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 Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 09:41 PM
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darkvarkguy
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Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 12:42 AM
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Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 06:41 PM
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| Or as [Link pending approval] put it, 57 years after the Brits first landed a jet on a carrier. This is just a tiny step in the right direction, it'll take a decade or two to have a coherent naval air arm. |
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Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 05:02 AM
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| And they've only got the one boat, so far. How many do we have? 10? With a new class (Ford) soon to come out? Gotta start somewhere I guess. |
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firstimpulse
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Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 06:26 AM
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LinkF16SimDude wrote:
And they've only got the one boat, so far. How many do we have? 10? With a new class (Ford) soon to come out? Gotta start somewhere I guess.
Eleven of last count, nine of which are constantly at sea, not including the 20ish Marine flattops. |
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Posted: Nov 27, 2012 - 06:38 AM
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| I was more impressed with the deck-crew's activity than anything else. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2LSmpqAZ74 Seems pretty obvious that they've adopted the US operational model in spite of the Russian planes and the Russian boat. |
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Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 03:55 AM
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firstimpulse
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Posted: Nov 29, 2012 - 03:18 AM
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1st503rdsgt wrote:
Seems the Chinese public has really taken to the thing. http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/ ... akes-china
**facepalm** That's... very entertaining, to say the least. Guess the local Govt. never let them see Topgun. Still, a little harmless national pride doesn't hurt anyone.  |
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