The KC-130 is an extended range tanker transport aircraft modified for aerial refueling of aircraft equipped with an IFR (In Flight Refueling) probe: in other words, F-35B and C, the variants for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
On Feb. 7, 2012, Gen. Claudio Debertolis, head of the agency that is responsible for the procurement of new armaments, has announced that Italy has already ordered the first three Lockheed Martin F-35s. Unit price: […]
Here are some more interesting pictures from Hawaii showing the mighty USMC Super Stallion at work. The photographs in this post come from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463) based at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, in Hawaii, […]
On Mar. 14, 2014, Luke Air Force Base hosted a ceremony for the arrival of the first F-35 (Tail Number LF 5030), the 5th generation stealth fighter that will equip the 56th Fighter Wing. “The […]
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^LMAO. Posts like this are why I love the internet.
Talk to any fighter pilot about the danger of contrails. If you have something substantive to say, say it.
its very humid out….every aircraft would have the same phenomenon…you cant detect this small amount of wind turbulence unless you were focusing right at it.
You have no idea what you’re talking about, do you? Stealth doesn’t stop people from visually seeing you, it is the process of reducing radar and inferred signatures.
Talk to any fighter pilot about the danger of contrails.
In a fight, at least some choices are often made by your opponent.
“Locking on to the enemy contrails right now, Sir!”
^LMAO. Posts like this are why I love the internet.
Talk to any fighter pilot about the danger of contrails. If you have something substantive to say, say it.
its very humid out….every aircraft would have the same phenomenon…you cant detect this small amount of wind turbulence unless you were focusing right at it.
You have no idea what you’re talking about, do you? Stealth doesn’t stop people from visually seeing you, it is the process of reducing radar and inferred signatures.
Talk to any fighter pilot about the danger of contrails.
In a fight, at least some choices are often made by your opponent.
“Locking on to the enemy contrails right now, Sir!”