Clark Griswold

One more: Heavy lift capability concepts https://spectrum.ieee.org/darpa-liberty-lifter-2659392219

Float C-130 taking a few laps in development https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/mc-130j-seaplane-wont-fly-for-two-to-three-more-years Define requirement, acquire low risk already flying US-2, profit Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Maybe but I think we who don’t like this or similar policies need not give up either our careers or beliefs but look for new avenues of attack (legal, ethical and metaphorically speaking) That’s not an advocacy for anything UCMJ punishable but to use the tools available What’s necessary is solidarity, transparency, communication and mutual support - yeah it sounds like a union and I’m not sure that’s it but a voluntary association that will support those who step forward to say non hoc porcus. The AFA could be tasked with this mission if it could have a level of support / agreement from its members on what would constitute reasons to support current Airmen taking actions to protest / challenge AF policies that this part of the AFA would stand behind the member to prevent illegal or unfair retaliation. Media coverage / information, legal support and career support could be provided to put a net underneath those taking a risk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah but cast no aspersions on them as it’s one thing to charge ahead as part of movement versus the lone guy who goes over the top gets taken out by the machine while his compatriots are still in the trenches waiting for the signal to all go over the top Everything is all or nothing with the military and until there is a reasonable chance of change happening or a reversion to logic and sanity, biding your time but minimally complying with insane / immoral / questionably legal policies that the AF leadership is pushing is a viable morally acceptable COA I’m getting short, I’ve seen cycles of moral panic and group think idiocy before, they eventually pass but leave a residue of cynicism, I just want those who are still in and pursuing a full career active or ARC to know this shit comes and goes and know that like an F-4 with a shit ton of thrust behind it it will fly, as long as Congress gives a shit ton of money the AF will continue to fly despite some of its leaders Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great minds… I thought of this after finishing phase 2 and hated looking for the pink house at CBM and Texas shaped field at Gunshy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Everyone complain of non-symptomatic headaches constantly with dizziness Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looking back I think renting an aircraft and flying in the local area on the weekends during academics is what I think would have been helpful Just to see the visual refs and in general the local area / nearby aux fields is what I wish I would have done Not related to the OP’s question but added FWIW Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m not repeat not voting for him if he becomes their nominee but Gov Face Lift Hair Gel is probably their best bet if JB can’t function or it can’t be hidden/denied any longer If not him I would probably nominate Whitmer if I were a Dem big Whig party boss Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yup, was commenting to a friend who leans left sorta (last of the scattered tribe of blue dog southern democrats) and telling while I will likely never vote for the Dems, they have viable candidates that can speak in complete coherent sentences and remember what year it is. The longer we pretend the emperor is wearing beautiful robes the deeper the belief that our democratic republic is bullshit takes root. They (the Dems) could nominate Gavin Newsom, Val Demings or some other mentally competent person that I may not agree with politically but could be plausible alternative to Trumpzilla versus Bernie...

Trump / Carlson ‘24 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Secondary effects… Mercenary warlord's troops terrorize Russia after Ukraine service: 'Could get away with anything' https://www.foxnews.com/world/mercenary-warlords-troops-terrorize-russia-ukraine-service Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well we’re about ready for re-education camps California School Board Members Take ‘White Ally Test’ https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/04/19/california-school-board-members-take-white-ally-test/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

https://www.theblaze.com/news/guillotine-couple-india-ritual Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-01-01/victory-over-russia-in-ukraine-may-bring-world-war-3-niall-ferguson Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Fair enough Ukraine is a significant food (wheat) and mineral exporter, largest country in Europe and strategically placed for access to Mid-East / Central Asia so I'll just disagree on their importance but BO should not be an echo chamber so there we go.

Will respectfully disagree and my position is based not on nativity on the actual nature of the Ukranian government / society but on the successful historical examples of South Korea and Taiwan, both of which were fairly nasty dictatorships we supported and remained engaged with for decades in a slow, positive and ultimately successful transition to modernity and a western influenced, stable, democratic societies. I have no illusions about a post bellum Western Ukraine project and the difficulty of it being next door to Russia that would be doing everything just short of kinetic actions to undermine this new nation and I have no doubt that eradicating the scrouge of corruption when so many in the Western political classes are eager to personally profit from it would be exceptionally difficult but IMHO it is part of the long difficult road to eventually incorporating the Orthodox World into the West.

No not at all I think there is just a point where in the long term it is better for us and the Ukrainians that accepting some of their territory was lost is better than further war and the cost of further fighting. Not a fan at all of Russia or Putin. Free Ukraine will need large long term aid, I’m cool with that, it’s just that at some point if it can be had, ceasefire and focus on rebuilding. I’m also okay with a surprise deployment of 25k US boots on Free Ukraine with no end date to prevent Putin from trying round 2 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hear what you are saying and don't think we should cut off or cut down on the amount of aid now but.... there might be a point where the Ukrainians are willing to fight further using our money, weapons, support, etc... and it may be that we have done enough, they have done enough and just declaring a ceasefire and entering decades of a tense standoff may be the best for us, the whole team and I would include free and on the path to reform Western Ukraine. Would this reward Russia? No, the fact they would still hold some of Ukraine they wrongly seized is just a fact of life which is a four letter word and we have to accept it. This time is not now but I could see it in about 6-12 months, keep the aid and support flowing but behind the scenes begin to think about what and where a Western Ukraine would be acceptable. If this happens, China and other aggressors will see a greatly diminished Russia, a Western coalition that held firm and likely a price paid for some territory that was not worth it.

Not Aircrew Interview but an interesting video on the Soviets trained their fighter crews and insights into their AF's thinking over time from watching us and their own experiences

Very easily unfortunately but there is a logic too it Small fleet, expensive support, new hotnesss is the F-35 and money is needed for NGAD, B-21, TPS reports, etc... F-15EX with a great radar, AIM-260s and cued by F-35s forward and cloaked relaying targets via datalink and you have a good 5.0/4.5 team

Kirby was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force...

“tactical interim” - does this make room for an increased F-15EX buy? https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2023/04/air-force-tries-retire-jets-hascs-wittman-wants-gapfiller/384831/ My druthers aa we are focusing on the China fight, the Eagle 2.0 with CFTs is the right gap filler Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We had a good run Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk