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Ramp spotter in Portland catches girl in video jumping into C-130. Gets arrested. Hopefully she got face planted into the anti-skid.

The suspicion is that these drones are Russian but my bet is on FAA drones like the ones over Lagney and Wright-Patterson!

Been a minute since my last HF shot, but do we have airborne target TTPs now? I mean, the Pk against ground movers wasn’t eye watering, and you had to get a bunch of variables just right.

Ok. Let's run with that. Do hellfire missiles home into targets or lead them? Do they function against high speed airborne targets? Do they also look like drops of water on IR? That's all before we get into the fun of IR reflection vs emission. One of the most alarming things to me about the continued and well-deserved loss of trust in our leaders and institutions is how wide the aperture conspiracy becomes. Aliens? Really?

No. That object has IR emissivity, and has been intentionally tracked…hence the tight auto-track gate. He’s also using a designator on the object. Highly doubtful he was doing that for laser hand-off or just to get refined movement information.

What a spectacular day of football! Great games!. Days like these don’t happen often enough.

"Disgruntled Employee" He did at least have the courtesy to self-identify. He sticks to his brand🤣

Biff_T Lead…How about sharing one? Start the Rodeo Clock.

TWZ also had this on the KC-390 https://www.twz.com/air/despite-setbacks-embraer-still-pitching-kc-390-as-air-force-ace-tanker-of-choice Embraer wants business, we should be talking to them, let’s make a deal

Who remembers the step test? It was a crowd favorite in the winter because we'd run outside down to some damn cold temps/wind chills.

You guys are not looking at the positives of the twice a year PT test. There is no reason to try for a 90/95% since you have to take it twice a year anyways. Min run that shit. The Kool aid drinkers will still try for high scores, so maybe once they're generals they at least won't be fat.

Well, you are getting pre-angry based on a speculative article by a disreputable source. And I did say "might" while you're calling names. Valid shot and you're quibbling 🇺🇸

Still doesn’t carry more than eight 463L pallets.

I was at Stansted a day after Trump and they stopped all traffic for a drone flying around. Two Ryan Air went around and departures stacked up about 12 deep. I can't imagine the chaos if it was Heathrow instead...or a day earlier when POTUS was there. Sadly, this will probably become more and more prevalent. We will soon miss the days of only a moronic jet pack guy farting around final.

Oh don't fool yourself, there still won't be any organized PT. Or any time at all during the duty day allotted to PT. This will all be on the individual's free time...as is tradition. Edit: I also predict no extra money for PT testers even though the amount of tests a year will nearly double...and each test will take longer to administer.

A330-NEO based MRTT coming soon. https://simpleflying.com/thailand-launch-customer-airbus-a330-mrtt-tanker/

The problem with that is that we’re even more dependent on Boeing Not confident they could build a modernized-135 again Embraer is hungry and giving the big 3 primes in our defense ecosystem something to consider I think would help But as we have the finest government money can buy I think us buying an Embraer is a low probability Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Little late to comment but thought it worth noting. My dad and most of the other fighter guys I ever met who flew during that era had another name for him. He was universally known as Steve “Asshole” Ritchie.

Facing a shutdown because the Dems want shitloads of tax payer dollars to go to illegals. Has nothing to do with some TDY pocket change.

At that point, just start making KC-135s again.

Back in the news https://www.twz.com/air/business-jet-aerial-refueling-tankers-eyed-by-usaf Biz jet would be good (large cabin jet conversion) but I’d also say look at a small regional jet that has a freighter variant, E-175 E2 would probably be just bit more capable while still being affordable to buy in quantity. Add gravel kit and brake upgrades for ACE, hard points for missions other than Air-Land and defensive systems. Embraer wants to sell E-175s, they make Phenom 100s in Florida, a deal could be had methinks to get a good price, Buy American compliant and likely get a deal on a good T-1 replacement, Phenom 100s with upgrades to make them more than just ME trainers, architecture to carry Agile Pod, deploy new standoff weapons, exercise/training support & target emulation, etc…

He said 'might'

No. And WTF is with the personal attack? Try harder not to be an asshole.