Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

The F-14:



The F-14 was a classy airplane. Designed for incredibly long-ranged air defense, towards the end of its operational life, they were flying "air to mud" missions.

The Navy retired the F-14s because they said that they were maintenance hogs. That may be, but I've felt that the real reason was that by only having one airplane type flying almost all missions (the F`nA-18), they reduced the complexities of supplying parts.

3 comments:

LRod said...

And halved the aircrew requirement/complement.

LRod
ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired

Old NFO said...

Well, the Turkeys DID take a while to mature, but in the end they proved to be pretty good birds! And your point is correct, doing away with them saved LARGE $$ on sparing and maintenance!

Chuck Pergiel said...

Iran still has some flying. Maybe.