12 F-22s arrive in Japan., page 2

posted on Jan, 23 2016 @ 04:32 PM

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Wow!!! I have always been enfactuated with these war birds. We have the 138th Fighter Wing F-16 Falcons-here and when they do their rounds I drop everything to look upward....

Never gets old

Zaphod58

posted on Jan, 23 2016 @ 04:34 PM

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We had Eagles at Hickam and every time they were in the pattern most of the people in the parking lots they'd go over stopped and looked up. What were fun were the T-33 trainers. They'd come screaming down at the ground when they were turning on to final.

ReadLeader

posted on Jan, 23 2016 @ 04:40 PM

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What I would give to sit 2nd/tandom in a 33...sigh.... it really never gets old.... they are just bad arse 5 or 6 hun mph?

donktheclown

posted on Jan, 23 2016 @ 06:50 PM

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Expect Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders to continue this military buildup in South East Asia. Lol.

Oh boy. You're going to start something...

Zaphod58

posted on Jan, 31 2016 @ 03:39 PM

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Okinawa to join the 18th Aggressor Squadron from Eilson in Forceful Tiger 16.

nwtrucker

posted on Jan, 31 2016 @ 06:21 PM

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originally posted by: Zaphod58
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Okinawa to join the 18th Aggressor Squadron from Eilson in Forceful Tiger 16.

Lord love a duck! That's a huge number of aircraft!

32 Raptors? They can't be all from Elmendorf, that would drain the northern defense down to near zilch....

Zaphod58

posted on Jan, 31 2016 @ 06:31 PM

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They refueled 32 F-22s, meaning that F-22s came up for fuel 32 times, not that there were 32 F-22s there. They refueled a total of 165 aircraft by the end of the exercise, there weren't 165 aircraft involved in the exercise.

nwtrucker

posted on Jan, 31 2016 @ 06:36 PM

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Phew, I'm glad I misunderstood that..LMAO. .

Still a massive showing to say the least. Is it this big every year or is this version on steroids?

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Zaphod58

posted on Jan, 31 2016 @ 06:37 PM

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Standard. It's a show of force exercise.

nwtrucker

posted on Jan, 31 2016 @ 06:41 PM

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Got it...now here this...all ships may traverse the South China Sea if you want, when you want no matter where flagged. For a few days anyways....LOL