Clark Griswold

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https://time.com/article/2026/04/25/falkland-islands-javier-milei-trump/ The Administration can “review” if they want but they need to state NO change in status via military action by Argentina would be supported.

Valid point It’d probably only be airline like in type jet flown though, with as many pilots as they would have to cycle thru an FY, it would have to move a quick pace methinks. 3 months for type course plus added training. Academics, PTT / FTDs and Sims plus observation rides. 1 month allocated for 10 training flights, I’d keep it pretty simple and all local to knock it out. 1.0, launch to rendezvous nearby with another 320 to a precontact position, hold it for 3 minutes, depart & recover to base, 1 GA or discontinued app, land out of next approach. Swap seats with your training buddy as you’ve been riding jump (another reason this would need to be in the Bus). 3 flights in your syllabus would be as a simulated tanker. 2 months to get 6 trips accomplished. 4 day trips to bounce around the system. 2 student pilots allocated to a trip, team certified after 3 trips, IPs supervise from jump trips 4-6.

Yeah but we don’t practice it completely, not really a self critique no one follows their professed ideology perfectly as none divide evenly into reality, there’s always some remainder, capitalism just happens to have the smallest remainder requiring less objectionable exceptions compared to the others. As to the buy in at Spirit, this would never happen but I’d rather see Uncle Sam buy some of their iron, equipment, facilities and mx support and acquire some 320 family aircraft for added Air Lift and Transport category experience for new AMC bound aviators. Because it’s the government even a company in distress would get better than market price but the jets, parts, AGE, sims, etc… could be had now, no waiting. First assignment out of UPT for all AMC and other big wing bound pilots. Manned and run by AF Reserves based at/near airline domiciles, hip shot for basing: Travis AFB for west coast, JRB Ft Worth for central, Andrews AFB for east coast. Bus type course, 10 training flights then a six month tour, on your way… Get a combi conversion for people and cargo Not a bad looking jet…

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True, I would just try to make accomplishing those beans as easy as possible to accomplish, there is a bit of pencil whipping to that I’ll admit but with everything trade offs, compromise, risk acceptance, etc… are facts of life.

Honest question, could they convert to an F-16, 15, etc…, keep an air to air capability but make it a sim only CT event and yearly live fly exercise or something that could keep the Attack Mission with focus on CAS but retain some Air to Air capacity, honing it if required but always kept to at least a simmer? Modified RTM that is.

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I think I read your vibe and see your point, like a guy always dipping into his emergency savings account to get through the month, is it really money you set aside for a problem or are you really just not budgeting correctly? I spent more time Guard than AD and saw both sides, good and bad. IIRC, historically about 1/3rd of our (and other Western militaries) are reserve forces, for financial affordability to keep immediate military capability of an appropriate size and your strategic reserve for the big contingency. Obviously we are past that model and using our Guard/Reserve (ARC Air Reserve Component) beyond the historical concept. But why? My guess is the total cost of an ARC member and their dependents, all benefits, is enough to deal with the thrash in statuses. Is this a good way of doing business? Maybe but methinks we should revisit the concept. Guard leaders are sounding off about problems keeping units viable https://www.airandspaceforces.com/guard-leaders-congress-air-force-needs-100-new-fighters-a-year/

Yeah I was surprised by it a bit, by their opinions. This thread has gone thru many orbits, we brought up the idea of two light attack, one SOF oriented and one conventional ops oriented before. I think the powers that be (fighter mafia) would probably get more comfortable with a non traditional light(er) platform that had a passing resemblance to what they know/love, namely a manned jet. In their defense, who doesn’t? My druthers, based on what we’ve seen in Ukraine, Red Sea and now Iran, a light crewed expeditionary platform, designed for delivering relevant effects efficiently and in control of unmanned assets (directly controlled all the way to authorized autonomous ops, surface and air assets) to cover large areas, numerous attack vectors and saturation waves is needed and would be accepted by the AF. That is important, they have to see themselves flying it and it as worthy of the AF. I remember a show on the -117 Nighthawk, an engineer was relaying a little funny anecdote about the jet being painted black vs a light pastel color that would have been more effective as a visual camouflage, he told the GOs this and they replied “Real men don’t fly funny looking pastel colored aircraft.” So it got the dark black paint job, looks cool and clandestine and the rest is history… Cheap enough to buy in mass, cheap enough to fly a lot, cheap to maintain and designed from the get go to work with and against unmanned vehicles / drones. Range, ACE and enough performance to defend itself.

Afghan Male Arrested Over Suspected Rapes of Goats and Sheep https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/04/17/afghan-male-arrested-over-suspected-rapes-of-goats-and-sheep/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mover and Gonky discuss Red Wolf on OA-1 Posted as the skeptical views they share on the utility of it add (I think) to the broader point that I don’t believe the AF likes or believes in distributing fires capabilities to non traditional (not fighter/attack or bomber platforms) This must be overcome IMHO at high level Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Possibly Revoke his passport while in jail, prevent this bullshit from him again and set an example

One more recommendation Funny book, haven’t seen the movie but I liked the book, was assigned in a history class more than a few years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Man_in_Havana