Recent content by Velocity173

I heard the OP died of Shingles back in 2030.

https://www.aviationlatitude.com/military-news/1729058_the-me-163-komet-will-fly-again

If you’re at Hampton that could very well be Flight Concepts. Those boys pretty much do what they want.

Heck even in combat there are restrictions on blacked out ops. Only unit I know of that does it on a regular basis is 160th. To do blacked out ops, even covert lighting (IR) at a public airport with no NOTAM and no comms would be flat out hazardous. As far as training at a civ airport, well...

Just take Ozempic like everyone else is doing. ;)

Army Heritage

Soak it with Fluid Film. Heard mixed reviews about those black underbody coatings. Some of them trap moisture inside and speed up corrosion.

Military does its own flight checks as well for tactical gear. Depends on how the system will operate. We had an FAA Flight Check for our ATC gear in Thailand because it was going to be used for IFR ops. We also had military Flight Check for small scale exercises for VFR only ops. Actually flew...

Fire Hawk. Asked about hiring. 12 on and 12 off. No thanks.

I was just reading about Audie Murphy today. Never realized he died in a 680 crash in VA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Colorado_Aviation_Aero_Commander_680_crash

What an incredible flying career. Vietnam to testing Burt’s designs out in Mojave. RIP.

Taxiing out for take off but yeah doesn’t look like anyone in the back either. Taken right after my first flight in country. Heard the distinctive sound of a Prowler behind me and snapped a shot.

A1 & VM1…the Clinton years.

Bagram AB Prowler.