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100% agreed, if that happened it should be investigated and those responsible should be punished...regardless of political affiliation. Do you share the same sentiment on the topic of the Hunter Biden Laptop or do you just hand waive like the liberal hate machine, the mainstream media and the tech oligarchs?
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DoD lessons learned report is out and it is brutal, so ugly Biden rejected the findings during an interview on NBC last night. At one point the top commander appealed to the White House to keep Bagram open, it took three days to get an answer and the answer was CLOSE BAGRAM. Among the other findings: The top U.S commander on the ground during the evacuation, Navy Rear Adm. Peter Vasely, told Army investigators that service members would have been "much better prepared to conduct a more orderly" evacuation "if policymakers had paid attention to the indicators of what was happening on the ground." "The top Marine was not permitted to discuss the possibility of a mass-evacuation with anyone other than British officials the report noted." Some State Department personnel were “intoxicated and cowering in rooms,” and others were “operating like it was day-to-day operations with absolutely no sense of urgency or recognition of the situation,” the officer said. During an Aug. 6 meeting, a National Security Council official, who is not identified in the report, appeared to lack a sense of urgency and told others involved that if the United States had to execute an evacuation, it would signal “we have failed,” Sullivan recalled. “In my opinion, the NSC was not seriously planning for an evacuation,” he said. The White House declined to comment.
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That was pre-pandemic. Knowing the hiring wave was coming numerous schools and training facilities opened up and ordered simulators. Asia in particular was surging to meet the demand. Unfortunately policies in several countries, most notably Australia caused many of those school to shutdown. As hiring ramps back up I think the training backbone will be extremely strained. Hopefully the U.S. airlines are factoring this into their calculus.
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The training issue is universal and global. Several overseas simulator and "school house" operations have been shutdown down by COVID. It is going to take the system a while to rebuild capability.
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Don't be a chickenshit, at least say my name. This forum is not the only place I've heard the story, which is exactly what I said. I have no idea if it is true and we have not heard the entire PLAT tape, we don't know what led up to this. Hopefully it is just a made up story. Someone else sent me that link so I shared it, just another data point to use for your own due diligence. Next time I will only post CDC/DOJ approved information.
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It is crazy how one idiot can ruin it for everyone. Sadly, his comment is still used to the detriment of the community today. The U-28 and the community changed the fight in many regards. Fing heroes and extreme professionals in my book...still carrying the mail to this day, but one idiot made a comment that left a stain. Awesome to see those in the community grow up and take big leadership positions. There are a few on here whop have done great things for the community. We need more of that less Pavelow/Talon II Mafia.
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Yup, OSI convicted, NSAv guy helped...there were several who got in trouble and few who got away with it. I was very close to the story, not all of it came out and I won't air all the dirty laundry.
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Brother...you have not been paying attention. The Biden administration has actually made this a strategy...THEIR Strategy. I am NOT trying to be flippant on a web forum. I would invite you to read a paper that came out of CSBA called Deterrence by Detection. It did not get a lot of traction under Trump but for some reason Biden's folks have latched on to it. Very long story short, this paper was published in 2020 and on the surface is operational concept to put a large network of long endurance RPAs in key areas to watch China and Russia, then use the constant flow of information and intel to shape our adversaries in public. Think back to our withdrawal form Afghanistan and how they answered questions about continuing the fight and how it would impact our ability to fight. The answer was "over the horizon". The Ivy League mushmellows in the BIden administration shaping DoD policy have decided this concept is the answer to all our problems and they are FUNDING it as a strategy (there is an RFI on the street right now). A couple of key statements that show how they are building the case. “Deterrence by detection,” based upon the idea that our adversaries are less likely to commit opportunistic acts of aggres-sion if they know they are being watched constantly and that their actions can be publicized widely." Follow on DoD and policy articles have referenced the strategy, they believe they can and I quote "SHAME" Putin and Xi Jinping into stopping a certain behavior. Another thought piece went as far as to say that using this approach we could cohere China and Russia in to "cow to our demands" They point to the U.S. releasing sources and methods in the past to achieve these effect. in the 60's the U. S. government publicly released highly classified U-2 reconnaissance photographs to demonstrate that the Russians had missiles in Cuba. They reference Colin Powell presenting pictures and voice intercepts of the Iraqis talking about mobile WMD labs leading up to Gulf War II. The also discuss the United States releasing satellite and other intel on Iran...nuke facilities and actions on the oil platforms. My assessment and just an opinion, they are taking a risk averse tactical view and are willing to disclose sources, methods and technology to achieve political goals that are probably unachievable as our top two adversaries are not as vulnerable to the press as a free nation like America is. If you listen closely we are already signalling we know what Putin is doing with a false flag operation and a video. We likely have the video and they are trying to get the word out...will it stop Putin?
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Probably depends on region, I have been very pleasantly surprised and have received all of my post military medical care on base. I go off base for Dental (obviously), and was going off base for yearly eye exams. Recently had a small procedure on one eye and now they want me to do yearly exams on base.
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Agree and had not given it much thought until I heard some of the negative electrons. Honestly I am shocked and disappointed at the response. I learned in a J-3 Super Cub and never thought it was that big of a deal. Taxi ops were different but an easily learned skill (again if a bone head like me can do it in a day, anyone can do it.) Seriously, it is surprising to hear the continued pushback given the majority of austere operations done around the world are accomplished using tail draggers. The HQ guys must think all those bush pilots in Alaska are lunatics. Agree here as well, this is not a pick up game and will demand more than basic brain stem power. I think there will also be a maturity requirement, collapsing the stack and the projected operating environment removes a lot of support (Intel/JAG/Command), and places even more decision authority on fewer shoulders. I liken it to the NSAV folks flying around Africa and operating out of remote dirt strips with with money belts. The vast majority of those folks did well but a few went rouge and started dealing in strippers, smuggling and even blood diamonds (yes that really happened). We (America/SOCOM/AFSOC), can't afford some stooge slinging LGBs or rockets into a crowd of children. In other words people like Danger41 are going to have to LEAD...Develop Solid TTPs and TRAIN until it hurts. Sadly, I don't have a lot of hope. It takes more than a single road show to a UPT base to make the case.
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I was a demo pilot on the AT-6B back in the day, landed it on a lakebed out west and did a little FARP. I understand the C model has the A-10 mission system. I found the B system very easy to use. Even a ham-fisted stick monkey like me could easily strafe and plop rockets in the circle. Great airplane in certain aspects but not a great plane in the dirt and VERY limited in duration unless it loaded with a crap ton of externals. This program and how it falls out will have repercussions for years. For those not following, the ACQ folks are increasingly moving towards the OTA construct where they ask industry to take great risk up front. The problem comes when they diverge from the stated evaluation criteria. They played this game once before with The Lite Attack Experiment and it if they go down the same path it is going to end the process as industry will no longer play. Ultimately the American Warfighter will not get the best equipment. Let me give you an example: Dear Industry, here is an OTA for a 6th gen fighter. Each company can submit a White Paper and the government will have an onsite evaluation. From that we will down-select to four offerings and each company will get $20M to build a prototype for the flyoff. Yes we know that covers 1/3 your cost, but those are our rules. For the evaluation we have the following Tier 1 requirements, if you fail any of these you are automatically removed. 1. Supercruise 2. Objective RCS less than .01 3. Internal Weapons capacity for 12 X Aim 120 4. Fuel Flow < 8,000 PPH Company A designs and flies a prototype that exceeds all Tier 1 requirements as well as all Tier 2 requirements in the fly off - SOCOM Answer - Continue in the competition. Company B designs and flies an airplane that fails a Tier 1 requirement and half the Tier 2 requirements in the flyoff. Company B complains "we don't like the way you measure Fuel Flow and count AIM-120s - SOCOM Answer - Continue in the competition. Company C designs a plane that does not Supercruise, has an RCS of .1, holds 4 X Aim 120 and has a fuel flow of 20,000 PPH. Company C says "so what...this is what we have so this is what you really want" - SOCOM answer - Continue in the competition.
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Apparently...Hellfires are hard... Yes, L3Harris. IOMAX had a different Crop Duster that is now out of production and was not as capable.
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New rules that I am guessing a lot of folks don't understand. This is an OTA so the government can do what it wants after the initial down-select and there is no opportunity for protest....they can even go outside the Tier 1 requirements. FYSA MC-145 misses SEVERAL Tier 1 requirements. That being said Congress can certainly review the outcome. You might review the last NDAA where Congress specifically called out the program and delayed funding allocation until the completion of an OSD/CAPE study that should be complete next month. "Dear Congress, AFSOC here, remember that plane we bought a few years ago then DIVESTED most of them, well we would like to purchase 75 more...yes we are aware it would require restarting a now discontinued production line in a foreign country because there are not enough existing platforms to convert for this program. Also, yes we fully understand the logistical train will be completely dependent on the whims of a foreign nation. Yes there is plan to do final assembly in the U.S. but 80% of the production, touch labor and highly skilled jobs will be done in a foreign country." For the record - 100% of the AT-802 would be built in the U.S....mainly Oklahoma... home of the ranking member of the SASC and a key member of the HASC.
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Also non-complient with with the OTA in MULTIPLE categories. Incorrect... We shall see, also non-complient in at least one category. Having flown AT-6B and taken it to the dirt, I think there are significant hurdles to overcome if you want to operate this platform austere. Also, it simply does not have the legs needed to change the AOW paradigm. In a recent exercise the AT-802 flew an unrefueled 8.2 sortie and landed with 1.5 reserve. Three sensors, monstrous weapons load, and burns less hourly fuel of the non-compliant MC-145. Also, the AT-802 carries all weapons the MC-145 can plus some including gun. Unfortunately, politics will play greatly into the decision which is NOT how OTAs are supposed to play out.
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Former aviators launch ‘Mach 1′ fighter pilot caucus on Capitol Hill Given the ongoing health concerns about potential exposures for those in the community there is a new caucus focused on issues impacting the community.
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I believe in being fair and giving credit when it is due. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is now dead I am proud President Biden had the stones to send our young men and women into harms way to get him. Today we can all celebrate that an evil son of a bitch no longer walks the earth. Murica!
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You never know what people will say. Many years ago I was at high key in a T-38 as my buddy took the barrier in another T-38. He must have clinched every muscle in his body including his thumb on the radio button as he screamed "F@CKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!"
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Could have been and lots for them to work out, but it appears someone wants the story to get out.
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CCP virus vaccine side effects caused a US F-35 fighter jet to crash in the South China Sea "...and the pilot was also diagnosed with acute myocarditis after being sent to the hospital for treatment."
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Leaked documents show the Biden administration was still discussing basic plans for mass civilian evacuation hours before the Taliban took Kabul "Axios reported that leaked documents showed basic decisions hadn't been made as of August 14."
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Second place I've heard this, slowly leaking out, I am sure there will be a deep dive but this is obviously concerning for everyone.
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Do I know if he directed or gave approval to close Bagram...nope. Do I suspect he forced them to close the base...yup. Do I know if he was briefed on every part of the plan...nope. Do I suspect he and his political minions had their hands in it, of course, every administration does. Did he say we wouldn't leave Americans behind then lie and set the conditions and timeline for an expedited withdraw...Yup He is the Commander in Chief...not a SINGLE Person has been fired or held accountable for the loss of those 13 Marines.
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So in summary, we meet in the middle on somethings...just like the framers intended.
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I am sorry but that is just insanity to contemplate, I don't want either side to have that much power. I presume you've read the Constitution, have you read the Federalist Papers? I am not a scholar but from my fumbling attempts to read and understand there is an major theme that pops out. The Framers wanted compromise, discussion, debate and consensus. I dare say the vast majority of folks on here and in both parties are not full on extremists, but the current political environment has both sides trying to rule from the extreme. I am a Republican but I believe in Gay marriage and abortion (yes it is horrific but I will never try to tell a woman what she can do with her body), and many social causes. I don't want the AOC and Bernie Sanders wack jobs passing Marxist policies and I don't want the right wing religious zealots trying to force everyone to attend church and rule by the bible. I completely disagree with Trumps call to end the Filibuster, just like I think it was a HUGE mistake for Harry Reid to invoke the nuclear option. As much as I disliked Clinton I give him great credit for reaching across the aisle to work with Newt Gingrich to pass legislation in the middle. Same with Ronald Reagan and Tip O'neil...neither side fully one and neither side fully lost. Ending the Filibuster is poison if we ever want to get back to the middle in this country.
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13 dead Marines and a hand waive of both responsibility and compassion by some on this forum. Whatever you think about staying or leave Afghanistan what happened was an absolute abortion and lays squarely at the feet of the Commander in Chief.