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Hilltopper89 10-14-2012 08:18 AM
Originally Posted by Hawk 285 (Post 1276656)
You said testy.
Now that's funny. Touche.

XHooker 10-15-2012 04:08 PM
Originally Posted by LowSlowT2 (Post 1276657)
One of my crusty old FEs used to say, "Back in my day, we drank whiskey & ****ed women. Now we drink diet coke and **** each other!"
So funny... so true! Another thing is the Air Force seems to have a broader definition of "fighter." In the Navy, if air-air wasn't a primary mission, it wasn't a fighter. Moot point now since the A-4/6/7 are gone.

MD10PLT 10-17-2012 01:31 AM
Originally Posted by XHooker (Post 1277499)
So funny... so true! Another thing is the Air Force seems to have a broader definition of "fighter." In the Navy, if air-air wasn't a primary mission, it wasn't a fighter. Moot point now since the A-4/6/7 are gone.
Shack....Which is more a fighter; a, B-1 with four afterburners and supersonic flight or a F-117, with none of the above.

ExAF 10-17-2012 05:56 AM
Neither
 
Originally Posted by MD10PLT (Post 1278242)
Shack....Which is more a fighter; a, B-1 with four afterburners and supersonic flight or a F-117, with none of the above.
Neither....They're both targets! ;):D

Hart11b 10-29-2012 10:44 PM
Originally Posted by MD10PLT (Post 1278242)
Shack....Which is more a fighter; a, B-1 with four afterburners and supersonic flight or a F-117, with none of the above.
Neither, they're both Bombers.

Adlerdriver 10-30-2012 06:34 AM
Originally Posted by Hart11b (Post 1284813)
Neither, they're both Bombers.
Thanks for clearing that up. :rolleyes: Good first post.

XHooker 10-31-2012 09:49 AM
Originally Posted by ExAF (Post 1278320)
Neither....They're both targets!
"Fighter pilots make movies. Attack pilots make history." 1986... anonymous A-something pilot.

ExAF 11-01-2012 06:09 AM
Originally Posted by XHooker (Post 1285516)
"Fighter pilots make movies. Attack pilots make history." 1986... anonymous A-something pilot.
Still targets! ;):D Flown em both BTW....fighters and targets....maybe you don't understand emoticons. :p

XHooker 11-02-2012 05:01 AM
Originally Posted by ExAF (Post 1285908)
Still targets! ;):D Flown em both BTW....fighters and targets....maybe you don't understand emoticons. :p
Au contraire, taken as it was meant... no need for emoticons. My statement, while intended as humor, was factual (it really was a saying in the late 80s after the release of Top Gun). No dog in the fight, but fighters were primarily support for the real mission of the carrier air wing in the days when "F" airplanes and "A" airplanes were different airplanes.

HuggyU2 11-02-2012 05:11 AM
Originally Posted by XHooker (Post 1286413)
...fighters were primarily support for the real mission...
They still are.


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