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After Hurricane Andrew devastated Homestead they moved two F-16 squadrons to Moody and one to Luke. That was tied to a decision to close the active duty portion of the base. The 482FW and 93 FS remained but the base is 1/3 of what it used to be...actually sad to see what it is today. They kept the commissary and BX open for a while, then combined them into one, then closed altogether. Again sad for all the retirees that live down there.

Gone, leveled along with everything south of 98 from the welcome center to Toucans.

Tyndall had a measured gust of 129MPH before the weather instrument failed. Below is a picture of Mexico Beach which as Danger41 mentioned is devastated. Many military families from Tyndall live in Mexico Beach. Tyndall Air Force Base took a direct hit from Hurricane Michael. The base has sustained extensive damage. The Ride Out Element will conduct initial damage assessments when it is safe to do so. Michael was a Category 4 hurricane when it made landfall, with catastrophic wind speeds. There have been no injuries reported on Tyndall at this time. Teams will work diligently to recover the base in the coming weeks. The storm brought down trees and power lines. It removed roofs from buildings and caused significant structural damage. The conditions of the runway is unknown at this time. The base commander ordered a mandatory evacuation of base personnel Monday, Oct. 8. This evacuation order remains in effect until further notice. Evacuated personnel should make plans for an extended time away from the base. Base officials do not have an estimate at this time for when it will be safe to return.

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Nothing like watching a bunch of herbivores fight by lashing each other with their cud chewing tongues. #Savage

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So who did you vote for in the last election? Or does it not count when Hillary attacks all the women who say Billie attacked them?

As of late it seems to be fuck up, move up...but I digress. When I was at Laughlin back before the dawn of time, #4 stuck the top of his tail in leads AB. They left the jet at Laughlin for a couple weeks while they repaired it. We got a close up look right after it happened and I remember thinking how close he had to be to get that kind of damage.

Typically a maneuver reserved for the Thunderbirds.

The latest incident at the Deid typifies why the Air Force is a burning dumpster of idiocy. For those who have deployed to this garden spot in recent times you might know the story of “Ghost” a stray dog that several squadrons adopted and nursed back to health. Well it appears the all knowing leadership decided to capture and euthanize “Ghost.” Hey Fingers, this is why you and your scyophants are FAILING. Someone have that deployed commander choke himself.

Didn't a revolution start over this very issue?

When I flew 38's I think our toughest EP was a Right Gen No Cross in crappy Weather. I vaguely recall hearing about dual hydraulic failure and a dude who recovered the jet to one of the dry lakebeds...but that is a very old memory. Obviously some serious maintenance issues which has been a recurring trend through the years at UPT bases and civilian maintenance. I don't even know what to say about arming your ejection seat.

He accepts offer and completes a PCS to DC to work for CSAF. Six months later AFPC drops a 365 to Afghanistan on him...PCS ADSC won't let him turn it down and he finds himself sitting in Kabul guarding TCNs in the chow hall.

That was tough to read...

Sure Ned, you are safe...when has the USAF ever lied?

As an aviator he is legit, as a combat leader he was beyond legit. I know Boomer very well and had hoped he would be more effective at turning the ship. A year after he took over we were having a private conversation. We we talked about some of the changes, somethings that had yet to change and some recent buffoonery including silly shit like SECAF puking all over a Tbird. I think I said something to the effect of "how can you let some of these things happen?" He took a breath and replied "CH, you would be surprised how little power I actually have." I'm not trying to defend him, just saying we need to keep the context of the political climate and political beasts that actually run the show. Maybe if a few of these four stars spoke out and fell on their swords it might be different...but I've yet to see anyone with the selfless stones to do it.

Puhleezzz...if your liberal utopian vision of universal healthcare is what they are doing in the UK I sincerely hope you never need medical attention. The NHS system in the UK is in full on meltdown, they themselves have stated they are Condition BLACK. Analysis by the Royal College of Surgeons found that over the past year an average of 193,406 people a month did not get surgery within 18 weeks of being referred. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/13/193000-nhs-patients-a-month-waiting-beyond-target-for-surgery

Yes

Live near reasonable good military healthcare but switched from Prime to Standard in April. May 15th wife got sick and we hit the cap in one week. One thing I've learned is managing the $3,000 cap is up to you...the hospitals and specialists have billed us well over $5,000 and it takes MANY phone calls to work through the chaff.

I was there, impressive performance but there is a lot of camera trickery here that makes it look like a loop.