Aerial refueling could also give away your position :D. I invision a nice flame out the back when the residual fuel left in the line from the refueling probe goes in the the intake.

For that matter the whole line 😮

The biggest problem with USAF and I think it’s safe to same to some extend the USN is that their dependance on AWACS. The USAF and USN pilots depend way too much on them and as we know that most F-15 pilots for example will never even use their on board sensors and will always get info from AWACS.
Yes they know how to use their onboard sensors, they are taught how to use it in case AWACS go down or are unavailable, but they do not seem to be very good at it.

As it seems, the F-15 pilots after Cope India complained how they did not have any AWACS support.

Huh?
I would bet money that most nations would love to have an AWACS network. When the fighters don’t have to turn on their sensors they have an advantage. Most of the dissimilar training is done with one hand tied behind their back…this goes for both sides.

“Anyone taken the time and/or care to actually ask a F-14 pilot what s/he thinks of the SH?

Instead we all have our preconcieved notions and droll on and on into super borenetdom.”

You can find an interesting article comparing both on http://www.flightjournal.com/articles/f14f18/f14f18_1.asp

Regards,

That column is a wee bit biased since, ‘Bob Kress is an aeronautical engineer and, during his long career at Grumman, he was directly involved in the development of the F-14 Tomcat’.
😀

They will get over it 😀

I know Kress personally.

Yeahyeahyeah, that article could have been written by me. Dunderheads and jelly-spined career hounds in the officers corps ruining the military!

And Kress worked for whom? 😀

I have no pictures at the moment but I did come across some F-16 Bumber Stickers jokes on my HD 😀

You guys have probably read them as they apply to several airframes…imho.

F-16 BUMPER STICKERS

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Lean, Mean, Flameout Machine.
I SHALL RETURN…. Well, I might.
Mach Nix.
The F-16. Takes a licking, and takes a licking.
Have you hugged your chute today?
This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops.
I came. I saw. I bingo’d.
No deposit, no return.
We’ve spent so much money on this thing, we can’t afford to admit that we
were wrong.
A triumph of style over substance.
The best damn second place fighter in the world.
Instead of a CAS mod, we’re going to install a roll bar.
“And now, with this LANTIRN thing and our new Block 40’s, we can hit the
ground at NIGHT!”
We cover the target like a thong bikini.
And BINGO is my Name-O.
We crash more airplanes before 9-o’clock than most people crash all day.
Your courtesy appreciated. Please replace your divots.
A war record exceeding even the B-1.
Last in the talent show but first in the swimsuit competition.
Lose a few, lose a few.
Feet and knees together, eyes on the horizon…
Designated no-hitter.
Everything you wanted in a fighter, and less.
Optimist: F-16 pilot who is afraid of dying from cancer.
Only Michael Jackson is more manly.
Hey, today we didn’t lose a single jet.
This is going to hurt me more than it’s going to hurt you.
User friendly… if you’ve got three hands.
If we have a war with BDUs, we’ve got ’em beat.
“Careful, Badguys… I’m carrying BOTH bombs today. I’m talkin’
wall-to-wall MK-84’s pal.”
If I carried more weapons, and if
I had enough gas, and if…

I remember reading that the F-22 will be capable of carrying external weapons and fuel when its mission don’t require stealth. Nice photo of the MERs