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That SAM operator is a horrible shot. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

IMHO Automation should be introduced briefly in UPT and be formally taught during IQT of the MWS and seasoning at the first assignment. It's a short year to learn the basics- building a solid foundation of hand flying and a strong ability to interpret raw instrumentation should be the primary objective of the UPT cadre.

The guy was holding 1 AK and 1 AR...so it can't be M2 as he would have been holding 2 AK's. Don't worry, M2, I got you man.

Careful, you'll offend the liberals.

Hey, someone spotted M2!

It's been said before but bears repeating: Congress should cut UNEARNED entitlements, of every kind, before cutting EARNED entitlements. Anything else is breaking faith.

Hmmm. Might be tough to do. The one print I have is about 18x30 and mounted on a foam board. It was a PR shot used in a NASA briefing at Patrick. I guess I could take a picture of it with my Nikon and try to upload it. The rest are probably buried in some film archive at NASA or the National Archives. Also, its black and white...not near as pretty as the color one the F-15 guys took!

Close, but not exactly. After the Challenger disaster NASA was looking for shuttle launch pictures from another view aspect. When they started flying again, we loaded up a U-2 with a camera (the old "H" cam) and flew over the Cape at about 70K when they launched. The objective was to get high res pictures of the shuttle/booster interaction from above. I still have a blowup of one of the shots in my basement. Fun sortie!

As long as she gets any damn money, they have no right to touch a single military member's retirement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPZBPVnrGfA

5-hundos? What are you 12 years old? Of course he's not serious. It does look odd though, not quite scaled composites odd but still not quite right. The internal bay thing is interesting however.

Can that thing even carry a gun? Not to talk of mavericks, a couple o' rocket pods, and a few 5-hundos? Call me old fashioned but NOTHING in that video even remotely portrays that this Scorpion POS can even begin to replace the capability that is this: Yeah yeah yeah, the hawg is not the end-all-be-all of CAS....... and I know we are talking "light attack" here .......... but for f*ck's sake, Really? Just sayin'

Plus it would kill one of the best flying gigs in the AF, being a T-6 PIT IP.

I saw the e-mail traffic that said P Qual is on for the 38's as well starting summer of 2014. Academics, Sims, 6-9 rides in the front seat, IQ Check, then a handful of RCP fam landing sorties prior to going to PIT. Syllabus at home stations is 35 training days.....at PIT, 45 training days. If that's the case, I say do away with PIT all together and let the squadrons do all the Instructor upgrades in house, like every CAF squadron already does. Cap-10

M A R S Mars, bitches. We're there.

So the way I'm reading this is if you're a Major between 15-18 years in non-critically manned career field the Air Force is willing to give you a golden ticket to get out the door early. However if you have the same number of years and just so happen to be in a critically manned career field then you are subject to the RIF. In essense: We don't need you, here's a paycheck for life and a cadillac healthcare plan. We need you but you came up a little short, f--- of and die.

Uhh, yeah dude. They just track sorties from there. And provide support when TIB comes to town.

So, you've never really flown a -60 then? ;)

unearned in the sense that the evil profit makers kept them at an economic disadvantage from earning them? This thing is close to circling the toilet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk