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My smart mouth brother was talking to me the other day about Navy heritage and why he said I would be missing out if I decided not to go Gold and Blue... Well the thing he said that got me thinking was the part about heritage and how the Air Force of today seemed to be lacking it, which I couldn't believe to be further from the truth! So I was interested in starting a thread on Air Force heritage to speak of all the great 'ol tales and pictures from the old days up till now. Pretty much to remind us all of what we are working towards and doing our best to be part of! I figured I'd kick it off with the 50's era when the Air Force was leapfrogging aviation records e…
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Drunk Nav How bad did that co-pilot suck if they'd rather let a drunk nav fly than him.
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Pentagon’s Lightning Gun Sold for Scraps on eBay All of which would make for a funny little story, if that buyer didn’t discover that the multimillion dollar “Joint Improvised Explosive Device Neutralizers,” or JINs, were kluged together from third-rate commercial electronics, and controlled by open Wi-Fi signals. In other words, the Pentagon didn’t just overpay for a flawed weapon. On the off-chance the JIN ever worked, the insurgents could control it, too.
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I almost posted this in a couple other threads, but it didn't quite seem to fit, so it gets it's own. Interesting view from a Lt Col sentenced to the Pentagon. Acquisition Management
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Completely, 100%, unsubstantiated rumor, but still interesting... Dudes, I felt compelled to pass on some distressing news that I recently received from a friend of mine in the XXX ANG. He is a viper pilot that took an AGR spot at XXX as the MX squadron commander, but still gets to fly. I merely emailed him to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and asked him how the guard was going. I got back some troubling news. Here are a few quotes from his email: "I literally just got the brief that the Sec of the Air Force and Penetta both want to get rid of the Air Guard all together. Best case is all the aircraft will be sent to Active Duty and all the fighters sent to the boneyard! …
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Tired of hearing of privileged football players at major colleges getting free educations, thinking that the world owes them something, and constantly in trouble? Here's the complete opposite...
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Here is a link from a dude broadcasting live from the eye of the hurricane. He is in a truck chasing the storm...the best part, he is a total surfer dude and sounds just like Jeff Spicolli...I have not laughed this hard in a long time.
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I'm willing to be commish if we can get a 12-man league... I'm thinking straight forward PPR league through ESPN. Live online draft; random order. Who's in?
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Amy Winehouse Found Dead The biggest question will be whether it was the drugs or alcohol that killed her...
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Video of a bench-clearing brawl in a "friendly" game in China. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/georgetown-hoyas-china-exhibition-game-ends-in-brawl/2011/08/18/gIQAgVDEOJ_video.html VP Biden is also in the country for a visit.
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https://www.michaelyon-online.com/jtac-joint-terminal-attack-controller/Page-1.htm Dude in the last picture of page four is one of the funniest guys you'll ever meet.
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The viper rolling off the runway and several beers in my belly reminded me of the RSU comments at pilot training. A few that I remember: TTYNR: Take that, you naughty runway WAE: Welcome aboard, ensign BKIH: Burger King is hiring NAFOD: No apparent fear of death
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FAA probing News Corp.'s use of drones
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This is just a friendly reminder that nuclear warfare had its first of only two strikes on August 6th, 1945. This single event led to the cold war and the nuclear arms race with the Soviets. A toast to Tibbets and the Cold War warriors:
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You Hack, We Shoot: Pentagon Discusses Armed Counterstrikes To Cyberattacks ...To that end, some senior defense officials are increasingly pushing for the US to retaliate against cyber-sieges with counterstrikes – that could ultimately include launching a “land-based attack” on the perpetrator...
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Anyone seen the new Airman magazine, the one titled 'The Air Force at 60'? Look at page 6, at top. Verbatim... Yep, three l's in "Billy"...I guess it's not like he is well-known in USAF history! And page 11... The correct spelling of Gen McAuliffe's name is with a capital A. He is attributed for the well-known reply of “Nuts” at Bastogne. Considering that those who put this little tribute together probably scored MSMs for their efforts, you'd think they would have spent a little time proofreading the damn thing! I found both of these errors within the first minute of looking through it. Cheers! M2
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I'm on the verge of saying enough...enough with pushing phony OPRs and awards packages, enough with uniform changes, enough with force shaping, enough with deployments, enough with TDYs (my several TDY's to Nellis are OK), enough with forced community service and frankly enough of big blue capitalizing on my patriotism and my pride to make me work long hours on stuff that just doesn't matter. I'm up for my primary board next year, but was told bluntly that I have little chance of getting a DP. Although I have IDE and a BS masters complete without the DP I'm doubtful of my chances. I'd always planned on retiring but with the selective continuation fiasco of this year t…
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https://youtu.be/UUFO8AGMwic Video of the colonel being hounded by a flat earther creep. The colonel shows remarkable restraint (IMHO) until the creep just poked him too long and the intrepid colonel decks the SOB. This will warm the cockles of your heart. Hats off to the colonel!!! He's 74, by the way.
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BBC News. I wonder what the difference was between the girls for the top salesmen and the top management?
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https://blogs.forbes.com/matthewstibbe/2011/07/04/inside-donald-trumps-new-jet/ PIMP!!!! But seriously...worst reporter ever.
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Flew out to SoCal to grab a bite to eat. Saw this at the DFW airport USO. :( I am glad my parents can't come in and see our multi-service slander on a wall, or checkout line. My comment is not toward the USO, as they always have these out. I even remember the day's when it talked about new weapons or new bases. But I am rather irked at the state of affairs being so precarious and publicized that all 3 of these magazines have that trash on them. Perhaps its time to put those black plastic cover things they put on front the pRon mags at the liquor store/BX onto the "times/crimes" magazines. I personally relegate them as propaganda and let my politruk tak…
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For all you guitar players, music lovers, technology fiends, history buffs, TDY-ers shacked up in a hotel, or dudes who need a break from the old lady: here's an awesome documentary of Les Paul recounting all his years in the music industry. It was done in 2007, so he was still alive to be interviewed. It's a little over an hour and a half, but it's well worth the time. Paul seems to have been one of those people that had such a drastic and profound influence in so many areas, it's virtually impossible to have a realistic idea of the impact he had across the board. Everyone from Nelly to Ennio Morricone probably owes their career to him. Enjoy Chasing Sound: The Biogr…
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