They call them stealth for a reason
09-23-2023, 08:23 AM
#31
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
The senior officer might well have been the student. If not given his age was likely the CO or XO of the squadron.
Normally a senior officer would not switch airplanes. He might be doing refresher training after a desk job, but he would still have plenty of previous time in the type. Nobody has previous F-35B time though.
09-23-2023, 09:46 AM
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I'm not sure that driving the airplane into the ground as soon as possible would be a benefit, despite any perceived protection of sensitive components or classified material.
Imagine the fallout from a system that intentionally drove the jet into suburbia where the pilot punched out.
Generally when someone's getting out, the aircraft is beyond salvation, or the flight path is beyond recovery. Anything that does survive and should not, can be blown in place.
Except the fuzzy dice. No fuzzy dice left behind.
Imagine the fallout from a system that intentionally drove the jet into suburbia where the pilot punched out.
Generally when someone's getting out, the aircraft is beyond salvation, or the flight path is beyond recovery. Anything that does survive and should not, can be blown in place.
Except the fuzzy dice. No fuzzy dice left behind.
09-23-2023, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
I'm not sure that driving the airplane into the ground as soon as possible would be a benefit, despite any perceived protection of sensitive components or classified material.
Imagine the fallout from a system that intentionally drove the jet into suburbia where the pilot punched out.
Imagine the fallout from a system that intentionally drove the jet into suburbia where the pilot punched out.
The pilots gets a vote, if the plane is controllable and has some energy state, and they normally try to aim away from people. If the pilot has no control, the computer probably doesn't either.
Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Anything that does survive and should not, can be blown in place.
09-23-2023, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Yeah, since the F-35B is new in service, he could have been a student transitioning from another type on his way to squadron or even wing command.
Normally a senior officer would not switch airplanes. He might be doing refresher training after a desk job, but he would still have plenty of previous time in the type. Nobody has previous F-35B time though.
Normally a senior officer would not switch airplanes. He might be doing refresher training after a desk job, but he would still have plenty of previous time in the type. Nobody has previous F-35B time though.
09-23-2023, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by badflaps
They said he is 47, wouldn't he be close to wing king or better?
That's too young for GO though, even if the guy was a real prodigy, in college at age 17 and an early promote or two. I seriously doubt it.
09-24-2023, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by badflaps
From the phone call it seems as he was as surprised as anybody that he was still not on board.
But either way he didn't give any deets, and that was probably intentional.
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