Comments on: Landing checklist complete!

By: sid

sid — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:26:44 +0000

“considering all the fun there was over the Bone?

By: sid

sid — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:26:44 +0000

“considering all the fun there was over the Bone’s jamming equipment in it’s early (and not so early) years.”

The Bone, like the Vigi, was a North American product. One can say that NAA’s engineers certainly had an eye for aesthetics in their designs.
But as is the case with many a pretty woman, those pretty aircraft came with some real issues and were (are) seriously high maintenance!

By: Bomber Guy

Bomber Guy — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:16:04 +0000

I have it on good authority from a “Buff” driver assigned to the AFB at which this “broken-Bone” blocked the main runway for about 15 hours that it was, in fact, buffoonery!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:08:07 +0000

Unlikely the USAF will be getting anything. DoD gave up the escort jamming mission period with the (premature) retirement of the USAF’s Spark ‘Varks, and the USAF gave up any sort of escort jamming (excepting a retasked Bone) to the Navy’s Queers.

By: SGT Jeff (USAR)

SGT Jeff (USAR) — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:23:35 +0000

Does this mean the USAF will also be getting F/A-18G’s as well? Seems like a poor choice to go along with a “deep strike” unless one of the F-15E’s loads up with buddy stores instead of bombs…

By: Nose

Nose — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:03:17 +0000

SGT Jeff,

One of my bubbas is CO of a Prowler squadron. When he heard the follow on would be built around F-18, he was worried, but now he tells me rest easy, all is well. Capabilities are very, very good.

Best