Oh yes! May as well whilst she's in the neighbourhood:
Aircraft Carriers III
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Well not everything.
The Falcon 9 launch landed at Vandenberg.
The Falcon 9 launch landed at Vandenberg.
Yep, and the poor Roosian's made a ballistic approach to the LZ, bet the American Dude had his eyes opened,,, the Roosians do it a little different, but they have a good escape module, and "Bob's your UNCLE!"... LOL
I can remember when pics like this were only CGI; No Longer!
Jura The idiot
General
now this:
F-22s, QF-16 likely damaged after Tyndall hangars hit by hurricane
not sure why they just didn't fly them off
recalled Oct 8, 2016
A veritable cornucopia of pictures have flooded our way recently; you lot are so lucky! Some of us have waited two decades to see these!
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
They flew every flight worthy aircraft out of Tyndall. But in the case of a non flyable all they could do was roll it into the hanger and hope.
I know the continental US was never in any great danger during the Cold War in comparison to western europe but it does make you wonder why the US didn't invest in any HAS for airfields in areas that are susceptible to hurricanes. They literally abandoned hundreds (if not a thousand) at the end of the cold war in western europe. The bulk of the cost was in the armoured doors and other fittings, they could have stripped them out and shipped them to the states for re-use in vulnerable airfields. No worries about a hurricane when you're in a HAS....
Even Elmendorf, which conceivably is within conventional strike range from Russia has no HAS for its F-22's...nor does Guam (although it does have the biggest weapons storage area and individual hardstandings I've ever seen as a result of Vietnam....)
A bit of info for everyone's benefit in case anyone asks, VL and SRVL:
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Well you have to remember that this was In Panama city Florida. Tyndall is on the coast as such the water table is very high compared to the base.
Basically there is nothing to dig a underground hanger into. And the Renforced aircraft shelters are limited at best in what protection they offer in the modern era it's a why bother. Sure it might survive a near hit but not a direct hit on oh precision weapons render them mute. Finally Continental U.S. is not likely to be taking direct attack with anything smaller then a nuke
The hangers as Jura pointed out elsewhere had ridden out some severe tropical storms before without issue. They were storm proofed to a point. Michael was beyond that. The wind gage at Tyndall broke at 130mph estimates put it at 155mph. This was not a normal storm this was freaking Godzilla. Even as we speak Michael is still causing problems. This was a cat 4 storm that means it was a monster and Tyndell was right at the door when Micheal kicked it down. The base was ground zero. There is no "oh but they coulda..." because Micheal was a destroyer anything in its path is devastated. Micheal is the 4th most powerful storm to hit the U.S. on record. It had the most intense pressure and power of any storm since Camille back in 1969 And wind speed since Andrew. And Tyndell was a direct hit with the most power when it made land fall.
Basically there is nothing to dig a underground hanger into. And the Renforced aircraft shelters are limited at best in what protection they offer in the modern era it's a why bother. Sure it might survive a near hit but not a direct hit on oh precision weapons render them mute. Finally Continental U.S. is not likely to be taking direct attack with anything smaller then a nuke
The hangers as Jura pointed out elsewhere had ridden out some severe tropical storms before without issue. They were storm proofed to a point. Michael was beyond that. The wind gage at Tyndall broke at 130mph estimates put it at 155mph. This was not a normal storm this was freaking Godzilla. Even as we speak Michael is still causing problems. This was a cat 4 storm that means it was a monster and Tyndell was right at the door when Micheal kicked it down. The base was ground zero. There is no "oh but they coulda..." because Micheal was a destroyer anything in its path is devastated. Micheal is the 4th most powerful storm to hit the U.S. on record. It had the most intense pressure and power of any storm since Camille back in 1969 And wind speed since Andrew. And Tyndell was a direct hit with the most power when it made land fall.