New Navy Stealth Fighter?!!?!!

[flyboy 28]

including a 53-foot-long mock jet fighter dubbed "Talon."

*sigh* When will Hollywood go for realisticness... There's already a plane called the Talon! T-38! :-/

Petty Officer 1st Class Anthony Whetstone, an ordnance safety expert from Alexander City, Ala., got a speaking role and said it was a highlight of his 16-year Navy career.

He's been in the navy for 16 years and he's still a po...

[Felix/FFDS]

*sigh* When will Hollywood go for realisticness... There's already a plane called the Talon! T-38! :-/

I mean, it's absolutely ridiculous re-using names!  Texan, Thunderbolt, Tornado, Typhoon, Nimrod, Whirlwind, Fury, Phantom, Hawk ....

[Hagar]

He's been in the navy for 16 years and he's still a po...

Some people are quite happy being NCOs. These are the pros who run the Navy & all other services. They couldn't do without them.

[SilverFox441]

To be fair...16 years does seem a little long before reaching senior NCO status.

[Felix/FFDS]

To be fair...16 years does seem a little long before reaching senior NCO status.

Maybe he's been there, done that, ... again and again?

[SilverFox441]

True...he may have visited the Captain's cabin on "other than social" occasions.

Maybe shore leave agrees with him, but not the Navy.  :o

[Chris_F]

BTW, the Navy is slated to get the JSF, a stealth fighter.  Not sure of the date it's supposed to enter service.

[khruschev]

Russia is going to get so poor... HAHAHA  ;D
I guess that's why 12 Borey-class SSN's have been ordered, along with 4 Akula-class SSBN's and a design for a CVN was also requested, and if it matches the needs of the Rusian Navy 4 will be built, yeah you really made me understand why this is all hapening  ;)

Also Su-47, and MiG 1.42 projects have been re-lived so their entrance into service with RuAF is to happen in the next few years...

[newagestealth]

Hello I have two polaroids of that aircraft on deck from two angles, it looks so awesome up in person... I wish i could scan and show you all. I live in san diego. So as i saw it it looked awesome and legit. Thought it was even real. It's a pretty impressive Fake.

[Brute]

Maybe its the JSF that they were makin' for the navy.

[SilverFox441]

The Borey class SSBN's are an outgrowth of the obsolete Delta-IV SSBN's...obviously much greater sophistication than the older brothers, but still based on the old Delta-IV.

The SSBN Akula (NATO reporting name Typhoon) should not be confused with the new order for 4 end-of-class SSN Akula-II's. The Akula-II will be superceded by a new SSN class, of which the Russian Navy hopes to aquire 22...should they manage a 4-fold increase in the Naval budget.

Hard to keep secrets from the Western Powers when they are right there in the dockyards helping to scrap old Victor II's and III's.  ;)

[Scottler]

He's prolly still an NCO because the best thing he's ever done (by his own admission) was have a speaking role as a pretend sailor.

[wh1skea]

Here is another link to for y'all.

http://www.cvn72.navy.mil/pao/news/stealth.html

It is from the USS Abe Lincoln's official website.

[Fitter]

what a design...

[BMan1113VR]

Maybe its the JSF that they were makin' for the navy.

i assure you 1, it would not be on a carrier for testing yet. 2, no way you could get a picture of it (if it is still secret from the public)