True that, but is noise abatement a critical consideration in warfare? Had my fillings rattled by those fast flyers on full afterburner more than once, and that screaming was terrifying to us, much less Charlie. Upside is it could still fly after extreme damage. The F111 and F35 ability to sustain getting whacked is perhaps not so much.
If the Pentagon were held to the same standards as the United States Post Office, the chorus of disgruntled conservatives would have long ago hit a crescendo
If conservatives could make money off the Postal Service, your mailman would be buffed out, flinty-eyed, and driving a Bugatti Veyron delivery truck, only slightly more expensive and lest reliable.
And come to think if it, there is one conservative who made money off the Postal Service: Fred Smith, who used political influence to get modifications to the Private Express Statues allowing the company he started, Fedex, to skim the cream off the Postal Service's business.
I have a friend, grew up in Tunisia, was telling me how he found correspondence saying how twice in WWII the Americans were too chicken to take cities held by the Nazis- one in North Africa, the other was Paris towards the end. Seems there were plenty of cold feet to go around in WWII.
DoD contractor mantra…
♪ Money for nothing and your chicks for free ♪
The RAF are still running some Tornadoes if the USAF need to borrow some aircraft.
Maybe we can still dust off a few of those decommissioned Harrier Jump Jets too….
Recycle some F4s perhaps?
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The F4 is the noisiest aircraft still flying. Neighbors no likey when 88 dBA noise contours fall on the back yard.
True that, but is noise abatement a critical consideration in warfare? Had my fillings rattled by those fast flyers on full afterburner more than once, and that screaming was terrifying to us, much less Charlie. Upside is it could still fly after extreme damage. The F111 and F35 ability to sustain getting whacked is perhaps not so much.
If the Pentagon were held to the same standards as the United States Post Office, the chorus of disgruntled conservatives would have long ago hit a crescendo
Eggzactly…
If conservatives could make money off the Postal Service, your mailman would be buffed out, flinty-eyed, and driving a Bugatti Veyron delivery truck, only slightly more expensive and lest reliable.
And come to think if it, there is one conservative who made money off the Postal Service: Fred Smith, who used political influence to get modifications to the Private Express Statues allowing the company he started, Fedex, to skim the cream off the Postal Service's business.
I have a friend, grew up in Tunisia, was telling me how he found correspondence saying how twice in WWII the Americans were too chicken to take cities held by the Nazis- one in North Africa, the other was Paris towards the end. Seems there were plenty of cold feet to go around in WWII.