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Australian Super Hornet refuels over Iraq
ABC (Australia) ^
| 10/5/2014
| ADF: Sgt Hamish Paterson
Posted on 10/07/2014 9:58:37 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy
Great pic, but begs some questions.
Doesn't this look a bit too close for comfort, or is it not as close as it appears?
Who would be flying that close to a refueling op, and why?
The cockpit frame visible in the lower righthand corner suggests that it's not the other Aussie 18E/F that has flown thus far.
TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: aerospace; australia; aviation; iraq; isis; raaf; saudiarabia; superhornet; syria; unitedarabemirates; waronterror
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To: Ready4Freddy
It may have been a telephoto lens.
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:02:11 AM PDT
by
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
(Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
To: Ready4Freddy
Not that unusual and hard to say what the camera is set to.
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:02:34 AM PDT
by
maddog55
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
Yeah. I kinda doubt that pic was taken with an I-phone.
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:03:43 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Ready4Freddy
Who would be flying that close to a refueling op, and why?I would guess the photo is taken from the tanker, which is there for the purpose of performing the refueling.
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:03:50 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
Unlikely given the perspective, I would think.
To: Jet Jaguar
MRF ping.
I am, a F-16 Falcon fan but our brother MRF F/A 18 is always welcome to the party.
That is a beautiful shot of a fabulous bird.
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:06:24 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Zimmerman, Brown, Fast & Furious, IRS harassment, Philly ignorance: holdering in 1st degree)
To: EveningStar
To: Ready4Freddy
the camera is mounted on the wing and shows the pilot of the tanker what is going on and is recorded for review later.... lt. smith, your approach to the tanker was slow and you spilled 47 gallons of fuel over a protected wetland... consider yourself confined to your bunk.
that sort of thing
t
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:08:57 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: teeman8r
or it could be some other pilots i phone
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:09:44 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: teeman8r
Guys who know what they’re talking about sure can screw up a good thread.
To: teeman8r
That’s the angle from a KC wingtip?
To: Ready4Freddy
Depends. If it is a KC-130 then that perspective looks spot on.
Or any other tanker that uses wing mounted drogues.
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:16:28 AM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: Ready4Freddy
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10/07/2014 10:17:52 AM PDT
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TalonDJ
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:21:45 AM PDT
by
Don W
(To laugh, perhaps to dream...)
To: Ready4Freddy
I don’t think it is too close. If my memory serves me, there are some tankers that have both a boom and a drogue, and if there is a boom operator there, the drogue is likely coming out from an area off to the side.
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:24:45 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
To: Ready4Freddy
Could have been taken from the back seat of another F/A-18 refueling from the other wing.
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:54:19 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Ready4Freddy
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:56:22 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Ready4Freddy
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posted on
10/07/2014 10:57:32 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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