Non-Combat Military Aircraft

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>>28056036
The truth is evident.

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>>28056126

The Galaxy is very intimidating to look at considering that it has no weapons. It's a logistical superweapon.

>>28056138

What is that?

>>28056247
An artist's impression.

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I find the program for pic related pretty interesting.

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>>28056324

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>>28056333

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>>28056036

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This reconaissance aircraft hunt down submarine. Will be suitable to compete with P-8 Poseidon.

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>>28056036
Ahem.

Best Transport Ever.

Fight Me

>>28056406
Almost zero chance it will receive any foreign orders.

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>>28056428
yes.

>>28056434
Has India made a decision yet?

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>>28058889
India is using P-8s i'm pretty sure.

Britain also chose the P-8, as did Australia, so the P-1 doesn't have many likely export options left.

P-8 just too stronk.

>>28058970
737 platform is tried and true.

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KC-10 Master Race, reporting in

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>>28058970

Retard question: How can a plane detect submarines? Seems a little far fetched.

>>28059005
didn't Boeing just put out the successor to the KC-10?

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>>28059034
And it isn't as good as this, but it's what we bought.

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>>28059017
The same way they detect other planes
Radar or acoustics.
>>28059034 I still won't carry as much cargo or fuel as the 10 can

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>>28058681
>>28056428
>Call me when you faggots need a ride
>C5 is life
>Logistics is life

>>28059087
Boeing should have offered a 777 based Tanker.

The kc46 is a waste of $$$.

>>28059017
Alot of ways. Surface search radar for one allows for periscope detection (and the sub itself of course if it's surfaced). Diesels need to send up a snorkel occasionally, which is a risk.

Then there's sonobuoys, which are exactly what they sound like. They're little buoys that are launched out of the plane. Active ones send out sonar pulses, while passive ones only listen.

There's the Magnetic Anomaly Detector, which again is basically exactly what it sounds like. It only works from a very low altitude however, so there's a limit with how much ground you can cover with it (and it also places you at risk for retaliation). It's generally only used to confirm a target area you already suspect. The P-8 did away with it to save weight and extend range and endurance.

You can also try and detect the sub's radar if it's using it atm, and IR sensors can help detect a sub, though only a surfaced one (useful at night at least).

>>28059034
No the KC-46 is only going to replace the KC-135. The Air Force wants the KC-10 to last until the 2040's

>>28056324
Engine covers would be a bitch on that

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>>28059144
The C5 has my respect because of the shear noise it produces. Its the only plane that I put Earpro in for takeoff

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>>28059188
>The P-8 did away with it to save weight and extend range and endurance.

Yeah instead they got the "Diesel Sniffer" system that's supposed to be able to sample the air and determine if a diesel sub is nearby. Combine this with their 3x10 shot revolver Sonobouy launchers and they can carpet a sea location really quickly.

Course it aint no tried or true P-3

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No Hercules... WTF?

>>28056300
Pretty sure it's a Thunerbirds model.

>>28056406
Does Japan even Export now?

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My father commanded one during the Gulf war.

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>>28059188
>>28060961

Thank you. These posts were interesting and useful.

>>28061312
was he an ant?

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>>28056036
It can transport 1,400 tons at about 10,000 nm. Try to beat it
>pro-tip. You can't

>>28061312
fucking ants man, shitting the place with their lies and their tiny pictures

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>>28061365
First try to build it. Pro-tip: you can't.

>>28061365
nobody NEEDS high-capacity cargo planes. Think of the children!

>>28061003
Hello new wallpaper

>>28061365
>greater than 75% of the cargo space appears to be aft of center-of-lift

Why do they do this?

>>28061413
Because it's a concept drawing that a boeing intern made in his free time in between two LoL matches and that somehow made it on the internet. Two weeks later, a more than questionable magazin picked it up. How often a day do you read "hurr durr company x is developing an ORBITAL LASER with EXPLODING DEATHRAYS? THis is one of those times.

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>>28056036
I have a thing for the more modest sized cargo planes. I wish i had one. No idea what i'd do with one, though. Cargo hauling in remote places of africa or some shit like that, i guess, central asia would be a nice place to operate such a trade as well i think..

>>28061451
>land your plane
>open door
>be shreddered

who designed this?

>>28061458

You're supposed to turn the engine off before getting out.

>>28061464
what if you forget?
I'd bet money this was built in russia

>>28056324
>>28056333
>>28056342

Looks like someone stepped on a 747 desu senpai

>>28059046
>>28059087
Lewd

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>blub-blub-blub

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RAF Sentinel R1.

Possibly the most underappreciated plane of NATO right now in just how much it does for every theatre it enters, including (but not limited to) Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, the Med Sea and during floods, even the UK. It's a major part of why the UK has flown 30% of all surveillance missions in the Intervention against ISIS. (Which for a theatre involving the US, is a huge number for a single nation)

Just a fucking massive ground sweeping radar to collect enormous quantities of surveillance, collated all on board and immediately transmitted to all units or back to homebase for analysis. Add on a massive range and endurance and it's just the epitome of "boring but awesome."

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>>28062731
>Possibly the most underappreciated plane

That would probably be this.

>>28062960

You're not wrong either. That's definitely one of the other ones up there for not getting enough love.

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Sealift getting no love wtf /k/

>>28061528
Damn she's got a bangin' figure.

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>>28063833
Well if its curves you want...


Yeah, I know it was a combat aircraft, but technically it was never used, so I'll just weasel it in.

>>28064491
>Guarding the fuck out of this coast right here

>>28059144
I'd call, but you broke on forward kneel.

>>28059005
this.

Aerial refueling = force projection.

>>28060996

If this is coming your way, it is already too late...

>>28063917
l-lewd

>>28061050
subtle

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It has are a very particular set of skills, skills it has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me it a nightmare for countries like yours.

It will look for you, it will find you.

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Move aside, capitalists.