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These are nothing like the RR 757 engines. These RE BR700s (F130 mil designation) are the same motors as those found on G5s and globals (and 717s), among other applications. They seem to work pretty well in those applications from what I understand, and 1) are already in the USAF inventory and 2) have a ton of proven historical data. The GE options were the CF34-10 or the newer passports. The former is meh/older tech. The latter (passports) should be pretty solid (powering the new large globals), but don’t have a lot of history as they are fairly new. I think the passports are made with the same or similar cores (or at least tech) to the CFM LEAPs on the MAX/NEO. Should be a good motor, but not a lot of data on them. The pratt option was the motor that powers the gulfstream g500/g600, the PW800 series, which is the same core as the geared turbofan Pratts on the A220. Gulfstream made a big move switching from RR to pratt for the G500/600. They look like solid motors. But, like the passports, are relatively new. The new tech motors often have hotter temps and tighter tolerances, and that can mean a bit more finicky maintenance. As a datapoint, the on wing time of the CFM LEAPs on the NEOs has been underperforming targets and they have needed to get overhauled earlier. That was one of the big reasons frontier switched from CFM LEAP to pratt GTFs for their future NEO orders. And the pratt GTFs had tons of issues when they were launched as well. Trusting either of those cores to be integrated with the buff could be asking for trouble. The latest and greatest/most efficient motor isn’t always the goal of military (or cargo) planes. I think the USAF probably made a good (conservative at least) choice picking a tried and true, reliable and fairly easy to maintain, already-in-the-inventory, not entirely dated technology engine. The marginally better/newer bizjet motors that don’t have much historical in service data (and none in the military) probably didn’t offer enough of an advantage to be worth it. I think it was a decent choice. just my $0.02

Interesting - to say the least. COVID-19-The-Spartacus-Letter.pdf

B-52, 7th generation fighter.

You forgot document things for VA disability.

Anybody using a flight doc for anything other than: a. Your yearly "I'm still alive/don't take my flight pay" exam b. A referral to an off base, non-military doctor c. Ambien/Restoril Is doing it wrong.

Troll alert… what’s the alternative?? Eat shit at the regionals?? UPT hopefuls: keep chasing the dream bros! Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I used the DAV. The guy knew exactly what forms to fill out, exactly what medical issues to cite, and I got to hear some tall tales along the way. You could certainly do all the paperwork yourself, but I think I would have overlooked several items the DAV rep picked up during his review of my records. I strongly recommend the DAV. VA is using "QTC" as a 3rd party medical scheduler for VA exams. A few times they tried to schedule me for various tests/exams that would have required a 1-2 hr drive. Be sure to call QTC and get the visits closer, if desired. Either that or take the day off work for your VA exam and enjoy a roadtrip.

This is such a fallacy. I looked every normal drug on here. Every single one was invented/patented/tested for safety DECADES AGO. Most were 1950 and before. Some, like Claritin, were 1990s. In every single case, the first HEK293 test was performed on these medicines in 2010 and beyond. And none were to test the safety of the intended purpose of the drugs, as those tests were all done a long time ago. thanks for playing. I can’t wait for big AF to ask me this question.

I'm not much of a Twitter user, and honestly thought the above Tweet must be some kind of photoshop or otherwise fake. After all, it's the US Food and Drug Administration, right? A federal agency with a $3.2 Billion (!!!) budget. You'd expect their official Twitter account to be more, I dunno, official? Went on Twitter and scrolled back to August, and sure enough, the above is legit. This guys Tweet below more or less sums up my thoughts. Honestly, how can anyone take anything from the .gov seriously these days?

It’s called the D.E.N.N.I.S system:

The Wu always has the answer…

Cancer just means that it's working!

Hiring message out from AFPC. I hear they’re even taking old rotor trash these days!

My message to you was a one time message as well. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Don’t drag the politics and COVID crap into this forum. You have plenty of other threads to do that. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Did you forget to switch to your burner account while feigning interest in pseudoscience on a forum for aviation hopefuls? You're not even in the right place my guy Sent from my IN2025 using Tapatalk

Except they do. There have been vaccine mandates for schoolchildren for decades. There have been vaccine mandates for the military for just as long. Employers in various industries including airlines have required certain vaccines for years. So, sorry, but you're clearly wrong here. Public health requirements have existed without major issues in free and open societies for a very long time. They are not mutually exclusive concepts.

Snowden is a traitor and should be given the death penalty. If it walks like a traitor, talks like a traitor, and gives secrets to the Russians like a traitor...wait for it...it's a traitor. That it was so seductive a play that it has obviously duped patriots in the military into thinking he's some sort of national hero speaks to how powerful various elements of the information war are. He played Glenn Greenwald like a fiddle, and if you don't think there is a connection between what we've witnessed happen on the world stage over the last 7-8 years and what he did, you need to get your head checked. And if you're in the military and you think that was the "proper" way to voice a concern, you shouldn't be in a position of any responsibility.

Had Snowden only released information about possibly illegal wiretapping then you might have an argument. Instead, he downloaded hundreds, possibly thousands of highly classified information on US sources and methods. Gifting them to Russia. Snowden is a traitor, he deserves to share a cell with Robert Hansen. For life.

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