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Gerald
08-14-10, 01:52 PM
Our picks of the best images of the military in action, highlighting the technology that the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines deal with every day.

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/scitech/2010/08/14/military-tech-action/?test=faces#slide=1
Platapus
08-14-10, 03:29 PM
Mid air refueling for a helo must be stressful :salute:
Gerald
08-14-10, 03:34 PM
Mid air refueling for a helo must be stressful :salute:
:salute:
Oberon
08-14-10, 03:45 PM
I'd say so!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyAMC7miuy4 :doh:
Gerald
08-14-10, 03:53 PM
I'd say so!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyAMC7miuy4 :doh: :roll:
krashkart
08-14-10, 05:38 PM
I'd say so!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyAMC7miuy4 :doh:

Oh...! Those are some sturdy rotor blades. :)
Sailor Steve
08-14-10, 06:41 PM
Did somebody say refueling?

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Refueling_1923.jpg
TLAM Strike
08-14-10, 06:58 PM
Steve that's not how you do it...
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3199/tu16.jpg
This is how you do it!
Sailor Steve
08-14-10, 09:27 PM
Which one's giving and which one's recieving?

I always knew there was something odd about those Soviets.
TLAM Strike
08-15-10, 12:34 AM
Which one's giving and which one's recieving? I think its more of a mutually satisfying operation... :O:

I always knew there was something odd about those Soviets. "Odd" doesn't begin to cover it...
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/390/zvenospb.jpg
Yes those are what you think and yes they actually did use them in combat...
Sledgehammer427
08-15-10, 02:19 AM
question is, did it work?

can you imagine what kind of carnage would have been caused if one of those planes failed to release? or if one of the wings didn't release but the rest of the plane did?
:o
Oberon
08-15-10, 10:12 AM
Awesome pic Steve...and TLAM...that first Russkie pic has me confused...but then again, so does a lot of stuff the Russkies did :yep: Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air... :hmmm:
Lionclaw
08-15-10, 10:14 AM
Awesome pic Steve...and TLAM...that first Russkie pic has me confused...but then again, so does a lot of stuff the Russkies did :yep: Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air... :hmmm:

Perhaps one of the planes flew really fast and pulled the airbrake making the hose snap forward and attach to the other plane? :D:O:
TLAM Strike
08-15-10, 10:36 AM
question is, did it work? Indeed they did:

After the Nazi invasion of the USSR on 22 June 1941, the Z-SPBs actually saw significant combat use, being sent to the Black Sea region for operations. The first Z-SPB raid was conducted on an oil depot in Constanta, Rumania on 26 July 1941. Two I-16SPBs were released on the raid, which was highly successful, the Rumanian defenders having no warning. In fact, the I-16SPBs conducted a casual circle over the town before diving in, with no one on the ground paying them real attention until the bombs went off. Further Z-SPB attacks were conducted, with a particular focus on bridges, which the I-16SPBs proved effective in bringing down; the average ratio of bomb hits to misses in Z-SPB missions easily exceeded 50%. Vakhmistrov provided engineering assistance to further Z-SPB operations, developing an external fuel tank to help stretch the range of the I-16SPB and beefing up the armor and defensive weapons of the vulnerable TB-3s.
Records of what the Rumanians and Germans thought of the Z-SPB attacks are sketchy, but it appears they were baffled as to where the little Polikarpov fighters were coming from. German advances in the south finally forced the withdrawal of the Z-SPBs, the last combat operation taking place on 22 October 1941. They did not see action again, since both the I-16 and the TB-3 were effectively obsolete. A total of 29 sorties of the Z-SPB took place, expending a total of 116 bombs, with losses of three I-16SPBs but no TB-3s.from: http://www.vectorsite.net/avparsit.html


Awesome pic Steve...and TLAM...that first Russkie pic has me confused...but then again, so does a lot of stuff the Russkies did :yep: Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air... :hmmm: Not that complicated really the plane in front trails a hose much like in the Probe and Drogue system. The bomber behind it catches the hose with a special hookup on its wingtip.
Weiss Pinguin
08-15-10, 10:40 AM
question is, did it work?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zveno_project
Oberon
08-15-10, 10:49 AM
D'oh! It looks more complicated than that in the pic, probably because they're flying next to each other rather than one behind the other.
Gotta love the old Badgers though :up: They always remind me of the old NES game MiG-29 Soviet Fighter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiD3YIAEqAY (2:10)
My first exposure to Russian aircraft, and air to air refueling come to think of it. A real swine to do on the later levels...if you can get that far :doh:
krashkart
08-15-10, 12:33 PM
Particularly it confuses me how they managed to connect the hose in mid air... :hmmm:

First they sent a guy out on the wing... :DL
TLAM Strike
08-15-10, 12:43 PM
Gotta love the old Badgers though :up: They always remind me of the old NES game MiG-29 Soviet Fighter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiD3YIAEqAY (2:10)
My first exposure to Russian aircraft, and air to air refueling come to think of it. A real swine to do on the later levels...if you can get that far :doh:

:up:
I had that game way back when! My first exposure to Russian gear as well. :ping:
I loved the ultra-close combat in the second stage where you have to get in behind and get a lock on to the enemy boss.
Gerald
08-15-10, 12:46 PM
First they sent a guy out on the wing... :DL :yep:
Oberon
08-15-10, 12:48 PM
:up:
I had that game way back when! My first exposure to Russian gear as well. :ping:
I loved the ultra-close combat in the second stage where you have to get in behind and get a lock on to the enemy boss.

Oh dear god, the Terror Vulture! Yeah, getting him in lock was easy if you moved fast in the early moments of the level...but then when it sped up in 'Get Home' I always wound up flying into a building! :damn:
I'm glad someone else has played this game, I still love to listen to the music from it, and it's because of this game I'm rather a big fan of the MiG-29 :rock:
TLAM Strike
08-15-10, 01:00 PM
Oh dear god, the Terror Vulture! Yeah, getting him in lock was easy if you moved fast in the early moments of the level...but then when it sped up in 'Get Home' I always wound up flying into a building! :damn: First time I got to that stage I had one life left when I beat him and you guessed it, right in to a building... Game Over... :doh:

I'm glad someone else has played this game, I still love to listen to the music from it, and it's because of this game I'm rather a big fan of the MiG-29 :rock: Oh fantastic soundtrack! :yeah: Fantastic jet too :03:
Jimbuna
08-15-10, 01:36 PM
The simplest way to carry out mid-air refuelling.

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9562/oops8.jpg (http://img51.imageshack.us/i/oops8.jpg/)
bookworm_020
08-15-10, 05:58 PM
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9562/oops8.jpg (http://img51.imageshack.us/i/oops8.jpg/)

Pilot to Co-Pilot "Is it me, or is there a draft?":88)
Platapus
08-15-10, 07:07 PM
Gotta love the old Badgers though :up:


Badgers? We don't need no stinkn Badgers! :D
TLAM Strike
08-15-10, 07:41 PM
Badgers? We don't need no stinkn Badgers! :D

Its the Badgers or the Bears, take your pick! :03:

That post kinda Backfired on you Platapus... :O:
Oberon
08-15-10, 08:22 PM
Still....could be worse....could be an An-22... :hmmm:
Platapus
08-15-10, 08:30 PM
Its the Badgers or the Bears, take your pick! :03:

That post kinda Backfired on you Platapus... :O:

Are you "Firkin" talking to me! Let me be "Frank", your "Freehand" and "Freestyle" method of insulting me makes you a bit of a "Bounder". I mean you "Barge" into the conversation like some "Madcap" "Brawny" "Hoodlum".

This is nothing more than "Classic" "Careless" "Hokem" and I advise you not to incite "Havoc" on this thread any more! :stare:

:O:
Platapus
08-15-10, 08:40 PM
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9562/oops8.jpg (http://img51.imageshack.us/i/oops8.jpg/)

On this flight, passengers flying special economy will be deplaning first.....
TLAM Strike
08-15-10, 08:52 PM
Are you "Firkin" talking to me! Let me be "Frank", your "Freehand" and "Freestyle" method of insulting me makes you a bit of a "Bounder". I mean you "Barge" into the conversation like some "Madcap" "Brawny" "Hoodlum".

This is nothing more than "Classic" "Careless" "Hokem" and I advise you not to incite "Havoc" on this thread any more! :stare:

:O:

Don't forget I'm the "Alfa" dog, the "Kingfish", "Satan" him self in this "Sandbox". Any more "Sasin" from you and I will unleash a "Mongol" "Typhoon". No go back where you came from you "Hermit" before I "Hook" you to a "Horse" and "Clobber" you with a "Low Blow" you old "Coot".

:03:
TLAM Strike
08-15-10, 11:01 PM
You have not refueled until you have refueled while being heckled by the crew from MST3000...

http://www.hulu.com/watch/112299/mystery-science-theater-3000-the-starfighters
Platapus
08-16-10, 06:18 AM
Don't forget I'm the "Alfa" dog, the "Kingfish", "Satan" him self in this "Sandbox". Any more "Sasin" from you and I will unleash a "Mongol" "Typhoon". No go back where you came from you "Hermit" before I "Hook" you to a "Horse" and "Clobber" you with a "Low Blow" you old "Coot".

:03:

Minor foul for introducing radars, but othewise Awesome! :yeah: