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Here's a story relayed to me:. Iranians were sent to the US for pilot training and wore red helmets for identification purposes. One day, a couple instructors grab a couple red helmets and saddle up in a T-38. They launch and return to the T-38 pattern using an Iranian-ish accent. On the first touch and go, the IP in the front seat ducks down so the RSU sees an Iranian student solo in the back seat. The RSU freaks out and queries the "solo" who responds " I will fix.". On the next pass, the IP in the back seat ducks down so the red helmet is now in the front seat. Not sure that practical joke would be appreciated today. BTW, this was at Columbus pre-Ayatollah.

"Baddie Brown people? " Just stop man...a completely useless comment. Question the strategy all you want...I think we all want to see something solid so we don;t get sucked into another rabbit hole but your comment was classless.

Hope there's a few rungs left on the escalation ladder to nukes, but the Indians did us a solid by removing this shitbag from the earth. Abdul Rauf Azhar killed American reporter Daniel Pearl, and justice has finally been served...wish we had done it, but I'll take it.

Indian food is WAY better, and also my favorite. Hence, I'm pulling for India.

At some point you are going to have to be honest with your whining. I know that day isn't today, but seriously, this is about as stupid as saying Obama thought there were more than 50 states. The question in this interview is obviously about whether the due process of the Constitution applies to the deportation of illegals. You either didn't listen to the interview, or you are too stupid to interpret a simple conversation. Or you're just a bitter liar.

No real dog in this fight, but with all of Pakistan's hypocrisy and Intel support to terrorist organizations...them taking a few Ls would not sadden me.

This is very much a good thing. The number of issues folks who suffer from gender confusion cause in the military makes absolutely no sense as to why they should be serving. They should have never been given the exception by Obama and then Biden.

Not even close to the dumbest thing I’ve seen from the boom operators.

Dos Gringos is back and having a concert this summer! https://www.truefans.fm/the-afterburn-podcast/681bab62e04604441221174e

Fuck Pakistan. That is all.

Or landed mistakenly on the taxiway at Balad on NVGs. I remember that tower call when we were about to land #2. Nice job guys, just taxi straight ahead to park. Doh!

When Trump throws out the NFA, GCA and FOPA as being unconstitutional (which they all are!), I will give him full credit for supporting and defending the Constitution! By the way, I would have credited Biden or Obama if they did the same, but neither did!

It amazes me that there are still military folks who will defend and promote a political party that includes socialists and communists. If Bernie Sanders ran against Trump, would they vote for Sanders? WTFO

We had a dude plant one of these in the commanders office. Hilarious.

If the Houthi’s kept their stupidity between them and the Saudis… we’d largely stay out of it. I don’t know why people can’t seem to understand that we have a centuries old tradition in “____ with my ships and find out!” It’s not like this is the first time we’ve went into CENTCOM to protect the sea lanes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Was lucky enough to fly these heroes home from the WW2 museum in New Orleans today. Special flight and will not forget their stories. They were so humble that they thanked us for volunteering for the flight when we were all there to thank them. Greatest Generation is an understatement.

Instead of playing a game of one-upmanship, I went back and re-read all your posts to make sure I didn't misconstruct anything. Some points have merit...your original question was "what's different this time?" is valid for any operation, and in this one, to paraphrase other posts, it's difficult to bomb someone to the stone age when they're already there. However, let me ask what you would do if you were the ultimate decider, to stop the Houthis from sending TBMs & OWA drones into an ally's territory, and were attacking innocent ships of all nations traveling through the BAM? There are three basic options: do nothing, full-scale nuclear war, or something in between. An oppositional attitude can be useful in the planning process...too many yes-men and there's no critical thought developing the plan. You're obviously not a fan of the current COA, so what would you do differently? I'm truly interested.

My Opinion on this subject is the Democrats ultimate goal of opening the border was to flood the country with millions of new and perpetual DEMOCRAT VOTERS. Period. They saw what happened in the 2016 presidential election , when Trump won by a slim margin and wanted to insure that would never happen again! So, as others have said, they had no issue allowing people to illegally enter the country, but suddenly are all about following legal proceedings for each and every Illegal alien in order to be deported! Again, the courts can’t handle this flood of cases, so these illegally imported Democrat voters will be in our country for years to come, able to do whatever they please, but more importantly, They will be around to VOTE, and WHO DO YOU THINK THEY WILL VOTE FOR? Fast forward to 1:11:38

Fuck Pakistan and its terrorist sharia state. India all the way. Time for Trump to solidify India as the new Ally in the region, something we should have done decades ago.

Indeed. They definitely offer some great flexibility with colors and designs, but I think people will miss the heritage of traditional patches if we continue with PVC.

While everyone is watching Yemen and potentially Iran...

I would exert political pressure on that ally (Israel) to knock it off in Gaza. They have more than retaliated for Oct 7 and gone orders of magnitude past that. The stated position of the houthis is that they are attacking Israeli ships "in support of their muslim brethren in gaza." Which I actually believe because so far the only time the houthis have stopped shooting was during the short lived Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. I would immediately stop any talks of a Gaza riviera developed by us and Israel. The gaza riviera is a bad idea of biblical proportions that will have Israel cemented as a permanent pariah state, with us as the enablers. Of course all of this assumes im king for a day and not completely beholden to AIPAC like the current admin and most of the left are. edit: The other biggest problem with the gaza riviera plan is that it's the stumbling block preventing any meaningful negotiations from happening to get back the remaining hostages. Think about it from the perspective of hamas. Once you give up the hostages you've given up your last card, then israel is free to completely bulldoze the place. So what incentive do you have to negotiate a cease fire and return hostages if the only thing looming on the horizon afterward is complete displacement?

From a criminal referral to a criminal investigation: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-opens-investigation-into-ny-ag-letitia-james-real-estate-transactions-reports/ar-AA1EqGyD?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=2ea7007451244e5188be5a9869d700ae&ei=53 One hope this leads to a criminal indictment. Love me some schadenfreude...

India recovered a mostly intact PL-15E. I wonder how much NASIC is willing to Venmo India...

My brother in law is now a deputy chief of police but ran weapons and his departments SWAT team for many years. I was able to train with them a few times and when he first started their officers were carrying the Marlin 9MM carbine modified to accept Glock Magazines. The rationale was officers only had to carry one type of mag for both pistol and rifle. I shot it many times in training and it was able to cycle with no jams. It shot well and was easy to use during transition but my BIL converted the unit to M-4 Carbines because he was worried about stopping power of the 9MM at distance. Still not convinced after watching several videos...dependability is a big issue for me.

lol and now we "negotiate" a cease fire between the US and the Houthis that doesn't include Israel. YGBSM https://allisrael.com/houthi-rebels-clarify-that-ceasefire-with-u-s-does-not-include-israel-will-continue-to-act-in-support-of-gaza you guys are right, this isn't rocket surgery. It's just complete stupidity. We spent 1 billion https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-operation-houthis-cost-1-billion-rcna205333 striking the houthis, didn't dislodge them in any meaningful way, dumped 3 super hornets into the red sea, pulled back with our tail between our legs, and Israeli ships are still going to be shot at. Maybe a 'real operator' can explain it to me but this looks almost as successful as our Afghanistan withdrawal

I've NEVER heard the government say Muslims are viewed as "Baddie Brown People"...just the liberals on this forum.

Waiting on the social media foreign policy machine to ramp up

Sts

Evaluators can lose the qual for being dumbasses. like hooks for silly reasons.

@Banzai please reconcile your difference of opinion with Trump's statement above and Biden blatantly stating he was going to ignore the SCOTUS ruling on student loan forgiveness. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7kmMNttcQH/?hl=en If you're a man of principle and took a stand against one POTUS defying the Constitution and checks and balances, I'm sure you had posts on the other one as well...I must have missed them, though.

I think Eisenhower would have thrown up in his mouth if he knew how bloated the command structure had become. Bravo.

I wouldn’t have posted that clip if I thought it was taken out of context. The media is certainly guilty of that. Remember last Nov when the leading story was that “Trump says Liz Cheney should face a firing squad?” It was clear he was calling out hawkish politicians and their eagerness to commit troops to face enemies that they themselves would never face. It was delivered poorly ….because Trump has the intelligence and vocabulary of a 5th grader, ….but no doubt the media tried to misrepresent his point. The clip above isn’t like that. He’s asked a direct, simple question. It’s a question that only has one correct answer: “Yes.” After simply affirming his sworn oath, he could have then continued into his typical nonsensical “weave”. But he didn’t say Yes. He said “I don’t know.” And I take him at his word. That he views the Constitution as negotiable is obvious at this point, including in this interview. “the 5th amendment says they’re entitled to due process” “well it might say that, but then we’d have to have millions of trials. I was elected to get these people the hell out. They’re some of the worst people on earth.” See, this is just how his brain works. “The ends justify the means” is the extent of his reasoning faculties. I honestly don’t even blame him for it anymore. He thinks if something is logistically difficult, then we can just ignore the 5th Amendment. He thinks that winning an election by a large margin entitles him to do whatever he wants, Constitutional or not. He thinks if people are really “bad”….”murderers or drug dealers,” then laws and due process are unnecessary obstacles. “I was elected to get them the hell out of here….. and the courts are holding me from doing it” he says, indignantly. Any uncertainty, any mincing words, any suggestion that it’s too difficult a question to sort out without the aid of attorneys is insane. And before Trump, you would have agreed. Had it been Obama or Hilary or Kamala, you would agree. This is precisely why Trump supporters are viewed as cult-like. Their absolute inability to criticize the dear leader. All you have to say is (something like) “damn, yeah, that’s messed up. Can’t believe he didn’t just say ‘Yes, of course.’ As a military officer, had someone asked me that, I wouldn’t have had to think for a millisecond.” Then you could have pivoted to whataboutism or “TDS” or a lesser-of-two-evils argument. (….I know I’m asking too much to assume you could criticize the dear leader …to even the mildest degree… and just leave it at that.) But instead, you criticize me. I’m whining….I’m stupid, I’m a bitter liar. It’s so pathetic. What the hell happened to you guys?

Checks. The whole BS spiel from Boeing back in '18 was it would be cheaper to leave the seat in what was basically the F-15QA, oh and also you'd only need a 3 sim spin-up..

I thought the only reason all the EXs were 2 seat is that Boeing hasn’t had a single seat version of the -15 in production for quite some time. It was easier to continue the production line with the two seat model.

He didn't say that. And if he did, he didn't mean that. And if he did, you didn't understand it. And if you did, it's not a big deal. And if it is, others have said worse!

I agree, 100%. Additionally, it amazes me that there are still military folks who will defend and promote a president who doesn’t support or defend the Constitution. When asked point blank (at 2:08), “don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as President?” Trump answered “I don’t know.”

Turning Biff's guard application letter into a song is a bit unsettling.

These were fun. Is 30 years long enough to be history Better video of how it worked

The plan: Keeping the shit to shoe level - Work with Israel and partners quietly to disrupt and eliminate threats - Deter and reduce Iranian influence - Destroy the Houthi movement attempting to restrict access to international water ways to anyone but Chinese,Iranian ships - Hold at risk Iran while attempting to negotiate a decent nuclear deal - Keep an eye on Turkey - Intervene minimally in Syria to prevent reversion to another version of the IS All if those missions are to keep the Chinese out. It’s not perfect but it’s better than ceding it to them as a sphere of influence Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Roger that, the PAF is saying it was J-10s shooting PL-15s that got the kill Chengdu stock up 20% on the news of it All of these different conflicts are riffing a bit historically to the Spanish Civil War in the 30s. Surprised / Not surprised it was a Rafale and not a 29 or 30, Rafale is their most capable so it probably went in first on night 1 but it’s got SPECTRA and the French are really good at EW, hopefully something will make it to open source to understand This will light a fire under them to get 5th gen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

OK then...

You would be better off focusing on rushing as many units as you can and getting FaceTime. Your resume is solid. Now it’s more about who you are as a person and are you gonna be a good fit?

You're almost doing the meme! I would prefer the United States not be flooded with third world immigrants, regardless of their legal status or propensity for crime. The illegal ones certainly shouldn't be rewarded with a fast-track to permanent residency or citizenship. They should be removed swiftly. The more people from those regions come to my country, the more my country will resemble the places those immigrants are fleeing from. Naturally, I don't want that. Presenting the bipartisan border bill proposed in 2024 as a meaningful solution to the illegal immigration crisis immediately discredits you as either uninformed or bad-faith, I don't know which. Did you read the language of the bill itself or just the headlines at the time? It would have permitted thousands of daily border crossings without any enforcement mechanism, given immigration jurisdiction to partisan courts, and more. We do have a Republican president and legislature, though. You're right about that. And the fact that they aren't working together to pump out legislation to solidify and implement the political will of the American electorate is part of the reason that I would never in a thousand years call myself a Republican or conservative.