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So we're giving B-1 pilots T-1 training now? XSTAR AviationAFGSC and XSTAR Launch B-1 Training Program — XSTAR AviationABILENE, Texas, November 4, 2026 – Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and XSTAR Aviation, a veteran-owned small business specializing in aviation training solutions, officially launched their par

Big day with some big games. Sadly, the 24 game playoff will make Saturdays like this meaningless going forward. BYU v Utah - should be fun to watch More two loss SEC teams playing on the bubble today. Alabama v LSU should be a war...UK v Tenn as well...Ga v Ole Miss is a season make or break for the Rebels. Miami facing Notre Dame without our best player....can Miami Run the ball and find other receivers to step up especially on long 3rd downs? Everyone hates Miami again so college football order has been restored...if they lose the drone from the Domers will be intolerable for the entire enterprise. Great time of year.

2 mile was essentially mandated by Hegseth so services standardize, as is the waist measurement. The scoring scale could be shaped by the services but the .55 maximum Waist to Heigh Ratio was mandated by Hegseth. Also it’s independent of age so 40-50 year dad bods are tough. Apparently he saw a lot of fat generals in the Pentagon and wanted to fix that.

Are they really "divested" if the AF is still paying SNC to store, and occasionally pull them out, fire em up, and make sure everything works? lol

That distinction between who pushed the changes and who shaped implementation is helpful. From what I have been reading, was the longer run mainly a top level call, or did the service have room to shape how it was scored?

The buffer and restraint one has left the building. Wiles out, Miller in, and he's in all the way up in there. Shits about to go to 11.

Unless he switches sides and the democrats want him elected

Is Desantis a weirdo? I haven’t gotten that vibe, but I also don’t live in Florida and haven’t followed his political career closely. Cruz I agree is not electable at a national level for president.

New fold up truck gun. There is a Glock 17 Gen 5 in there. Holds a two extra mags on the gun.

Oh the left will definitely to that, I just don’t think it’ll backfire like before. The difference this time is it won’t be over some concocted Russia gate nonsense, it’ll be about the personal enrichment/shitcoin shenanigans we all just witnessed in real time.. all while Trump is at his lowest popularity ever

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I think Mike has a prediction on the next 2 years. Its gonna be a THRILLER.

I agree with some of what you say except for Rubio, who I felt has done a good job distancing himself from the Trump Shit Show unlike Vance and Hegseth. If he, DeSantis and/or Cruz can maintain a safe buffer from the expected insanity over the next two years, they can be well positioned to make a run for the presidency or vice presidency. He and DeSantis could also change their state of residency over the next two years as Cheney did before 2000. I hear Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming are all nice places to live! 😁😁😁😁 As for Cruz and DeSantis being "deeply unappealing weirdos," they're nowhere near the level on insanity that the Democratic party has put foward over the past ten years. Lastly, while "the presidency and congress are at odds because it’ll just be gridlock that ensures nothing too crazy happens in either direction" may be true, it also prevents good things from happening as well. I'm not sure what term I'd use to describe the next two years, but "optimistic" is not high on the list!

Cheap and largely unattributable, probably more of this bullsh*t in the future https://theaviationist.com/2026/11/05/from-drones-to-bomb-hoaxes/

It was the money (firm fix price contract) Good and surprisingly candid article on why SNC left the UJTS TWZWe Now Know Why Sierra Nevada Corp Canned Its Navy Jet Tr...SNC has provided a detailed explanation for why its clean-sheet Freedom Jet isn't competing to replace the Navy's T-45s.

You may be right but I think you underestimate the willingness of the left to impeach, investigate and keep the focus on conflict. Trump will be Trump but I think the general public will grow weary of the constant bickering and they will accomplish nothing, opening the door for a GOP resurgence in two years. All of the usual suspects (Schumer, Schiff and AOC), are prioritizing sweeping investigations, and potential impeachment inquiries targeting specific members of the Trump administration and his FAMILY.

The part missing from this optimistic prediction (for the right) is that Trump is still president for the next two years and is showing zero signs that he intends to slow down making an ass out of himself and the party. The dems can comfortably exist as a foil to that, which is honestly the only thing they’re good at. Trumps veto and the Supreme Court will keep a dem congress in check which is a good thing but also has the side effect of preventing dems from stepping on any policy rakes by taking their woke nonsense too far. For those reasons I think the dems will carry (some) momentum into the next election and will likely win regardless of who they put up. Of the candidates you float here Cruz and Desantis are the ones that have some plausible deniability from the most severe retardation of the last two years, but they also have the misfortune of being a deeply unappealing weirdos. Rubio and Vance both have obviously more talent but are in too deep to truly distance themselves. Ultimately though I’m very optimistic about the next two years. As someone who thinks both parties are genuinely unhinged I love it when the presidency and congress are at odds because it’ll just be gridlock that ensures nothing too crazy happens in either direction. Other than the amount of money they’ll waste doing witch hunt investigations against each other, it’s a libertarian’s dream.

I thought there was a whiskey thread

Good catch. Rubio/TBD it is!

Any constitutional scholars can chime in if I'm wrong, but a Rubio/DeSantis ticket would be a dumb idea because the 12th Amendment prohibits that state's electors from voting for them because they're both from the same state. That would mean leaving Florida's 30 electoral votes on the table. This ticket would be technically possible, but it would require one of them establish residency elsewhere. Cheney did this in 2000, but he had been a Congressman from Wyoming so that wasn't seen as a dirty trick. Neither DeSantis or Rubio have plausible ties elsewhere so I suspect they'd get hammered for it.

I amend my request: Rubio/Mike Rowe ticket.

Thanks for making me spit out my coffee! Well they are quite possibly the most retarded people in this country, so no surprise.

That’s awesome lol. When the homeless situation/crime gets worse then I’m sure they’ll blame it on right wing extremism or something of the like.

LA went further left for mayor 😁