I am curious about an aircraft I saw

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Originally Posted by Inconel710

since there's no DFAC.

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You mean Chow Hall?...

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Originally Posted by Inconel710

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

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Wow... didn't know that. I haven't been out there for a while. If the per diem hasn't changed, they are still going to want to RON there over other locations though.

Probably unrelated to the exercise, but...

The Bone (B-1... get it? Spell it out...) has a long loiter time, a synthetic aperture radar, and can also be fitted with a targeting pod. It also has many comms capabilities on just about every spectrum. We use them a lot for NTISR (Non Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) in Asskrackistan. They could prove useful in a limited role during a mass casualty situation, but I'm not sure of the legality of that. The radar can pick up things like vehicles, buildings, etc. The targeting pod can pick up a lot more detail both day and night and pull coordinates of whatever it's looking at. Although using a Bone in this role wouldn't provide you with anything you couldn't get from a RQ-1 Predator, and would be way more expensive.

Like I said, probably unrelated, but used in a non traditional way and with a little ingenuity it might be useful.

Wait...

So DIA is running exercises, Bones are flying over....

I walked outside today to 2 of the those helicopters, the ones with front and rear rotors, flying in formation! This is scary....

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Originally Posted by Hoser

You mean Chow Hall?...

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I call it a DFAC, too. Same thing.

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Originally Posted by Tinelement

Wait...

So DIA is running exercises, Bones are flying over....

I walked outside today to 2 of the those helicopters, the ones with front and rear rotors, flying in formation! This is scary....

[DC3]



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Were they painted scary black, or tactical green?

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Originally Posted by Sharpienads

Were they painted scary black, or tactical green?

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I was sprinting for my AR!!!

I keed.... They were to far, didn't have my glasses on to see color. But, I see them frequently on the same route. Just figure it's training.

Fun to think tho!! [ROFL1]

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Originally Posted by Sharpienads

Were they painted scary black, or tactical green?

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Invisible, like Wonder Woman's plane...

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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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"They" have been monitoring this site for years. A few of "them" are probably members I've given positive feedback to. I think monitoring this particular site is a very low priority for .gov right now. Nearly everyone here seems respectable and squared away.
[Beer]

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Originally Posted by Clint45

"They" have been monitoring this site for years. A few of "them" are probably members I've given positive feedback to. I think monitoring this particular site is a very low priority for .gov right now. Nearly everyone here seems respectable and squared away.
[Beer]

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Keyword being "seems". [Muaha]