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    Quote Originally Posted by hazard02 View Post
    None of the Ace combat titles after Electrosphere were ever as good as this was, damn that was a great game.
    Haven't played the others. It's a shame to hear that.

    Ace Combat 2 was my favourite, though I liked the eerie quality of AC3. I played 2 player on Air Combat once, they should've had 2 player on the later versions

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    Quote Originally Posted by hazard02 View Post
    A piece of aviation history they are, and still an impressive feat of engineering nearly thirty years after they first flew.
    An interesting third picture there!
    I was looking at Google Earth yesterday, and was surprised to see six F-4's on the ramp at NAS Miramar!
    There must be a few still hiding from the boneyard.

    An Israeli Kfir and a SAAB Draken also appeared to be visiting.
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    the F4's are used as target drones, and as 'enemy' fighters.

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    bah. the yanks should use a proper bomber:

    i was fortunate to be at chicksands about 10 years ago to see the last ever one in the air
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    Yeah I do recall, but dismissed it as being you when I saw both wheels on the ground.
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    Quote Originally Posted by marty View Post
    the F4's are used as target drones, and as 'enemy' fighters.
    I know they are used as drones, but these were lined up on the dispersal flight line!
    Quote Originally Posted by Morcs View Post
    i was fortunate to be at chicksands about 10 years ago to see the last ever one in the air
    You do know that there is an airworthy one in UK at the moment?
    It flew a couple of months ago.
    Google "Vulcan to the sky".
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    Some extra piccies of a burned out bomber...

    Also Ike testing her rudder.
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    It's covered in white stuff...


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    Quote Originally Posted by EJK View Post
    It's covered in white stuff...
    Yeh, thats because it evapourated the firemen out of their suits!
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    So when are the US gonna turn all these bombers in Megafortresses.

    surely you guys have read dale brown novels
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    Yeah I do recall, but dismissed it as being you when I saw both wheels on the ground.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morcs View Post
    So when are the US gonna turn all these bombers in Megafortresses.

    surely you guys have read dale brown novels
    im reading ""Storming Heaven '' at the mo........great book. I think Osama Bin Liner read it before 9/11...............( oh no the CIA will be watching me now, better put my tin foil hat on

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    Sooner or later, someone is going to get a photo of Aurora. There's a photo of the "doughnuts on a rope" con trail at dawn when it left Macrihannish airbase in Scotland under the cover of dark, but that's all at present. I think a British Airways 747 captain is also reputed to have spotted it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    You will love this then...
    Gotta hunt down those jetski fuckers! John Banks will be concerned.

    New Zealand Lowers Its Sights.
    May 19, 2008: New Zealand is upgrading its fleet (two frigates and a coastal patrol boat) to better deal with terrorist attacks. The 20mm Phalanx weapons on the two frigates will be modified so they can attack small boats or jet-skis. Currently, the Phalanx systems can only attack incoming missiles or aircraft. The upgrade will cost about US$20 million.
    There is more upgrades than just the upgrading the CIWIS . and its slight more than one coastal coastal boat... the 4 inshore IPCs are replaements for the Lake class PC that were decommissioned in 1989(ish) the 2 Off shore PV (OPV) to to take the strain off the ANZACs so that they can be deployed as operational. Instead of having to be deployed as fishery patrols or Search & Rescue... etc

    I wouldn't want to be arguing with a Phalanx system firing a full burst at 3000 to 4500 rounds a minute... it would make a total mess of my paintwork

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