4 Female F15 Pilots...that's hot!
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| First Pictures of the F-35 JSF |
| 2006-07-07 |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #16 Cute, but the AF isn't excited about the JSF. F-22 is the shit. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-07-07 17:31 |
| #15 BTW, you can see the prototype up close at the new National Air & Space Museum at Dulles. Very nice. Absolutly HUGE place, too. B-707, SR-71, Concord, the Shuttle Enterprise and much more all get swallowed up in a truly cavernous hanger display. |
| Posted by: Shuling Angurong7260 2006-07-07 17:05 |
| #14 "(WHY) jump from the F22 to the F35" The history of the "F-35" began as an X-plane prototype; the X-35. That, and F-35 sounded much more advanced than a F-24, and thus more likely to get funded. Yes, it's a travesty to the traditional numbering system. But it's mild compared to the total cluster%^&* that today passes for warship numbering. It's all just gone to He11, numbering wise. Nice plane though. |
| Posted by: Shuling Angurong7260 2006-07-07 17:00 |
| #13 From that site 7/7/06 USAF names Lockheed Martin's F-35 JSF the Lightning II You voted for Black Mamba, but the US Air Force decided differently and so Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has now been christened. No poisonous snakes, man-eating birds or scythe wielders; the F-35 has been given a name at once appropriate and predictable - Lightning II. Formally named at the roll-out of the first F-35 today in Fort Worth, Texas, the multinational JSF has been named after two legendary fighters, one American and one British. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-07-07 13:58 |
| #12 Looking on that site, I found more pretty birds! 4 Female F15 Pilots...that's hot! |
| Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-07-07 13:34 |
| #11 A pity it has the crescent of Islam on it. |
| Posted by: Kratos 2006-07-07 13:25 |
| #10 Pretty is right. I like the pictures of some of the plant personnel escorting it - they all look like proud parents. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-07-07 13:00 |
| #9 Steve - That it was, sir. Northrop had it all set to be named F-23A Blackwidow II after their famed WWII nightfighter. If you take a look at some of the in-flight publicity shots, a red 'hourglass' marking is clearly visible on the -23's belly. Officially, Northrop swore it was a 'test marking'. Of course the same killjoys who rejected 'Lightning II' for the F-22 would have probably put paid to that. (I've got a Lockmart coffee mug with 'F-22 Lightning II' on it..drives people crazy. :) Mike Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-07-07 12:53 |
| #8 wxjames - Long time USAF urban legend has it that some of the 'missing numbers' in both the old Century Series and the new ones were assigned to Soviet/Chinese aircraft that were flown at Nellis AFB without the knowledge or approval of their original builders. A more solid piece of info is that more than a few 'paper airplanes' - company proposals that never get off a drawing board - have also been assigned F- or B- numbers, though this is not done anywhere near as much as it used to be. On the other hand, don't forget that the JSF project goes back to the mid-80s, so who knows what kind of numerical gyrations the nomenclature may have gone through. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-07-07 12:50 |
| #7 Did we jump from the F22 to the F35 ? A number gets assigned early in design phase. Lot's never get beyond concept, some make it to mockup, even fewer make it to the flying stage. For example, the YF-23 lost to the F-22 in the final testing. Pity, it was a beautiful bird. |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-07-07 12:48 |
| #6 And to think that there are people alive now who were born before man's first powered flight. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-07 10:36 |
| #5 Did we jump from the F22 to the F35 ? What happened to good ole numbers like F24 and F25 ? Are they so secret that we can't use those numbers ? Huh ? What didn't you like about the F33 ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-07-07 10:26 |
| #4 ...My understanding is that the first line unit to get the -35 will be the 20th FW across the road from me at Shaw AFB SC. Got an up-close and personal with a full-scale mockup and some LockMart guys some time back, IF this beast works as advertised it's going to be a winner. It may also be the last manned combat aircraft built for the USAF, but you didn't hear that from me. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2006-07-07 10:18 |
| #3 Needs some Flying Tiger Teeth.... Anyone good enough with Photo Shop? |
| Posted by: TomAnon 2006-07-07 10:18 |
| #2 I want one. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-07-07 07:26 |
| #1 Pretty bird... |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-07-07 00:21 |