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namelessdread -- "Family Circus" as written by H.P. Lovecraft. (Edit: Never mind. It just got deleted by the creator as I posted. Wow. Can't say it outlived its time.)
Maybe I should get my resume updated so I could be an analyst at CTU. After they finish their current day, there should be plenty of openings. Good holy cow. If I were Dessler or even Tony or, by now, Oddrey, I'd start Tazering or kneecapping the whole lot of 'em.
Oh, and I thought I knew exactly what "Anderson's" plot was, until the very last scene. Because... my original thought was that POTUS was airborne for an awful lengthy period of time -- so much so as to be conspicuous in and of itself. So maybe that's a plot point? Soon as I heard Marwan mention the AFB, my first thought was that he was going to shoot down Air Force One. Which, itself, has all sorts of complications, not the least of which is Anderson's choice of aircraft.
Anderson is shown in the episode's closing seconds piloting the F-117A Nighthawk stealth bomber. If you expected me to say "stealth fighter," well, that's one of those misnomers perpetuated by the need to distinguish the F-117A from the B-2 Spirit bomber. The F-117A is a bomber as well, just designed for a much different role and target than the B-2. Its anti-air capabilities are nil. It isn't capable of carrying air-to-air missiles. It has no onboard gun. The only way you're bringing down Air Force One with a Nighthawk is to pull a "By Dawn's Early Light" move and ram it. ...Which, I suppose, isn't out of the question, but an F-117A is not radar-invisible, rather has enough of a minimal radar profile to make detection problematic. If Serbian radar can track a Nighthawk long enough to bring one down, I rather think a radar net around the chief executive will be adequate to do the job on a rogue aircraft. And if your mission was to bring down Air Force One, there's almost dozen better air platforms with which to do it.
Of course, maybe Anderson's not after AFO at all and is looking to augur into CTU HQ (clearly landing's not on the agenda) or some other stationary, less-well-defended target. Maybe they've got this better thought out than I fear. But if Anderson's Nighthawk fires an air-to-air missile, to me it's going to be a mind-searing gaffe approaching the level of the dead girl in "Space Mutiny" reappearing in the party on the bridge. Sorry. I know I'm geeking out over a minor quibble, but I'm just glad to be geeking out over something suddenly.
namelessdread -- "Family Circus" as written by H.P. Lovecraft. (Edit: Never mind. It just got deleted by the creator as I posted. Wow. Can't say it outlived its time.)Maybe I should get my resume updated so I could be an analyst at CTU. After they finish their current day, there should be plenty of openings. Good holy cow. If I were Dessler or even Tony or, by now, Oddrey, I'd start Tazering or kneecapping the whole lot of 'em.
Oh, and I thought I knew exactly what "Anderson's" plot was, until the very last scene. Because... my original thought was that POTUS was airborne for an awful lengthy period of time -- so much so as to be conspicuous in and of itself. So maybe that's a plot point? Soon as I heard Marwan mention the AFB, my first thought was that he was going to shoot down Air Force One. Which, itself, has all sorts of complications, not the least of which is Anderson's choice of aircraft.
Anderson is shown in the episode's closing seconds piloting the F-117A Nighthawk stealth bomber. If you expected me to say "stealth fighter," well, that's one of those misnomers perpetuated by the need to distinguish the F-117A from the B-2 Spirit bomber. The F-117A is a bomber as well, just designed for a much different role and target than the B-2. Its anti-air capabilities are nil. It isn't capable of carrying air-to-air missiles. It has no onboard gun. The only way you're bringing down Air Force One with a Nighthawk is to pull a "By Dawn's Early Light" move and ram it. ...Which, I suppose, isn't out of the question, but an F-117A is not radar-invisible, rather has enough of a minimal radar profile to make detection problematic. If Serbian radar can track a Nighthawk long enough to bring one down, I rather think a radar net around the chief executive will be adequate to do the job on a rogue aircraft. And if your mission was to bring down Air Force One, there's almost dozen better air platforms with which to do it.
Of course, maybe Anderson's not after AFO at all and is looking to augur into CTU HQ (clearly landing's not on the agenda) or some other stationary, less-well-defended target. Maybe they've got this better thought out than I fear. But if Anderson's Nighthawk fires an air-to-air missile, to me it's going to be a mind-searing gaffe approaching the level of the dead girl in "Space Mutiny" reappearing in the party on the bridge. Sorry. I know I'm geeking out over a minor quibble, but I'm just glad to be geeking out over something suddenly.
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Okay, I gave up and looked it up. Wingspan: 57 feet. Length: 53 feet. It is wider than long. I thought so.
But the A-10's still one of my favorite aircraft. Not flashy or fast, but built to get the work done.