• RandomStickman@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    A little while ago when people were talking about F22’s possible retirement I was thinking “What do you mean retirement?! Those are brand new! I remember them showing it off in the Transformers movie! … Back in 2007… almost 20 years ago…”

    I guess they’re still pretty new by jet standards

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      2 months ago

      Post Internet just warps our time in so many ways. If it was modern enough that there are webpages and jpegs about it then it feels just as modern because those formats haven’t changed.

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    2 months ago

    Meanwhile I was blown away by the C-17 being younger than I am. The C-5 predates the moon landing, and the C-17 went into service circa Power Rangers.