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MQ-25A Refuels F-35C Joint Strike Fighter Over Illinois
U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE ^
| September 14, 2021
| Sam LaGrone
Posted on 09/14/2021 12:54:33 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
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To: American Number 181269513
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posted on
09/14/2021 12:58:04 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: American Number 181269513
Mida air refueling is impressive. Doing it with a drone is a flex move. Will we ever see mid air rearming?
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posted on
09/14/2021 12:59:11 PM PDT
by
taxcontrol
(The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
To: American Number 181269513
Soon every two-bit air force in the world will be able to afford mid-air refueling.
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posted on
09/14/2021 12:59:11 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: taxcontrol
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posted on
09/14/2021 12:59:57 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: American Number 181269513
Where do they swipe the credit card?
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:01:16 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: American Number 181269513
Did Sleepy46 leave any of those tankers for the tallyband?
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:02:00 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(Proudly posting comments without reading the articles since 2002.)
To: Seruzawa
Yeah but does it give out steak knives when finished?
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:03:00 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: American Number 181269513
I’d like to see a tanker version of the V-22 Osprey tilt rotor, able to take off from something other than a carrier and refuel our jets.
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:03:58 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
To: Seruzawa
Something about the pic.......
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:04:05 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: taxcontrol
Mida air refueling is impressive. Doing it with a drone is a flex move. Will we ever see mid air rearming? All the drone has to do is fly straight and level. It's the receiving pilot that does all of the hard work.
I would only be concerned that the MQ-25A, being as small as it is, would get tossed around more in rough weather than a larger and heavier aircraft, making it more difficult for the receiving aircraft to connect with the drogue basket.
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:05:27 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: SauronOfMordor
I’d like to see a tanker version of the V-22 Osprey tilt rotor, able to take off from something other than a carrier and refuel our jets. Not sure that the large rotors on a V-22 in airplane mode would make for a stable drogue.
We're replacing the C-2 Greyhounds with V-22s for Carrier Onboard Delivery duties, so I'd like to see some of the lowest time C-2s converted to tankers.
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:07:40 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: American Number 181269513
What good is this capability in a woke military? It’s not like we’re going to fight anyone or make an effort to counter any aggression, after all.
To: Seruzawa
Here she is refueling an F-35C:
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:10:40 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Starboard
What good is this capability in a woke military? Gotta keep the Woke Military-Industrial Complex fed.
Generals and Admirals need cushy jobs in the private aerospace sector to go to after they retire from the military.
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:13:02 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: American Number 181269513
That is not an unmanned drone - that’s sexist. It’s a differently-personed Aircraft Of Color.
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:17:35 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Yo-Yo
No windows... So how does the unman see where he’s going?
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posted on
09/14/2021 1:18:42 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Yo-Yo
100% correct. The expenditures have nothing to do with military readiness; it just enriches those engaged in expanding the lucrative Military-Industrial Complex.
As Will Rogers might say today “We have the best military money can buy.”
To: Billthedrill
Post of the Day!!!!!!!!!!
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