B-1B Rocks

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Low altitude sonic passes have been made.
It can have the same effect as a small bomb with the sonic boom it creates.
Just this has it's own tactical advantages.
For some reason now I just can't wipe this smile off my face.

I know that Stevens recorded the instrumental with Harold Faltermyer, I can even recall the dang video...I also know that Satriani and Van Halen have also been said to have been the creators of that instrumental. But I also know that Satriani has played that anthem...I may be wrong about him putting it on an album, but I know he has played it. There's a big difference between Joe's bald head and Stevens' "mop."

No, Satriani never recorded anything to do with Top Gun (although it's a common misbelief that he did). It says so on his Official Fan Club Membership FAQ:

"Joe also didn't play the Top Gun theme or Over The Rainbow that commonly get shared with his name on them"

type in "satriani top gun membership" on google and click the first result

Satch did a version of it on one of his albums that got alot more play time...either way, both did an awesome job of it.

Try a 1/72nd of a BUFF! Took me 2 years and I had to put it out in the garage, lol.

those things are HUGE!!! I'm building the 1/48 scale model of it and I can't find a place to put it!

Na, that was Steve Stevens. For some reason, a lot of places miscredit the song to Satriani (and others). I'm actually learning it right now.

LOL, now thats funny right there!

Yea, hes the guy who did the Top Gun "theme" song! That dude can grab the moment when it comes to air power

Well the USAF replaced the F-111 with the F-15E, can't Autralia do the same?

As a concerned Australian, watching my government stuff-up with the f-35's instead of getting f22's, especially now that they are decommissioning f-111's - im actually going to see my state pollie as a concerned citizen tht australian needs to acquire B-1B Lancer's to replace the f-111's as they are intended to & stop Beating round the Bush...

I love the fact that "Surfing with the Alien" is the background music! Joe Satriani for the win!

last year we had one come in from ellsworth for our wing change of command. A couple hours later they flew back and that thing was ridiculously loud when it took off. It's kinda funny....it was off the runway and in the air long before one of our B52'S would have been

My Uncle Sam has some paperwork for you to look over first...

hot damn!

A super sonic swig wing heavy bomber, that hard to beat!

I like this bomber because it can even break the sound barrier! at altitude of course lol

I want one! where do i pay the deposit?

96 to 144 depending on a four or six pack dispenser. Imagine the air defence radar at an Iranian base suddenly lighting up with 144 incoming bombs. Perhaps 288 if two bombers were used. And you're sitting at the controls of the latest Russian pantsyr anti aircraft system and have eight/twelve missles to defend yourself with.

hundreds huh? it can carry a max of 96 SDBs, thats without the internal fuel tank loaded. And if you try the put them on the wing tip crap, you cant, it goes against the START treaty.

Bomb porn! America! F**k YEAH!!!!

I watched as one of these came onto the runway. It had a totally different eerie evil pitch and tone to the engines. As it took off everyone stopped and watched. Even on the streets people stopped there cars and got out to watch. It was an insanely loud crackling. Louder than any B1B on the base It made one circle and landed. I have never heard any other plane like that one. Gaging by the other people in the middle of the street neither had anyone else on the base.

surfing with the alein great song

The USAF is adding targeting pods to the B1 also. Add the existing huge load of smart bombs and you've got a plane that can hang around for hours and hours ready to drop explosives within a few meters after a radio call.

In particlair I like its ability to drops hundreds of SDBs at one time, all individually targeted from miles away from its objective. Oops there goes another airbase.