@blocksixtynine

Plane enjoyer. Centered on anyone Lockheed aligned. Intersecting Geopol takes. Mil edits and F1 in between.

Joined July 2016
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CJCS Dan Caine was recently at the controls of an AATC Viper equipped with @SpaceX Starshield.
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It's a chonker alright
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Much to consider
Emma 🇺🇦
@EmmatationnOct 26
me / my ideological profile
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🇯🇴 Visible under the port wing of this Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) F-16AM is (from right to left): an AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM, AIM-9M-9 Sidewinder, GBU-38(V)1/B series JDAM (BLU-111B/B warhead), and a 370-gallon wing tank.
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بيان صادر عن القوات المسلحة الأردنية - الجيش العربي سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني يُنفّذ عملية (الردع الأردني- حمود) استهدفت أوكار التنظيمات الإرهابية في الجنوب الشرقي السوري العملية تأتي انتقاماً لشهدائنا الذين قضوا في جنازة كنيسة حمود في الكرك يوم الجمعة الماضي يرتبط الإرهابيون الذين نفذوا هذا الفعل الإجرامي في حمود بهذه التنظيمات الإرهابية مقاتلات من سلاح الجو الملكي قامت بتدمير عدد من المواقع الإرهابية في الجنوب الشرقي السوري اسفرت العملية عن قتل وجرح العديد من عناصر التنظيمات الإرهابية وتدمير عدد من آلياتها نفذ صقور سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني بالتنسيق مع الحكومة السورية اليوم عملية نوعية استهدفت أوكار التنظيمات الإرهابية في الجنوب الشرقي السوري، أطلق عليها (الردع الاردني – حمود). وتأتي هذه العملية انتقاماً لشهدائنا الذين قضوا في جناز كنيسة حمود في الكرك يوم الجمعة الماضي، إذ يرتبط الإرهابيون الذين نفذوا هذا الفعل الإجرامي بهذه التنظيمات الإرهابية. وقامت مقاتلات من سلاح الجو الملكي بتدمير عدد من المواقع الإرهابية، واسفرت العملية عن قتل وجرح العديد من عناصر هذه التنظيمات الإرهابية وتدمير عدد من آلياتها. وتؤكد القوات المسلحة أنها تقف بالمرصاد لكل من تسول له نفسه المساس بأمن المواطنين، وتشدد على عزمها المضي قدماً في اجتثاث جذور التطرف والإرهاب وأنها ماضية في واجبها المقدس لحماية الوطن والمواطنين وصون مقدساته. رحم الله شهداء الكرك وحفظ الأردن عزيزاً منيعاً. #الأردن #القوات_المسلحة_الأردنية #الجيش_العربي
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Castelion has been awarded a contract modification to its existing work with the Air Force Research Laboratory to begin Blackbeard integration activities with the F-16. We are grateful to the Air Force for their trust. Aim High.
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Gambler Viper in the AO, marked with four AMRAAMs fired during the war, a Shahed kill, and bomb drops.
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Ukraine has a stated requirement of 5,000-6,000 20mm rounds per day for its Vipers. Assuming they expend 75-100 rounds per intercept, that's roughly 50-80 intercepts every 24 hrs, so the 50k rounds should cover 8 to 10 days of sustained F-16 cUAS across 500-670 engagements.
Defense of Ukraine
@DefenceUOct 23
🇺🇦🤝🇩🇰 Thank you, Denmark! Denmark has delivered more than 50,000 rounds of 20 mm ammunition to Ukraine on an expedited basis for the onboard cannons of F-16 fighter jets. Ukrainian pilots are already using them to intercept jet-powered attack drones. “We are grateful to Denmark for its quick and effective response to our request for additional ammunition. This speed matters directly for strengthening Ukraine’s air defence and protecting people from Russian air attacks,” Minister of Defence Evgeniy Khmara said. Aviation, and the F-16 in particular, is currently one of the most effective means of countering jet-powered Shaheds. Destroying them effectively requires sufficient stocks of ammunition. @JeppeBruus @Forsvarsmin
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Sidewinders and AMRAAMs obviously help too, but there are only so many to go around. Expect them reserved for high-risk profiles or specific engagement parameters. Ukraine needs FZ275s and AGR-20s, or rather they needed them yesterday and by the thousands.
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Lockheed Martin giving a F-16 Block 70/72 model in Ukrainian livery to Zelensky.
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
@NOELreportsOct 19
Zelensky says he met Lockheed Martin representatives in Kyiv to discuss expanding supplies for Ukraine. He said Patriot systems and F-16s play a key role against Russian ballistic missiles and jet-powered Shaheds, while both areas remain difficult. Lockheed Martin is increasing production of ballistic-missile interceptors, and Ukraine hopes to purchase part of that output. Kyiv is also working to have F-16 maintenance and repairs carried out in Ukraine. #Ukraine
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Another Black Knights F-35C. This one is marked with an Iranian submarine kill, 27 bomb drops, and two AMRAAM launches.
Abd@blocksixtynineOct 11
Black Knights F-35C bearing its Iran campaign markings. 40 bomb drops, 1 vessel sunk, 3 AD/BM launchers, 7 rocket launchers, if not SAMs (though unlikely).
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SCANG AAR footage from CENTCOM. @blocksixtynine
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RIP a legend, RJ Mitte
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There simply won't be another jet as perfect as this. All that stuff hanging off it and it still looks this good.
前站起飛ARRIVING
@stella991214Oct 11
Incredible moments at the Marrakech Airshow in Morocco
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Gun pilot wisdom.
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Black Knights F-35C bearing its Iran campaign markings. 40 bomb drops, 1 vessel sunk, 3 AD/BM launchers, 7 rocket launchers, if not SAMs (though unlikely).
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One of the Turkish pilots in Latvia sporting an F-35 pen tab. Pretty interesting.
Abd@blocksixtynineOct 10
Turkish Vipers running a slow mover intercept in Latvia. Wingman circling around behind the F-16D makes for some nice faux "at the merge" shots. Live AIM-120C7s and AIM-9Xs on both jets.
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I realize a lot of people are suggesting it's the KAAN, but the specific pen tab is widely worn at Luke where the Turkish F-35 pilots were trained.
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Found it, 63rd FS at Luke.
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Turkish Vipers running a slow mover intercept in Latvia. Wingman circling around behind the F-16D makes for some nice faux "at the merge" shots. Live AIM-120C7s and AIM-9Xs on both jets.
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🇻🇦HG🇭🇺@HunGroyperOct 7
Replying to @blocksixtynine
Being painfully aware of your own mortality makes you fight like hell against it.
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Made this ages ago. I need to go back to making edits
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