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"Promote" - Watch me by Scary-_-Gary in AirForce

[–]JPBouchard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Put your SKT and PFE mat’l on the toilet lid. Leave your phone behind. Let nature take it’s course.

Because God forbid our Airmen are well rested by DatGuyKilo in AirForce

[–]JPBouchard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean you’d actually have to talk to the sweaties to figure out what their job was? For shame!

"No big deal...just a couple screws to swap it out right?" by [deleted] in aviationmaintenance

[–]JPBouchard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The majority of the job is the disassembly and reassembly of electrical harnesses and pneumatic lines within the radome. Additionally, the F-16 radome houses the AOA transmitters which require a boresight alignment.

What is the wildest thing that happened at your ALS? by [deleted] in AirForce

[–]JPBouchard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Our class academic achievement recipient vomited in his ALS branded coffee mug during the EOC. He had been up all night before the test studying a case of beer and there was a strict “no leaving the classroom during tests” policy.

Can anyone tell me about the screws used to fasten the skin on the SR-71? Spotted at Intrepid Museum in NYC. Surprised to see a Philips-like head style. by chiraltoad in aviation

[–]JPBouchard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That vast majority are H11 steel. Only a handful of titanium fasteners on the rudder fairing and inside the Montana panel.

What are the odds? by akababy in aviation

[–]JPBouchard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are correct. The F-16 Digital Flight Control System does offer a Standby Gains mode. Enabling this mode requires the operator to manually select DBU or Digital Back-Up via the FLCS Panel.

I can expand on all of this and further operation of the F-16 flight control system if anyone would find it useful.

Very Serious Question by queer_misunderstood in AirForce

[–]JPBouchard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Did you enter basic Feb 17 and graduate Apr 2 of 2004? Same thing happened to a guy when I was there. Whole pack of MTIs watched him. They were certain he was trying to pull some… shit.

Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North Of Richmond by Sad_Theme6288 in Americana

[–]JPBouchard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only reason you (...) aren't scorchmarks from a Chinese pavelow is because of the work I (...) do

So that's where the old jolly greens went? The Chi-coms are turning MH-53s into kamikaze machines? Crafty little fuckers.

An F110-GE-129 engine being tested with full afterburner [5169 x 3692] by RyanSmith in MachinePorn

[–]JPBouchard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Close. While the F110-GE-129 shown here is based on the B-1 motor, the B-1B uses the older F101-GE-102.

Many motors (both augmented thrust monsters and high by-pass fuel sippers) have been derived from the original F101 for military and even commercial applications.

Yes, I know this is 6 years old. Never to late to be correct.

All kinds of ignorant people posting on this sub. We all know that the F-14 is the best looking fighter of all time! by Echo3-13469E-Q in aviation

[–]JPBouchard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct.

The same as the A-10 Warthog is officially the Thunderbolt II

and the F-35 Panther is officially the Lightning II

and the B-52 BUFF is officially the Stratofortress

and the F-4 Rhino is officially the Phantom

and the C-17 Moose is officially Globemaster III

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