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Optics. The USSF is trying hard to establish a cultural identity. The press on, "the first" nearly anything in the military is what really excites the ambitious. Influence from high enough in the food chain can get anybody into a training program. No spear at the particular individual in this case, well earned and timing was in his favor.

Reader beware, the article promotes thought crime. Back when people used to bootleg their music albums from the radio, and read newspapers, I still remember the first time I discovered NPR and being fascinated by listening to something other than pop songs and car salesmen...I mean car dealer advertising.

The rabbit hole went pretty far, lol.

And as the world turns, one crashed two days ago. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/ilyushin-russian-military-aircraft-crash-ivanovo

This will appeal to a very small population of rated officers who can fill staff positions in desirable OCONUS locations.

$25k down payment with a 6.9% interest rate over six years though, that's chump change for the paycheck...make sure to put a big offensive decal on the back window too.

E-4 or below. Wouldn't be the first, second, or ...time. Although the truck bed cover, sliding rear window, and window deflectors elude to a semblance of class...they must of just got a bonus.

Genuinely curious as you have brought it up a few times. What was the motivation behind pulling ops manpower?

Been wearing these for about decade...love em.

Boeing pioneered the air refueling boom. Now they have the opportunity to revolutionize pilot ingress and egress methods by inventing the pilot ground handling boom. Boomer: Ready astern Pilot: Cleared to contact Pilot: Back 6, down 9, slow closure Boomer: Say numbers Pilot: Breakaway x3! Boomer: Check harness appears we had a brute force disconnect. Roles reversed!

For the dumb wrench benders out there, MIT stands for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Not, Maintenance Intelligence Training.

Impressive. I'm certainly not a professional, but why did the firefighter attempt to cross in front of the danger zone (4:50) and nearly turned a controlled event into an injury? The camera guys are literally talking about how dangerous that would be seconds before.

That was hard to listen to...wtf.

1. It looks like the whole crew sticking together. 2. Keep it professional, don't bang each other, or abuse power. 3. Hitting the bars every day with the crew when TDY is the standard.

Potentially not a factor, but warranty, service, and repair is an additional consideration. Also worth running it by the company issuing insurance.

Submitted an in query to rentahitman.com Call sign Reaper "Put me in coach!" ...this could have passed for the Duffle Blog.

We can't even accurately predict the weather.

Almost there, but how are you going to manage the battlespace without the radardome?

Epic, thanks!

Acknowledged, but its step in the direction. Autonomous drogue AAR is simpler than Boom. Curious to see what NGAD prefers.

It already is, MQ-25.

Human factors engineering plays into this as well. The 767/787 cockpit was designed with two pilots in mind. Can we achieve routine single pilot, or unmanned tankers? Absolutely, but not with our current manned iron.

How many times "what if (rules)" come up in a hypothetical contingency scenario. If its actual contingency, you make it happen. Who is the waiver authority to saving life, T-3?.../s Who is my T-3 CC because we've corrupted basic chain-of-command with endless COMREL food fights? Hey boss, looks like we are about to get cooked. Damn, if only we had crew rest to flush the base. Hey, why is your vRED overdue!

They paid for the software, they failed to properly articulate the requirement, and/or perform quality control on the product delivered. #operatorsinacquisition

Partner Nations (PN) operating the -767 don't have extensive inventory of attack, strategic, and tactical assets the U.S. operates. PNs make due with what they have, meanwhile the USAF via bureaucracy, ensures their tankers are fully interoperable with the entire DoD fleet before praising their new tanker. Its the tradeoff of efficiency vs. resiliency. Or, it is classic government logic, let's not declare our new tanker asset IOC until it is technically compatible with the asset we want to retire (i.e. A-10).