The big scam: The carbon footprint/credit scheme.

Edit… I forgot: with no disrespect to my buddies Frank and Arthur above. 😉 . BTW that is a pretty good water management thing you’all have got going. Probably could save us another Katrina instead of always going with the lowest bidder.

The flip side of that coin….. everyone in the row boat ponies up or no stated price as above…

Here are the other words along with that super duper price…

“That the fixed price would only be able to be offered if consortium numbers and schedules are maintained, and that it would likely add additional costs should partner nations start deferring or reducing their buys.”

Meaning, the ungrateful/unwashed: Norway, Denmark, Netherlands and Canada stating their next jet will be a competitive process between different jet companies could throw a monkey into the wrench.

The F-22 early on was supposed to take 25,000 pounds internal. Target weight problems later brought that down quite a bit.

USAF fact sheets are weak. Public Affairs pukes are weak too on airplane facts. Just look at the raft of poor captions/words in photos and stories:rolleyes: .

One thing that is especially correct on the fact sheet:

Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers). Way… above.

Funny though, I would think that the CE pukes (fire department) would have a huge safety write-up if their T.O.s for fire response were wrong.

Currently, with the ability massive tanker support, the range of the F-22 is quite far.

I would hope the ease of repair/refurb claims of F-35 deliver on the promise. F-22 L.O. refurb is still a lot of work at the active units. For the wonder bomber, I would be more impressed with a L.O. setup that was easier to maintain. Mission up times on the B-2 aren’t all that great.

Then too ex-LM hack Secretary of the USAF Wynne needs to get his story correct. Some months ago he was hawking the F-35 as a national security concern and to get lots of them all while poo-pooing the big bomber and that the last time the USAF got a big bomber they only got 21 of them. Then lately he is saying the big bomber is really important. I’d be a lot happier if Wynne, England and Gates were long gone. None of them know Jack s*** about what the USAF needs.

U.S. May Not Approve U.K. Fighter-Jet Sale to Saudis, FT Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aZT8nyygqq_M&refer=africa

Has Russia had a problem with aircraft tires for a while? When I saw the MiG-29 at Farnborough in 1988 the tires were damn near bald.

ditto with the An-124s before they went commercial.

Better start ordering more Supers.

Doing CBR and other patch up work on heavily used classic Hornets is a losers play.

Some other interesting stuff out there from AV Week at el that talks about Gs working hand in hand with Super Block IIF models in computer simulations. Which makes some sense as the Block IIF has some good passive sensor geo-locating gear too. The jammer on the Block II (non-Gs) is already potent for defensive work including where the ALE-55 is a leap ahead from the ALE-50.

They should make a good enclosed bubble that moves around for executing precision strikes. Funny as it is with Israel liking two-crew setup so much that the Block IIF and G would be highly useful for an IDF setup.