HuggyU2

You KNOW I'll be there. Actually, we are bringing The Deuce (and a Black Talon). She arrives Monday, leaves Monday. https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/2025-04-10-us-air-force-to-bring-iconic-u-2-dragon-lady-to-airventure-2025 Unless Congress changes it, the U-2 is done "operationally" in 121 days. Oshkosh will be the last time in public... unless things change. We shall see.

33 years of combined service so far... and I'm not done yet. The people, the mission, the flying. 10 years ago, I tried to move into a very different and new career. Didn't care for some of the people and their level of integrity; didn't enjoy "the mission"; there wasn't much flying.

And a shooter isn't helpful if there is no good intel/recce to get them where they are needed. Or better yet, to get the intel so early that you don't need the shooter after all. You appear to have a very myopic view of what "ISR" is. We don't operate in a vacuum, and we are often able to integrate with bomb droppers. It's been proven time and again that attempting to bills an aircraft that "does it all" is foolish. Yes, there are some ISR platforms that can go kinetic. And there are a lot that those platforms cannot do, WRT ISR. Had they weaponized the U-2 when they considered it many decades ago, the political implications would have been very limiting: there are a lot of sovereign nations that likely would have never allowed us access to their airspace. No one aircraft does it all. The U-2... still... has some very unique capes that other ISR platforms don't have. There are numerous instances where a non-kinetic U-2 was the only ISR platform over Americans, and it resulted in great success. One of our smart WIC grads could certainly explain this better than I, but I completely reject your assertion that we should be armed to be effective.

Indian food is WAY better, and also my favorite. Hence, I'm pulling for India.

Nice tribute by The Blues. https://www.instagram.com/share/_9-DtxI4t

Yeah, well, people vote for those lenient Superior Court Judges. And they vote for in support of the Appellate Judges nominated by the governor. It's the "will of the people"... at least it is here in the DPRK.

Looking forward to seeing what the experts discover. NOT looking forward to what the YouTube aircraft ambulance chasers will speculate on, to get their ratings up.

For those didn't know Rob, he was "the Tom Brady" of the aerobatic world (for lack of a better comparison). And a very, very pleasant and humble person. A dedicated professional who wanted to always be the best. And he was. Him him...

YOU installed it yourself?? So you're not an airline pilot. If you were, you'd have hired a guy to do it... picked up a 2-day trip during the installation.. and returned to a professionally installed dishwasher... and with enough money leftover to cover next month's loan payment on your Porsche.

Wait... is this an elusive "Hacker spotting"?!?! Kind of like seeing Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster! Or did Chang hack Hacker's account??

110 years of military aviation tradition. Started out by chasing rogue Mexicans who invaded the US via the southern border and killed Americans.