Iran says thank you for the drone

[pauldun170]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/isaf-u-spy-drone-iran-claims-brought-down-195224233.html

While the IRNA headline described the U.S. spy drone as having been "shot down," an Iranian military official quoted on Iranian state television claimed that an Iranian military cyber-warfare unit "managed to take over controls of the drone and bring it down," the Washington Post's Thomas Erdbrink noted. That latter account would seem to be more in line with the description given by ISAF of the spy drone operators having "lost control" of it in western Afghanistan last week.

[Trip]

The more I read about these, the more I think our engineers are fucking retarded.

Apparently it's real easy to get the video feed. Basically all you need a is a laptop and $25 program to see everything we can see on the drones......

All the insurgents figured this shit out quick and watch what we are up to....

[Particle Man]

Bring back the F-16.

[Dave]

The more I read about these, the more I think our engineers are fucking retarded.

Apparently it's real easy to get the video feed. Basically all you need a is a laptop and $25 program to see everything we can see on the drones......

All the insurgents figured this shit out quick and watch what we are up to....

Cant take the man out of the fight. said it a million times

[njchopper87]

Yeah.. my instructor has been going on about this for weeks.. why the fuck no encryption?!

[Scot]

off topic but Shel Silverstein creeps me the hell out.

[tommymac]

Bring back the F-16.

better yet a squadron of b-52s to carpet bomb the whole area. No real collateal damage if yo ukill everybody :lol:

[Particle Man]

better yet a squadron of b-52s to carpet bomb the whole area. No real collateal damage if yo ukill everybody :lol:

With how old those airframes are, no thanks :lol:

[tommymac]

With how old those airframes are, no thanks :lol:

I aint flying them so I am not worried LOL

[Particle Man]

I aint flying them so I am not worried LOL

Hahaha - used to be a bomber wing stationed here - my dad worked on them when he was an AF aircraft mechanic... Like 35 years ago. The same ones are probably still in service :lol:

There's AF folks here who can probably confirm both that as well as how much safety wire is holding the wings on :lol

[Mr Lefty]

With how old those airframes are, no thanks :lol:

no anti-aircraft flak to contend with so... hell why the hell not...

[Particle Man]

no anti-aircraft flak to contend with so... hell why the hell not...

True-

[Razor]

B-52s are about the oldest airframe still in service, followed closely by the venerable C-130s (ours are all 63-65 models) and the BUFFs (Big Ugly Flying Fuckers) are planned on being around until approximately 2040. You might think they are held together with duct tape and baling wire but in reality, about the only things that are that old are the framing (tho someparts of the frame have been replaced multiple times) and the wiring (again some harnesses are replaced as additional components are added or subtractedto the systems). So in actuality, most parts of those aircraft are much newer than the year model date as they are replaced as they wear out or break, everything from fuses and eletrical buses to wing root boxes... major overhauls happen after so much time or so many flight hours. Other than a little external skin, some of the frame work and some electrical, about the only thing that is old is the regrsitration number...

[Particle Man]

My dad told me a story about watching a C-130 land without a tail in Vietnam - had mad respect for those planes.

[pauldun170]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16095823

[Mr Lefty]

My dad told me a story about watching a C-130 land without a tail in Vietnam - had mad respect for those planes.

I've heard a few about A-10's flying missing half a wing and another with only one engine... mind you not that it wasn't operational... it was FUCKING GONE. from a couple crew chiefs that worked on them in Korea... fuck'n crazy

[RACER X]

NM

[derf]

A10s and C130s are flying monsters, they can really take a beating and not even blink

[Particle Man]

A10s and C130s are flying monsters, they can really take a beating and not even blink

Heard that from him as well - along with C-123's at the time.

Damn I loved those stories. He didn't tell 'em a lot and unfortunately, now he is gone.

[derf]

video of an F15 flying with just 1 wing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_EXtBEaBbs

[Particle Man]

Going ballistic is cheating :lol

[Papa_Complex]

Military aircraft have a long history of making it home, when they shouldn't be able to fly. In WWII the Lancaster Bombers came back with horrific damage.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205090705

[tommymac]

Military aircraft have a long history of making it home, when they shouldn't be able to fly. In WWII the Lancaster Bombers came back with horrific damage.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205090705

A lot of the B-17-s and B-24's got shot up prety bad and still made it back to england.

[pauldun170]

A lot of the B-17-s and B-24's got shot up prety bad and still made it back to england.

B-17s made it home because they were pretty rugged
A B-24 would make it home out of sheer luck. Design not so rugged.

[Dave]

B-17s made it home because they were pretty rugged
A B-24 would make it home out of sheer luck. Design not so rugged.

a B-26 rarely made it home even without damage.

B-25s went swimming cause the deck was too short :lol

[tommymac]

and the b-29 was able to fly higher than all the other planes anyway :lol:

[pauldun170]

a B-26 rarely made it home even without damage.

B-25s went swimming cause the deck was too short :lol

B26 was pretty solid but like to pull the lulz on noobs

[pauldun170]

and the b-29 was able to fly higher than all the other planes anyway :lol: b29 needed to operate at high alts because when the engines quit you needed the glide time to figure out how to get them running again

[Dave]

B26 was pretty solid but like to pull the lulz on noobs

When it crashed it sounded like trollololololol

[pauldun170]

When it crashed it sounded like trollololololol

:lol