Pot of Bone at the end of the Rainbow

[Alamo]

Andersen AFB, Guam, a few days ago. https://strategypage.com/military_photos/20171205205428.aspx


Not really related, but I spent a frickin' hot and humid summer back at this base back in 2002 in support of these (and KC-10s and Global Hawks):

Dragon Lady with chase car, Al Dhafra Air Base, Abu Dhabi. https://strategypage.com/military_photos/20171203225551.aspx

SHHH. https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/08/28/air-force-acknowledges-clandestine-base-in-uae/

 

[steve0322]

Nothing wrong with a little Lancer action.

 

[Wolfhound]

This is sort of related. Kinda cool.....

 

[Tactically Fat]

B-1B Lancer.

One of my all-time favorite aircraft.

 

[actaeon277]

Mythbusters had a pretty good episode on the "dragon lady".

 

[Thor]

The sound of freedom!

The bone is a military copy of what the Boeing SST was going to look like originally...before they found that the sweep wing design was too heavy/expensive for a commercial airliner.

Fun fact for the current SST concepts. When they flew the XB-70 Valkyrie during test it created a boom corridor 16NM wide and generated almost 10,000 claims of property damage. Note to developers, there's a reason most military flights are restricted to FL 300 and higher for supersonic flight.