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    V-280 wins FLRAA competition

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    On 12/8/2022 at 11:08 AM, uhhello said:

    Point me to something that is a better option?  Better would have to be able to suck up the amount of rounds they took, land, load up, and then fly away again.  

    Survivorship Bias

    During World War II, the statistician Abraham Wald took survivorship bias into his calculations when considering how to minimize bomber losses to enemy fire.[18] The Statistical Research Group (SRG) at Columbia University, which Wald was a part of, examined the damage done to aircraft that had returned from missions and recommended adding armor to the areas that showed the least damage.[19][20][21] The bullet holes in the returning aircraft represented areas where a bomber could take damage and still fly well enough to return safely to base. Therefore, Wald proposed that the Navy reinforce areas where the returning aircraft were unscathed,[18]: 88  inferring that planes hit in those areas were the ones most likely to be lost. His work is considered seminal in the then nascent discipline of operational research.[22]

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    History Friday

    in Squadron Bar

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    For this upcoming Friday...

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    On 6 Feb 1991, then-Capt Robert Swain Jr. of the Air Force Reserve’s 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron (pictured above as a colonel at his fini flight) made the first air-to-air kill in an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Operation DESERT STORM. The event, depicted in art below, began after Swain was attacking Iraqi tanks on the ground and noticed two distant objects flying further afield. After one of his wing-men marked these two Iraqi Bo-105c helicopters with smoke rounds, Swain flew in to try and take them down with missile fire. When he realized the helos were too small to lock onto with his Maverick missiles, he switched to the A-10’s 30mm nose-mounted cannon, the GAU-8/A Avenger, and successfully took one of the helicopters down that way. At retirement—as the 439th Airlift Wing commander—Swain had flown more than 3,500 hours and 51 combat missions. (Photos: USAF; Artwork by 2nd Lt Katie “Kat” L. Justen)

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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

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    2 hours ago, brabus said:

    One is a pilot wife for sure, so real? Wow, I think my wife might actually punch someone in the face if they asked her to be in something like this. But, whatever floats your boat!

    Per my sources, at least half have been identified as pilots' wives...

    But I agree, most likely it is someone just having fun with the photo!

    Or at least I hope it is!!

    Border crisis

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    1 hour ago, Sua Sponte said:

    Homie, I live outside of Denver, that mess is shipped up here daily. It does have to be stopped, but that also doesn’t allow a state governor to flat out ignore the Constitution. 

    Cuz, I live less than 150 miles from Eagle Pass (Denver's another 800 miles away), have been there in an official capacity and gotten the Golden Ticket tour.  It's fucked up on so many levels, I am not even sure it's fixable; but I do know from firsthand experience what Texas is doing is having an effect.  It may not be the one New Mexico and Arizona will like, but Texas is exercising its sovereign right to protect itself.

    Abbott is taking action because Biden refuses to.  It is that simple.

    Texas has never been afraid of a fight!

     

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    USAA

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    22 hours ago, Pooter said:

    Another minor thing, but it annoys the absolute fuck out of me - my USAA cards lock whenever I travel and try to use them. 
     

    You'd think a company literally made for people who travel a lot for work wouldn't shit the bed every time. Not being able to get cash because my debit card locked has been a genuine liability more than once. Especially at red flag..

    I used my USAA VISA and debit cards around the globe nearly every month or so for over a decade, and the only time I ever had problems with it was in the States!

    Gun Talk

    in Squadron Bar

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    I have a set of sweetheart grips on my Springfield G.I. M1911A1 with Carole Landis on them. When I bought them, I was looking for a picture of a "girl next door" type from the 1940s, and thought she fit the bill!

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    She was an angel who left this earth far too soon!

     

     

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    The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)

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    2 hours ago, Biff_T said:

    https://ktla.com/news/local-news/police-bust-l-a-burglary-crew-responsible-for-multitude-of-crimes-across-region-totaling-more-than-1m/

    Looks like a bunch of non privileged. 

    Noners?

    Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
    With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
    Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
    A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
    Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
    Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
    Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
    The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
    "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
    With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

    And this is what we end up with...

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