I know most of you don't care about NASCAR.

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AH, a loaded question!

But it did look nice!

Remind me to tell you about the B-2 that arrived 2 minutes early in KS on a demo jump for a NASCAR Race.

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AH, a loaded question!

But it did look nice!

Remind me to tell you about the B-2 that arrived 2 minutes early in KS on a demo jump for a NASCAR Race.

Matt

If you got time, I'd love to hear about it. I mean read...

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Valid point - a loaded question indeed!!!!

B-2's seem to be off time or not even show up fairly often. Sunday was supposed to have been a B-2 flyby, but they fell out. We were only scheduled for the Thursday (Duels) flyby, but since we were in town, they asked us to do it.

Normally we would've had 4 jets for that big of a race, but since it was last minute they didn't fly two more down.

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Valid point - a loaded question indeed!!!!

B-2's seem to be off time or not even show up fairly often. Sunday was supposed to have been a B-2 flyby, but they fell out. We were only scheduled for the Thursday (Duels) flyby, but since we were in town, they asked us to do it.

Normally we would've had 4 jets for that big of a race, but since it was last minute they didn't fly two more down.

Question: Are all the B-2 bombers based at a single AFB, say in Missouri or something like that? I could understand if that is the case how they might not be reliable down to the exact minute crossing over several states to a fly-by for an event.

As for fighter jets, most states have an AFB or national guard base where some are kept, right?

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Valid point - a loaded question indeed!!!!

B-2's seem to be off time or not even show up fairly often. Sunday was supposed to have been a B-2 flyby, but they fell out. We were only scheduled for the Thursday (Duels) flyby, but since we were in town, they asked us to do it.

Normally we would've had 4 jets for that big of a race, but since it was last minute they didn't fly two more down.

Question: Are all the B-2 bombers based at a single AFB, say in Missouri or something like that? I could understand if that is the case how they might not be reliable down to the exact minute crossing over several states to a fly-by for an event.

As for fighter jets, most states have an AFB or national guard base where some are kept, right?

You mean like that antique in his picture that he is flying

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Question: Are all the B-2 bombers based at a single AFB, say in Missouri or something like that? I could understand if that is the case how they might not be reliable down to the exact minute crossing over several states to a fly-by for an event.

Yes, all the B-2's are in Missouri (Whiteman AFB). I'm not talking about 1 minute late (although honestly - what is the window for being on time to a flyby?) It's about 5 seconds.

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As for fighter jets, most states have an AFB or national guard base where some are kept, right?

Not most, very few. Ask your congressperson - the fighter force is dwindling and FAST!!!! There are only 9 active duty bases in all of the CONUS that have fighters. Guard bases are more common, but wait until 2012 - the budget is cutting about 80% of our guard fighters. No big deal right - the guard is only the people who protect the CONUS...

Sorry, I have a rather large soap-box for that one. Anyway, there are sometimes closer places, but fighters also don't have the range to go super far for a flyby. Ours is somewhere around 1200-1500 miles depending on our configuration, where as a B-2 is WAY more than that. I'm in Panama City, we launched on Thursday, did the flyby and landed at Daytona.

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You mean like that antique in his picture that he is flying

Couldn't agree with you more - I was in a 1979 model. However, we have only bought 186 F-22's to replace 750 F-15's. We have to keep these antiques in the air!!!

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You mean like that antique in his picture that he is flying

Couldn't agree with you more - I was in a 1979 model. However, we have only bought 186 F-22's to replace 750 F-15's. We have to keep these antiques in the air!!!

I know... I saw the tail number and realized that thing was delivered when I was still active duty USAF

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Yea I was wondering what happend to the rest of them. I think it was 2 years back at Talladega was the best flyby ever by jets. They did the usual pass, broke off, did some slow flybys with gear down, speed brake up. They then came back and did some high speed formations with splits and one doing a vertical climb in the middle of the track!!!! It was better than the race everyone was cheering and I had goose bumps!

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I know... I saw the tail number and realized that thing was delivered when I was still active duty USA

I thought you had served in the Army Air Corps? What was the transition like? Kind of strange starting up a new branch of the military?

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I know... I saw the tail number and realized that thing was delivered when I was still active duty USA

I thought you had served in the Army Air Corps? What was the transition like? Kind of strange starting up a new branch of the military?

You would have to ask my uncle about that one.. he was there for that.. back in the so called brown shoe days... we visited them at various bases when I was a kid.. for several weeks. I remember what the uniforms and airplanes were in that golden era