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Hearing reports that some ACC fighter units are getting ONE sortie per month thanks to the Iran conflict...recipe for disaster and further demonstrating we need some sort of seasoning program that can pick up the airmanship slack.

Lots of confusing info. The first guys caught were quickly released and it was suggested they might have simply been trying to steal fuel. Now they arrested an Iranian and people are paying more attention.

Maybe he's making room for more diversity on the staff. Doing so obviously made the US military better. His current team seems rather monochromatic.

Mother of pearl, thank you for that throwback memory!

From the recording it does not sound like it was acknowledged. Regardless, if you are on an IFR clearance, without declaring you can't just decide to change altitudes on your own. Dude goes on to say "we were trying to prevent declaring an emergency"....then you need a clearance!

Considering the released the dudes they caught last time, I'd be concerned too.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/04/us-b1-bombers-uk-base-security-concerns/92095345007/ 👀 12/12 jets evac'd short notice.. guess there was still something concerning going on

Finally they realize the genius of ideas proposed on base ops

New development on this thread, looks like this program is coming soon: https://simpleflying.com/b-1-lancer-crews-now-logging-proficiency-hours-honda-buisness-jet/ It will be interesting to see how AFGSC integrates these Honda Jets in the future.

WTF

correct me if i'm wrong, but did Hive91 not say on the radio that they called out them descending to 12?

It worked with the Phantom

Surely having one company make similar combat aircraft for the sister services will boost efficiency right.. right??

We are in agreement, they are 100% wrong. However.. this is what the Air Force is going to get when you gut training. Giving guys and girls their wings after a T-6 only syllabus. More time in the air is the fix.

Hell there is a guy with a citation that will declare an emergency just because of the sun.

Where did this paranoia about declaring an emergency come from?

Disagree...basic IFR rules, what if there was another aircraft between them and 12k? If you are going to descend on your own you have to tell someone.

Meanwhile...

Young crews, some are doing the best they can with the experience and equipment they’ve been given.

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Wouldn't hurt my feelings if the cops got fired as way to send a message to the rest. Actually the more of the like minded PoPo that get sent packing now means they aren't available if the administration changes to a less friendly one.

Since my googl-fu says US Park PoPo is fed, Pete will call Don and this will go away. Carry on, Guardman.

What, no Hellfires zip tied to the flap pylons? No 9mm Beretta with trigger cord taped to the swing window? This is Detroit, USA.