F-35 and F-22...Together at last!..the video!

Sferrin...Thanks guy....pure dee awesome.

F-35 and F-22...Together at last!

F-35A AF-2 on Flight 119 with Maj. Scott McLaren at the controls flies in loose formation with F-22 Raptor on tanker over Isabella Mountains in California on 22 April 2011.

Did we see the deployment of the CV-22?

Did we see the highest profile deployment of the CV-22 to date?

1. Distance?  Check

2.  Troop payload?  No way you're getting 2 dozen SEALs on a Pave Low (and the MH-53J's are retired).  Check.

I'm mud rolling here but I'd say we've witnessed the CV-22 in action during this rescue.

Looks like I was not only wrong, but TOTALLY WRONG!  Thanks Rohan for setting me straight.  He stated that the briefing indicated two MH-47G's were involved along with a pair of Black Hawks.  Sounds like the Night Stalkers were out playing.

I wonder if this will add a bit to the USAF's choice of their next Rescue Helicopter?

America...are you really this naive?

pic from MSNBC News.

MSNBC is reporting spontaneous celebrations in front of the White House because OBL got justice.

Really?

Are we really this naive America?

Does anyone believe that the world is a safer place now?

Does anyone not believe that the shooting of the Air Force personnel might not have been in retaliation and that there is more to come?

Does anyone believe that our Marines, Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors that are going out on patrol tomorrow are going to be welcomed as liberators and not have to worry about the usual -- dodging snipers and avoiding mines/ied's?

To my British friends I apologize but this is as news worthy as the Royal Wedding---meaning not news worthy at all.

The wars continue boys and girls...your sons and daughters are still in danger and still doing dangerous work.

Don't be naive and don't forget it.

UPDATE:
Military Times is reporting how former President Bush is reacting to the news of OBL's reckoning.


UPDATE 1:
Ok, let me be a bit more clear.  I don't mind playing the part of the Ugly American...done it many times, have the role down pat and can even do it in my sleep.  But this is sophomoric!  NOTHINGS CHANGED!  But some are celebrating...maybe its an urban vs. rural thing.  Maybe its a military vs. civilian thing.  Maybe its a conservative vs. liberal thing....but I just don't get it.

Operations of the V-22.

Bin Laden is dead? What now?

Good news but I hope the calculations have been properly made...With the failed strike on the Libyan leader...with the Palestinian issue still unresolved...with the 'great awakening' happening in the Arab states and now with Bin Laden having been killed in an airstrike, can we not expect an increase in terrorism?

If we had him this boxed in, can we not say that this was done for political and not operational needs?  Supposedly, leadership of his organization had passed on to his 2nd in command...add to this the fact that he was killed in Pakistan and I don't see this making anything better.

We do live in interesting times.

Bin Laden is dead???