The Official "Jet Planes Are Effin' Boss" Thread

[CaptainHenreh]

So, here's a plane you don't hear much about. We don't fly it anymore, but the Aussies used it as recently as 2010:

The F-111 Aardvark -



It was a supersonic fighter/bomber that, through its service life, was:
The first variable geometry (swing wing) fighter:


A Bomber (capable of carrying a B43 1 Megaton nuke):


A electronic warfare aircraft:


And a NASA Test Jet:


Anyway, I was reading a book about the F117 in which an F117 pilot talked about his time flying the EF-111A Electronic Warfare "SparkVark". Anyway, since it was a long range "bomber mate" fighter/bomber/general purpose ass kicking machine, it carried a large amount of fuel. At full load, in fact, it was too much fuel to safely land, so if they had "too much" they had to dump it.

Well, being RED BLOODED GOD FEARING AMERICANS the pilots would, on occasion, dump the fuel...AND THEN LIGHT THE AFTERBURNERS AND SET THAT SHIT ON FIRE:




OH FUCK AMERICA IS SO AWESOME





Dump and Burn!
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Can't miss this one, possibly NSFP:
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