Anyone have experience changing/adjusting their retirement date? Wondering how much advance notice or leeway they give you if you request to change it. Thanks ahead of time.
Had he simply rotated early, took an extra hop to get airborne, and then raised the gear up while in a safe climb we wouldn't have this thread.
The early vs late rotation is a red herring.
No they oversped their gear because they lost track of airspeed. Talking f16 since i dont know the gear limits to the f22
RC for a gear overspeed was not the late rotation.
Ive heard the rumors. Yet to see it. Its gonna cost 5-10x per flying hour of a TX to operate.
Doubt an old apg 66 and beat up rwr on a A model viper is gonna provide any better threat replication for 5th training.
What do you expect, a fleet of Flankers?
What is contract red air currently flying that's mo betta than a TX airframe wise?
With an EA pod and a purple net type training mode it would be pretty useful to augment a few real 5th gen aircraft operating as red air.
Theyve been talking about tx as red air for a while now. The AF is using 38s now so im sure they are considering a TX with some kind of embedded training mode.
Cheaper than a fleet of 16s or f35s as red air (of which we dont have enough). Wouldnt be surprised to one day see the tx as a tbird.
Whats so special/challenging about flying an AC130 vs a regular 130, U28 or a fighter for that matter?
No trying to be a smartass but seriously curious why you'd think they require a boarded process.