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for those of us who missed it...
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Snopes knows all!
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http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/07/..._raptor_070730/
F-22 near perfect in combat exercises
By Seamus O’Connor - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jul 31, 2007 15:56:56 EDT
The F-22 Raptor is the world’s most advanced fighter, but is it invincible?
Internet rumors have swirled for months over whether any F-22s had been taken down in simulated combat exercises. Discussion forums are rife with Navy pilots touting a controversial photo appearing to show an F/A-18F Super Hornet gunning down a Raptor.
The F-22’s debut combat exercise was at Northern Edge in June 2006. According to Air Force data, the dozen F-22s in attendance racked up an unprecedented kill record of 144-0 the first week alone and suffered no losses overall.
The Raptor’s only other combat exercise so far was Red Flag 07-1, held Feb. 3-16 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The Air Force released no data indicating an F-22 shootdown.
But according to the March 5 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, one Raptor got blasted.
In the article, Col. Tom Bergeson, the exercise’s air expeditionary commander, described the situation: When one aggressor went down, it was able to fly out and regenerate so quickly that an F-22 pilot thought the enemy was still “dead,” and got shot down himself for the mistake.
One thing is for sure: The plane that took down the Raptor was an F-15 or F-16, but not an F/A-18F. When asked whether a Superbug might have claimed a kill, one Air Force public affairs officer scoffed, “Not bloody likely.”
Though the Raptor may not have a perfect record, it still got high praise during the exercise.
“The thing denies your ability to put a weapons system on it, even when I can see it through the canopy,” said one Australian aggressor pilot at the time. “It’s the most frustrated I’ve ever been.”
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Just bought the Samsung Blackjack. It's pretty sweet, and have been impressed with it so far. Definitely not an iPhone, but I didn't pay anything for it with rebates...so no complaining there.
It's with AT&T, and I signed up for the smallest minutes package (450 w/ rollover), and the unlimited data plan. It comes out to around 80ish a month, which is more than I was paying before, but I have to admit, the internet(porn) at your fingertips is pretty handy at times. And if you are lucky you get some decent download speeds.
Haven't messed with it too much yet, but I already have free instant messenger as well as google maps installed on it and works great.
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PJ = Enlisted
CRO = Officer
They go through the same training pipeline.
CRO's are in charge of PJ/SERE guys.
also keep in mind, still very difficult to get a chance to go straight out of a comissioning source. Buds with a guy who got turned down right out of ROTC, but it was in his blood. Spent a year or so in his normal AFSC, then got reccomended to it, went through the pipeline, beat out a bunch of captains and such and now hes in the final stages of PJ training. It can happen if you have the drive. Many think they do, few actually have it. I'm glad they do.
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All,
Long time listener, first time caller. I've searched (and searched and searched) through this forum for while, but haven't quite found enough info to solve my little dilemma. I'm in nav training at Randolph, 3 weeks away from a/c drop, #1 in my class, and split 50/50 on B-52's or C-130's, specifically to Ramstein. I think I'd be thrilled with either mission, so "part" of my decision making does come down to what's better for my wife. She loves traveling and all that jazz, still unsettled by the ops tempo of flying, but I imagine every new AF wife is. Specific pros or cons to either assignment would be greatly appreciated.
JSM
I wouldn't put 130s if you are just wanting Ramstein...there are a lot of other bases that you might end up at, even being #1.
just the basic pros and cons though, only two locations for the buff, but you will be the mission on the plane eventually. I'm not sure what the cross-training is like in the buff, but I imagine they like to keep their navs around and not cross train them out if it takes a while to upgrade to radar nav. So you will be looking at a career w/ the buff, which might be good or bad, depending on how you like the mission, location, etc.
If you go 130s, you open up the doors to cross train to some of the other platforms out there, allowing you to get a bigger variety of places to be stationed, and different missions, should you choose to later. Also there are a lot of guard and reserve opportunities that you might want to think about later down the road. While you could always go this route with other platforms, it might be easier getting into a unit if you are already trained in that platform, or at least a similar variant. Also keep in mind that with the J model coming online, along with the AMP upgrade, the future of Hercs is starting to look questionable. You won't hear that at the 562nd b/c most those guys are 130 navs, and don't want to read the writing on the wall. Things change, money drives everything, hercs could have navs for the rest of your career, or they could be phased out tomorrow, no one knows.
The big issue though is that these two planes do completely different missions, and thats what you need to be asking yourself. Do you want to be hauling beans, beds and bullets, seeing the world, or do you want to be putting bombs on the bad guys? Different lifestyles for different people.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/13/osprey/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The military's controversial V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft will head to Iraq for its first combat tour later this year, Marine officials announced Friday.After 18 years and $20 billion in development, the plane will deploy to western Iraq in September to support Marine Corps combat operations for seven months, Marine officials said.
The plane, which is intended to replace the Corps' 40-year-old fleet of CH-46 helicopters by 2018, can fly like a plane and land like a helicopter, giving the Marines more flexibility in the field, officials said.
The V-22 can carry troops three times as far, twice as fast and has six to seven times more survivability than the CH-46 widely used now in Iraq, the military says.
The Osprey's performance has also been noticed by the Air Force, which has plans to use it as a special operations aircraft.
The aircraft has been redesigned after two fatal accidents in 2000 that killed 23 Marines. Accidents in 1991 and 1992 killed seven other people, but Marines say the plane's problems are in the past.
"It's been through extensive operational testing and evaluation, and it is our fervent feeling that this aircraft is the most capable, survivable aircraft that we carry our most important weapon system in, which is the Marine or rifleman, and that we will successfully introduce this aircraft in combat," said Lt. Gen. John G. Castellaw, deputy commandant for aviation.
Critics say the tilt-rotor design may still be too unsafe for the complexities of flying in combat operations.
The Marine Corps maintains it is a much more controllable aircraft in those situations.
Since 2003, the Marines have lost seven aircraft in combat operations. The Marine Corps says the V-22 can better avoid being shot down because it can fly higher than the missiles that have been targeting helicopters. In addition, people on the ground cannot hear the aircraft approaching, giving insurgents less time to prepare to shoot as it flies at low altitude.
"I flown the V-22, and I have taken it and used it in a tactical manner," Castellaw said. "The ability to maneuver this aircraft is far in excess of what we have with the existing helicopters."
They really only talk about the marines. Will be interesting to see how well it does in combat. Noticed they were flying around a lot in florida a few weeks ago...kind of akward looking at first, but I think it's growing on me...
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THREAD REVIVAL!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/04/powerpoint_bad/
like we didn't already know this...
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typically takes lots of beer and trust to get the stories behind callsigns. Even then many are reluctant to talk about them!
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But did you ever get the old dudes up front to really push the T-43 up to .79?
we asked for .82, and after they stopped laughing, they said "we'll see what we can do, but no promises". We pushed it up and hit .80, but thats all it had. We didn't fly that long though, they told us we were burning 9k an hour. I guess the old bobcat isn't as good once as it ever was.
(back to actual speed stories though...sorry to hijack)
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The new Cyberwarrior Battle Uniform for deployed personnel currently in its testing phase...
must be a Special Ops Cyber Warrior, note the beard...
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or, falcon goggles + mspaint = busy weekend!
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Maybe so...but is she HOT? hahaOriginally posted by Fury220: -
shes definately in uniform.Originally posted by sleepy:I just saw the Playboy photos. Maybe the mag is different, but she is not in any part of the uniform in any of them. Unless there is a section of mil clothing at the BX that I have not yet seen.
they are definately fake. (should get a refund)
and I definately have links. PM me do conduct your own "investigation"
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absolutely sickening
...that I have to wait another week to see her naked.
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Wuss.Originally posted by HerkDerka:HD
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if you store with the armory, remove a piece of the weapon (firing pin) that will keep the SF guys from taking your weapon out and joy-shooting it...
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the only thing that the UPT boards will care about is your GPA, and the fact you actually got a degree.
Master's isn't going to hurt, especially if you are looking into a career in the AF.
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AETC - Adults Eternally Treated as Children
as long as you are under them, some amount of AETC-ridiculousness will trickle down to you.
There isn't much of this generated at the sq. level here at randolph. There is an instructor or two that seem to get off on belittling people and yelling, but everyone (99.9%) here seems to have the right mindset, and realize that it's entirely likely that they could be working together in an operational sq in the not-too-distant-future.
Some say there is quite a difference between the Nav and EWO instructors here as far as how you are treated, but I don't think I've had enough exposure to the 563rd to talk about that.
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Free leave...twelve days, and can only include one weekend.
I went to an OTS recruiting place, and I did minimal work. I mostly read while they waited to go visit campuses and stuff, then I would just tag along, eat lunch with the SSgt and he would tell me to leave. Probably about 3-4 hours max a day. Like Chuck's experience, most I did was put stickers on envelopes.
My friends that went back to their ROTC units though were actually put to a "work day", showing up around 8 and staying until 4 doing paperwork, manual labor, or just sitting there waiting for the day to end.
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if you are IFS complete and awaiting your class start date, you will show up for about an hour a day, start working on a checklist to make inprocessing easier. On top of that and PT in the morning a few times a week, you pretty much have the rest of the day to keep yourself out of trouble.
A lot of the people that showed up looking for houses didn't get time off to go house hunt, mainly because they had plenty of time to do this after muster.
For your sake though, I would definately show up a bit early...you'll want to get settled in before class starts.
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