tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post3477937457792340367..comments2024-03-29T09:47:04.022-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Dear Air Force: With Regard to the Joint Aircraft Designation System That You Foisted On Everyone Else-- Go Fuck YourselvesComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-48622325590700175652016-03-03T22:26:10.019-05:002016-03-03T22:26:10.019-05:00No, but they only bumped up the Elmer by two numbe...No, but they only bumped up the <i>Elmer</i> by two numbers.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-5876129829618715952016-03-03T22:08:52.225-05:002016-03-03T22:08:52.225-05:00I'm late to the party, but the USN did this wi...I'm late to the party, but the USN did this with the SSN-21, almost with DD-21, and did the Zumwalts really begin with 1000?3383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-19097471801204543132016-02-27T01:55:19.696-05:002016-02-27T01:55:19.696-05:00All the various services equipment procurement sys...All the various services equipment procurement systems are merely a conduit for tax money to be funneled to the (favored) contractors who properly invest in politicians to gain the contracts to kind-of make the stuff in the contract. It's a self-perpetuating system. If anything useable actually is made is just a happy side effect of the main operation. Usually it isn't useful. See JSF (aka F-35). Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680604981092904582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-61146482674926736212016-02-27T00:19:03.099-05:002016-02-27T00:19:03.099-05:00Why not the F2B, the follow-on to the F5H, as the ...Why not the F2B, the follow-on to the F5H, as the primary fighter?CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-84537852573553973692016-02-26T20:22:43.481-05:002016-02-26T20:22:43.481-05:00Perhaps the 21, as with the F-35, refers to the nu...Perhaps the 21, as with the F-35, refers to the number of years before it is operational?montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333471337818106739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-27002198678659549542016-02-26T19:40:59.484-05:002016-02-26T19:40:59.484-05:00You may not like USAF aircraft designations, but i...You may not like USAF aircraft designations, but it was Robert McNamara who foisted a universal designation system on the services, not us. Not only that, he did it in the early 1960s (when the USAF's F-110 became the F-4, a switch that was made in the Navy's favor by the way).Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612573836521665459noreply@blogger.com