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  • #46
    Originally posted by DanS View Post
    Totally public info.

    http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htw.../20070507.aspx
    This is the 2nd source I read about UAV's being piloted from the states, via satellink.

    My quesiton is - what the hell is the point?

    Unless they are strategical AUV's for limited strategical bombing, AUVs should be piloted by local forces, as close to the combat level as possible.

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    • #47
      Vaporware

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      • #48
        Aluminum is a fantastic metal. Planes are long-lived. Make the service life 10 years longer.
        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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        • #49
          Originally posted by Sirotnikov View Post
          This is the 2nd source I read about UAV's being piloted from the states, via satellink.

          My quesiton is - what the hell is the point?

          Unless they are strategical AUV's for limited strategical bombing, AUVs should be piloted by local forces, as close to the combat level as possible.
          Why?
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          • #50
            My quesiton is - what the hell is the point?


            Pilots based in the States can fly drones anywhere in the world, as needed. They're more flexible and cost-efficient.

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            • #51
              Make the service life 10 years longer.


              They already did. F-15s started out with a service life of 4000 flight hours, which was increased to 8000 with upgrades.

              Air Force examines whether F-15 maker is liable for crash
              http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/11/nation/na-airforce11
              The Air Force is reviewing decades-old contracts to determine whether manufacturers of U.S. fighter jets bear responsibility for a defect that caused one of the planes to break apart in flight late last year, officials said Thursday.

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              • #52
                They did it once and it worked. Time to do it again.
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
                    Why?
                    Because you mostly use them for things such as intel and recon that is on theater level or below, and for combat support, which should be directed by the local commanders, who run the show locally.

                    Unless I misread into the organization, and this wing is a strategic one, while the local commanders have their own fleet of UAVs they control.

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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by Naked Gents Rut View Post
                      Come on. That's lame. There are B52 airframes that have been in service for 55 years.
                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by DanS View Post
                        Come on. That's lame. There are B52 airframes that have been in service for 55 years.
                        F-15 airframes take a lot more of a pounding.
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                        • #57
                          B-52s don't experience anywhere near the stress on their airframes that high-performance fighter planes do.

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                          • #58
                            Build some more F-15s. Or use F18s. ****ing zoomies. Who cares about them.

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by Naked Gents Rut View Post
                              B-52s don't experience anywhere near the stress on their airframes that high-performance fighter planes do.
                              Thanks for the structural analysis.

                              Care to show your work?
                              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                              • #60
                                Like we need more ****ing fighter planes. My F-14 room-mate said that Desert Storm was a total snooze-fest. They flew CAP over the country all the time...and the entire squadron had one kill. And that was a helo.

                                But the F-18 guys were dropping bombs twice a day.

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