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@NoFlyZone fresh pilot grads are waiting 8 months, seriously? Broad trend or specific MDS/MWS? Generalized answer more acceptable here.

They are no doubt pushing people through faster (quality as has been discussed is a fair debate), but what’s even worse is UPT grads going to heavies are waiting 8+ months to go to the FTU. What kind of detriment will we see when less experienced pilots are waiting a year before they fly again? The result is bad right now and people aren’t even waiting as long as they will in the future. Is there really a shortage of qualified pilots because it really doesn’t seem like there is. It’s making it really hard to want to do the program knowing that boredom and inadequacy will be my future due to a lack of a real plan, and that the earlier years of my career won’t be properly utilized either.

Nothing's wrong with them, they're just not currently executing the IPT syllabus.

What’s wrong with Doss? Are they increasing the number of students.

wasn't this jet owned by Thai Airways prior? The deep dive needn't stop at the most recent owner/maintainer. The faulty practice could've been years before they took possession.

somehow I missed that you fly FiFi and Doc! Guess I've been sleeping under a rock... LMK next time you're in northern Utah! I think KOGD has hosted y'all a couple times in the last couple years and that's 10 minutes from my house...

Well just have to wait for the AIB

Was it not mishap pilot #1 like every other AF crash?

Do you think it’s normal to publish the name of a pilot that ejected from an aircraft? It’s not. Why do you need to know the pilot’s name?

I wonder why they chose 30/105 over PGMs.. But honestly I feel for the crews having the entire world armchair quarterbacks their engagements and having no idea wtf they're talking about.

Concur...why invite the negative consequences.

Short-Term, I expect volatility from here on out. The major moves have already been made. There may be some more life in the miners in the short term, but those all ballooned up pretty dramatically as well, and the miners won't be safe from an equity recession. Long-term, eventually a bubble is going to pop, at which point I expect the government to step in with eye-watering amounts of stimulus. That'll start phase two of the gold bull run. And if the crypto fairy tale collapses at some point, that'll be even more money shifting back into gold.

Over on main stream media (WSJ) is a 4+ min long vid showing off the planes and people (with nametags) highlighting capes and recent destruction. If my mug was in any of those vids, I'd be livid. Why show who and how?

Saw another news report that we have planes in El Salvador, wonder if they're flying out of Ilopango. We took an AC-H in there back in the day. Looked like an airplane junkyard where they parked us, tight fit too.

In that first video, the boat was not under way. Was any info given as to why?

It's crazy that we have about 10 billion dollars worth of aircraft sitting stacked together in the open in these areas now days. A couple half brains with 50k worth of drones and equipment could wipe out a squadron of F-35s.

Not when you HOB a prox round.

Great way to clear out the GIUK Gap of submarines in the event of war.

Doss may become an IPT location, depending on how the bids shake out and if they want to do it. IFS as currently designed will go away once the AF shifts completely to the new model.

Damn, water really kills the wow factor of an explosive. Well. Most of them. Next phase?

Is Doss Aviation going away then once this starts?

Contract seaplanes The War ZonePentagon To Contract Fleet Of Seaplanes For The PacificThe lack of an American amphibious aircraft capability has become more glaring as the possibility of a conflict with China looms larger.

Carrying an undocumented immigrant.

Could be two topics. Things appear to be ramping up on both fronts. First the DOW released video of an engagement that is clearly an AC-130J engaging a Narco Boat. The first round is the 105MM and it functions slightly low and aft. You can see a larger area in the center with most of the frag but it has "tails" off to the side which create the smiley face. You will note the sensor immediately offsets (two-shot) and begins engaging with 30MM from the MK-44 Bushmaster. The first 30MM round appears to hit a gas can or something flammable. Another 105MM prox with offset is a direct towards the end. AC-130-Narco_Boat_Strike.mp4 Next we have an engagement against what I would call a semi-submersible carrying drugs, my liberal friends would no doubt call it a fishing submarine. Oh no, it was a double tap... GMI_-_U.S._forces_operating_within_the_USSOUTHCOM_area_of_responsibility_ha..._lJgz6G.mp4 Finally - recent images show what appears to be 5 MC-130Js and 9 CV-22s operating out of Puerto Rico.