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I think it's because we have idiots in every crevice of our federal government.

underrated comment. and they are never held accountable. how someone like victoria nuland stays in powerful state department roles tells you everything. since 1992 the only Administration she didn't serve under? President trump. things that make you wonder... https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/top-state-department-officials-asked-to-leave-by-trump-administration/index.html we need more of THAT

And not surprisingly…absolute radio silence about the attempted murder of a 16yo white girl, Kaylee Gain, during a school altercation.

draining the swamp is pointless if you refill it with toxic waste

Yeah! We’re on top! And by top…we’re talking about our debt. I’m sure our eventual economic demise was worth it. https://www.usdebtclock.org

we don't agree on much but i agree with you here. unfortunately i think our republic was betrayed beyond repair in the late 1800s, and further betrayed by president wilson. the penultimate action being the CIAs assassination of president kennedy...and the "fuck you" on top was getting allen dulles on the warren commission. they showed they are untouchable and hold unlimited power...much greater than any elected representative. what we see today is a mirage of what the founding fathers created. the more books i read on the entrenched state the more hopeless it feels... "Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer spoke of in glee, in response to then-president-elect Trump’s criticism of U.S. intelligence agencies. “Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” -2019

Absolutely hilarious that less than a week after a presidentially directed visit takes place we get booted. We are the 4’9” dude with a lifted F-690 truck. Sure…it’ll do work, but nobody respects it.

I'm going to submit the 2 year TIG waiver, but I have little optimism that it'll get approved. The funny thing about the days I did to get to two years AD TIG is that I took orders four days at a time during the week (Tue-Fri) and flew my airline trips on the weekends (Sat-Mon), completely sacrificing my family for a over a year. Our unit works four 10-hour days, so I essentially worked a full time schedule as a DSG then worked a second full-time job as an airline guy, all the while forgoing my AGR retirement (which I earned on 5 Jul 20). I did all that because us bosses were using all the AGR resources and had no full-time resources left for the O3/O4 worker bees. I gave up a lot of off days that would have gotten me a lot closer to 1095 AD days (T10 TFI MPA days), and also missed out on the last year of my pilot bonus by resigning my AGR. Basically, some real "service before self" stuff. The email from ARPC was a gut punch. But I get it. Big Blue doesn't care. Nice guys, road to hell, etc... Words of advice: 1. ARPC is not helpful. They are "work ticket processors." They are not "the experts." 2. Big Blue does not care about you. Your unit, commander, subordinates, etc care about you. But the "Air Force" does not. I really let my guard down approaching retirement, and Big Blue got me real good. Don't be like me kids. Maximize your resources (time and income) to serve the people you love (your family, your fellow pilots, your Guard Wing, etc). At the end of the day, I know what I did during the extra years I stayed in, so does my family, and so does my unit. That's all that matters, regardless of what rank is on my 214. And I'm gonna throw a damn good party at June drill to celebrate all of it.

An interesting statement considering that WW2 happened.

Agree with Brabus, always a tough spot to be in. Circa 2013, my squadron had 10 or 11 refugees (nearly 1/3rd of the squadron) from 5 different squadrons being shut down. Off the top of my head, I think they shut down about 13ish fighter squadrons back then (or converted them). Lots of guys looking for new homes and a few of my buddies ended up just converting to non-fighter airframes due to a lack of will of moving or there just being no jobs/TX to be had. These young bucks need to cast a wide net if they want to have a good shot of finding a home in a fighter squadron. Off the top of my head, Atlantic City, New Orleans and Homestead appear to always be hiring. As Brabus said, TX spots might be the LIMFAC. If I were a young guy and I didn't have time for the Legacies, I'd grab a regional gig. Pay is damn nice right now, you'll stay flying and have non-rev bennies to jump around to all the bases easily. Hopefully, you'll get picked up at a Legacy and then can drop MLOA to convert to your next airframe. Or, just be thankful for the time you had in the jet, get to a legacy and enjoy making damn good money with lots of time off. It will never compare to a good, tight-knit fighter squadron, but you'll certainly not sacrifice as much. ...my 25 year old self would tell me to fuck off with that statement lol!

This was all that was left of that Silk Airways IL-76. If you blow the pics up you can see part of horizontal stab, besides some other small debris and the black impact mark that was all that was left.

So how good was the flight attendant “mishap” before the unintentional decent?!

And for some reason, everything is tied down with rope and there are loose chickens running about.

A Herkski. Looks like a Herk but powered by vodka.

Bro, I got enough going on in my life that I don't need to also be contemplating my desire to fuck a bunch of cartoon Japanese/American hybrids wearing Bavarian attire. Anyways... Dibs on the redhead.

You think the generals are in charge? Hmm.

The Iranians are actively resupplying them. We simply don’t have the political balls to authorize ROE that would do what you propose. It’s similar to our Vietnam guys watching the USSR send in parts for SA sites, but not allowed to strike until operational. Our idiot generals have learned nothing & continue to fail the nation but see themselves promoted. Enemies are driving the fight, seizing the initiative, executing bold COAs; we just respond. So long as this paradigm continues our technological and tactical superiority will be neutered.

Vance 24-08

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime#:~:text=On July 9%2C 1962%2C at,N 169°38′W. why all the hubbub…?