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Disagree...mainly because I was there. What other aircraft would continue to fly after taking well over a hundred 7.62 X 39 hits? ALL three aircraft took many hits and ALL three aircraft made it to Entebbe. Oh and ALL three flew again. Think about it this way, a whole lot of Warrant Officers are suddenly going to have a lot of hours towards an ATP...

Unfortunately I am not sure the MX issues will be resolved with fixed engines. On the CV side most of the issues were with the IR center body, dust ingestion impact on the compressor blades, and rotor blade wear do to the amount and type of dust in the AOR. I only have about 200 hours flying the CV and with the exception of a few avionics issues, all of my EPs/MX issues were in the three areas above.

Have you ever heard of 230? Of course there is a case when they hide behind 230. As for the FBI, it should be far more than criticism, the depths of rot are actually frightening. Just curious, have you looked at anything Elon has released? By name they have the FBI agent that met with Big Tech weekly SPECIFICALLY said there would be an October surprise and it would have something to do with Hunter Biden. They knew about the laptop, they knew it was real yet they put their fingers on the scales that at least impacted the election. I don't care which side of the aisle you are on, that should make your blood boil as an American.

Fact - Big Tech suppressed the laptop story. Fact - The FBI was meeting with Big Tech Weekly Of course you are not nearly as sure, because it didn't happen to your side. Please tell me one negative story about trump or his kids that was suppressed by Big Tech. Dear god, do you actually believe what you just typed. First, as you well know the attention span of the average American is at an all time low. Most Americans now get their news from social media. Additionally, we are completely politically bifurcated, it is the independents who decided most elections and the independents didn't know to go to the NY Post. Not only did they stop users from posting the story, they stopped it from being DM'd or shared on both Twitter and Facebook. Seriously brother, you are a smart dude, you have to understand how this suppressed the story. A story that was TRUE! Here is the money shot, you can't even comprehend that something nefarious might have happened. Sorry brother but I want to know the truth. Put aside your hate for the orange man and think about the long-term impacts on democracy and our way of governance. So flippant about the implications, anything for victory? As long as the Big Guy gets his 10% and you get rid of the orange man all is well...really sad, REALLY sad.

When the other candidate continues to question the legitimacy of the election, I would say that is more than hyperbole. When did Trump say storm the capital, please show me that. Now if you want to fault him for his comments about the VP, for saying "stop the steal", or for not being a leader and stepping forward sooner to stop what was happening I completely agree, but when you fabricate facts you lose all credibility. "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." AGAIN, I've said i don't support Trump, and as I predicted he would use the Twitter files to concoct another lunatic rant which includes suspending the Constitution. Here is what I simply don't understand, if all the warriors on this forum swore an oath to the Constitution how can you be so nonchalant about the possibility that an American Presidential Election was influenced and likely tampered with by a big tech company, and that elements of the FBI played a part in that. Do you hate the Orange man that much that you will simply turn a blind eye? For the 1000th time I want Trump to go away, but I want justice and the integrity of our system more than anything.

Kinda of like when Hillary continued to refuse to accept the results of the election.

As the Twitter files finally see the light of day it is more and more obvious that Big Tech, the DNC and the FBI changed the outcome of the election...and they continue to shape the social media narrative. January 6th was horrific, a stain on American democracy, but what happened during the election was in fact a stolen election. I don't use those words lightly and I would never want to give Trump more hate to spew to the masses but recent polls about the laptop show that had the voters known the truth about the laptop the outcome would have been different. Several studies and reports have concluded that if the Laptop information had not been suppressed and been actually reported to most voters, Trump would have had 311 Electoral College votes. Others polls are also very telling: 1. 79% say ‘truthful’ coverage of Hunter Biden’s laptop would have changed 2020 election. 2. A similar percentage also said they’re convinced that information on the computer is real, with just 11% saying they thought it was “created by Russia,” according to the survey conducted by the New Jersey-based Technometrica Institute of Policy and Politics. 3. The poll found 65% of voters believe it is “likely” President Biden was consulted about — and potentially even profited from — his son’s foreign deals. By contrast, 28% say it’s unlikely Biden was involved in Hunter’s business dealings at all. And before we put all the blame on Big Tech lets not forget the FBI was weaponized to change the outcome of an American Presidential election. "Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship"

After what Elon released last night (with more to follow today), how could anyone ever trust the government again? The First Amendment is first for a reason. Freedom of speech, one of our most basic rights attacked by our own government and political parties.

Along the way I served with: Lieutenant Tenant, Major Captain, and Captain America

"The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick," Biden said. "Just sick.

Isn't that an all girls school?

Russian forces were suffering from 'electronic fratricide' within days of attacking Ukraine, a new report says

Drone V Drone warfare... And EPIC video of Russian Cruise missiles being intercepted over a residential area.

Prophetic words as the DNC appears to be doubling down on progressive extremism. As Nancy slowly fades away (I doubt that will happen), the DNC has chosen their new leader in the house. Lets take a look at the new DNC leader in the House. He joined the Congressional Progressive Caucus and is one of their strongest supporters. Jeffries was selected as one of the House Impeachment Managers for Democrats’ first effort to remove former President Trump. In his closing argument before the Senate trial, Jeffries said that "acquitting Trump would be a death blow” to the Constitution." In a recent interview with The Atlantic, he said that he approaches every issue “first and foremost with an understanding that systemic racism has been in the soil of America for over 400 years.” When fighting against Voter ID, Jeffries called for the Senate to “detonate the filibuster” and repeated the false and inflammatory claim that the rule is a “Jim Crow-era relic.” He has also said that Republicans are “part of a cult.” Seems like a nice guy they picked...should heal the divide in no time. The Republicans appear to be doing the same especially in the Senate, sticking with Mitch is dumb...his only challenger Rick Scott was another poor choice. In the house McCarthy in not a great choice, he is not as caustic but I fear he will get distracted with too many investigation. We certainly need three investigations, the Laptop, Origin of COVID and the weaponization of government agencies like the Dept of Justice and more specifically the FBI...let the other stuff go and try to work on some meaningful legislation.

That is your decision. It wasn't a "rocket" and that was known immediately. The insinuation from that statement was it was an unguided artillery rocket Russia have employed VERY large numbers of this type of weapon which is part of their ground and pound doctrine. They rockets while powerful do not have the range to go from the current occupied territories to Poland, a distance of many hundreds of miles hence my comment about Belarus. It was a missile, meaning there was a guidance package. The incident occurred during a large Russian missile attack on Ukrainian power grid infrastructure. NATO aircraft were airborne and observing at the time, they in fact knew and tracked the point of origin and ground track of many of the incoming missiles. Ukraine's air defense system was active and likely saturated, it has been reported that the Ukrainians shot down as many as 70+ missiles in that raid alone. Initial forensic examination (picture below), indicates this was an S-300, so regardless of who shot it, it was a "Russian" missile. However which side shot it has not been "officially" released. I speak with folks forward very often and one has told me there was in fact an inbound missile on the same inbound aspect that was engaged by the Ukrainians, that hostile missile had missed its intended target and was going "long". Many Russian missiles have suffered from serious guidance and propulsion issues with one particular class suffering a 60% failure rate (someone needs to unpack that one). There is a team on the ground and the Ukrainians (and Russians), have been allowed to participate. One supposition is there were two missiles, the Russian attacking missile and a Ukrainian S-300 launched to intercept. Another possibility is the Ukrainian missile missed and went long into Poland and the same track line. Yet another option is the S-300 simply came out of the tube and went stupid, again on the same track line. The S-300 has had some spectacular failures so that is always a distinct possibility as seen in the videos below. Interestingly it has come to light that the Russians are have been using some variants of the S-300 in the surface to surface role. A very expensive and not very accurate way of delivering a 300 pound warhead. That is not likely what happened in this case.

The world should be worried : Saudi Armaco - the world's largest oil producer has issued a dire warning over "Extremely Low" capacity. “When you erode that spare capacity the world should be worried. There will be no space for any hiccup — any interruption, any unforeseen events anywhere around the world.” Good the the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is full....oh wait.

Zuck at it again...

They are starting to report the missiles were tracked from launch to impact by airborne NATO aircraft and they think it was a Ukrainian missile attempting to intercept a Russian missile.

Doesn't appear to be "rockets", and they know it was Russian...trust me...they know. Happened during a large missile attack across the country (appeared to be targeting power production and distribution). The impact site is just west of the Ukrainian border, due north of LVIV. If it was a rocket then it had to come from Belarus which would open a completely different can of worms...

Will Russia deny...would serve them best to fess up and apologize immediately before the hawks start chanting Article 5.

I could be wrong but it seems Trump's popularity is finally waning. Some of the local stations have were doing street interviews after the mid-terms, hardly a statistically pure poll but at least 80% of the respondents said "yeah I like Trump's policies but he needs to step aside." He already sees Desantis as a threat and has been striking out, the real polls the past few weeks reflect his concern as they have taken a dramatic swing toward Desantis. In a poll released yesterday Texas GOP voters prefer Desantis by 66%. Nationwide more than half of GOP voters prefer Desantis. It is a long two years, but maybe the end of Trump and is in sight...although we all know he won't go quietly or with any class.