Planes!

[GDS_Starfury]

oh that wasnt a mock up.

[Windigo]

Now I know why and how Star got to be... 'Special'

[Staggerwing]

I figured it wasn't a mock-up. I just didn't think they would test it with a real live human unless there was an actual war on...

[mirth]

Excellent vid of MIG-31s in flight:

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And an awesome photo collection of the F-20 Tigershark:

http://imgur.com/a/hOUgj#TgsrTGz

A sample:

[W8taminute]

[Staggerwing]

^That is quite literally awesome. Still, can it Vector in Forward Flight?

[eyebiter]

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[mirth]

Frakkin Starbuck! Always landing in the handicap spots!  >:(

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[Capn Darwin]

+1 for Mirth and the F-16XLs. That was a nice plane they should have kept working on for CAS.

[Staggerwing]

That's the 'Cranked Falcon', isn't it?

[GDS_Starfury]

yup.  GD's entry into the strike fighter competition which the F-15e eventually won.

[GDS_Starfury]

Lockheed Martin maintainers complete preflight checks on the Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A Lightning II prior to a sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The RNLAF completed their first joint strike fighter flying sortie Dec. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)