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I have the Kenwood KNA-DV4100 GPS Receiver;
Combined with the Kenwood Excelon DDX-8017 in-dash double din car dvd.
This setup saved me a multiple times when I was trying to figure out the mess that is Washington DC.
I also added the Parrot CK3100 bluetooth hands free cellphone link;
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I get the "you are just a C-130 pilot"...or "you fly trash haulers"...I could truly give a rat's a$$ what people say or think. Keep lining up bad guys for me to schwack and you can call my 155,000lb Gunpig whatever the hell you want.
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Is there an AFI or other reference used in SUPT for teaching standard radio phraseology to students that is available online? Danke...
There is actually a joint pub Multi-Service Brevity Codes
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They're modeling the new camo pattern for the ABU.
The Redhead on the far left looks mad...
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There used to be an instructor from the Trough that would teach hand cranking mils to the other bomb dropping platforms (like the AIM-120 class for non-shooters) but I don't know if that happens anymore either. I doubt it.
We do.
I don't think any of the students have to hand crank JMEMS anymore but I don't know for sure. Maybe the BUFF guys still do, they were as interested in that as the Hog guys were in hand cranking mils.We do.
I guess I am one of the last dinosaurs, but I think all WUGs should have the opportunity to hand-crank (sts), the numbers. Perhaps that is why the Gunships and Hogs will still be shooting when the EMP bomb goes off.
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And it's not the General that gives you the problems in my most cases, it's the aide that thinks he wears the General's rank and therefore can do what he wants.
I resembled that remark...NOT, I only asked the crew if we were on time and if they had called command post.
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Jimmy, I am truly sorry no one is willing to answer your question. In reality, they are all wrong…clearly nothing can out turn the AC-130, particularly in a left turning fight.
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A. My SA wasn't/isn't that low. I was reading this site for a while before I started saying anything. I knew that comment would get some heat, but oh well. I said it. Sorry. As far as being a SNAP...I know all your respect for someone is based on your fancy BaseOps ranking system, but I'm pretty sure I'm not as much a SNAP as you think. Sorry I haven't built up as much time as you and Rainman putting people in their place over the internet.
9. Nothing like a AC-130 pilot talking air to air. Me thinks that auto-qualifies you for a STFU of your own.
T. Nice numbering system.
Your SA is so low you missed the oldest gag in the book....First A. and #2...are you dumb?
Your SA is also low because I know Rainman in person...we were instructors at the WIC together, I shook his hand on the ramp at Bagram at rockets were screaming back and forth in the hills, and I fought the bad guys with Bros from his squadron on my wing...you really have zero clue.
How about you go eat a bowl of dick and return to reading posts rather than making them.
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Rainman,
Do you visit this site to offer your knowledge to others, or to beat your chest and have contests about your weiner size with others? Does your comment about NVG landings imply it couldn't be done today if needed? Are you bored after you got out of the Air Force? Do you talk to people in this same tone to their face? By chance, do you drive a Corvette??
Nothing like a 12 post SNAP pitching into a fight with low SA.
Seriously, a small bit of advice...
A. STFU.
2. Egress 270 to the regen point and re-enter nose cold until you know WTF is going on.
Semper Fi
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Unfortunately, CNN was wrong.
Him...Him.
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Fox News reporting one of the jets hit a house which is now on fire.
CNN reporting that it did NOT hit a house and that the pilot may be a live...lets hope for the best.
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Trying to launch out of a forward location on an E-CAS Mission. The ground controller treis to tell me to hold position so he can recover and park a C-17 on a 20 mile final. I respond "Negative, we are on a real world mission", the C-17 never even lets the controller respond when they answer, "We are real world too"....YGBFSM!
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I recall one WS callsign night when I determined walking in the front door of the club that one of the WUGs would leave with the callsign "Gherkin".
At my old age it was a bit of a feat to drink a shot with each nomination, but I did manage to nominate every single WUG with the callsign Gherkin...and it finally stuck to one. He reminded me how much he hates me for that at dinner this past Saturday night.
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Hence the short edit, but I appreciate the astro lesson.
Actually, Elroy, it would be orbital mechanics vice "astro".
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When I was shopping for satellite radio, Sirius had three geo-synch satellites, where XM only had two.
Please see diagram above your post…Sirius does not use geosynchronous satellites. The Sirius satellite orbits are radically tilted and they travel at the same 17,500 miles per hour that the XM satellites do, but their paths take them as close as 15,700 miles over the backside of the earth to as much as 28,000 miles high when the satellites are over the USA. This type of orbit is a 24-hour orbit that keeps two satellites over the U.S. at all times. It's the same type of orbit once used by Russian satellites to spy on the U.S. The reason Sirius decided to use this type of orbit was to increase signal strength at odd angles (optimized for cars) and to limit the number of expensive repeaters.
Since they announced a merger, it's probably a moot point.Not true…The final deal has yet to be approved and Mel Karmazin testified that there will be multiple price options, but if you want all the channels from both, you would likely pay more.
I’ve had both…still do now that I think about it…my wife’s Acura has it built in and she likes XM. I have Sirius for Howard Stern which I record and transfer to my IPOD. I can and do stream both and hook them into the whole home sound system. The only draw back is I can’t stream at work as the Hurlburt Comm Nazis are the worst in the Air Force. I actually had a webpage blocked the other day because it was an “educational reference”…UFB!
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CH's new favorite phrase..."Galactic Game".
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It is VITAL for you guys to understand the while for educational data (Masters) is still masked, it is only....repeat only masked to the promotion board. Your senior rater still has access to that data and may well use it to determine who gets a P or DP.
It's been said 69,000 times on here, get your Masters.
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Now this is my kind of thread...
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Notice the Docs are avoiding this thread like a visit to the Proctologist.
I knew execs in the Puzzle Palace who got Ambien like candy from the docs. I asked for some and was told no...i will mention in passing, being an exec drains the life from you and I felt like I never got any sleep.
Anyway, what is the standard? I need some zzz's
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I am a Maker's Mark drinker, although I recently enjoyed a bottle of Evan Williams.
Any other takers?
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Yeah, they're called "Iron Swap." I'm taking orders for delivery mid to late Feb.Originally posted by TacAirCoug: -
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President Bush will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. EST. The White House said Bush would open with a 10-minute statement discussing his decision to expand the overall size of the U.S. military to meet the challenges of a long, global struggle against terrorism.
Bush also planned to stress the importance of working in a bipartisan way next year when Democrats take control of Congress heading into the final two years of his administration.
The White House also said Bush would talk about the need to keep the U.S. economy strong.
Bush said Tuesday for the first time that American forces were not winning in
Iraq. He also said the military would be expanded to fight a long-term battle against terrorism.
Bush did not say the U.S. was losing the war, which began in March 2003 and has cost the lives of nearly 3,000 troops. Instead, when asked during an interview with The Washington Post whether the war was being won, the president borrowed the phrasing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace.
"You know, I think an interesting construct that General Pace uses is, 'We're not winning, we're not losing.' There's been some very positive developments. And you take a step back and look at progress in Iraq, you say, well, it's amazing — constitutional democracy in the heart of the Middle East, which is a remarkable development in itself," he said.
However, Bush also acknowledged the threat of sectarian violence, saying that part of the policy review for Iraq the administration has undertaken will deal with how to help the Iraqis provide for their own security.
"And I'll come forward with a plan that will enable us to achieve that objective," he said.
Two weeks before the November elections, which shifted control of Congress from the Republicans to the Democrats, Bush asserted that "absolutely, we're winning" in Iraq. On Tuesday, he said that response was "an indication of my belief we're going to win."
In other remarks during the Oval Office interview on Tuesday, Bush said he plans to increase the overall size of the U.S. military, which has been stretched by wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. He said he has asked his new defense chief, Robert Gates, to report back to him with a plan to increase ground forces.
The president did not say how many troops might be added, but he said he agreed with officials in the
Pentagon and on Capitol Hill that the military is stretched too thin to deal with demands of fighting terrorism.
"I'm inclined to believe that we do need to increase our troops — the Army, the Marines," Bush told the Post. "And I talked about this to Secretary Gates and he is going to spend some time talking to the folks in the building, come back with a recommendation to me about how to proceed forward on this idea."
The White House said Bush's decision about expanding the size of the military was separate from his search for a new approach to the war in Iraq. "This is necessary for the long term obligations in the war on terror," presidential spokesman Tony Snow said.
Bush's comments seemed a stark departure from the views of former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who ran the Pentagon for the last six years until he was replaced Monday by Gates. Rumsfeld had long resisted calls to increase the size of the military, arguing that technological advances and organizational changes could give the Army and Marine Corps the extra capability it needed.
Rumsfeld's critics argue that relatively small-scale but grueling wars possible in the 21st century, like those in Iraq and Afghanistan, would find the U.S. facing well-hidden terrorist groups and persistent local insurgencies. Such conflicts would inevitably demand strong, sizable U.S. ground forces to keep such operations going, they say.
Among the chorus of voices saying it is time to bolster the military's size, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker said last week that he wants to increase his service beyond its authorized strength of 512,000, though he used no figures. He warned that the Army "will break" without more troops and a heavier use of reserves.
Former Secretary of State
Colin Powell has also expressed support for increasing the size of the Army and Marines, saying Sunday that they are "not large enough for the kinds of missions they're being asked to perform."
Congress would have to approve the money for an increase in the size of the military, and the idea has won support in recent months from many lawmakers of both parties. Lawmakers would also find it attractive to boost the active duty force because that could reduce the reliance on local reserve units, which have been relied on heavily for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Snow acknowledged that Bush is considering sending more troops to Iraq, an option that worries top generals because of its questionable payoff and potential backlash.
Top generals have expressed concern that even temporarily shipping thousands of more troops would be largely ineffective in the absence of bold new political and economic steps, and that it would leave the Army and Marine Corps even thinner once the surge ended.
They also worry that it feeds a perception that the strife and chaos in Iraq is mainly a military problem; in their view it is largely political, fed by economic distress.
Bush said he has not yet made a decision about a new strategy for Iraq, which he is expected to announce next month. He said he was waiting for Gates to return from his expected trip to Iraq to get a firsthand look at the situation.
"I need to talk to him when he gets back," the president said. "I've got more consultations to do with the national security team, which will be consulting with other folks. And I'm going to take my time to make sure that the policy, when it comes out, the American people will see that we ... have got a new way forward."
Bush said his decision to increase the size of the armed forces was in response not just to the war in Iraq but to the broader struggle against Islamic extremists around the globe.
"It is an accurate reflection that this ideological war we're in is going to last for a while and that we're going to need a military that's capable of being able to sustain our efforts and to help us achieve peace," he said.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., criticized any decision to send more troops to Iraq.
"Instead of changing course for the better, the president's plan for more troops will make matters worse in Iraq — as many generals agree," Kennedy said in a statement. "We need a political solution that brings these warring factions together and makes Iraq take responsibility for their own future."
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Why in the hell is a picture of Maj Gilbert’s mother in a moment of extreme grief, on the Air Force website? http://www.af.mil/news/story_media.asp?storyID=123035120
What are we trying to prove. Please tell me this is not some ploy to show the Air Force is taking losses too.
These PA tools need a swift kick in the junk.
Let me state for the record, if I ever buy the farm and AF.mil decides to place a picture of my parents grieving on the website, I am asking each and everyone of you to drive to the Pentagon and knock some common sense into someone.
I’ve had far too many friends die trying to protect our way of life to have their sacrifice turned into a media event.
[ 14. December 2006, 09:34: Message edited by: Toro ]
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You would think Rainman has one or two good stories from UHT/UPT, but I guess stories about flying the Jenny are not funny anymore
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I guess I am biased because my old man flew the Rhino, but the F-4 is one of my all time favorite aircraft.