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F-35s in burner at twilight, AWESOME!

One of the jets in the flyby I was sitting in April last year while at Eglin

and Pyro Jesus is a good dude if you get to meet him

That?s cute, but have you seen the Iranian AF?s scary new video? We don?t stand a chance against their fleet of (checks notes) F4s. :dielaughing:

https://x.com/iriran_military/status/1828100434340311273?s=61&t=wvMUJkiaXIInhx71fKgtyw

I have flight time in F-4Es
Of course I was MUCH younger then .... :naughty:

You sure it wasn?t an F-4U? :laugh:

Pappy

Beware come 9/5
You have made the "list" boy! :nono:

It was my favorite military aircraft of all times.  Made several models as a kid.

Growing up and through the first seveal years of my AF career it was the P-38
Even helped restore one while stationed at England AFB for the Confederate AF
2nd favorite was the B-58 Hustler, wtill think it was the greatest looking aircraft ever flown (B-70 Valkrie would be 2nd on that list)

From the sheer amount of flight time it would be the C-130
Flown on the following variants:
C-130H1
C-130H2
C-120H2.5
C-130H3
AC-130A (including the First Lady (1st production C-130 53-0129)
AC-130H
AC-130U
MC / AC-130W
MC-130E
MC-130H
MC-130J
64-500, which was a C-130E with half a MC-130H avionics kit and a wierd APU mounted backwars in the A'C (flew that one at 500 feet while TFing) - also at one point had an unsual sensor suite
C-130Es that had a very unusual sensor suite installed
C-130Es that had a drone sensor system installed

I had some fun!

I hate that this thing listens to me.  Looked what popped on my feed today:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/852033322937878/permalink/1044756106998931/

Oh yeah. Big Brother Zuck (among many others) is always watching.  :inughout:

Elmendorf in the 70s I remember thinking F4s were kick ass and then when China invaded Vietnam we got F15s and watching them take off in that ice fog I was impressed.

I was on Watts Bar Lake over the recent 4th holiday and went out with my daughter on the waverunner. We were pretty much in the middle of the river between Sand Island and Euchee dock when we heard this deafening roar approaching us from behind.  I thought a damn barge going 200 miles an hour was about to rear end us.  I turned around, looked up and a dang jet fighter was like 100' above us! 100', no lie. The roar was deafening and scared the living daylights out of us both. After it buzzed us, it climbed and turned to get back beside the the other aircraft is was cruising with.  It had twin tail fins, so I guess it was an F-35, but not sure.  It was an amazing experience. 

I did TDY at Elmendorf AFB while I was in the Navy...Beautiful country.... From there we did TDY at Kadena AFB Okinawa Japan. Another beautiful place but hot as hell.