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I talked to Matt's father on Wednesday. They knew what the sentence would be and were ready for it to be over with so this Stephenson could get on with spending the rest of his miserable days behind bars and the family could get some closure and move on with their lives. Watching the Denver7 video was especially difficult, they have video of Matt with his kids walking through the local fair, a giant smile on his face. 10 minutes later their lives would change forever. The Douche who killed him had a chance to speak at the sentencing, he decided to complain he didn't have a fair trial and showed no remorse for driving with a BAC 3 times the legal limit. Matt's father was also an Air Force Pilot and he commented on the generosity of the USAF family which raised $169,795 for Matt's family through GoFundMe. Finally, a special thanks to @Sua Sponte who provided a very special item to Matt's family, thanks to him his children we be able to hear their father's voice for years to come. I hope this serves as a reminder to all, nothing is guaranteed. Call your mom, call you dad, never miss a chance to tell your loved ones that you care. RIP Matt, you will be missed and as long as I am around, you will be remembered.

They turn you into a missileer in which you spend the remainder of your ADSC telling everyone you didn't want to be a pilot anyways. And even though you think flying is lame, you could have flown fighters if you wanted to.

11Hs can't be as selective as the other 11s.

Cutting the F-35 buys in this bill bothers me a lot more than anything about the E-7. Maybe it's because across the 4 red flags I've done, the E-3s GAB'd every vul except 3 so I struggle to understand what airborne C2 could even provide me. But slowing production of our most advanced fighter on the promise of some silver bullet dominance platform that is just boeing renderings at this point feels like we're falling into the same trap that netted us 20% as many B-2s and F-22s as we should have right now. We've got 400 F-35s out of a planned order of 1,763. Less than a quarter of the way there and we're cutting F-35 production already for future promises from a company that can't produce a single engine trainer plane on time or a narrow body airliner without band-aid fixes. Long story short: if something doesn't change we are fucked. If we can't tighten the turn circle on making new stuff we at least need to have the patience to produce the stuff we've already developed in significant numbers.

The regular citizens should man the fuck up and start fighting back for real. But, their culture’s bedrock is subservience and cowardice. So, they will not; while that doesn’t justify the regime’s actions, it also shouldn’t make any rational westerner feel like the west has to go in and save them. They won’t save themselves, not our problem.

Never forgotten brother! We'll see you on the other side ⚔️🇺🇸

With support like that, how can the Iranians lose?

There'll be a lot of dated info around here, but in general it depends on the circumstances of how you depart UPT. If you DOR (request your way out) you likely have a better chance of getting the job you want vs if you get washed out. I've known guys who DOR'd, got washed out, and even dudes that got FEB'd later in their careers and departed the flying world. Some became JAGs, missileers, and acquisitions officers. I would not go into UPT focused on what happens if you fail. If you genuinely don't like it, then you can quit and the world won't come to and end. If you try and hedge by quitting before you get washed out...well...don't do that. You won't be in a good position to judge just how well or poorly you're doing. Hang tough on this topic for a week or two and let those who are currently IPs in the training system chime in. They have busy lives and can't always get to the page immediately, but they will show up.

Isn't it statistically curious how 99% of the people who identify as queer are unfuckable?

With most of these idiots, Trump could speak in favor of Hamas, Mullahs, or cute fuzzy puppies and the useful idiots would protest against Hamas, Mullahs, or cute fuzzy puppies. They are just anti-Trump.

https://www.denver7.com/news/crime/man-who-killed-colorado-us-air-force-member-in-drunk-driving-crash-sentenced-to-life-in-prison

If I had to guess…. Like all the other aircraft we have that can deploy a weapon within feet of a point on the earth, but can’t be trusted to fly a GPS approach. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The swamp is deep, that list would have destroyed both sides. It really sucks they are going to get away with it.

Spot on. It is interesting to consider what would happen if a right wing third party popped up in our system. As powerful as Elon is, I don’t think he would get the support he is anticipating. Republicans aren’t pulling chocks from camp Trump and the radical wing of the Democratic Party was just burning up Teslas and calling him a Nazi, all while being supported by some in democratic leadership. What’s easier to see playing out is the democrat party continuing to spiral into fractured irrelevance. By every measure, the Democrat party is utterly failing. Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing or have fled from blue states to red, the party is polling positively in the low twenties, they’re losing in court on nearly every issue, something like 90-95% of counties in the country shifted right during the last election, donations to the DNC are drying up, more and more prominent people are switching party affiliation, Trump won all 7 swing states, the Joy Reids of the world are getting fired and the legacy media is on life support, etc. My point is, I can see the Democratic Party splitting (it may have already) before the Republican Party. I truly believe that the vast vast majority of Americans are done with the radical, irrational and crazy social experiments that the democrats represent. That is all they have left and instead of reading the room, they double down. I’m genuinely interested to see how this plays out. We can’t have one party rule in this country. We need two healthy parties to balance power. I hope the democrats can figure their problems out and rebuild into something more moderate.

No, because as screwed up as the GOP is right now, a third party under Elon would simply hand power to the DNC. Given the absolute soulless depravity of modern democrats, our nation would not survive.

Let me share with the OP, if you are gonna DOR because you know you will kill yourself/others because you suck at it, do it. No shame in calling it. You will survive. PS. A lot of us almost killed ourselves piloting, but lived to see another day. If you're getting eliminated by UPT because you suck at it, sorry but it happens. You will survive. If you DOR because of other influences, DON'T DO IT. I know a dude that quit because of his now ex-wife. Huge regrets for quitting. If you can hack the mish of piloting, carry on. The nags in your ears will go away, one way or another. Either they love you unconditionally, or they don't. Good luck

Seems like a reasonable question. If anyone is familiar with today's personnel procedures, why not give him an informed and courteous answer?

It's not over yet. Senator Clyde introduced an amendment yesterday which would basically end the NFA as it related to silencers and SBRs.

This just in, politicians are shady.....

She is an absolute garbage human being. I hope never getting another professional job again is the best thing that happens to her. She deserves the worst.

$788,000. It's quite rural, halfway between Blue Lake and Willow Creek. There is not a lot of industry there which is why I believe the price was "relatively" low. Last week my realtor who assisted with the purchase told me 160 acres adjacent to our property went up for sale and asked if I was interested. I told her I obviously was, but cannot justify it now as I need to rapidly pay down the property because at 6.99%, interest is pretty insane. Purchase price for that was $375,000 if I recall with owner financing available at 10 years, 8%, with $75,000 down. Maybe one day, I just don't want to be working forever. I'd love to sell our home in San Diego and move up there full time and homestead, just not sure the wife is there yet. 😆

While I don't believe them for a second, if this is the path they're going to choose, so be it. In that case, I'd like the investigation on Jeffrey Epstein to pivot to the question of: Where the fuck did he get all that money? That always seems to be lost in the breathless discussion about supposed "lists." Dude was a former teacher who pivoted to finance, and by all accounts, was pretty lousy at it. But somehow, he amassed a fortune north of a half billion dollars, to include properties all over the globe. It's pretty clear he didn't get this money from legitimate financial trading. There is strong evidence that he had financial backing from someone or some entity. Where did he get he money? Who bankrolled Epstein? To what end? Those are the questions I'd like answered.

dude you talk/write too much

This!

Where have I heard this thinking before...

Weak*

I went through the fixed wing course right out of basic training. FW class 69-23 (1969) Ft Wolters for a month, then on to Ft Stewart (GA) for 4 months, and finally Ft Rucker for the last 4 months. We had no air-conditioning although a giant swamp cooler was installed at the multi-story housing unit at Stewart, it was never turned on, even in August. I purchased a 6000btu 110v industrial air conditioner before heading to Nam. I lined my hooch with Styrofoam from rocket boxes and sealed the walls with purloined plywood. I had air-conditioning in Nam!

175 acres, norcal... nice. Paying that mortgage should be easy with 175 acres of.... crops. 😉

Terrible, but I chuckled

To be clear, T-38 studs can still faip to a T-6 and then get a fighter. At least as of a few months ago.

I wasn’t referring to just the BBB, I’m speaking generally about avoiding the fiscal cliff - the answer is not more taxes, it’s stop spending ludicrous amounts of money on dumb shit. Though I’m glad to hear you say you’re down with cutting entitlements (e.g. where the vast majority of “the dumb shit” resides). The point I made above, and am making now, is large cuts in entitlements is the only answer that moves the needle enough. Until we do that, everything else is par for the course noise, including this bill.

SOOOO much irony!

Because an increase on business taxes will devastate the stock market, and the boomers didn't build normal retirements like responsible adults, they have everything in the market and are relying on it to go up forever. And everyone in Congress makes their millions in the markets, and all the biggest lobbyists are directly tied to the markets, and now the pension funds are all over invested in the market and (even worse) private equity, and... you get the idea. We've decided that "the market" = "the economy" when that's not remotely true, and because of it we now make devastating fiscal decisions (and monetary decisions soon) that are excused because, hey the S&P is at an all time high so it must be pretty good, right? We will cut spending and entitlements only when we have no choice, and not a moment sooner. Most likely it will be while tens of thousands of our kids are dying overseas fighting the Chinese, or Russians, or who the hell knows who it will be. When mothers see a car with a white top drive by, and breathe a guilty sigh of relief when it stops at their neighbor's house instead of their own, or when the local radio stations list the names of the newest forever heroes as we drive to work, then suddenly there will be a renewed desire to funnel our tax dollars away from able-bodied deadbeats and wannabe-immortal senior citizens...

Found a recent picture of M2 - looks like he can only afford beans for dinner.

@Biff_T I'm throwing a flag on this play. You posted AOC in the Next President thread. That's like drawing a pentagram on the floor, a doorway to let evil in. Put that shit in WTF or something. Anybody got a cleansing spell or holy water to hose the place down?

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She's easy on the eyes but definitely crazy. Still a dibs as of today.

We could try the elemental approach: Air, Space, Water, Ground Force. Tolstoy: War Force and Peace Force. Spear method: Kill Force and Support Force. J method: Personnel Force, Intel Force, Ops Force, Logistics Force, Strategy Force, C4 Force, Training Force, Medical Force, Cats and Dogs Force. Mental abilities: Normal Force, Special Force. Morality: Good Force, Evil Force. Miller: Tastes Great Force, Less Filling Force, aka Eat Shit Force and Fuck You Force.

There’s always OnlyFans. The same people telling me it’s ok to make fun of Texans seem to be the same people telling me that sex work is real work, so she should be all set. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

this. our government really is a uni-party run by corrupt money, sex, and thirst for power.

To better inject special seamen.

Meh. More proof that China has finally entered the 80's.

Entitlements are sinking us.

https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-mysterious-sea-skimming-ekranoplan-seen-in-full-view

That would have been Mineral Wells...

But seriously, congrats on that much land. Good luck with the communists in charge of the state.

Maybe the Persian culture, but hard to say the overall Islamic culture fits that description...what with all the coups, regime changes, and civil wars in the region (Arab spring, ISIS, etc). But, over all I agree with your sentiment. And Iran has arguably the most progressive society/culture out of all the problem spots in the region. They were very westernized pre-1979 and actually have an education and infrastructure so out of all the shit holes in the world they would be the most primed to accept a democracy and make it work.

The rest of the flybys have already been covered. But your answer right here demonstrates the D’s base misunderstanding of finances. “But more taxes will fix it!” and never “hey we should stop spending like drunken sailors buying absolutely stupid shit.” Until you guys can understand basic finances my children understand, this is a useless discussion.