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Almost always a faster way to get on the ground. Great points above still want to know if they were wearing NVGs (NTSB mentioned they are working to confirm). While they are a great tool as we all know they also restrict peripheral vision making it easier to falsely ID the called out traffic. Did anyone see the NTSB update last night, the lead investigator was almost in tears. He noted many recommendations from past accidents that are still in limbo (I know there are many reasons they have not been incorporated like money, staffing, and impact on operations). He also talked about altitude discrepancies - From the FDR they know the CRJ was at 325' plus or minus 25'. The tower radar showed the Blackhawk at 200'. Obviously the helo was at the same altitude as the AA flight, what caused the discrepancy? I don't know how the tower radar derives altitude? Raw data, does ADSB feed into it?

If you live near Hurlburt/Eglin give Conecuh National Forest Shooting Range a shot (pun intended). It is about an hour north but a great day trip with a pistol, shotgun and rifle range. You need a WMA permit which is $20.05 for an entire year. I take my boy up there several times a year and we always have a blast.

Point of order noted...I guess I better buy a third gun safe. Objective is defense, especially inside the house. I love my shotgun pictured above in this thread but my kid's room is on the other side of the house so I worry about throwing a pattern in confusion at night. I recall the MP-5 when properly suppressed will not over-pen which is a great factor when worried about family members on the other side of walls/hallways. It does not have to look like the MP-5, I am just familiar with the design and mechanics. When I command the TF I was fortunate enough to have the lads spend time teaching me to shoot, clear, assault and run vehicle ops. A lot of those folks liked the MP-5 because of reliability and balance, especially when suppressed. I have the Ruger PC Charger but have twice had accidental mag drops when training on the range.

I have ARs, Pistols, Shotguns and long guns covered so on to the next gun quest...want an MP5 style weapon, any suggestions?

Ummm not really. For FEDERAL crimes perhaps, but not state crimes, which is why the liberal NY establishment contrived a case stacking crimes, after the statue of limitation had expired, for a crime that no one had ever been charged with, in order to weaponize the system against Trump and prevent a self-pardon if re-elected. For the record, I am NOT in favor of self-pardons. However, I am diametrically opposed to EITHER side weaponizing the system to take out a political opponent. If you think the NY case was anything than that, then I have a direct to the Raptor assignment waiting for you after you UAS tour...

Was it a case of Quigley Down Under?

That's insane!

Note that Route 4 runs the east side of the river and right through final for 33...as others have noted circling to 33 at night adds another level of deconfliction.

UNSAT

NFL Refs stepped in to scratch the Eagle in fear of putting KC ratings show at a disadvantage and angering the Swifties.

ADSB out MAY have saved them. I fly a lot of GA now and routinely fly into some heavy student training areas and uncontrolled fields. I typically have my right MFD zoomed in to 5NM and ADSB has "saved" me on multiple occasions. Agreed on TCAS and but it would have added to SA if nothing else. For those that have been stationed at the Pentagon or even visited DC, low altitude helicopter traffic is the norm all over the tidal basin and around the airport...The Gold Tops are always flying the river as are the Marines out of HMX-1, the Secret Service and DC police. Horrible situation, can't imagine the loss for the friends and families.

He certainly is an interesting choice. I agree with some of his thoughts on nutrition but dude is outright whacky on vaccines and some other items. At least one good thing came from his nomination, Red Dye 3nis now out in the U.S. matching the rest of the world...please don't cry about your fruity pebbles.

How does it justify? Do you understand what Milley did? They are not charging him for some contrived business records violation. The dude was talking to China without the knowledge of the Commander in Chief (he informed the White House AFTER the call). His statement to congress can be viewed here Interesting Pelosi stuck her nose in the process as well.

$600B in NVida Market cap vaporized in one day (while punishing tech stocks across the board), and it turns out the Chinese likely stole the data to train their model. Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data

Research and "various other purposes"...

Shack on the cost...time can be up to five years, large scale clean room production is not cheap or fast to set up. That being said I thought Samsung invest a crap ton a few years ago when the shortage was at its peak and they were building new factories in South Korea. I though at similar effort was underway to build a factory here in the states as of two years ago. That was the big news yesterday that crushed NVdia and tech stocks. China "claims" to have found a way to have a better working AI model that does not require TSMC chips...AND it can be trained for pennies on the dollar. Supposedly they use a technique that uses on demand processing modules versus always on, which dramatically reduces the requirements on both the processor and power consumption. Interestingly the new DeepSeek Model has already been trained to ignore questions about Chinese leadership and government. Between AI and Quantum things are really moving fast and it will be interesting to see how chip production is impacted.

I was yelling at the TV screen "Come on Dude!"...my family all looked at me with tilted noggins.

@nsplayr I made it through five minutes...like you I never care for either one of them and Myron worked for me at one point. He was anointed by Slife as a Captain and while he might have been a good dude, he began to proselytize Slife's cult garbage. And I get your point of firing him for DEI...compared to what those two toxic pricks have done it is the last thing they should be canned for...HOWEVER, as slippery as these two are I'll allow it. A kill is a kill at this point.

Sounds like yet ANOTHER bubble in the system...already short, massively short in a few years when ADSCs expire. Fighter RTUs are backed up so lets cut input to a trickle...how will that manifest in a few years? Sad that after all these years the only solution they can find is it F it up more. Anyone know how it is on the Navy side?

DEI is the answer to everything. Gumbi is on the radar as well.

Indeed they are brother...LONG past due.

Time for a FOIA request.

If you live down south and survived the epic snowmageddon this will ring true. 8.5" of snow here on the Gulf of America beach.