January 21, 201114 yr The should add a digital marque like the goodyear one on it that says stuff like "I see you assholes" and "Smile, you're dead" all in arabic We had aerostats over most of the FOBs in Iraq. We joked at the time about trying to make it more of a public relations move by replacing the balloons with ones from the Macy's parade. We thought that a pig balloon would be a great way to let the locals know we care.
January 21, 201114 yr The should add a digital marque like the goodyear one on it that says stuff like "I see you assholes" and "Smile, you're dead" all in arabic Technically wouldn't it be in Pashtun even though most of them are illiterate maybe Arabic for those hard core Al Quieda still left in the theater.
January 21, 201114 yr Author I'm sure this will be my "career broadening" assignment from UAVs. Hopefully not, and you will be much higher than the blimposhere and in an actual cockpit! Edited January 22, 201114 yr by Whitman
January 21, 201114 yr Technically wouldn't it be in Pashtun even though most of them are illiterate maybe Arabic for those hard core Al Quieda still left in the theater. Hah, right, for the 6-9% that can read. Edited January 21, 201114 yr by SurelySerious
January 21, 201114 yr Technically wouldn't it be in Pashtun even though most of them are illiterate maybe Arabic for those hard core Al Quieda still left in the theater. Techhhnically it would be Pashtu. The N is only added to the adjective form when describing the poeple or their ways. Not that I care or anything, though za pa pushtu hobory koyum. Well, at least I used to before I drank it from my memory :).
January 21, 201114 yr The Army found a way to provide continous ISR coverage from the air without us...way to go blue. Not sure why this took a negative vote but it raises an excellent point.
January 21, 201114 yr Techhhnically it would be Pashtu. The N is only added to the adjective form when describing the poeple or their ways. Not that I care or anything, though za pa pushtu hobory koyum. Well, at least I used to before I drank it from my memory :). Thank you, info is power.
January 21, 201114 yr Archer is the best. But no...Please dont send pilots to fly this...give it the navy they can be airseamen.
January 21, 201114 yr "What about helium not being flammable do you not understand?" "Obviously the core concept. I didn't go to space camp." Well I don't normally fly around on the Hindenburg 2.0!
January 22, 201114 yr We had aerostats over most of the FOBs in Iraq. We joked at the time about trying to make it more of a public relations move by replacing the balloons with ones from the Macy's parade. We thought that a pig balloon would be a great way to let the locals know we care. even better make the balloons look like mohammad!
January 22, 201114 yr Only if they have a fuse and are filled with hydrogen (so they can blow up). It would be funny, if slightly counter-productive.
January 22, 201114 yr can i reserve the lead zepplin suite? if not, I'll take the kaiser wilhelm suite.
March 13, 201213 yr “You’re hearing one thing from the war fighter, and then another from the service that’s sponsoring the work,” Bither said. “That’s confusing.” ■ Email: dmajumdar@defensenews.com. Sadly, no, that is ops normal in today's Air Force. I might add that quote to the AF motto thread.
March 13, 201213 yr Sure, the need for this thin presently exists. The reality is that there's no way we could test and field this contraption before the 2014 pull-out date. It becomes a complete white elephant if we decide to pull-out early (sts). It pisses me off to no end that we would even consider going forward with a vehicle that will never have any mission systems on it.
March 13, 201213 yr Sure, the need for this thin presently exists. The reality is that there's no way we could test and field this contraption before the 2014 pull-out date. It becomes a complete white elephant if we decide to pull-out early (sts). It pisses me off to no end that we would even consider going forward with a vehicle that will never have any mission systems on it. Don't know what happened to SOCALs original post, but yes this is a travesty. This thing was definitely only ever going to work in a permissive, counter insurgency environment. The article cited the company president, Mr (formerly Gen) Deptula, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Headquarters Air Force. That is why we are continuing to buy this while at the same time shit-canning the brand new C-27s. Edited March 14, 201213 yr by SuperWSO
March 14, 201213 yr Don't know what happened to SOCALs original post, but yes this is a travesty. This thing was definitely only ever going to work in a permissive, counter insurgency environment. The article cited the company president, Mr (formerly Gen) Deptula, former head of the AF ISR Agency. That is why we are continuing to buy this while at the same time shit-canning the brand new C-27s. Corporate Air Force...
March 14, 201213 yr Smaller versions of these things are going up all over theater. As usual, Air Force leadership has no long term vision and has completely ignored this program. Flying jets is more fun, got it, but I really wish they would understand that protecting the jet mission means doing less glamorous stuff like UAS and blimps also. The Army found a way to provide continous ISR coverage from the air without us...way to go blue. I don't know why you want to do more stuff like blimps. Let the Army stare at the same spot on the ground all day so i don't have to. Call me when you find something that needs killin.
March 14, 201213 yr Vaguely related. https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/afghanistan-massacre-video/ Right time, right place for the blimp, apparently.
March 14, 201213 yr The article cited the company president, Mr (formerly Gen) Deptula, former head of the AF ISR Agency... Deptula was Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Headquarters Air Force until he retired in October 2010; he was never the Commander of AFISRA...
March 14, 201213 yr Deptula was Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Headquarters Air Force until he retired in October 2010; he was never the Commander of AFISRA... My bad, should have looked it up before posting. I've corrected the offending post. Edited March 14, 201213 yr by SuperWSO
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