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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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Not sure this has been addressed directly in another thread. After seeing a lot of reluctance to address religious convictions in other threads I figured we should have a place to discuss those separately if so desired. How does religion affect your views on your profession? On international terrorism? On DADT? On working with others who's views differ? Open forum for direct discussions of religion. Ask and you shall receive...
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Anyone got a good place to buy cheap custom stickers? I am going through T-6 PIT and want to buy like 100 or so stickers with the ADI attitude fail image on them. I know someone made it a class patch back in '04 but I want to just make a small say 3" by 3" sticker with the image so i can hand it out to studs when I think their attitude sucks. thanks bb
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Her backup B-29, Huge Cock, will be rightfully added to the pictures in the halls of the Pentagon soon... War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge | AP News SMH.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/science/earth/05satellite.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Maybe the CIA should have been paying attention to potential terrorism descriminators instead of using overhead resources to guage Polar ice cap health. Whatever your feelings are about global warming, yo have to admit that environmental monitoring isn't a part of the CIA's mission.
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I know it's still a few days away, but I want to wish everyone a very happy Christmas, and all the best in 2019! Cheers! M2
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He shall be missed..but his music lives forever..... https://www.chron.com...sia-3606476.php
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Couldn’t find an NCAA brackets topic. If one exists, feel free to delete this. Who do you think wins it all in 2025? I’ve got the FL Gators taking it this year.
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A naked man who chewed off the face of another man in what is being called a zombie-like https://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/29/reports-miami-zombie-attacker-may-have-been-using-bath-salts/?hpt=hp_t2
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What is the Squadron's mascot? A part of the 927th ARW, their patch labels them as the "Flying Jennies", but I'm not sure if that's what they go by.
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https://m.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30945324 Interesting times, especially with the "coup" in Yemen.
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Fuck PCness! I want to thank everyone for another wonderful year of BaseOps, and hope y'all have a wonderful Christmas or whatever you celebrate this year! Hopefully 2021 will be a better year than the dumpster fire that was 2020! Be safe out there!
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Air Force’s New Target: Mojave Ground Squirrel
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FAA probing News Corp.'s use of drones
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Interesting development... For those who don't know who Glenn Miller is, read here. Cheers! M2
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I intentionally removed "elite" from the threat title, but credit for execution! Elite Group of Navy Pilots Drops “Beat Army” Ping Pong Balls On Army’s West Point Campus CMDR Alana Garas, Public Affairs Officer for the United States Naval Academy has confirmed that on December 5, 2022, at 11:59 am EST, midshipmen from the Class of 2023 successfully conducted an air-to-ground spirit mission over the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, ahead of Saturday’s 123rd Army-Navy Game. Twelve delivery passes dropped “Beat Army” and “Fly Navy” leaflets, along with ping pong balls, over Army West Point’s “The Apron.” Army cadets could be seen breaking formati…
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And now for something completely different... Air New Zealand staff have nothing to hide. Something like this reminds us that flying should be fun! Too many companies take themselves WAY too seriously - see more at: https://www.nothingtohide.co.nz/ One of the people in the video series (which also includes their preflight safety videos) is Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe (although I wasn't looking for him...) Those crazy Kiwis... Mike
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A little humor to start the week...an oldie but a goodie! Cheers! M2
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/6145334/RAF-asks-for-beer-money-donations.html
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Just got word of this through the River Rats.... Get your XC requests and kitchen passes now.
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Here is a film clip from the Austrian national archives of the Wright Brothers demonstrating their plane in Italy in 1909. What is even more fantastic is there was an on-board camera on the Wright plane and the last part of this film shows it. It's crystal clear, and apparently the first in flight footage taken - anywhere. Wilbur Wright is at the controls on both of the flights. https://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/322/fiche_technique.htm?ID=322 ://https://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/P...que.htm?ID=322 ://https://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/P...que.htm?ID=322 Talk about a heritage flight... Mike
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Many of you will know Huggy, so he needs no introduction here. Here’s Part 1 of my interview with him, released to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the U-2’s first flight.
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Win a Champ! $50/ticket or $125 for three tickets. Only 4,000 tickets total, so odds are good. It's a 1946 LSA 7AC Champ that I haven't flown much in recent years due to military moves. I finally found a better purpose for it. Get raffle tickets here. Some friends and I created a non-profit, Vets to Jets, to fund flight training grants for veterans and enlisted folks. The idea is that vets/enlisted have to either make life-changing decisions or pay some high hurdle costs to get into flight training (Post 9/11 GI Bill does not fund private pilot unless at an institute for higher learning). Vets to Jets is a 501(c)3 organization. Please pass this on to folks you t…
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Regardless who you vote for, make time to have your voice heard!
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I have to. It’s been such a great year here in Knoxville! GBO [emoji521] Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app
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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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