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Better us than Russia / China. Like it or not, this action opens up the possibility of getting things straight in this part of the world and countering negative influence by multiple malign actors.

All is well, thank you so much! 2 year old granddaughter had open heart surgery on a Thursday morning. She was skipping out of the hospital by noon Sunday. Modern medicine is a miracle!

This one made me chuckle https://www.instagram.com/rmsthornton/reel/DTCtoyhjWQP/

That’s why I said there’s someone standing where the guy in the cockpit can see who gives commands/approvals via hand signals (if not plugged in with comm cord). I’m not saying they should have done it (because it was against T.O.), but the act of manipulating moving aircraft components from the cockpit with MX personnel around is SOP everywhere in the CAF, and completely safe if proper procedures followed.

We will see how this plays out...Florida QB DJ Lagway Linked to Surprising SEC School in Transfer Portal Puts every thing else in perspective. Thankful for this outcome.

Your view of the mountains will be much better.😁 I'm sure the cockroaches in Central and South America are scattering. With ISR watching.

That’s nuts. Indeed it is.

That is wonderful news!!

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Welp

Hard to prosecute a case if all the required documentation that was meticulously maintained was mysteriously stolen.

Dude I understand your frustration, things like that suck for everybody involved. That being said, you only can affect the things under your control and UPT & FTU delays aren't something you can control. They're also nothing new. Some guys in the 90s were on the banked program, where they did 1-2 year non-flying assignments before they even went to UPT. Wasn't uncommon for UPT selects in my ROTC Det to do 9-12 month casuals prior to going to UPT. I had a 5 month BIT between EWO school and the FTU. Guys that tracked fighters in my UPT class had a 9 month BIT (which was pretty average at that time, if you were even able to get a -38 slot since all the fighter FTUs back then were severely backed up). The BLUF of all that is delays like these have been going on for decades and all those pilots writ small and the AF writ large survived. Focus on the things you can control and realize you'll have a great time flying AF aircraft whether you're delayed or not.