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These were fun. Is 30 years long enough to be history Better video of how it worked

You would be better off focusing on rushing as many units as you can and getting FaceTime. Your resume is solid. Now it’s more about who you are as a person and are you gonna be a good fit?

If the Houthi’s kept their stupidity between them and the Saudis… we’d largely stay out of it. I don’t know why people can’t seem to understand that we have a centuries old tradition in “____ with my ships and find out!” It’s not like this is the first time we’ve went into CENTCOM to protect the sea lanes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Was lucky enough to fly these heroes home from the WW2 museum in New Orleans today. Special flight and will not forget their stories. They were so humble that they thanked us for volunteering for the flight when we were all there to thank them. Greatest Generation is an understatement.

"Baddie Brown people? " Just stop man...a completely useless comment. Question the strategy all you want...I think we all want to see something solid so we don;t get sucked into another rabbit hole but your comment was classless.

However, Biden's removal of the Houthis from the Foreign Terror Organization list meant previous authorizations against terror groups like AQ and ISIS couldn't be utilized...every strike was a "self defense" strike. Which honestly, was a weak legal argument to me (Kinesiology major from a small land grant college...so caveat emptor) since we could always just remove ourselves from the Houthi-controlled territory instead of striking them. The Houthis are a client of Iran, and the Biden admin was very soft on Iran, so anything more would run against his administration's intent. Biden didn't know or care to direct a deliberate campaign to neutralize a non-internationally recognized group from using weapons of war against the only democratically government in the Middle East, nor did he know or care enough to use appropriate force to remove the threat to US, Israeli, and others flagged vessels moving international shipment through one of the 7 global strategic chokepoints. And everything @Clark Griswold stated. So no....Biden did not bomb the Houthis in any meaningful way. The current Trump 2.0 admin is the only admin since forever to deliberately order military action against the Houthis specifically. This isn't rocket surgery...

There is something to be said of the crew dynamics when tdy (but not what Biff insinuated - I understood that’s reserved for the C models in Japan). I was just expressing my long unfulfilled dream/desire to fly the F-4 and then the F-15, when the F-4 disappeared. I’m sure fat Amy has its capabilities but dang the F-15 is a beast! i also realize the aviation gods who fly single pilot understand and benefit from the “crew” concept often, since they regularly fly in 2-ship or 4-ship formations. It’s always fun to share adrenaline inducing experiences with others. Plus it makes for some great stories.

Yeah def no “blind hate”… Here’s a funny for you even though thankfully she isn’t on any cabinet

No WSO on the EX is what I was told.

For the fun times that come with a WSO maybe?

The plan: Keeping the shit to shoe level - Work with Israel and partners quietly to disrupt and eliminate threats - Deter and reduce Iranian influence - Destroy the Houthi movement attempting to restrict access to international water ways to anyone but Chinese,Iranian ships - Hold at risk Iran while attempting to negotiate a decent nuclear deal - Keep an eye on Turkey - Intervene minimally in Syria to prevent reversion to another version of the IS All if those missions are to keep the Chinese out. It’s not perfect but it’s better than ceding it to them as a sphere of influence Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So asking why we’re bombing people makes me the racist? I just want someone.. anyone to tell me wtf the plan is here. I see a lot of cheerleading in this thread as if our policies in the Middle East haven’t been a continuous string of political and ethical disasters for at least 20 years.

Not blind hate, just old and typed the wrong job position. Thanks for the correction. If it was blind hate, I'd post daily about cosplay ice barbie shit, Hesgeth shit, Elon shit, and stupid Trump shit. But you all can read headlines. Here's an emoji 🍻

I rarely play short ball in the market and that strategy has worked out ok for me. As of today the DOW is only down 1.5% over the past six months. I was very fortunate to have a bunch of cash sitting on the sideline from a recent business deal. Using a professional I bought several blue chips on the dips (including NVDIA at $96, IBM at $227 and Microsoft at $360), and am now WAY up for 2025. YMMV I love the laugh comment from Day Man...must have been shorting.

Channeling your inner Al Sharpton...when he proves you wrong you pivot to vague racist comments?

Biden (and coalition) bombing the houthis for the fifth time in January of this year https://apnews.com/article/biden-houthis-yemen-shipping-attacks-fc5c1ed40f4e370bed81670bfdda0899# Obama - my mistake.. hard to keep track of which group of baddie brown people are the latest hotness. So I ask again, how is it going to be different this time and why is the president pursuing a strategy he actively mocked as stupid and futile during the campaign.

Wrong: Obama took it to AQAP (which was in gang war with the Houthis) Wrong: Biden took steps to remove the Houthis from the target list (removed from the Terror list) Right: Saudis bombed the Houthis. Too bad we're not playing baseball, otherwise, your .333 batting average might be impressive.

Just when you think we have hit peak WTF....... https://www.thefp.com/p/the-naked-truth-about-the-sperm-race

Maybe im just the dirty hippy around here but Obama, Biden, and the Saudis bombed the houthis for the better part of two decades (which Trump called stupid during the campaign) so what exactly is gonna be different this time? Actually I know what’s different.. we’re taking significantly more losses this time

Seaplane news https://www.twz.com/air/liberty-lifter-ekronoplan-demonstrator-aims-to-lift-c-130-sized-payloads I think a C-130 seaplane would be easier but whatever

China trying to cut training time too, much different scale than the. USAF but everyone is looking at changes https://www.airandspaceforces.com/new-report-china-pilot-training-time/ At first I thought it was ridiculously long for training but after awhile I thought they might have a point. I know that is not the way the wind is blowing in the AF right now but BO is a free for all… Why not take 18+ months maybe up to 2 years to train a military pilot not just a pilot? More flying, more experience, exposure and familiarity with concepts necessary for all USAF pilots regardless of what aircraft they drop out of training? There would be a bit o’ academics in this longer program on the how, why and what we do to execute the missions. Not talking WIC level but why not as they are learning the basics introduce the high level concepts and as they progress delve a bit deeper The payoff is in likely reduced training time in the MDS these guys get assigned to as they will already have a better base to work from versus the first time being in a $50k per hour jet learning task X. 6-9 months basic flying training plus high level overview of AirPower in the strategic plan plus some history. 6-9 months introductory military flying plus medium level overview of planning/concepts for operations. 6-9 months advanced military flying training plus simulated operational training. No idle time, allow SERE/water/mobility to be done prior to graduation, no pushing off to the FTU training that should be done prior to winging and training. Rehash of previous posts but so be it.

Disgusting.

Huh? So much blind hate you have zero clue what is going on...shocking. I know details don't matter to you you but Marco Rubio is and remains Sec State. Waltz was the National Security Advisor.

In case anyone has forgotten who the bad guys are: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/europe/ukrainian-journalist-russia-torture-intl