Cool American military planes.

[Erik Tracy]

Glad all got out safely!

 

[Erik Tracy]

"Bitchin' Betty" - the voice in the F/A-18 hornet

Back in 1981-82 I worked as an engineering tech summer hire at Pax River NAS and got to sit in the cockpit of the F/A-18 to work some avionics for E/W testing - and with the all the systems active, I would hear Bitchin' Betty's voice for some of the warnings.

I just now saw this video and now I know who's voice I was hearing! So cool!

 

[H2oman7.62mm]

 

[Erik Tracy]

Last arrested carrier landing of the C-2 Greyhound (June 25, 2026)

End of an era

 

[Catmanboo]

^^never heard of that one.

 

[Mr Boochie]

Last arrested carrier landing of the C-2 Greyhound (June 25, 2026)

End of an era

Wow! Such a long career. I guess Ospreys will be replacing them.

 

[Erik Tracy]

Wow! Such a long career. I guess Ospreys will be replacing them.

Yup

 

[H2oman7.62mm]

 

[Christian B]

 

[eiraved]

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What an awesome shot!!

 

[H2oman7.62mm]

 

[Erik Tracy]

NASA has formation flyovers??

I did not know that - cool short video from yesterday's July 4th celebrations

Love the paint schemes!

 

[Christian B]

A flock of Liberators.

 

[H2oman7.62mm]

 

[Erik Tracy]

Scroll down and read the comments about the kid.

I laughed and wiped a tear from my eye!

 

[Christian B]

 

[highvoltage_]

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I jumped out of the civilian version of that plane.

 

[cason]

^^^
Why?

 

[highvoltage_]

^^^
Why?

Why not? Seriously, it was a lot of fun. I made only 131 jumps (there are jumpers who have made 1,000's), but I enjoyed every last one.

The jump out of the Twin Beech (civilian C-45) culminated in a 9-man snowflake over potato fields in PA. We had the star together by 6,000 feet and rode it down to 3,500 feet where we broke up and tracked to our spots to pull our ripcord. I have a 1976 red, white, and blue Star Crest Recipient (SCR) patch, created for the bicentennial. Good times.

 

[krautmaster]

^^^
Why?

This ^... I had to jump out of helicopters a few times fighting forest fires, and I kicked a boat load of Army guys out the back of of C130's when in the USAF, but I never jumped myself... I thought I would save that experience if the plane was ever on fire and going down !