JarheadBoom

Ummm... have you heard of Comcast?

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I trust no man that waxes his eyebrows. Ain't no way that shape is natural growth...

They're already been having cracking issues on the -92 transmission beams and surrounding structure, with the current power & gross weight limits. There's currently an Alert Service Bulletin to do a bunch of rework on/around the transmission beams to alleviate stresses in that area, and hopefully allow the airframes to make it to their predicted SLL (15k hrs, IIRC... but don't quote me on that number). Not to mention the long-running main gearbox issue, which, in Sikorsky's defense, may finally be solved (at current power and GW limits). Add more power and a shit-ton of .mil mission equipment, and Sikorsky will have to scab on a couple hundred extra pounds of aluminum/stainless/titanium just to make the cracks go somewhere other than around the MGB. Bristow is operating several S-92s in an offshore SAR configuration in the North Sea. Lots of .civ SAR mission equipment, aux tanks, dual hoist, etc. It would be interesting to see how those aircraft are holding up in that environment...

Political officer, or zampolit. edit: Sarcasm detector failed ops check. Parts on order, ETIC TBD.

Always sad to see... WARNING: Unpleasant images below. Source

Gunnery sergeant receives Navy Cross for actions in Afghanistan And the Corpsman on the team gets the Bronze Star w/ V. Citations, and summaries of action. Holy shit...

Nice... they added some new ones since the last time I looked.

I know. My comment was geared more towards AFGSC, ACC, and AFSOC having what appears to be totally different EFB standards than what I see in my little corner of AMC/AFRC. Hell, even the AD here at WRI are allowed to do more with their EFBs than we (AFRC) are. So much capability, being hamstrung by people who are afraid of "new" technology that they refuse to take the time to understand...

Wouldn't make much sense to have the same set of rules for EFBs across the entire Air Force. [/sarcasm]

For a long time, car companies had to make CA-specific models, with different ECU programming, different cam profiles, etc. in order to pass CARB-mandated emissions standards. I don't imagine an older "49-state" car would pass CARB emissions; I wonder what the course of action is in those cases. Enforcement of this must be a new thing, or Sect. 118 is new; I didn't have to get my PA-registered car smog-checked while I was stationed in CA in the early-mid '90s. Neither did all the rednecks who drove their '70s Chevy pickups from the backwoods and bayous they came from. I got stuck being the barricade at the gate a few years ago, on my way OUT of the gate after a planned 7.0 HHD AR sortie turned into a 10.something due to T-storms all over the East Coast (damn good thing the receiver took less gas than planned...) that knocked out power to the base for several hours. They weren't amused when I told Amn Slapnuts that I'd be snoozing in the car until someone else tried to make a break for it - it was 3am after a 15+hr crew duty day that started OCONUS, and I was friggin' beat.

I wonder how many controllers' sleep schedules were disrupted to "accommodate" this feel-good shit show.

If $4500/yr is outrageous taxes to you, don't ever come to WRI. NJ property/school taxes are far worse than that; I know someone paying over $13k/yr on a modest home, on less than an acre of ground, in a not-"exclusive" town...

My SQ's policy was that your end of MPA tour leave ended in the local area.

So I'm helping move my stepdad's parents out of their house and into an assisted living facility earlier today. My stepdad is telling me about some tools in the basement I might be interested in, and then in a low tone drops a bombshell: "Oh, by the way... my shotgun is upstairs if you want to take it home. It's a 12ga Ithaca." I've known this man for 34 of my 40 years. Not once do I ever recall him mentioning he owns (or owned) a shotgun, so you can imagine my surprise. It wasn't an Ithaca. It's a Remington 870 Wingmaster, 12ga, 2 3/4" chamber, 28" barrel, 1968-69 production per the serial number on the receiver and letter codes on the barrel. Blued receiver in excellent condition, wood in excellent condition; not a fingerprint or speck of rust on the entire gun. Looking at the action rods you can tell it's been used, but aside from that it looks like it just came out of the original packaging.

At least he admitted it... even if he was a complete and total assholedouchebagfuckstain in the process.

Good to know...

Sikorsky awarded $15 billion contract* for new CRH. I'm assuming these will be new-build -60s with moderate bells and whistles; details of the aircraft are pretty much nonexistent in the article... * subject to budgetary/sequestration whims, of course.

Wouldn't want to encourage morale-building at one of the most personally and professionally turbulent times the Air Force has ever faced, right? Jesus tapdancing Christ. I can't find a meme on the internet with enough fucking facepalms for this shit... so a papal facepalm will have to suffice.

The Russian military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until 5 a.m. Tuesday (10 p.m. ET Monday) to surrender or face a "storm," Interfax news agency reported.

Damnit...

A thing of beauty.

Works from my house, just now.

Auto = autorotation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JqmoWAhv5g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-5ARzqF3R4

If it meant squawking "This contact brought to you by ____________" over the radio on every local trainer, I'd do it to keep the jets funded. Back on topic... that's one of the dumbest airplane names I've heard in a long time. edit: format