I am curious about an aircraft I saw

yep, B-1 lancer

you probably saw this if the wings were swept back.

http://www.milavia.net/downloads/wal...reviews/26.jpg

I saw this:

http://www.armedforces-int.com/uploa..._Upgrades.jpg/

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Originally Posted by Monky

You guys just keep trying to get them to monitor this site.. talking of things.

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[ROFL3]

Wings forward, low speed configuration.

When I used to travel to Rapid City, SD I would see B1's all the time. Two would take off and head north and within the hour two others would land. I always figured it was a changing of the guard kind of thing going on.

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Originally Posted by BPTactical

Wings forward, low speed configuration.

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Yup. I have seen a lot of planes land and this one was without a doubt the slowest I have ever seen. Impressive.

Move along... Nothing to see here... [Coffee]

I'll bet that it's completely unrelated... maybe... [Peep]

Buckley is a popular RON (Rest over night) station. It does't have a VOQ on base, so crews get to stay at a hotel off base. This changes how much money they get for the overnight, it's more. So, if you had the option between resting overnight at Buckley or Pete, which one would you choose as a pilot?

The term is "variable geometry".

Vortex is a "mass casualty" exercise. The B1s are part of it. For "containment" in case of perimeter breach....

Ok, now back to my tinfoil hat.

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Originally Posted by SA Friday

Buckley is a popular RON (Rest over night) station. It does't have a VOQ on base, so crews get to stay at a hotel off base. This changes how much money they get for the overnight, it's more. So, if you had the option between resting overnight at Buckley or Pete, which one would you choose as a pilot?

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Not true - Buckley opened transient quarters on base earlier this year. Per diem rates probably haven't changed though since there's no DFAC.