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Did I just see...
Posted: 08 Sep 2011, 03:00
by pj295
The beast of Khandahar on the picture scroll on the front page? : ) Very Cool!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_M ... 0_Sentinel
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 08 Sep 2011, 04:13
by travels
That you did its based with the 30RS at the tonopah test range
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 08 Sep 2011, 15:15
by MIKE JG
You saw nothing.......

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 08 Sep 2011, 17:44
by CelticWarrior
MIKE JG wrote:You saw nothing.......

Saw what?

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 08 Sep 2011, 17:55
by tango234
I can't see nuffink

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 09 Sep 2011, 14:06
by jaguar1
I've never seen them at Tonopah, they must be mostly deployed - (however many there are) I'd imagine there are only 2 or 3 examples around!
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 09 Sep 2011, 16:21
by MIKE JG
They (if there is more than one) don't seem to carry any markings so it's tough to tell. A Korean newpaper reported last year that one was being operated out of Kunsan or Osan AB, can't remember which one, but that was never verified.
I think it's a black program that is being used to test new types of ISR capabilities in combination with a stealthy UAS type vehicle. The fact that they have flown it in broad daylight from Kandahar tells me that they're not too concerned about the vehicle and probably the real secrets are in the payloads that it carries.
Yes I have completed a basic AI model of it based on the best research I can find but the few drawings are inconsistent at best and the few photos are not much help either.
Will probably just throw the model out there for you guys to play with since we really can't confirm where it is these days or where it's been flying and the actual model represents a "best guess" on my part.
It's a tiny beast that's for sure.

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 09 Sep 2011, 17:06
by james84
How did you manage to see it? It's stealth!
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 09 Sep 2011, 17:27
by petebramley
I saw it because I had my Joe 90 specs on

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 02 Sep 2012, 00:53
by gatorflyer
Did the guys ever release this? Would love to have an AI version to roam around the NTTR with.
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 06 Sep 2012, 05:31
by btaylo24
Yeah. Be nice to have this flying. I am sure they are still out there.
How about releasing the model Mr Mike G???

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 06 Sep 2012, 13:51
by MIKE JG
You'll have to talk to the Iranians...... They stole it.
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 07 Sep 2012, 02:29
by btaylo24
I just phoned them, they said its ok for you to release it

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 07 Sep 2012, 02:43
by BadPvtDan
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 07 Sep 2012, 13:39
by MIKE JG
LOL! Time to fire your AK's into the air..............
Do those people ever think about where their bullets land btw???
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 07 Sep 2012, 15:19
by CelticWarrior
Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 07 Sep 2012, 16:03
by bismarck
No need to go so distant...
Also here in Italy (in Naples) every New Year we have a dead and dozen injured...

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 10 Sep 2012, 08:43
by btaylo24
New current pictures of the RQ-170 in this months Combat Aircraft Mag,flying into Creech.
It's time Mike?

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 10 Sep 2012, 08:57
by Stewart Pearson
btaylo24 wrote:New current pictures of the RQ-170 in this months Combat Aircraft Mag,flying into Creech.
It's time Mike?

Your watch is fast Barry.

Re: Did I just see...
Posted: 10 Sep 2012, 19:14
by MIKE JG
btaylo24 wrote:New current pictures of the RQ-170 in this months Combat Aircraft Mag,flying into Creech.
It's time Mike?

You know this past weekend I drove a good distance to go to a bookstore that I know sold this magazine only to find this months "September" issue right there on the shelf where it should be, grab it full of excitement, only to discover that you guys must be talking about October's issue or are getting a different issue than that one I was looking at because there wasn't anything in the one I was looking at about the RQ-170.