01a.jpg
Blue
9/22/2006, 01:52 AM
http://www.bringbackthecranes.org/images/updates/flight-jeffhuxmann-12-03-01a.jpg

Aaahh...the F-10 Goose. We're winning the war in Afghanistan with those right now.
badger
9/22/2006, 02:00 AM
reminds me of the simpsons:
Sideshow Bob cuts through the side of the blimp which deflates. He
grabs Bart and heads for the Harrier.

Lisa: He's getting away! [gets covered by the blimp]
Hapablap: Oh...not the Harrier! We've got a war tomorrow.
Bob: [sees control panel with two buttons, STOP and FLY] God bless the idiot-proof Air Force.
JohnnyMack
9/22/2006, 07:44 AM
Aaahh...the F-10 Goose. We're winning the war in Afghanistan with those right now.

Pffttt.........Like W is focusing that much of our resources on Afghanistan.
BeetDigger
9/22/2006, 09:14 AM
yeah, always dug the F-15 myself


Pervert.
IronSooner
9/22/2006, 10:14 AM
Wonder if they'll be auctioning any F-14's off...
KC//CRIMSON
9/22/2006, 10:42 AM
http://zonaminada.entertainment.directnic.com/imagenes/CAZADORES_avionesdepapel_origami.jpg
Scott D
9/22/2006, 10:46 AM
I sat next to an F18 pilot on his way home from a tour in Iraq, and he dogged the F14's out.

yeah Hornet jocks tend to be like that...primarily because their bird was designed more for dogfighting than the Tomcat was. However if I needed to blow a muh****ah' up from 3+ miles away in air combat, I'd take a Tomcat over nearly everything not tagged as a Mig-31.
BeetDigger
9/22/2006, 01:26 PM
yeah Hornet jocks tend to be like that...primarily because their bird was designed more for dogfighting than the Tomcat was. However if I needed to blow a muh****ah' up from 3+ miles away in air combat, I'd take a Tomcat over nearly everything not tagged as a Mig-31.


Fighter plane smack.
mdklatt
9/22/2006, 01:46 PM
yeah Hornet jocks tend to be like that...primarily because their bird was designed more for dogfighting than the Tomcat was. However if I needed to blow a muh****ah' up from 3+ miles away in air combat, I'd take a Tomcat over nearly everything not tagged as a Mig-31.

Since it carries the AMRAAM, the F-18 is just as effective at BVR (beyond visual range) engagments as the F-14. Where nobody could touch the F-14 was super-duper-long-range engagements with the Phoenix missile.
Scott D
9/22/2006, 01:54 PM
Since it carries the AMRAAM, the F-18 is just as effective at BVR (beyond visual range) engagments as the F-14. Where nobody could touch the F-14 was super-duper-long-range engagements with the Phoenix missile.

well it HAS been 15+ years since I paid attention to that stuff...I was too lazy to look up the range of either the Phoenix or the AMRAAM
Scott D
9/22/2006, 01:55 PM
Fighter plane smack.

heh, more like Navy Brat who knew pilots of both smack :)
TexasLidig8r
9/22/2006, 02:01 PM
So, is the Phoenix missile being retired too?

Wasn't the F-14 the only platform that carried the Phoenix?

and dang.. those were big f'in' jets.
mdklatt
9/22/2006, 02:04 PM
Wasn't the F-14 the only platform that carried the Phoenix?


The Navy version of the F-111 was supposed to carry it too, but that never panned out.
BeetDigger
9/22/2006, 02:29 PM
*cough* Figher plane nerds *cough*


Just shows, there is an 8th grader lurking inside all of us.
n8v_ndn
9/22/2006, 03:51 PM
So, is the Phoenix missile being retired too?

Wasn't the F-14 the only platform that carried the Phoenix?

and dang.. those were big f'in' jets.

the AIM54 Phoenix was retired 2-3 years ago. We'll miss you, you 100 mile range, fat-as-a-telephone-pole projectile of death.