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Waiting on the social media foreign policy machine to ramp up

Those things are becoming as disposable as the F-16! What is the water equivalent of a Lawn Dart?

Here's a story relayed to me:. Iranians were sent to the US for pilot training and wore red helmets for identification purposes. One day, a couple instructors grab a couple red helmets and saddle up in a T-38. They launch and return to the T-38 pattern using an Iranian-ish accent. On the first touch and go, the IP in the front seat ducks down so the RSU sees an Iranian student solo in the back seat. The RSU freaks out and queries the "solo" who responds " I will fix.". On the next pass, the IP in the back seat ducks down so the red helmet is now in the front seat. Not sure that practical joke would be appreciated today. BTW, this was at Columbus pre-Ayatollah.

You don't have any balls unless you takeoff in the front seat and land via the back.

This

Indian food is WAY better, and also my favorite. Hence, I'm pulling for India.

There’s been a lot of false info and dubious claims regarding last night’s incident. That being said, this morning it’s looking like the IAF suffered at least 2-3 losses; all the crashed aircraft appear (for now) to be on the Indian side of the border. The above claim is pretty interesting if true. I didn’t know that China had exported the PL-15. Would give the Pak’s a significant BVR capability; would also explain why all the crash sites are on the Indian side. Tough for the IAF if they were using stand-off weapons inside their airspace and were still getting picked off.

No real dog in this fight, but with all of Pakistan's hypocrisy and Intel support to terrorist organizations...them taking a few Ls would not sadden me.

Seems like they are not having a good cruise.

If the 1st amendment can have limits (and all the others), so can birthright citizenship.

Or landed mistakenly on the taxiway at Balad on NVGs. I remember that tower call when we were about to land #2. Nice job guys, just taxi straight ahead to park. Doh!

I know how it sounds as a headline. I'd win over most with details. If your commanders commanders commander has a specific combat requirement and you as a non-deploying less experienced EP take a stand against the culture change, prepare to get fired. Send it to a different thread if you want more.

From a different OSINT site, someone captured the Truman Skippers reaction to this incident. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0-JA1ffd5Ms&t=10s&pp=2AEKkAIB

Did we transition to the what's wrong with the Air Force thread? This level of management definitely fits.

Glad the crew got out.

2 IAF losses so far reported, one by PAF and one by Pak GBAD.

Disagree Bif; If the goal is occupying Kashmir, Pakistan for the win.

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My bet is on India. Let's go boys!

It's entirely possible you are one of the first ones coming through IFC I with ICLs.

Lol, you've taken your analogy way beyond relevantly to this conversation. I'm def not an MC130 guy, commanders work for commanders, and evaluators will do what their boss says or lose the Q code 🤷‍♂️

See above. The Senate may not interpret the Constitution, but they damn well do write it. Including the 14th amendment.

I know you know the law well enough to know that when the Supreme Court is answering a constitutional question, they go back to the framers, including any of their writings or recorded conversations. The Senate was responsible for framing the 14th amendment, and their conversations are meticulously chronicled. And they are 100% clear about their intent. Not even native Americans born in the United States were considered citizens by birth, and a separate law in the twenties had to be passed in order to make them so. This will be a slam dunk in the Supreme Court that got rid of Roe and Chevron. Did you think I meant the current Senate? My bad if I was unclear.

While everyone is watching Yemen and potentially Iran...