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I didn't think it was humanly possible to type with a lisp.

Years ago, ended up at Shaw to build an A/OA-10 squadron with 17-ish Lt.s converting from the OV-10. These guys are fired up, fangs out, and ready to learn. Friday night at the club and Lt. Gen Horner, 9AF/CC, shows up with his entourage of flunkies and hangers-on and they sit at a giant round table in the corner of the bar. I noticed Horner had his hat hanging dangerously halfway out of his leg pocket. I grabbed one of the young lieutenants by the collar, pointed at Horners hat, and told him his mission was to put that hat on the bar. He throws himself on the floor and commences to low crawl towards the 3 star and remains unobserved as he picks the hat from the pocket. He successfully egresses with the hat then heads to bar depositing the hat and ringing the bell. An announcement is made asking "Is there any 3 star missing their hat? Please see the bartender.". Horner sends a minion thus scoring negative points with those in attendance. I'll add the Gen. Fogleman had his hat polyurethaned in the A-10 squadron bar at Osan and would show up on Friday night to buy a round.

@slc A visual depiction is easier sometimes…

TDS truly is a mental illness

My current hat has 3 holes, dirt/sweat stains, most of the silver “braid” is gone - as God intended.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN2fYjI5Dez/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== The most Australian thing that could ever happen. Thanks Instagram.

? There are other rounds than just 5.56. 300BLK with a good can won't even wake up the kids. Then again, sometimes I'm pretty sure a 155mm howitzer wouldn't wake up the kids either 🤣😂

That explains things somewhat! Back around '97, D-M hosted an ACC Crud tournament. It was sponsored by Hiram Walker and the winning team got $10,000. Every ACC base but one sent a team. It was awesome. When we got there, the Wing CC Colonel gave a talk to all of the teams in the Club. Cynical me was waiting to hear the usual spiel, blah blah blah. Instead, he gave a great but short talk about keeping the traditions alive and to make the most of the weekend. I don't remember the specific worlds but it was so refreshing to hear someone tell us to push it up hard and leave exhausted. I have no idea how he got promoted keeping those old school values, but I'm glad he did. https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104647/general-john-dw-corley/ We proceeded to have a pretty epic 3-days. I guess it was in D-M's DNA.

When I was a DO the CC had a spare hat to leave on his desk so people would think he was in the building.

I bet he insisted on completing SOS in correspondence and in person. As a Lt, I had a hat with tons of dirt on it next to a pack of Marlboro Reds in my car. Edit: If you put my hat in a pot of boiling water, you could've made a stew.

They're covering for the normal crew that was deported

Trust us, we already knew you were solidly millennial.

Hey I was born that year! 🤣😂

CH with his Blackstone: (Admin Note: I uploaded the video for ease...) Every Guy With A Blackstone.mp4

If you're still in the 6s...no huge rate drops yet but slightly moving down. Every loan is a little different (credit score, property location, loan amount, VA disability or not and what the market is doing), but I'm knocking out no cost streamline refi's for people as the numbers support it. Here is a one pager and example of one closing this week for anyone interested. So everyone understand it we pay for all the third party costs so for them it was $4,717 so it's completely free of a breakeven. That is the total of section B+C+E on page 2. They were only responsible for prepaid interest for the amount of days in left in the month from when they close because they skip their 1 Sept payment which still nets them ahead. You can see their new loan amount is basically identical to the payoff of their old loan (page 1 loan amount vs page 3 payoff). All they did was finance in the prepaid interest but they could have paid that in cash if they’d prefer. They waived having an escrow account (not required with us) but one can be created if they had wanted one. If so then the current escrow balance gets refunded in cash if they have one too. No tricks or scams. We're in the business of originating as many loans as we can especially for prior clients because relationships matter as a word of mouth business and we build a lot of goodwill doing these. I can then rinse and repeat this for them as rates go down more in the future. If you'd prefer not to restart at 30yrs (most people do) I can keep the same payment but shorten then loan duration down (prob shave 3-4yrs off or so). Hit me up if you're interested or want to get on my radar for future market dips. Jon 850-377-1114 https://tridenthomeloans.com/irrrl/ No Cost IRRRL.pdf No cost IRRRL Example.pdf

What a turbo douche. Wow.

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Looks like he's wearing that championship ring well.

There's a mom joke there.

Probably goes a long ways to explain why we as a country can't win wars, build roads in a reasonable amount of time, why our biggest manufacturers (Boeing, Ford, etc.) have lost their way, etc.

"Hogging" the inside of a unattended hat was a big practical joke in AFSOC...same in the CAF?

Along with a spare set of keys and sunglasses

Wait, your hats actually leave your desk or leg pocket?

My old CC was so disgusted with my flight cap that he threw it out so I had to get a new one. 🤣

NBC? Really man? It doesn't change what's written in the article. However, I look at AI as more of national defense item than a normal business. It's the new space race amigo. If we lose it, we're doomed.

There would more than likely be a glory hole in that barrel.

On 1st glance I’d agree, the whole thing seems a bit silly. I’m more curious who he pissed off. Said individual is very political and would do almost anything to get ahead. He used to keep 2 extra covers in his car as a Lt., one with an eagle on it and one with a star on it as a reminder/motivator for where he wanted to go.

My SOS flight all got athletic shirts with Dr Galazkiewicz on the back. Will always remember this commercial.

Every flyby I saw today was late…..done a few….come on guys!

Well shit! Congrats, FSU! I didn't think the Tide could suck that bad, but I guess I was wrong!!

Today in Aviation History: Captain Richard S. “Steve” Ritchie Becomes the First U.S. Air Force Ace of the Vietnam War - Vintage Aviation News https://share.google/mGDasOaduiy8LFP53

Essentially the hydraulic fluid that was used to service the struts was about 1/4 water. The dumbest of the dumb are put in charge of the tool crib which is normally responsible for the HAZMAT program that monitors the oil and hydro carts and barrels. One of the first times I've seen the direct result of putting your problem kids in the tool crib.

Gen. Fogleman is a first class act. I had just left the AF out of DMAFB when he came in as the new 1 star ADO. Moral was bad. First thing he did was to host Crud tournaments at the O'Club.

ART's used to get a second CAC (not sure if that's still a thing) and they would leave it in the computer and go home. Genius.

NBC is gay.

Since a good chunk of Hegseth’s time as SecDef seems to be spent doing/posting workout videos with users one can assume that Hegseth was working out with the SEALs, a fierce argument about the merits of Ranger panties ensued, which rapidly devolved into “oh yeah, take those pants off, you’re fired.”

Son of Scorpion being offered to the Navy https://www.twz.com/air/sncs-freedom-jet-enters-race-to-replace-navys-t-45-goshawk-trainer

Commute worthy podcast on Ukrainian War and differing opinions on what the West should do https://shows.acast.com/lockdowntv-with-freddie-sayers/episodes/ukraine-realist-vs-idealist

What happened to the student? Tanker pilot because she likes the hose.

Attention all radios this net: Russia is gay.

Also known as F***ed Up Pilot Training

The fact that they're calling it "F"UPT without even a hint of irony tells you everything you need to know.

As the saying goes Boulder is 26 square miles surrounded by reality.

I've asked this before, but imagine a defense contractor built a magic button that, once pressed, meant that our primary land threat simply wasn't a consideration for a decade. How much would that button be worth? Got to be at least a few tens of billions.

There is some context to his statement. Economically Russia is on the ropes, additional sanctions (which I support), could be the tipping point. While their military is viewed as a peer adversary, Russia's economy is far less impressive. Their GDP is 11th on the world list, coming in well below Italy, Canada and Brazil. The have taken massive losses and are unable to rebuild some key capabilities like the bombers that were lost in Operation Spider Web. This week Putin officially acknowledge the economic difficulties, some thing he never does but in this case he has no choice. The offensive expected in the summer of 2026 is likely their last gasp at victory in Ukraine. I understand and respect your opinion, I just think at a much higher strategic level Russia has been removed from the table as a major peer threat to the United States. Their military humbled and destroyed, likely 1 million casualties with as many as 250,000 soldiers killed, it will take them a generation to recover and we didn't lose a single American soldier.

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.