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Jeff Head said:

Here are some pictures you will not see very often...if ever again.

During Cope Taufan 14, which is an exercise in Malaysia, on June 18, 2014, a formation of U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian air force aircraft formed up and flew together.

Not too often you see an F-22 Raptor, an SU-30MKM, a Mig-29N, an F-15C, a F/A-18, and a BAE Hawk flying together now is it?

Feast your eyes:

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Almost a flight of all-stars. Just replace the Mig and BAE with Rafale, Typhoon, and pretty much as invincible as it can get. Hell even throw in a J-20 and PAK-FA

I like to see a formation of F-22, F-35, PAK-Fa and J 20 flying together one day!

think it'll ever happen? LOL




close up pic of the flight formation taken from the Hawk.

kwaigonegin said:

I like to see a formation of F-22, F-35, PAK-Fa and J 20 flying together one day!

think it'll ever happen? LOL

close up pic of the flight formation taken from the Hawk.

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Yeah like 40 or 50 years from now when the current crop of 5th gen fighters get replace by the 6th or 7th gen fighters and drones.

Equation said:

Yeah like 40 or 50 years from now when the current crop of 5th gen fighters get replace by the 6th or 7th gen fighters and drones.

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iunno but i prefer my birds manned and not droned. top gun would make a bad movie if starring a man with a joystick in an armchair.

Blast from the past, and IMHO, the best looking and one of the most capable bombers aircraft ever built.


Remeber, this baby was built in 1964...50 years ago. Think about that. She would be an asset to any nation today, and would be very advanced by many of today's capabilities...particularly if upgraded with modern sensors, countermeasures, avionics, and weapons. She cruised at over 70,000 feet, and could maintain in excess of Mach 3.

Only two were built before cancellation.

One of those prototypes, XB-70A2, crashed in 1966 when flying in a photo op with four other aircraft, all having GE engines. An F-104 was caught in a wingtip vortex from the XB-70, and flipped over onto the bomber damaging a wing and then exploding, taking out both of the XB-79s vertical stabilizers.

The F-104 pilot dies instantly. The XB-70 ultimately went into an uncontrollable flat spin. The XB-70 pilot ejected and was injured, his co-pilot was killed.


The other XB-70 prototype, XB-70A1 continued testing until being retired in 1969.


That aircraft is now on permanent display at the US Air Force Museum.

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Nose Gear issue with a Harrier, Solution a giant Bar stool

Maj. Blaine Jones, Thunderbird 5 and lead solo, pitches to land as Maj. Jason Curtis, Thunderbird 6 and opposing solo, waits clearance for his pitch to land June 30, 2014, upon returning from a practice demonstration sortie at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The Thunderbirds, flying red, white and blue F-16 Fighting Falcons, are the Air Force’s precision flying demonstration team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)

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Staff Sgt. Trung Dinh, left, and Senior Airman Devin Milburn attach a GBU-12 Paveway laser guided bomb onto an MQ-9 Reaper during a load crew competition June 30, 2014, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The competition consists of two three-man teams from different aircraft maintenance units competing against each other in order to build skills and promote camaraderie. Dinh is a 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew chief and Milburn is a 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron support technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Clausen)

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HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, are placed into hangars on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 6, 2014, to protect them from a massive typhoon predicted to slam into Okinawa with wind gusts nearing 200 mph on July 8, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marcus Morris)

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Airmen prepare to deploy from Kadena Air Base, Japan, to the Rim of the Pacific Exercise on July 6, 2014. The Airmen were deploying earlier than planned due to a massive typhoon predicted to hit Okinawa on July 8, 2014, with wind gusts nearing 200 mph. RIMPAC is the world’s largest biennial international maritime training event involving sea and air elements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marcus Morris)

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An MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper taxi to the runway in preparation for take-off June 13, 2014, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev.. The aircraft are flown under the 432nd Wing, which trains pilots, sensor operators, and other remotely piloted aircraft crewmembers, and conducts combat surveillance and attack operations worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Clausen)

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USAF Airman from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron’s Red Team use an MH-47 Chinook helicopter July 14, 2014, during helocast alternate insertion and extraction training with Soldiers from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at American Lake on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Helocasting is an airborne technique used by special operations forces units for amphibious insertion into a military area of operation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt.Russ Jackson)

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US Army AH-64E Apache Guardians from 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, conducted deck landing qualifications aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) off the coast of Hawaii, July 19, as part of the Navy’s Rim of the Pacific 2014. Photos by US Department of Defence.

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Sorry no hi-res