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A wise man once said, "You have two ears and one mouth, so you ought to listen twice as much as you talk."
Fighter squadrons have a rule that you can’t speak until you’ve had been there a year, and there's some wisdom to this; don't just show up here spouting your wisdom to dudes who are not only veterans to this board, but veterans to the Air Force. Hang out a while, read the posts, and be a fly on the wall. You'll see who's legit and who is generally clueless. This will prevent you from a severe case in foot-in-mouth-itis when you try to tell a combat proven pilot that he knows nothing while you sit at home waiting to see if your UPT package has been approved.
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Found kind of a fun website, (Yeah I'm deployed and bored) where you can look up how internet pages used to look "all the way" back to the '90's. For example, here is the earliest version of Baseops I could find:https://web.archive.o...ww.baseops.net/ This appears to be from November of 2000. Here is Google from 11 Nov '98: https://web.archive.org/web/19990117032727/https://www.google.com/ Just goes to show you, nothing on the internet ever goes away! Here is the site so you can look up your own "Classic" webpages! https://www.archive.org/web/web.php
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Yesterday a pilot and his ATAC F-21 Kfir were lost in a crash at NAS Fallon, Nevada. The pilot was Carroll LeFon, a retired Navy Captain, fighter pilot, and military blogger - better known by his "nom de plume" - Neptunus Lex. I've read his blog for years, and had corresponded with him several times. Naval Aviation may have never had a better friend. Godspeed, Lex... From https://www.neptunuslex.com/
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https://www.tuaw.com/...active-duty-mi/
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I'm sure some of you youngsters may have never heard of him, but for those of us who did; he portrayed a quality long lost in today's society... For you young'uns, go out and see if you can find a copy of No Time For Sergeants (it's not on Netflix!). Godspeed Andy!
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Anyone catch the spring VML webinar today (flying....priorities and all) Anything of note for fighters in general or the viper porch specifically?
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President Obama is considering asking Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David Petraeus.......You've gotta be shitting me!
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Interesting time killer...this guy hikes out to old aircraft crash sites and looks for wreckage... Joe Idoni's Aircraft Crash Sites Galleries Cheers! M2
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I LOVE BaseOps.net, but even the squadron bar thread requires some semblance and order. I understand that most are still active and will have apprehensions about airing their own laundry, and that you can delete your posts and take 'em back. There're things that don't fit GD or SB categories that need some of our input and that require a man/flyer's opinion. The intent is to keep things between the seriousness of GD (how we do our job) and SB (boobies, beer, and more boobies), probably the information that is most relevant and useful, maybe with a touch of the honesty the we/I put into how tasty a beer or scotch is. Rebuttals? Mods?
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"The most curious thing about our four defeats in Fourth Generation WarLebanon, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistanis the utter silence in the American officer corps. Defeat in Vietnam bred a generation of military reformers, men such as Col. John Boyd USAF, Col. Mike Wyly USMC, and Col. Huba Wass de Czege USA, each of whom led a major effort to reorient his service. Today, the landscape is barren. Not a military voice is heard calling for thoughtful, substantive change. Just more money, please." https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/an-officer-corps-that-cant-score/
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Can't paste for some reason. Google Capt. Leon Brown IV of Minot Oops, I guess this happened in 2012
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Gents Looking for a little help in righting a wrong... The Bentwaters Cold War Museum (https://www.bcwm.org.uk/) in the UK was the victim of a theft of two patches recently, and I was hoping someone on here could help replace one of them. It is a 'Got Nukes?' patch with a 'Nuclear Operations' tab at the bottom... Believe it is a AFGSC patch, definitely post-Cold War but at this point that's not the point. The point is some fucktard stole it (they actually moved a close circuit TV camera prior to gabbing it) and this excellent museum, run by volunteers who work hard to preserve the memory of USAF personnel who lived and worked at the Twin Bases, is now with…
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Several news sources (Fox News, Bing, CNN and others) are reporting Astronaut, MiG killing fighter pilot, World War II vet & former senator John Glenn has died at the age of 95. Glenn's politics aside, Godspeed and well done sir. Him, Him
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I hadn't heard until recently about the whole OBOGS issues and resulting stand-down, 60 minutes interviews and all the press and whatnot about the F22. Just curious what ended up happening. Anyone know of any resolution on this? I'm a rotary student so doesn't directly affect me but just genuinely curious...
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For those going cross-country westbound this weekend, Hangar 24 Brewery is having the grand opening of their new Lake Havasu, AZ location. B17 should be there, plus a number of airshow performers hanging out. Good times... especially if you show up in a military aircraft in your flight suit. If you're military and will be there, drop me a note. The beers are aviation-themed, and the artwork on the labels is classic. Even better... the beer is outstanding. https://www.facebook.com/Hangar24Havasu/ https://hangar24brewery.com/index.htm
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Happy Memorial Day fuckers. Tammy Archuletta, Mark Graziano, Mike Dodson, Bruiser Bryant and all the others I didn't know well.
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https://www.aol.com/article/entertainment/2017/06/17/stephen-furst-animal-house-and-st-elsewhere-actor-dies-at-age-63/22439964/ That movie really is a classic. Godspeed, Flounder.
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Where is this info? When is the "board"? When does 2010 year group pin on?
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https://cademartin.com/overwar/ Pretty impressive stories and backgrounds of the dudes with brass balls flying the F-105 in Vietnam. 🇺🇸
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Suck it Putin. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/air-force-secretly-acquired-russian-153600585.html
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Retired A-10 pilot Lt Col Mark "Thor" Olson died in a crash helping to fight a fire near Estes Park, Colorado. Him Him https://kdvr.com/news/local/air-tanker-pilot-who-died-in-plane-crash-fighting-kruger-rock-fire-identified/?fbclid=IwAR1Xb3z8zdXqOz8D2kiQrRjbQulcFvJ8nhNlDOoDRqb2Q6-OBGk3GpeokQw
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Not sure if this is the right place, but in what little spare time I’ve got on my (Navy) shore tour I started a podcast! The idea is to capture unique military aviation flying stories and share them with a wider audience that appreciates them. Since this audience is uniquely suited to poke holes in the idea, I really do appreciate any and all feedback to continually improve: Available on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/safe-on-deck/id1615450730 And on YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCI6ty4FeKpM3p14acae-AjQ For those interested in some USAF content, the two interviews with John Miller (F-105F/ F-117 pilot) were especially …
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Regardless who you vote for, make time to have your voice heard!
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Curious where everyone trains/shoots. Lucky enough to be in an area with lots of Forest service land and can pretty much have no limits on what type of shooting/drills I can do.
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Dos Gringos is back and having a concert this summer! https://www.truefans.fm/the-afterburn-podcast/681bab62e04604441221174e
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