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Not sure why the B-21 needs it's own UPT program. Why not just continue to send (high speed) prior-rated people to UPT like normal and then drop airframes from?

B-21s will have 2 pilots and CSO/WSOs recruited will be retrained as pilots https://www.twz.com/air/usaf-decides-against-flying-b-21-raiders-with-just-one-pilot Could / should they be trained as pilots in a stand alone program? This program (in my mind) would also serve as the companion proficiency trainer for the crew force. Probably not at all Raider bases but one or two (pilot training for the B-21) Civ ratings (PPL, AMEL, INSTM) then a mil course, maybe 75 hours, or so. Throughput would be manageable methinks, IPs rotating from the B-21 line for two year stints.

Okay, so no longer the largest generation. Interesting. But I'm pretty sure they're still the largest voting block, as far as actual participants go: From AI Baby Boomers cast the largest number of votes in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Using standard Pew generation ranges and the Census Bureau’s single-year age data, the estimated totals were: Generation Approx. voters Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964) 47.2 million Generation X (1965–1980) 39.8 million Millennials (1981–1996) 37.8 million Generation Z, voting-age members (1997–2006) 19.2 million Silent Generation and older 10.3 million

Are you in the airlines yet? You should hear what these guys say when they get close to 65 and start arguing for no retirement age. They make it sound like the actual hard part of the job is remembering where ops is or which taxiway they usually cross you across the runway at. Not reaction time and hand/eye coordination.... Obviously experience is important, but after ~10 years of experience it's no longer the save-your-ass knowledge that accumulate, it's layover trivia and ancestor worship.

Never.

Add a sandwich maker attachment and Hoover would be vacuuming up big bucks.

Yeah, that is one of the things I really admire about Europe. Their recent attempts to strip Microsoft from their tech stacks has been admirable. I went with Linux after having no previous experience with it. Once I saw what Windows 7 was going to become with Windows 8, I was over it. Windows XP and 7 were the last major versions I used on my own hardware (I skipped Vista). Windows 8/10/11(?) seem like they are becoming ever more focused on data extraction from their user base along with migrating literally everything to a SaaS model. On that topic, I understand the need for some software to be run as a service, but the model has been adapted (IMO) to realms where it serves literally no purpose other than to capture user data (for monetization) and/or place utility behind a paywall that was otherwise free or better than the current, modern offerings. See Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint, etc. 99% of computer users have no need for a Windows machine. The old refrain of needing Windows because Linux couldn't run certain software like Adobe, or AutoCAD are now no longer relevant - namely because those products are now paywalled as SaaS which you need to interact with through a web browser! Even the refrain to gaming is no longer relevant as Windows gaming has declined (as I understand), and much of gaming is now done through the web anyway. 10+ years ago I bought a cheap second-hand laptop off of Ebay and installed Linux (https://fedoraproject.org/workstation/). Does all my spreadsheeting, word-processing, internet browsing, etc. Plays all the music I need it to. Whatever. It'd even game if I was in to that. Also, the computer hasn't worn out like Windows machines and Mac phones (computers) seem to strangely do every few years...weird. As far as Mac goes, that's just a proprietary skin on top of UNIX anyway. Ultimately they're beholden to the same fundamental problem that Microsoft is. Namely that they need to control access to what they see as "their" customer: i.e. they own you, and need to make sure the price to leave (or access you) is high. Hence you can't install whatever software you want, and ultimately you need to interact with the services they provide in the manner they have chosen / designed. What's worse is that most of that is invisible to users.

To elaborate a bit on that... Millennials are now the largest voting generation, making up roughly one-third of eligible voters. Boomers and older generations no longer constitute a majority of the electorate. Gen Z's share is growing rapidly; about 41 million Gen Z Americans were eligible to vote in 2024. Combined, Gen Z + Millennials account for nearly half of all eligible voters.

Not anymore, the 2024 electorate was approximately... (Source) Generation Birth Years Share of Eligible Voters Gen Z 1997–2012 ~17% Millennials 1981–1996 ~31% Gen X 1965–1980 ~25% Baby Boomers 1946–1964 ~27% Silent Generation 1928–1945 ~4%

Biff moved to Florida?

It is incredible how much that generation refuses to let go/understand that they are far less qualified than people in their 50s and younger. I see it in every aspect of life - refusal to even consider someone in a younger generation may actually know more/be better qualified in a specific role, job, etc. Politics at all levels is a primary example.

Put a pamphlet on their kitchen table for that nursing home with a sticky note on top with who to vote for.

This guy dibbed a vacuum. The Smoking GunFlorida Man Guilty Of Vacuum Cleaner SexJULY 13--A Florida Man was found guilty today of having sex with a vacuum cleaner outside a home in a gated resort community near Disney World, court records show. Kevin Westerhold, 51, entered a no

How strange that the Baby Boomers are the largest generation and voting block.

And, of course, also the fact that both parties are offering complete morons for candidates!

Agreed, but the real fault lies with the fucktards that keep re-electing them!!

DOD Halts Cybersecurity Requirements for CMMC Phase 2: ‘The math just simply doesn’t math’ The Pentagon placed an immediate freeze on forthcoming cybersecurity requirements after government research suggested the policy would drive many businesses out of the defense industrial base at a time when the U.S. military urgently needs their innovations. Defense Department Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey unveiled plans Monday to suspend the much-anticipated Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase 2 requirements that were set to take effect Nov. 10. A new CMMC Reform Task Force is expected to conduct a review of the entire program and submit a report of its findings and recommendations within the next 60 days. This major pause comes as contractors have been hustling to obtain third-party assessments of their CMMC compliance in preparation for that near-term enforcement date... (Full article at title link).

England!

The follow-on episode (20)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eURsuxZnRKo And the next one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yKwvQl4HqY

Learn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drr7mmibt9E

You actually think the war in Ukraine and the eventual war in Taiwan will be anywhere similar?!? Other than both have/will involve drones; the latter will be over before any of those " metric shit ton of weapons" are employed (if they aren't already taken out of the fight via cyber).

Are you shitting us?!?

Uh I beg to differ Red_Dawn_1_9_Movie_CLIP_Paratrooper_Invasion_1984_HD.mp4

paratroopers do not take over a country.