BaronBargy

I considered trying to become a Detective at one time (and that's what I would aim for if I became a police officer, even now), but the Marine Corps is where I'm going if everything works out.

Really? I thought it was a pretty poor explanation.

[wit] "Because it's entertaining when the EMS run over the guy you called them in to save." [/wit] In all seriousness, though, I get what you're saying; I just don't know if I'd join a LCPDFR Clan/Community, because I can be pretty quiet over comms/voice chat for any game until I'm comfortable with the people I'm playing with. (Insurgency comes to mind, where I usually won't start using voice until I've been playing for 10 to 15, maybe 20 minutes; and even then, it takes a bit for me to warm up to people.) Don't get me wrong; I love roleplaying, and the idea of doing patrols with people is pretty neat, but there's so much that can go wrong if you don't have the right kind of people in your group, and I'm just too quiet for that sort of thing. (What I'm trying to say is: make sure the people you play with are the kind of people you can get along with, not people you'll end up arguing with over every little thing. Otherwise, it ruins the whole experience.)

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was a Korean War- and Vietnam War-era supersonic fighter-bomber built by the same company that made the P-47 Thunderbolt during World War II, and had four production variants; the F-105B (initial production version), F-105D (all-weather version with improved avionics; more than 600 airframes produced), F-105F (two-seater trainer; some were converted to SEAD/Wild Weasel capability), and the F-105G "Wild Weasel" SEAD variant, which was a further improvement on the so-called SEAD F-105Fs, with improved countermeasures and (according to some sources, but not all) an improved Navigational Radar, the AN/APN-192. The reason you've probably never heard of it is that, while yes, it was, on its own, an impressive aircraft (it's credited just under 30 MiG kills, one of which is said to have been when an F-105D pilot ejected his fully-loaded centerline bombrack into the path of an incoming enemy MiG; and there's also the fact that two F-105F/G Wild Weasel pilots earned the Medal of Honor), it suffered relatively high losses for the number of airframes built compared to the Air Force's F-4C/D/E/G (F was an export variant for Germany; G is the iconic F-4 Wild Weasel variant), which is why far more people have heard of it. An interesting thing worth noting is that, unlike most aircraft of its time (and indeed, even most aircraft now; the sole exception being stealth aircraft and dedicated bombers), the F-105 had an interior bomb bay. Additionally, it was nuclear-capable even at supersonic speeds, thanks to the B61 and B57 bombs ( ), although it could carry others as well. (Those are so-called "streamlined" bombs; designed to be dropped at high speed.) It had a couple of nicknames, although I think the most popular one by far is "Thud."

It's not a fighter by any means, but will this lovely harbinger of death do as a prize? Edit: removed non-relevant content from quote.

I remember when I was younger, I had a Jane's Combat Aircraft book, and I actually clipped the page for the Panavia Tornado out and had it tacked to my wall so I could look at it all the time, to the point that it eventually faded from exposure to sunlight. Now I have a couple posters of various aircraft, including a B-17 Flying Fortress, an A-10 Thunderbolt, and an F-105G. (The last of which is my all-time favorite aircraft. It's just too awesome.) I've got one, though,and I bet nobody will correctly name it.

If we're doing under-appreciated aircraft, I take your F-5 and raise it with one of my personal favorites—the F-105G "Wild Weasel" Thunderchief.