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I'm a strong proponent of the enlisted sensor operators staying on as well. AFSOC thinks they need to go, only looking at the money that comes with a larger crew complement. Why have these SOs when we can just have CSOs point and click and run the sensor with all this bright shiny technology we have? The technology out there IS awesome - and much better than anything on the Gunship now. BUT - technology will NEVER replace the experience of that TSgt that has been a Gunship sensor for 10 years - in the squadron. An officer that has to PCS for career reasons after 4-5 years will just be getting the hang of things and getting experienced. It's those highly experienced SOs that have been running that sensor for YEARS that can tell that those couple of darker pixels on the screen are actually a Muj hiding under cover versus just a hot spot.

Best gunship ever (probably impossible, but fun to dream): 1. AC-130J 2. Eng, Nav stay on 3. MX-20s + . . . other sensors 4. Better radar 5. Helmet-mounted targeting, i.e. HUD built into the visor, F-15/JSF-style 6. Avenger cannon + 40mm + 105mm + MORE AMMO 7. Hellfires. 8. Defensive shit we can't talk about here. What the heck COULDN'T we kill then?? Maybe a concrete bunker 6900 feet underground, but everything else is TOAST.

If stating the obvious puts me in the minority, count me in too. It's the President's money, he can do what he wants with it. Apparently he wants kids to go to college. He split the money among four different ethnic groups because that's what he has to do. Does anybody know anything about Foglesong's charity? I don't, either. Maybe, just maybe, it's actually a worthwhile organization that gives kids from the poorest part of our nation some money for college. I doubt that it was chosen because the President likes his vans lined up in a certain way. Something also tells me that if the President had put all of his Nobel money on the bar at your squadron you guys would still find a way to get pissed about it.