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Not a part of the Army Aviation community, but know a few who are and shared the following... 38 crew members and 18 aircraft lost to training accidents in a year, to include two this past Friday in Mississippi. Technical failures are accounting for <2% of Class A mishaps. You can’t have quality IERW (Initial Entry Rotary Wing) graduates when 100% make it through the training. Poor leadership and failures to enforce standards are the root causes. U S Army failing year after year to make their recruiting numbers, so it’s just doubling down on the issue. Novosel (Rucker) has not been resolving... Army Aviation is definitely having issues at the moment!

Already being discussed in the "WOKE' thread...

25 year old SrA stationed in the San Antonio area...

Concur. Been to the 8AF museum years ago as I grew up just south of there in Jacksonville. While it's worth a stop, I don't see making a special trip to do so. The SAC Museum is really cool, I got a chance to visit it the last time I was at Offutt in late 2021. Definitely worth the time and effort. But the best is the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson. Simply an awesome collection of planes, and the 390th Bomb Group Museum was a bonus as I visited Framlingham toward the end of my UK tour back in 1984!!

Israeli El Al Alleges Hackers Targeted Flights in Mid-Air Hijack Attempt (hackread.com)

Multiple sources reporting Ukraine has shot down four Russian aircraft so far this weekend. Looks like 3 x Su-34 and 1 x Su-35….all surface to air losses! https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-shoots-down-3-russian-jets-one-morning-air-chief-2024-2

My guess is they're talking about US gun owners...

I'm more surprised anyone has that kind of money to spend on ammo! That's $250+ for 5.56...

Survivorship Bias During World War II, the statistician Abraham Wald took survivorship bias into his calculations when considering how to minimize bomber losses to enemy fire.[18] The Statistical Research Group (SRG) at Columbia University, which Wald was a part of, examined the damage done to aircraft that had returned from missions and recommended adding armor to the areas that showed the least damage.[19][20][21] The bullet holes in the returning aircraft represented areas where a bomber could take damage and still fly well enough to return safely to base. Therefore, Wald proposed that the Navy reinforce areas where the returning aircraft were unscathed,[18]: 88  inferring that planes hit in those areas were the ones most likely to be lost. His work is considered seminal in the then nascent discipline of operational research.[22]

It's as if no one has read this... amazon.com/Generals-American-Military-Command-World/dp/0143124099

Who the USAF is expecting... Who they'll get...

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Retooling for China.pdf

For this upcoming Friday... On 6 Feb 1991, then-Capt Robert Swain Jr. of the Air Force Reserve’s 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron (pictured above as a colonel at his fini flight) made the first air-to-air kill in an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Operation DESERT STORM. The event, depicted in art below, began after Swain was attacking Iraqi tanks on the ground and noticed two distant objects flying further afield. After one of his wing-men marked these two Iraqi Bo-105c helicopters with smoke rounds, Swain flew in to try and take them down with missile fire. When he realized the helos were too small to lock onto with his Maverick missiles, he switched to the A-10’s 30mm nose-mounted cannon, the GAU-8/A Avenger, and successfully took one of the helicopters down that way. At retirement—as the 439th Airlift Wing commander—Swain had flown more than 3,500 hours and 51 combat missions. (Photos: USAF; Artwork by 2nd Lt Katie “Kat” L. Justen)

Per my sources, at least half have been identified as pilots' wives... But I agree, most likely it is someone just having fun with the photo! Or at least I hope it is!!

WTF?

@Moley, did you see this? Not sure if yours is affected, but sharing nonetheless... https://tisasusa.com/tisas-safety-recall-2024-0001/