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I have an issue with this. If the engine was "secured" and feathered and it says not to turn into a shut engine in the -1 and he did, that's completely on him. If he just flew straight ahead and gained flying airspeed they wouldn't have stalled. The most important part of an any EP is to maintain aircraft control. It was less than 2 minutes to impact. He destroyed a completely flyable airplane. This doesn't mitigate other factors, but that crew crashed the airplane.

On another note, what ever happened to the attempt to get the Omega Speedmaster Skywalker X-33 as a mil group buy?

The military objective was to dismantle AQ in Afghanistan and deny the opportunity to use Afghanistan as a safehaven for attack planning against the homeland. We won the war in a few months. The problem is when politicians decided that democracy and a strong central government was important in Afghanistan. That is not an objective that can be achieved with warfare alone. Any general that thinks that is a reasonable objective is more politician than military leader.

Hi All, Figured I'd share my TBAS simulator (airplane and horizontal tracking) with all of you because it's been pretty helpful for me. Hopefully you all find it just as useful as I've found the flash cards, etc. The main game window looks like this: Download Link: Here Included is everything you need to simply play it as well as edit it to your liking. Use 7-zip to decompress the zip file. I'm currently using a simple thrustmaster joystick and thrustmaster rudder pedals. These both work as needed and were relatively cheap. Full disclosure, I haven't taken the TBAS yet. This is based on readily available info from big blue so this may or may not be an exact match to the actual test but it should hopefully be close enough. Just spend 6-9 minutes a night for a few nights before your test and it should help you all out. Thanks.

A point worth noting, as well as LookieRookie’s point about PRANG’s reputation. There is something to be said for a serious culture problem down there. Excerpts from the AIB that highlight this. (pages 33-34). “Of the senior leadership that were available for interview, including the 156 OG Commander, 198 AS Commander, and the 156 MXS commander, none of them could accurately describe the mission of the unit.” “Most of the members of the maintenance team who were interviewed could not say whether they had attended Maintenance Resource Management training and/or were not sure what the training included.” “Additionally, the Propulsion Shop Lead did not know the difference between back shop manuals and on-aircraft manuals, neither MM1 nor MM2 realized there were troubleshooting guides in the on-aircraft manuals and relied on a back-shop manual” “MM3 could not define his role and responsibilities during a maintenance engine run.” Food for thought. There seems to be a lot more going on down there other than the mishap crew’s failure to handle an engine-out herk. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Here’s to all who have served or are serving. We may not agree on everything, but as a group you are the best people I’ve ever known. I’d proudly stand beside any of you! 🍻

Ah yes, the convertible mod. Perfect for those VFR sunny days whilst out sending jihadists VFR direct to Allah. Just make everything is strapped down before releasing the brakes.

The video by CSAF is also safety privileged. Standard disclaimer at the beginning and end. I am always skeptical of leadership, but I give CSAF some respect for this one. Unfortunately (my opionion only) our safety process has become to bound by red tape. My MAJCOM has been very open about making sure aircrew see incedents and learning from them. I am in the process of going through a course outside my MAJCOM, and taking to instructors at the unit/MAJCOM of the course I am going through to much red tape has been strung to allow aircrew to see safety resaults.

Oh.. you're the guy on the X-C wearing white Nike's. Got it. Not to worry... I'll buy you another drink.

In the ANG, it's about a six month timeframe from when the unit submits the paperwork to getting the order. It's a byzantine process called Federal Recognition (Fed Rec) and I'm in no way qualified to explain it here. I've just watched the process unfold from the unit perspective enough times to know what the limfac is and the rough timeline. So, my story on a guard promotion is that I got off active duty with only four years TIG as a Capt. When I joined the Guard unit, they asked how much TIG I had and then without batting an eye told me they were submitting my promo paperwork. That was in November and I saw the promo order in April or May if I remember correctly. I also know a reservist who was passed over for O-5 on active duty and he's not only an O-5 now but also a squadron CC and could make O-6. Now, I would say that it will be best to find a unit that is under manned in your crew position. That will make the promo chances better as well as the opportunities for orders and a possible AGR tour.

I can tell you this is not true. Everyone has been notified on where they stood about a week ago and nobody is coming back for a second round. We had one slot for UPT this year and all interviewees was extremely competitive and made it a very difficult choice to make. I'm not sure if the final decision has been released, but all interviewees know where they stacked up and have received feedback by this point. If you have not, then let me know your name by PM and I'll follow up with the member of the interview board that was supposed to call you.

Fully semi-automatic

That is not an automatic watch.

As long as the American public allows themselves to believe that the current conflicts cost them nothing more than an occasional “thank you for your service”, nothing will change.

This. And this is very much a war to the other side. You can't consider it "not a war" just because the enemy doesn't play to your strengths. They are most definitely using violence to achieve political objectives.

No need, M2. I have a SAT layover... and a pry bar in my roller bag. Thanks, though! (good pic, BTW)

Fair enough. I won’t quibble with semantics, and I concur with the frustration. I still think AFG is a war; using your definition: one side is trying to win. And succeeding. It’s just not our side. To me that doesn’t make this “not war” it makes us dumb. We seem to think WW2, which was historically anomalous, is the standard “war” and drawn out, ambiguous, sporadic fighting is abnormal and unworthy of study. But it’s all war. We’re just bad at it. Not trying to put words in your mouth, that spear is aimed at USAF PME. And I don’t blame politicians, I blame our generals.

Moose does a much better job of explaining my lack of respect for what we are doing in that region of the world. Give me a clear obtainable objective and maybe I'd agree its a war. But we are just spending blood, and treasure for nothing.

In my mind you try to win a war. There is no timeline. When all you’re doing is maintaining the status quo...I’m not sure what the hell you call that.

Attention former U-2 bubbas: We've got a mini-reunion next Friday, 16 Nov. About 35 Alumni are showing up not to mention the hoards of active duty folks. If you do not know what I'm talking about, drop me a text. If you don't have my number, drop me a pm here on BO.net. Include your email and phone and I'll send you the new U-2 DLA newsletter I wrote. Things are changing, and if you want to be a part of it, let me know. The main reunion is going to be in Summer/Fall 2020.

Same reason the US is still in Afghanistan, with no end state in mind and zero incentive to ever win. ForeverWar feeds the jobs program that is the Defense Industrial Complex. As another poster pointed out- once you realize the purpose of the DoD is to spend taxpayer money, everything starts to make sense.

F-15C: Guy in front rubs, guy in back tugs

no pun intended?