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VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:13 am
by kham
Ok boys and girls, lets put our intel eval hats on:
what goodies can we see here?
Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:50 am
by H8ms2014
Not enough engines
Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:18 pm
by kham
H8ms2014 wrote:Not enough engines
That's opinion, not observation , or evaluation
FAIL
Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:54 pm
by DangerGirl
Port weapons bay is open, and he's breaking into a high-g turn. No indication of what he's planning on shooting at.
Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:53 pm
by kham
Is that a white one in there? If it is a live shoot-ex, isn't the chase plane a shade close? Unless that's part of the test, weapon launch under high-g load and unusual attitudes
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Or is it one of these? CATM version of an AIM-120B ?
Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:24 pm
by PM2K
kham wrote:Ok boys and girls, lets put our intel eval hats on:
what goodies can we see here?
I see a bitching photo, suitable for framing!

Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:13 pm
by Mynock
Fake. If that was a real picture of an F35 you'd be able to see the trail of parts falling off behind it.
Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:58 pm
by DangerGirl
kham wrote:Is that a white one in there? If it is a live shoot-ex, isn't the chase plane a shade close? Unless that's part of the test, weapon launch under high-g load and unusual attitudes
**edit
Or is it one of these? CATM version of an AIM-120B ?
Hard to tell the color, but every AIM-120 I've ever seen has been grey. It's the color of the bands on the missile that tell you whether it's live or training/dummy.
Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:32 pm
by H8ms2014
kham wrote:H8ms2014 wrote:Not enough engines
That's opinion, not observation , or evaluation
FAIL
That is true it is my opinion

Re: VFA-101 F-35C Air-To-Air
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:59 pm
by kham
DangerGirl wrote:kham wrote:Is that a white one in there? If it is a live shoot-ex, isn't the chase plane a shade close? Unless that's part of the test, weapon launch under high-g load and unusual attitudes
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Or is it one of these? CATM version of an AIM-120B ?
Hard to tell the color, but every AIM-120 I've ever seen has been grey. It's the color of the bands on the missile that tell you whether it's live or training/dummy.
Apparently the capture model has no fins, but the resolution in the shot doesn't look good enough to tell there