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Air Power
@RealAirPower1
A military avgeek X-ing for military avgeeks
Apr 25 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
What's the difference between air superiority and air supremacy? They sound similar, but in war, they mean very different levels of control of the skies. Let's break down the four levels of air control, with real-world examples. 1/5 1. Air Parity: When neither side has a clear advantage in the skies. Example: The seesawing airpower situation between Greece and Turkey over the Aegean. 2/5 Image
Mar 8 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
How many unguided air-to-air rockets does it take to bring down an aircraft? Turns out, far more than you'd think! Let's talk about the unbelievable Battle of Palmdale in 1956. 🧵 1/4 Northrop F-89 Scorpion's wingtip mounted FFAR pod with 52 2.75-in rockets. On August 16, 1956, a USNavy F6F-5K target drone took off from NAS Point Mugu and immediately went rogue, heading straight for Los Angeles. In mad panic, the Navy called in the USAF. Two F-89D Scorpions, America's most advanced interceptor, scrambled to take it down. 2/4 Image
Dec 16, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Did you know that during the 2003 Iraq War, USAF and USN pilots feared USArmy Patriot missiles more than Iraqi SAMs? Why? During the conflict, Patriot missiles gained a notorious reputation for misidentifying friendly aircraft and shooting them down. 1/4 Image As the ground war intensified, Patriot missiles tragically shot down an RAF Tornado and a Navy F/A-18, killing their crews. The reason? Faulty IFF technology and system automation, which struggled to distinguish allies from enemies in the fast-paced, chaotic battlefield environment. 2/4Image
Mar 14, 2022 • 10 tweets • 11 min read
A 10 tweet thread on the indomitable Fairchild Republic A-10 Warthog, the "flying tank". Enjoy! 1/10 #avgeeks #aviation #aviationdaily #USAF #Warthog A Warthog pilot sits in a "bathtub" of titanium armour, at places up to 38 mm thick and weighing 544 kg. This is proof against direct hits from 23-mm cannon. 2/10 #avgeeks #aviation #USAF #Warthog
Mar 7, 2022 • 6 tweets • 8 min read
Tomcat musing: a short thread on the "dowdy" parts of one of the most glamours interceptors of the world. 1/6 #avgeeks #aviation #aviationdaily #Tomcat #TopGun #USNavy Did you know that when the F-14 stretches its wings fully forward, the fuselage slots into which the wings retracted are sealed with inflatable airbags? The airbags use bleed air from the TF30s to inflation! 2/6
#avgeeks #aviation #TopGun #Tomcat
Feb 5, 2022 • 8 tweets • 10 min read
Aardvarks and the dawn of tank-plinking, a thread. 1/8
#avgeeks #aviation #USAF #DesertStorm #History Image On the night of Feb 5, 1991, Col. Tom Lennon, commander of #USAF's 48th FW, led a pair of F-111s on an experimental mission against dug-in units of the #Iraqi Republican Guard in the deserts north of Kuwait. 2/8 #avgeeks #aviation #DesertStorm #History