Clark Griswold

Jamming https://dnyuz.com/2023/11/21/electronic-warfare-confounds-civilian-pilots-far-from-any-battlefield/ Shoot a raw data approach at your next sim…

More on light fighters, Indian industry concept: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2023-02-20/hindustan-aeronautics-unveils-lead-fighter-trainer-project Sounds kinda like the F-20 or the Textron Scorpion as there’s no IAF requirement or RFP but Hindustan Aeronautics sees a market opportunity

Yup, one could argue this is what the USMC is supposed to do (small wars as historically these things were called) but as they are pivoting to a different force structure and as most operations are joint this is where the USAF could take the lead and build a light AF to integrate with the other components light forces As the unnamed official in the quote expressed, we can’t afford to fly exquisite iron on routine missions It’s the requirements using history and a sober assessment of likely missions as a guide to build out this collection of platforms & systems X amount of pallets per day between FOBs, X amount of CAPs when supporting a stabilization force of X size, etc… these missions would overlap with other NG and ANG missions Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Concur but one can still argue on BO for it and other lost causes… Light capabilities in general are needed for MOOTW (dating myself with that term but it captures a lot of what we do now and likely in the future) Light air mobility, light fighter, low footprint high endurance RPA, ACE light logistics, etc… just my retired guard bubba cents but this could doctrinally fit into the Guard or AFSOC (sts) with the right leadership seeing that we will be deterring and occasionally fighting in places other than the SCS against the forces of chaos with capes that require not a sledgehammer but a small hammer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Trainer / Light fighters in the news... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/t-7-arrives-at-edwards-usaf-eyeing-light-fighter-version#:~:text=T-7 Arrives At Edwards%2C USAF Eyeing Light Fighter Version and from SK... KAI Charts Out Single-Seat FA-50 Road Map | Aviation Week Network F-7 concept art... New FA-50 concept... From The WZ article: "What is clear is that we can't afford to police the Super Bowl with an F-22," the same individual told Jennings in Madrid. Price and allies needing cheaper iron that will integrate well with all their other systems... this should be driving this idea higher on the AF to do list.

We need internal borders with blue areas apparently hell bent on taking everyone down with them Virginia Sanctuary County Frees From Jail Illegal Alien Accused of Child Rape After Biden’s DHS Freed Him into U.S. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/06/virginia-sanctuary-county-frees-jail-illegal-alien-accused-child-rape-after-bidens-dhs-freed-him-into-u-s/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sure you can if you're a bunch of know nothing lying hypocrites who are full of shit

Good, sounds like you’re going the right direction As to BA or BS, to the Guard / AF I’m not sure it would matter or how much in whatever candidate selection method they are using now I never sat on a SUPT candidate selection board but I did on several promotion and interview boards If we knew the candidate was not an immature knucklehead by his / her service in the Wing, that paid the biggest dividends IMHO, good grades, flying time, etc all matter too but your performance in the Wing is where you’ll make your mark I’m telling you something you already know but FWIW If you think you can score a higher gpa with a BA vs BS, and you want that degree then proceed that route Except for test pilot / astronaut, the tech degree doesn’t matter Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Questions: Are you already in college? Have you started talking to Guard units? Would you be willing to enlist first in a Guard unit or join only if they offered a commission and SUPT slot? Have you started flying? If you can’t fly for the Guard what’s plan B, C, etc…? Assuming you are in the Guard at that time Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Decent discussion I think it (however you define the problem) is as Thomas Sowell said there are no solutions only trade offs If we institute a WO or flying only career track does that start to turn the AF into a subordinate service maybe not in name but reality, if we compare officers only to officers from the same career fields does that inevitably block some career fields from Col / GO slots, if we allow for promotion deferment do we set ourselves up for an unbalanced officer cadre? My two cents, experimenting with the above and other policy changes is probably worth the risk at this point Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nope, while I was in ROTC the prior E’s were not active enlisted members on an enlistment contract so no soup for them or no prior service cadets That’s from 24 years ago so buyer beware but I’d be surprised that policy would have changed Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Understood

Kissinger and other open borders globalists are squirming now their chickens are coming home to roost Europe Let in Too Many Foreigners, Says Henry Kissinger in Wake of Pro-Hamas Demonstrations Across Continent https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/10/13/europe-let-in-too-many-foreigners-says-henry-kissinger/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The family just keeps giving… Frank Biden Suggests He Was Hacked After Naked Selfie Surfaces on Porn Site https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/10/frank-biden-suggests-he-was-hacked-after-naked-selfie-surfaces-on-porn-site/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

IDK, do we choose or do we have to as the for now global leader trying to sustain an aspirational fairly decent global system or are we told we have to by apathetic leaders, neocons, globalists and naïve utopians? My two cents it’s both in varying degrees per case, the other systems and their players will keep trying to shape the world even if we lose interest in it so we have to keep playing, how is the question(s)? Draft, war bonds, congressional oversight, legal requirements for military mission strategic objectives stated publicly with ways, means specified, etc…. Not holding my breath Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

On the Russians and the way they fight and endure… worth the time https://www.hoover.org/research/crusade-against-ukraine-eurasias-last-medieval-power-war

He was interviewing for his next job with that comment, pledging fealty to the swamp. CNN, MSNBC contributor Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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AA didn’t care what type of leave I was on so long as I had a valid leave period covering whatever paid duty I was performing Same boat I was in, f ton of leave, I was on leave 1 extra day either side of my indoc, tng, trip, whatever FWIW Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Gotcha, just my hunch that the Bobs might go for something like this as it could be a one or two off facilities vs a new fleet type Methinks you could sell them on that easier than buying new jets, I’d prefer a new purposefully purchased plane for better CT and small complex, integrated exercises but a high end sim facility seems more in tune with the current environment No doubt it not perfect, to get the g’s to feel more uniform the rotational arm could be longer, small rotational arms lead to the head and feet experiencing different g’s but the longer the arm the less its effect is, as to the inner ear problems copy, not perfect but could give a physical stress to induce the psychological response desired to make the training more effective Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you could build a fighter sim using this platform, with some other technology to enhance the physical strain of the modest g generation capability of this full motion sim system you might be able to get a bit of the visceral feel real flight https://desdemona.eu 3.3 Gs is modest but something; if you had dynamic resistance systems to add weight / breathing resistance on to the aircrew during simulation of high g maneuvers you probably could get a better effect Not cheap I’m sure but if you wanna have the best air to air simulator, an amp’d up version of this networked to other stations with good real and AI opponents might be worth the coin

Concur Left field idea but I thought about this and why not shorter courses and bring the different communities together (pointy nose, heavy, rotary, unmanned, trainer) for professional skills development, networking, rated development… ? Different programs in relatively simple platforms for courses like upset/spin/acro refresher, STOL/off runway and back country flying, tail dragger, sea plane, etc… flying is most of it and it brings the rated crew dogs together for mil aviation and operational discussions Basically PME but way better

Fair enough They can continue to fight but if it were my job I’d tell them past point X it will not be with our support They may want to fight but continuing the war may not actually be in our interest vs theirs, as we are their main patron it is our call as to whether they get our support, if the Europeans wish to fill our position, go ahead Food instability is rising, Russian hydrocarbons are not being produced or sold in the regular oil markets and the other geopolitical issues arising from the continued Ukrainian War IMHO are outweighing the short term benefit of weakening the Russian Federation Ending the war soon will not fix all of those issues I listed or others but would likely considerably ameliorate them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk