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Wayyyy too soon to know. Remember a KC-130 broke up over Mississippi a few years back thanks to a corroded propeller blade.

A King Air would be a solid companion trainer for the C-130 community, and I’d imagine the rest of AMC. It would make an excellent Phase III trainer. You could have a program where guys from the MWSs fly with almost done with Phase III UPT students. Sort of like a top off thing. The UPT studs should be pros in the airplane at that point, and the MWS guys have the airmanship and basic competency to fly as the left seat in a relatively simple twin turbine. Everyone gets experience, everyone wins. All that said though, office jobs and additional duties, even for copilots and young ACs are such a time suck. I don’t know if this would be that great.

Yeah, it is technically the T-50 not the actual Su-57 which presumably is what Algeria will receive next year The prototype T-50s appear to not have the build quality the Su-57 one would expect a 5th gen to have, I guess Lowe’s is a sub for the T-50 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is this the jet that had drywall screws in the wings?

Wingbox corrosion?

Felon showing off the goods https://www.twz.com/air/su-57-felon-brandishes-its-loaded-weapons-bays-for-the-first-time Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey all, Looks like there hasn't been much discussion on this topic in a while but I wanted to share my situation as it is my understanding that some regulations may have changed over the years. I am a college student and I want to fly fighters in the Guard. When I was 17, I met with a recruiter to talk about guard enlistment options to pay for college and to get on the right path towards flying. As a dumb 17 year old, when asked about marijuana usage I figured that the people they are looking for are honest and accountable so I was transparent about my ONE and only usage when I was 15. Following the discussion the recruiter said make sure you remember those answers because they will follow you for the rest of your career. Looking back on it I know now that I should have just kept my mouth shut but it is too late for that. My plan is that if I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to interview with a squadron, that I will be fully transparent so that they are in the loop before the Guard Bureau kicks it back to them. Is this a disqualifying factor? Is the dream dead? Thank you for any insight.

Lockheed C-130EM Hercules, registration 68-1609, a 57-year-old aircraft originally delivered to Saudi Arabia before joining the Turkish Air Force.

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/turkish-c130-crash-georgia-azerbaijan-border

One more idea, in another thread this may have come up but what if ACE 2 were run at one or several centralized bases and participants TDY’d in for recurrency and a set training profile, like recurrency flights then an intense 2-3 weeks flying schedule. Figure 3-5 training programs. Since it would be about a one month TDY, the interference factor from home base could be eliminated.

Correction applied, thanks for the input as I strive for accuracy in my posts. Yup, lotta questions to try to seed the discussion. I see the value, looking back at my AD AMC tour, and I think it is possible unless things are way different now than then for a new CP (probably an Lt and not a Capt CP), especially in that first year at their assignment. The CT program the Global Hawk was about $90,000 (05-06 dollars) to fly all the RQ4 pilots for the year, maintaining ASEL INSTM currency per the FAA LOA that was in effect at the time that covered Navs directing the GH as Mission Commanders when it was in the US NAS. Dirt freaking cheap. ACC HQ squashed it as they whined they couldn’t set it up all their projected bases for the GH so nobody could have it, because you can’t fly a Cessna in Japan apparently. That was one of the reasons I requested my GH assignment, it was a great benefit while getting a RPA tour done, then the bait and switch happened. Total bullshit and not even penny wise, it was less than the color copier budget for an FY, no kidding. An example to consider for the HAF staffer lurking on this thread: Google AI says a -46 per flight hour cost is about $12,000 and a Gamebird GB1 would be about $400 per hour. Checking their AFMAN 11-2KC-46 Vol 2, to go from FP to MP you need a 1000 total and 400 -46 hours. Substituting 300 hours of GB1 time with a good bit of that being solo to really build airmanship would save $7 million in flying hours and I’m confident in saying likely deliver a stronger upgrade candidate than one with all -46 time.

Try six, one country has its own.

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Correction: ACE did not end when SAC went away. It remained within the newly-formed ACC until summer 1994 (maybe '95) when General Loh cancelled the program literally overnight. In my opinion, this was one more indicator of the lack of understanding that officers like Loh and many of the other ACC generals with fighter backgrounds had WRT to the non-fighter platforms under their command. Although I was never in ACE, I have many friends and classmates that flew as ACE co-pilots, or that were assigned to ACE as instructor pilots. I have a lot of experience with the CT Program at Beale, which ran in conjunction with ACE until the ACE portion was killed. You pose a number of questions, Clark. Bottom line: the ACE Program was a cost effective and solid aviation method for getting low-time co-pilots some much-needed quality flying experience. Not to mention, it made pilots very happy that they were able to fly... actually fly anywhere they wanted to go, and work on developing their new aviation skill sets. Imagine that... happy pilots working to better their fundamental aviation skills. For a brief period of time, Beale RQ-4 pilots were flying Beale aero club aircraft in an ACE-like program. Pennies on the dollar. Of course, it was cancelled. But it showed that with a tiny bit of thought and effort... and not much money... something positive could be done. The short-sightedness of Gen Loh and his staff was very unfortunate. Bringing back an even better version of the ACE Program should be done today. In both ACC and AMC.

Arg - is sounds good in theory but the property owners always gets screwed. In short, rent control/freeze is a city program for qualifying seniors and people with disabilities, or a broader political proposal to halt rent increases on all rent-stabilized apartments. The NYC program provides a tax credit to the landlord to cover rent increases, supposedly making the rent payment stay the same for eligible tenants. A political rent freeze, on the other hand, would involve a decision by the Rent Guidelines Board to prevent any rent increases on rent-stabilized units for a set period.

I don't work for Beehive but have visited their facility a few times. At AFA they rolled out their 100LBN thrust engine which is a game changer. If you know anything about affordable munitions space the brewing fight with China has spawned several program to mass produce cruise missiles and other munitions at a cost 1//10th to 1/20th of legacy munitions like Tomahawk, JASSM and JASSM-ER. The opening 72 hours of a fight with China are likely to consume nearly every weapon in stock (50,000 units), so the services have launched an effort to greatly increase quantities at a much lower price point. Companies Like Anduril are trying to mass produce Barracuda for less than $200K. Believe it or not the high cost component in these systems is the engine and current providers charge around $120K per unit. Beehive is driving to get that cost (en masse), down to $25K.

Rent control in NYC is managed by a system called Maximum Base Rent (MBR), which limits rent increases to a certain percentage every two years, based on the Rent Guidelines Board. Landlords can apply for rent increases but can only raise the rent if the building has no violations and they have provided necessary services. Tenants can challenge a proposed rent hike by showing the building has violations or the landlord's expenses don't justify the increase. How rent control works Maximum Base Rent (MBR) system: A maximum rent is set for each rent-controlled apartment, and it is adjusted every two years based on the Rent Guidelines Board's decisions. Limited rent increases: The law caps how much a landlord can increase the rent. The increase is the lesser of 7.5%7.5 % 7.5% or the average of the five most recent Rent Guidelines Board annual rent increases for one-year leases. Landlord responsibilities: To apply for a rent increase, a landlord must certify that they are providing essential services and remove any building violations. Tenant rights: Tenants can challenge a proposed rent increase by proving the landlord has not provided necessary services or that the building has code violations. Apartment status: When a rent-controlled apartment is vacated, it may become rent-stabilized or completely deregulated. Important considerations Not a market-rate system: Rent control does not mean a tenant can't be charged more than the previous tenant paid. However, the amount of the increase is limited by the MBR system, not the market rate. Rent stabilization vs. Rent control: Rent control is a separate, older program that sets a fixed price for certain apartments, while rent stabilization allows for annual rent increases tied to inflation and other factors.

I thought there was a Jan 6th thread. Is this a thing? Watch how you walk, the VA might be watching. https://www.theblaze.com/news/former-capitol-police-officer-a-forensic-match-for-jan-6-pipe-bomber-sources-say

So in the GA thread a tangent got started and a new thread I think is better Background: Accelerated Copilot Enrichment (ACE) was a program for tanker & bomber copilots to fly and develop Total Flight Time to get guys who sat a lot of Alpha Alert to Aircraft Commander upgrade in a reasonable timeframe, it ended in 91 when Strategic Air Command (SAC) was inactivated. 94/95 when Gen Loh of ACC ended the program It made dollars and sense as the T-37s and 38s were cost effective trainers to develop the aviation skills and airmanship you wanted in your future Aircrew Commanders. The flying was different, no autopilot in a fairly nimble aerobatic aircraft, but that was the strong point IMHO, it maintained skills that flying their Primary Aircraft Assigned (PAA) you really couldn’t. More flight time, more real world experience in cross country / off station sorties and the challenge of keeping qualified & current in multiple aircraft; excellent opportunities for a newly minted military aviator to quickly become a strong swimmer. I’m not the target for a resurrected ACE program but looking for the two cents of COs and others serving now on what you would feel about it: - Do you think you would benefit from this additional flying? - If it was voluntary, would you volunteer for it? - Do you think you could manage it while maintaining Combat Mission Ready (CMR) in your PAA and additional duties? - If ACE were restarted, it would likely be structured, what program targets do you think it should have? X hours solo, X hours formation, X low levels, etc… - If you dual logged some of your training in an ACE platform with your PAA, do you think that would add or detract from proficiency overall? - The communities that a new ACE program would serve might have different priorities for what skills they want to practice, do you think a single platform could meet enough of their requirements or would separate platforms be better? - If the AF continues to send crew aircraft assigned UPT graduates straight to FTU from T-6s (until the T-7 is IOC), would first qualifying in an ACE platform before FTU be likely beneficial enough to justify (along with faster Aircraft Commander development)? All rhetorical questions but curious what those serving think.

Deal Carbon Cubs for TW training then the T-6, if Bobs balked at repurposing the T-6 fleet I’d want Game Bird GB1s

Definitely the wave of the future. Tooling fixtures for bending say tubing or shaping other components are pretty straightforward. If we're talking blades in an engine repeatability of mechanical properties is the difficulty. 3D printed blade sitting next to a traditional blade may appear identical, but grain structure is completely different. Even repeatability internally from one 3d blade to the next may be inconsistent. So, tell your young people to get on with the program and solve these problems.🫡 Sounds like Beehive has a workable solution for things like missiles.

I wonder about the throttle spread to get them all making the same power. Otherwise it wouldn't want to fly straight.

Someone please explain this rent control/freeze to me. Does that mean you can't ever raise the rent? Is it mandated by the city of NY? I've owned rental property in FL for 30ish years. With property tax and insurance increases I've had to raise the rent over the years. If I couldn't raise it I would be paying somebody to live in my house.