May 9th, 2009
The Predator rocks! Yeah, I said it.
It sure is nice to be home again. Not that I didn’t enjoy Finland; it’s just good to be back.
Here’s the Predator story: http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123148350
-Farva
It sure is nice to be home again. Not that I didn’t enjoy Finland; it’s just good to be back.
Here’s the Predator story: http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123148350
-Farva
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Air Force Headlines
May 9th, 2009 at 12:14 am
oh god, I thought the day would never come Farva! lol…
FIRST!
May 9th, 2009 at 12:20 am
I like the blues news. It’s like re-reading this weeks AF News headlines with a nice little commentary.
You know most people dont even know they have a base website?
May 9th, 2009 at 12:31 am
You can almost hear the sarcasm in the anchor’s voice when he talks about the pilots…lol
May 9th, 2009 at 2:28 am
I still think when a Predator or Reaper crashes, someone should smack the pilot and sensor operator with a baseball bat for a little realism.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:52 am
Reminds me of right before the Iraq invasion. The Iraquis were crowing about having shot down an American aircraft. The pentagone confirmed that they had shot down a predator, and how it wan’t something worth bragging about.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Goodfellow just got another plane! It’s a static display…duh…we don’t have a runway…any guesses? Predator. Yeah. We rock.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:59 am
“A board will be convened to investigate the incident. ”
::RC Drone operaot looking away from screen a moment:: Oh shit.. I just spilled my Mt. Dew.. Damnnit….
::Leans down to pick up the spilling 20oz plastic bottle, and looks up in time to see ::: GAME OVER— Would You Like To Play Again?
May 9th, 2009 at 6:38 am
lol Dark Jester. I think it is more like a red bull or monster than a dew.
May 9th, 2009 at 9:54 am
TripleNickel, you mean like this? http://www.afblues.com/?p=570
May 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Yeah Farva! Exactly like that!
May 9th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Behold the future! Now if we could just motivate the pilots to believe that this is a good thing we’ll be set. I suggest using the same conditioning methods used in Clockwork Orange. Once the legacy fliers are conditio…erm…encouraged that this the best for them then the new generation of pilots will have a smoother transition into the program. To ease this, we need to have a score, high score and multiplayer modes for predator operations. That’ll get the youngsters into the flying the UAVs.
May 9th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
wow, i think i watched that one take off the other day too……
May 9th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Yep, that’s what they need!
May 10th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Hello every one I am a Grunt in the National Guard .I found the comic last year and been a fan ever sense .Part of Me like the idea that the Reaper and the predator can loiter for a long time .It can help provide visual information and the since the Reaper has a larger payload capcity .It can be their to help support folks on the ground almost from the get go .The part of me pefers having a live pilot with a mk1 eyeball and mk google brain .even in a fast mover the pilot can nave a better over all veiw of the battle space and adjust to threats .
I trust that pilot more than the pilot sitting back at a comfy base who has a limited feild of the battle space .Now some of that will change for both if some of the new techology is able to talk with each other (the armys land warrior blue tracking abilities). and make it easier for the you guy to know we we are at and so that we control the battle space .
May 10th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Hey Trip? Yes sir? Whadya think happens when you get your predator shot down? Do ya say aww what the hell and go get a cup of coffee? Or you sit there and cry yourself to bed on your pillow? It’s probably it’s depressing but I’m sure you move on with your life…. I guess so…. Poor bastard…. Yeah….
With apologies to Dos Gringos…….
May 10th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
pilots like feeling the G’s (wheee!) that you cant get in a Preadator! Lets see the pred op hanging from his shoulder straps inverted!!!
May 11th, 2009 at 12:19 am
check out 60 minutes on cbs they had predator story, with top brass saying for the first time in AF history, buying more unmanned than manned AC, and pilots better get used to flying from the swivel chair.
May 11th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Main beef with the predator: Being told to orbit in a combat area so an un-manned predator could make it’s agonizingly slow 15 mile approach. Way to not put lives in jeopardy USAF.