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I'd love for 1 more fact to roll out of this little story, and that is what he used to shoot the man criminal. I'd love for it to be a semi-auto pistol with 15 rounds, etc. Also, just for you fine folks, not the ones responding to the article in the paper, in regards to the relatives saying the homeowner should have warned the criminal, I retort that the criminal should have called the homeowner in advanced and said that his home would be robbed. Crime carries a risk of getting shot to death. Don't do crime and live longer. I think the message is simple. Out.

So much entitlement.

It depends.

Widow makes public response on IG investigation. She slams the military industrial complex.

This is Texas, we don't do "warnings"... Seriously, read the comments. We don't fuck around down here in the Lone Star State! We can be your best friends or worst enemies, it's your decision. God bless Texas!

For any of you who frequent Southwest, with their new military contract, their military discounts are now substantial for last second travel. You have to call them on the phone, and the ticket is non-refundable. You can buy tickets day before travel for around $170 each way.

Oh good, the cool parents raise great, upstanding, hard working, non-entitled kids.

Talked the wife into watching it since she's a nurse and I thought she'd be interested in the medical aspect of it. Surprisingly she watched the whole thing and then told me to set up the dvr to tape the series.

Rainbow Conspiracy!!

Those silly Wackers. Now THIS is how to lay down a muhfvckin' chemtrail....

The Air & Space article was good. But hearing the actual story from those involved in it is really something. Originally, Oprah wanted to do a segment on it (that was shot down). The full story is worthy (by Hollywood standards) of a made-for-TV movie. As hokie as that sounds,... and as much as I hope that is never done,... a lot of people, including those of the host nation military and medical community, worked hard to keep him alive. Were you there, Spoo? I remember that Smoke and Fidel, and maybe Sharkey were, but can't remember who else. Apparently, in the course of "the situation" some local base leadership stormed into Ops to get "the brief", and wanted to know who was in charge. They were not happy to find that Captains were running the show,... and they were further put out when no one had time to deal with them. For the record, those Captains ran things perfectly. It's a sad shame that Kevin and Lt Col Russell were never recognized in a more formal manner for their efforts. I hope Kevin writes a book about it.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/21237261/homeowner-kills-intruder-in-oak-cliff-home Homeowner kills man breaking into his home. Relatives say he could have warned the intruder and everyone deserves a chance, never mind the fact that this guys criminal record was 18 pages long.

Jeff was in my UPT class. Guy was a rock solid pilot from the word go. Glad to see his name officially cleared.

it's up on youtube now, for those who don't have NatGeo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2SuQRhxiME

LEROY JENKINS!!!! Also, love the mustaches on the front of their birds

There's a lot more to the J than that...that being said, having the automation available to use has benefits. A. I've got about 2k hours in E-H2.5s and Js. About 1,500 of those hours are in legacy airplanes and about 500 hours in Js. I've shut down one motor in the J for a low pitch stop fail ACAWS in Afghanistan, and that was precautionary. I've shut down no less than 6 engines in the E and H, some were precautionary and some just failed or were about to fail. So what's your point again? The low pitch stop fail issue is a known defect that's being worked at the AFMC and manufacturer level to redesign the PCU. The low pitch stops don't actually fail, it's just a sensor problem. From my time working wing safety, the legacy had the J beat in ESPs by a mile. B. As for the ALZ issue, dunno about that one. Operator issues, I guess. I clear the ALZ just as fast in a J as I do in the E or H. C. The "Super Hercules" thing is said mostly to irritate the legacy dudes, IMHO. Who cares. D. The J can do no-flaps. There's a reason they don't on a regular basis...the J-30 WILL strike a tail skid if you land it zero flap. The short Js can do it just as fine as the legacy Herks, but they don't practice in the airplane because 95% of the fleet comprise the J-30 and it's just one of those USAF-isms of "if most of the fleet can't do it without risk of damage, then none of them should". It lands just like a legacy bird in zero flap configuration....and other than emergency procedures that necessitate it, why risk damaging the airplane? E. Actually, the airplane only takes a snapshot of data every few seconds, so if your overspeed is very transitory, it may not even capture it...not any worse than a FE that notices your overspeed. Again, what's your point? F. This is the part that is most controversial...and having gone from E/H to J and back to H again, I can say with 100% honesty that I'd rather have the J flight deck. You have lots of SA from all the displays and only a few people talking on intercomm. It's actually much more chaotic on a legacy flight deck on a low level and I'm always having to tell someone to "standby" so I can catch a radio call...plus if I lose SA, I have to have a conversation with someone in order to regain it, versus in the J I can just pull up a display and figure it out. The legacy intercom system sucks, I have to listen to the copilot breathing into his hot mic and the nav talking over the radio calls...you get my point. For what it's worth, I love both the legacy and the J...both great airplanes. But the J is a very good improvement. You can't speak to that if you've never flown one.