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I've seen cockpit videos from the Ukraine war (can't remember which side) where they have iPads with moving maps in the cockpit.
10 feet?! That’s uh, really close. >

"Well, you see, I was inverted..." >

Keeping up relations. >

I was giving him the bird.  You know? The Bird! >

Yeah, I know the bird, Goose >

what always bugged me about that was that at what point between You've Lost that Loving Feeling and Yeah, I know the bird, Goose -  does Charlie get introduced to Goose as Goose.  
when i saw it as a kid..i was like..wait, they know each other.  
Also when i was kid watching ESB in the theatre as kid - why are the  speeders flying head first into the AT-ATs instead of the sides or rear where there are no cannons
I was basically comic book guy at age 8 >


what always bugged me about that was that at what point between You've Lost that Loving Feeling and Yeah, I know the bird, Goose -  does Charlie get introduced to Goose as Goose.
when i saw it as a kid..i was like..wait, they know each other.

Top Gun instructors have to know their students’ names and call signs.  I think the whole point of the bar scene was that she knew who THEY were before they knew who SHE was.  

Also when i was kid watching ESB in the theatre as kid - why are the  speeders flying head first into the AT-ATs instead of the sides or rear where there are no cannons

The neck joinery of the AT-AT is not fast enough to track flying targets.  It mostly exists as an armored transport for troops and ground vehicles.   A better question is why aren’t stormtroopers hanging out of the doors firing on Luke as he plants that detonator? >

I like the Robot Chicken explanation that Luke's lightsaber cut right into the bathroom, and the grenade he chucked in there caught a stormtrooper on the can so he couldn't get rid of it in time. >

This is canon >

Head canon >

Seems like a lot of people are confused about why this was allowed to happen.  The American plane in question is an RC-135, probably a Rivet Joint conducting a freedom of navigation mission.  RC-135s are unarmed, large aircraft that carry upward of 20 people sometimes.  They do not have missiles, guns, or other offensive capabilities, so no, the RC-135 would not just shoot the J-11 down.  RC-135s operate in international waters and therefore do not carry any weapons that would make them a legitimate military target to attack.
The reason RC-135s are intercepted is due to the reconnaissance they do, which other countries generally don't appreciate.  The intercepts are fairly common, but Chinese and Russian pilots, recently, have had a streak of unprofessional and dangerous behavior when doing the intercepts. >

And then the EP-3 was confiscated for some time, for intelligence reasons >

But not before the EP3 crew destroyed ~~all~~ most of the sensitive equipment on board.
EDIT: got it, thanks. This is what happens when you post before coffee. >

I knew a guy tangentially involved with that whole affair, and he said the crew was running through the fuselage literally shooting the equipment and lighting everything on fire when the Chinese got there. "So, anyways, I started blasting..." >

I was a radar operator in the Marine Corps, and some of the sub-systems contained classified technology and we would have radios and networking stuff that had encryption keys so we always had procedures for protecting or destroying the sensitive stuff should our position be overrun. All the electronics had 'Zero' buttons on them that with a single push would wipe out all the data and the for the equipment there was a fire ax and sledge hammer to disassemble the rest of the stuff. Also thermite grenades would be present if there was actual risk, although I had never seen one. >

Imagine some trainee hitting the zero button during training. YOU ARE THE DUMBEST. SON. OF. A. BITCH. >

This happens all the time. The zeroize button is pretty easy to hit but causes no real harm unless you’re in a place where you can’t get it reconfigured quickly. >

I assume it's just volatile memory and probably FPGAs?
Wonder how long it takes to reconfigure/ boot >

Depending on what level of key, it can be as simple as walking down the hall and getting a new one or waiting a day to a couple weeks for a new one to be sent. Then you just load it up in a couple minutes and you're running again. Biggest issue is the higher ups riding your ass, asking when things will be running again. >

tips almost touched >

This is military equivalent of when boxers do the pre fight promo and they stand 1inch from each others face >

Now kiss >

**Kith >

U.S. jet came within 10 feet of Chinese aircraft - Chinese military >

But were any fingers given? >

that's a negative Ghost Rider >

If it was possible to show someone your bare ass (a full moon) from the cockpit, would that earn you the call sign Werewolf? >

Kick the tires and light the fires, it's about to be a blue moon tonight. Aroooooo! >

put your oxygen mask back on. >

I can’t breathe >

"I'm not touching YoU!" >

One of the more dangerous of sibling games to play while flying a jet >

They started the gay chicken contest >

Keep your friends close and your enemies approximately 10 feet.
Ancient Chinese Proverb >

"The art of warfare is deception and deception is flying within ten feet of an unarmed aircraft for some fucking reason."

Sun Tzu >

Sun Tzu said that.  And I'd say he knows a little more about flying within 10 feet than you do, pal - because he invented it!  And then he perfected it so that no man could best him in the ring of 10 feet! >

The Russians did it while holding the phone instead of the stick. >

is that a hand-held GPS used in the cockpit?!  
russia military budget really looking stretched out eh?