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I was assuming the UAV had a combined INS/GPS as well, but you're probably right it might be GPS-only navigation... INS is fine if you align it on the ground and take no updates, but if your GPS is spoofed and the filter takes enough of the small votes of the incorrect GPS measurement over time, the same thing is feasible.

The fact that they did this to a UAV is immaterial to the fact that they spoofed GPS to do it... i.e. a manned aircraft relying on GPS (while not VFR, and not backing up with instruments) could* be misguided in the same fashion. I guess NAVs might be around for a little while longer. *obviously a lot of factors to go into the could.

What's interesting is that the powers that be (in charge of crossflows) understand the very long lead time and cost to get an expert in an MWS, but the powers that be (in charge of RIF, continuation) have minimal understanding of that concept. If anything the AF is really good at spinning the data to suite our decisions at that moment.

Obviously a pretty general query, but: Easi-"er", mainly because they have a HUD, which makes most things easier... unless you are landing on a boat, then not as easy.

I agree with most of the previous posts, and I understand that it can't be like travelocity because it has to "fit" to the JFTR. However, that doesn't mean it has to be so idiotically arranged that it forces there to be "DTS" people in the Sqd and paperwork trails to get approval to submit authorizations/vouchers. The system must be built so that the lowest common denominator can learn it in 15 minutes or less. You should be able to send a bunch of dudes right out of basic on a trip, have them come back and complete the voucher without any instruction (save, maybe, where the site is and maybe some basic starting guidance), you can easily do that with a paper voucher that worked for 50 some years... As with most of the "universal" programs we are forced to use, I think a big problem is the central database requirement. Every time you hit save/enter/nextpage the 'trons have to travel around the universe 8 times and through 69 firewalls. Why can't the voucher be built on a local computer and uploaded, maybe start from an outlook calendar input or a squadron-specific scheduling program (CAASS?), or even a locally designed excel file... create a simple XML format file that can be uploaded to a central site, then everyone is free to create any local program they want to create that XML file, you can customize it to anything your specific squadron does. Does every trip go to DC? Does every trip contain unknown destinations/length? Etc... If there are blanks in the XML, you fill them in after you upload. It will only take a few times and you will have the perfect starting voucher every time. You could also be creating the voucher throughout your trip on your phone, pda, pager (if you still have one). How come we always have to over complicate such a stupid simple idea. You went somewhere, you abide by what is really a simple amount of rules, you get paid for where you went...why does all that $$$ have to be spent to create something unique to the government. It would probably be cheaper and more accurate to create a program that can automatically read a travel voucher instead of DTS. Hell, submit it to industry with a $50 million prize for the best software, that's a 90% savings.

so... what's the problem?

I'll second that, it is one of the few programs that is only as complex as it needs to be... yeah there is stuff I would fix, but not for the sake of fixing things (which is the problem with most AF created software) and 90% of the time it works 100%.

Kodak + 3.5 pounds of enriched uranium + reactor... in Rochester, NY; for R&D? http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120511/NEWS01/305120021/Kodak-Park-nuclear-reactor?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

DOD: "man, we're doing a lot of 'studies' these days, we should do a study on how much these studies are costing us" GAO: "oh, you're doing a study on studies? we need oversight on your study"... "hmmm, your study on studies is no good, here's our study on your study on studies" DOD: "you're right, we did a bad job of studying the studies that we do" http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/this-is-not-a-joke-government-issues-study-of-a-study-about-studies/ Apparently, the fiscal crisis has yet to impact anyone in the D.C. area too dramatically yet.

Just kidding: http://www.dailypres...0,2376589.story nothing to see here, move along...

No, it really isn't. Resilience day should provide an opportunity to forget about your life/job/enslavement for awhile. Off-site, civilian clothes, families involved, fun, no "Briefings", no CBTs, corn-hole tourney, trust-falls, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, and copious amounts of non-alcoholic beer. The human mind can only accept so much stress over set periods of time; why do we have to learn this through empirical evidence... you don't push people to the average limit, because everyone below the average can't take it. You only push people to the lowest common limit (young airmen that barely understand life, and we place the weight of the world on their shoulders), and only then will you see the reduction in suicides. Pushing folks is a fact of life in the military over short durations, but over 10 years it becomes dangerously ineffective. Solution: Reduce the necessary stress wherever/whenever possible: you could argue that maybe AADs/inspections/etc make sense during a peace-time force, but really have no business while actively engaged. Do we really need to deploy 5 FGOs to create power point slides for the Col? Get rid of any and all extraneous stress/duties/deployments and provide stress reliving opportunities whenever possible. Instead of TA for AAD, we need TA-like assistance to go on a cruise, vaca, or other recreational activities. I would rather see tax dollars spent on outdoor rec, than an O'club/Plasmas/BX, so any soldier can actually afford to enjoy more of what they offer. Every base should be required to have a pool, go-cart track (german-style), put-put course, obstacle course, etc., well before we spend a dime on a plasma TV, TIB. You reduce this stress, If you really want to stop suicides, by learning how to say NO to your superiors. NO, we can't launch a 10 turn 10 turn 10. NO, we can't prep for an inspection, fight 2 wars, deploy everywhere, and stay sane. Not only NO, but Hell NO I will not waive his post-deployment down time. You say it enough times and 1 of 2 things will happen: You will get fired and lose your job, or 2 your boss will stop asking. If you get fired, your replacement has a better chance of saying the same thing and might be listened to. I would rather be out of a job by politely dissenting than knowing I pushed the people under me so much that the enemy was no longer the threat, I was. I've come to realize a simple litmus test for a poor leader: He always says Yes to his boss and No to his subordinates, without any thought to the effects of such decisions. Great leaders realize what's important for their unit and when necessary disregard the chaff (AAD, PME, Ancilliary, AFA, CFC, PFT, inspections...) and reward them (not just "award" them) with the opportunity to live stress free and enjoy the benefits of the freedom they provide, if only for a short period of time. I think there are more leaders like this then we think, they just get overshadowed by the temporarily great achievements of other leaders who disregard this logic and by blind, shear luck make it through a 2 year stint without a fallout.

good stuff!

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123299279 T-1 (first C-17) immortalized in Dayton... we almost made it to retiring one before we lost one, an incredible record. Here's to the good folks that made it happen, and those we've lost along the way

... And then the OG will call you wondering why your gear wasn't down when you perched.

I got it here: https://afkm.wpafb.af.mil/ASPs/docman/DOCMain.asp?Tab=0&FolderID=OO-ED-SA-01 -3&Filter=OO-ED-SA-01 YMMV, but I could not "Get in" with just a "CAC", had to actually penetrate with a .Mil If you need to get it to your personal computer, go here: https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe2/Welcome.aspx It's like a Dropbox for military stuff, click the middle (the longest) link, use your personal email address as the recipient, and upload your files. You'll get an email from the site to download the files and viola... much easier than trying to email it to yourself.