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because "the tanker" is the KC-135

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The adsc should be linked to the amount of / quality of training The more they cut in flight hours the less Congress should let them set high adscs

I guarantee I would’ve signed that at 22.

Heard that the board was able to find more slots than originally forecasted but that’s it. No exact numbers.

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Pompeo wasn't in the seat during that part. Blinken had taken over by then. Pompeo's certainly going to distance himself from events after January 2021.

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Saudi Arabia beat Argentina. WTF?

Definitely, here's hoping we get the results in January lol

Twice passed over might be a thing of the past as they transition to the 5-look system. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It is a “wide body.” I hear that’s what really matters. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I doubt it’s a cost thing because the Navy doesn’t require 10 years, and I doubt they have the WalMart brand F-18s just to save money. When I was in Navy flight school, after winging helo guys only had a seven year comittment, everyone else had eight. They changed it to eight for everyone around 2006-7. If I were to guess, the AF set it at 10 because they felt that’s what they could get dudes to agree to without negatively impacting accessions. I know if I was 22 and told I had to sign a 20 year contract, I have said hell no.

Then Douche generals like Goldfien will sit you behind a desk for 15 of your 20 because you are a volunteer.

Along with that there were way to many people with Stars on that thought Biden would reverse what was happening so who needs a plan. And then like idiots we let the State Dep come up with a plan that had no red cell review from the way it fell apart. It’s like we wanted to make it harder. I remember standing in a brief with a 2 star that told us despite the peace there was no appetite to move the group somewhere else. Our presence would be “enduring.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I could also see the AF pitching 20 year pilot ADSC's. Which should be considered a predatory loan or some sort of indentured servitude, though. There needs to be some sort of mechanism to protect enthusiastic, misguided, brainwashed 21 year-old's from an exploitative and unfair contract. I could totally see enthusiastic, ROTC cadet, past me signing that. And, in that scenario, current me would 100% hate and loath my former ROTC Cadre for basically being willing to knowingly sell me into an unfair, biased, and unconscionable contract. Let's hope that COA (and stop loss) are never seriously considered by the geniuses at the ARTF & AFPC.

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ACE! Duh!

The difference being you guys will improvise and overcome when it comes down to a no-shit fight. I’ve said it before, but the US military owes most of its success to junior officers and NCOs who will keep the machine running and win fights in spite of the idiocy that often spews from senior leadership. I’ve seen the Chinese work, specifically in the current “zero Covid” environment. I’m confident that when their leadership sends them to certain slaughter, they will dutifully follow one another over the abyss, no questions asked. Don’t sell yourselves short just because someone thinks China is starting to look good on paper. Y’all are still the finest fighting force on the planet & anyone who wants to test that theory is going to find themselves in serious pain. Oh, and happy Veterans Day! 🇺🇸

True, but if your airplane is dependent on space to do it’s job you’re going to have a shitty time during the war.

Weaponize it, and it will be the FU-2. On that note, funny story: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/how-the-iconic-u-2-got-its-name-test-pilot-tony-levier-gave-kelly-johnson-the-finger-johnson-returned-giving-levier-the-finger-and-yelled-u-2/amp/

Hmmm…let’s continue this thought process. You want a high altitude jet, a guy in it, that’s extremely reliable, and has a lot of indigenous connectivity, maybe some 5th gen datalinks, maybe a sideways AESA upgrade in development…

there's one community that already does most of that alone...

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