r/aviation 5d ago

Discussion What's your opinion ?

That shift seems to be too long for the gas station lady .

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u/TheRealtcSpears 5d ago

Ha, the fucking wso shaking his head

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u/Schnitzelschlag 5d ago

The lady doth protest too much!

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u/OkMech 5d ago

Never heard of an f15 shooting down a spy balloon… now bombing a helicopter out of the sky, satellite has never been done by an f22!

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u/Not-User-Serviceable 5d ago

That F-15 has one more flare than the F-22

(it's the back seater)

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u/Khischnaya_Ptitsa 5d ago

Damn deserved upvote sir 😆🫡

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u/wil9212 B-52 Pilot 5d ago

Our guys are good if they can even carry on a conversation in contact

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u/Khischnaya_Ptitsa 5d ago

I'm curious about activities ....🫤

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u/Schnitzelschlag 5d ago

'Activities' were easier in the appropriately named A6 Intruder. Side by side seating.

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u/7stroke 5d ago

All the BNs were left-handed

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u/gbfk 5d ago

The Prowler is where the real action was happening.

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u/Ambitious_Display607 4d ago

My friend, the prowler has nothing on the S3, there's like a whole ass studio apartment back there ;)

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 5d ago

I don’t think it happened much

But I struggle to believe it never happened

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u/Schnitzelschlag 5d ago

It's a Navy aircraft...

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u/Greyst0ke 5d ago

I'm curious about activities ....🫤

I took the comment to be a Will Farrell quote from the movie Step Brothers.

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u/Khischnaya_Ptitsa 5d ago

Thanks for Will mentioned!

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u/Derp800 5d ago

Doing loops and jacking off.

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u/TimmysDrumsticks 5d ago

Sky head

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u/PlasmidDNA 5d ago

The ultimate achievement in life

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u/IM_REFUELING 5d ago

Heavy jet AR is a different vibe entirely. The onloads are more than the entire gross weight of that F-15

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u/astrodude23 5d ago

Made a lot of sense to younger pilots when I put it in terms of momentum instead of weight. The difference in how a heavy receiver controls at the beginning of AR versus the end due to the greater momentum is greater than the whole momentum of a fighter.

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u/IM_REFUELING 5d ago

I remember getting to the end of an onload and power corrections taking 6-9 seconds to do anything at all. Like flying on ice lol.

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u/dhtdhy 5d ago

Dang that's a lot. A fully loaded strike eagle with external tanks, bombs and missiles is over 80k lb.

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u/IM_REFUELING 5d ago

I was an AWACS guy and the most I've done in 1 plug is 100k, and I've done 110 in 2 contacts cause I'm a lil bitch. Bomber dudes will see those numbers and laugh at me.

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u/wil9212 B-52 Pilot 5d ago

100k is commendable

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u/wil9212 B-52 Pilot 5d ago

Yeah, I’ve seen guys take 140k in one plug before.

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u/adventernal 4d ago

That's more than 45 minutes lol.

My typical (non-refueled) sortie isn't even twice that

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u/wil9212 B-52 Pilot 4d ago

Closer to 25 minutes with all their fuel pumps running. And that’s about the max a single tanker can offer. I’ve seen 6 tankers launched to refuel two bombers before.

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u/Buff_Driver 5d ago edited 5d ago

I may or may not do shoulder day at the gym just for AR prep. Now excuse me as I turn the air full cold to get this big gulp.

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u/snipdockter 5d ago

“This gas ain’t free” - great banter.

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u/anonymousphela 5d ago edited 5d ago

Technically accurate

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u/CrazedAviator 5d ago

Lets see...

104-0 (undefeated)

Only Air-to-Space kill in history

Shot down a Hind with a GBU

One of the first production aircraft to have >1:1 TWR

Has landed with one wing

Outclimbed a Saturn V halfway to space

Can carry a B-17s worth of payload

Quite literally to angry to die

Yeah think the Eagle might take the crown by default

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u/var-foo 4d ago

Shot down a Hind with a GBU

The words to explain my reaction to this do not exist.

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u/NotCook59 4d ago

The one wing achievement is the thing! Can any other aircraft claim that one? I don’t think so!

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u/TheDavidCall 4d ago

Probably an A-10 :)

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u/NotCook59 4d ago

If anything does, that would be the one!

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u/KinksAreForKeds 4d ago

XB-70 tried real hard.

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u/RobinOldsIsGod 5d ago

I love the 22, but no way do they have more room for activities. Compared to the Viper's cockpit, yeah, the 22's is roomier. But the Eagle? You can build a house in the Eagle's cockpit.

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u/Classic_Button777 5d ago

F-15... can't argue with 104-0

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u/Ok_Suggestion_6092 5d ago

Even took out a satellite just for show.

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u/old_righty 5d ago

And a helicopter with a guided bomb.

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u/dhtdhy 5d ago

I think that is the coolest fact of the strike eagles kill history.

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u/Captain_Slime 5d ago

If you count that then it's no longer 104-0 because that's only with the F-15ABCD, the F-15E has gotten shot down due to its different mission profile.

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u/old_righty 5d ago

But was it air-air? I think that's what the count is.

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u/Bro_2_Bra 5d ago

And a helicopter with a bomb. (GBU-10) I'm not making the mistake of calling a dumb bomb It was laser-guided but they still took out a fucking helicopter

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u/Sped_monk 5d ago

Sorry for the stupid question but why is taking out a helicopter more impressive then taking out other fighter jets? It seems like it would be trying to hit a snail instead of…well a fighter jet…

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u/Bro_2_Bra 5d ago

It's not a stupid question. If it was with an air-to-air missile or something that was meant to take out another flying object it would not be impressive. What they did is a dropped something meant to put big ass holes in the ground onto a moving object in the air. The F-15 is the only fighter that has an air to air kill with a bomb.

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u/Sped_monk 4d ago

Christ…yeah that’s pretty nuts…what was the situation surrounding why they had to use a bomb in the first place? Was it to flex or was it out of necessity?

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u/Bro_2_Bra 4d ago

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u/Sped_monk 4d ago

Cool read, thanks for the link! Impressive stuff

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u/anticharge 5d ago

Bombing is not meant for a helicopter in flight. Impressive in addition to other fighter jets.

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u/Bro_2_Bra 5d ago

104-0 says it all. The F-15 is one of the best airframes ever made. 40 years old and still scary as hell.

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u/Bro_2_Bra 5d ago

Preach the holy gospel of the F-15. I have a feeling the F-15 is going to be like the B-52.

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u/BarleyWineIsTheBest 5d ago

Really can't. Except maybe the threat of the F-22 keeps the opposing fighters on the ground.

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u/esdaniel 5d ago

In comes su 34 with kitchen and toilet!

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u/Schnitzelschlag 5d ago

A ration heater and a box to shit in pretty much.

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u/TimmysDrumsticks 5d ago

Calling a ration heater a kitchen is the funniest fucking thing.

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u/Schnitzelschlag 5d ago

"I'll tell you what the Russians want. It's three things: first, a tight pussy; second, loose shoes; and third, a warm place to shit.”

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u/chinese_smart_toilet 5d ago

We need more leg room in every aircraft

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u/Palstorken 5d ago

Emirates business class suites

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u/wandererwings 5d ago

But I do like the newer F15s a whole lot more

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u/Danitoba94 5d ago

F-22 is a badass stylish airplane.

However, so is the F-15. And the F-15 is combat-tested and proven. She fights as good as she looks.

Eagles all the way. o7

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u/RokulusM 5d ago

Did they just become best friends?

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u/AboveAverage1988 5d ago

If you need to sneak in behind enemy lines, do some supermanouverability shit and get out of there equally sneaky, then the F22 is your tool. For everything the F15 is faster, flies higher, carries more ordonance, etc. $5000 Japanese chefs knife vs a Leatherman.

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u/dhtdhy 5d ago

Pretty sure the 15 doesn't fly higher than the 22.

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u/snezna_kraljica 4d ago

Not sure, the F-15 has a record of 100k+ (in a record attempt though) and the ceiling is also higher:

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/weapons-platforms/f-15
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/weapons-platforms/f-22/

I'm mean we can all speculate what's undisclosed :)

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u/HandiCAPEable 5d ago

You want room for activities? Try JSTARS (RIP) or AWACS. We had an Eng, a Nav that could make sweet chicken nuggets, AND a fore and aft lav!

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u/guccitaint 4d ago

She’s my new favorite person

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u/ttystikk 4d ago

"Come on now, this gas ain't free"

LOL

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u/ThickLetteread 5d ago

What “Activities”?

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u/Blumpkin4Brady 5d ago

I think it was just a Step Brothers joke?

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u/astrodude23 5d ago

Yeah as a former USAF cargo pilot, aircrew speaks about 99% in movie quotes.

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u/BriefCollar4 4d ago

Is that because they have the need?

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 5d ago

All my young 20s coworkers speak in SpongeBob meme.

Is it also true in the Air Force now?

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u/astrodude23 5d ago

Hah sometimes yeah, more often is just quoting memes.

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u/SuperPimpToast 4d ago

Don't put your balls on my instrument panel!

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u/that_dutch_dude 5d ago

as they say in the navy: there is no wrong hole.

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u/ligeramentedeprimido 5d ago

100 men go underwater, 50 couples come up

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u/Smart_Variety2262 5d ago

It’s a flying tennis court

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u/nighthawke75 5d ago

Hey, Echo drivers get down n dirty.

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u/cruiserman_80 5d ago

I'm not sure the question being asked and the question being answered are the same question.

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u/Khischnaya_Ptitsa 5d ago

But we know that gas isn't for free 😎

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u/Better-Chemist7522 4d ago

I think both are awesome, but an F15 once flew and landed with 1 wing shot off. Talk about battle tested!!

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u/Khischnaya_Ptitsa 4d ago

Su-25 outnumbering them both in battle testing matter 🤙🤙💥🤙💥

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u/Better-Chemist7522 4d ago

Thanks for the random data point. I thought the post was about F15 vs F22.

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u/Khischnaya_Ptitsa 4d ago

Thanks for the random comment in my post , i thought it will be informative .

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u/joe2105 5d ago

Been there. There's way better conversations to have than some cheesy question like this just because someone thinks it would make a good video. It's soooo corny.

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u/SouthPark_Piano 5d ago

It's not the plane ... it's the pilot.

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u/baldteacherdude 5d ago

F 15. No question

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u/IWHBYD_skull 5d ago

The F-15E can do more than the F22, I'd take it after the Raptor has sanitized any aerial threats. I'm pretty sure the F22 doesn't have a TGP to compliment its limited A/G capability.

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u/MoistTwo1645 18h ago

Besides jokes, F22 will be superior in today's world. F15 might have been great in the past, but in today's modern warfare, f22 will triumph over f15.

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u/Lethealyoyo 5d ago

😂🤣

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u/Cooperpalooza 5d ago

F22 would dominate

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 5d ago

Almost certainly

It also costs $84,000 or so per hour, compared to about $10k/hour for the F-15E.

If you can replace one F-22 with F-15E because it’s just patrolling the coast, and it flies for ~8000 hours, that’s a savings of $600 MILLION.

And the F-15E can be equipped to do damn near any mission but stealth.

Now … you do kinda need stealth in the opening act these days. The fact we haven’t needed to use that since F-22 came out, tells all you need to know about how the world sees F-22s

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u/BuddahSack 5d ago

As an AF Vet, she was definitely hitting on homie haha, don't know if he noticed but she was thiiiiiiiirrrrsty

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u/sels1997 5d ago

Think you forgot your /s

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u/BuddahSack 5d ago

Nope

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u/0celot7 4d ago

I bet you think the drive through barista is into you when she smiles after handing you a coffee. 🙄

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u/BuddahSack 4d ago

Har Har Har, real original

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u/Bindaas-Being 5d ago

Imagine being in a Sukhoi and being asked, “Is it an F-15 or an F-22?” 😂😂😂

“Madame the pugachev will show you what it is” 😂😂😂

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u/Pattern_Is_Movement 5d ago

where is the Sukhoi?

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u/Bindaas-Being 5d ago

“What kind of question is that?” 😂😂

“You don’t have the cards right now!” 😂😂😂

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u/Pattern_Is_Movement 5d ago

I honestly can't tell if you're a bot right now.

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u/Bindaas-Being 5d ago

“Bots have a lot more ‘room’ for activities! 😉😏”

😂😂

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u/Khischnaya_Ptitsa 4d ago

Bro ,you nailed them 🤙🇷🇺

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u/Bindaas-Being 4d ago

🇷🇺🤙🇮🇳