B52gator

Awesome show, really enjoyed it. All of those dudes(PJs, Gunners, Engineers, Pilots) are a special breed for sure. Question for those that may be in the know. After the stand down where the two Afghan kids were playing with a 203 rd, one of the guys, don't know the position, was carrying silver oven mits. I know they're aircraft firefighting gloves, just curious why they're carrying them.

Apparently they took a little sight seeing trip around Guam. Nice little "show of force." I have a hard time believing they were armed with "nuclear tipped" missiles though. https://www.foxnews.c...territory-guam/ The Air Force confirms that two Russian bombers on Tuesday circled the U.S. island territory of Guam, prompting U.S. jets to scramble and respond. Two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter aircraft, operating out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, intercepted the Russian Tu-95 bomber aircrafts, which left in a northbound direction, said military spokeswoman Capt. Kim Bender. Bender said no further action was taken but declined to give more details, citing security reasons. The incident occurred shortly before President Obama delivered his State of the Union address, as reported first by The Washington Free Beacon. The newspaper also said the Russian bombers were equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The F-15s were participating in an annual exercise, Cope North, on Andersen AFB. They are stationed at the 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan, the military said. Pacific Command forces are there to ensure air warning and control over Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. interests in the area. PACOM maintains fighters on alert to respond quickly to any potential air threats within the Pacific area of operations, Bender said. Read more: https://www.foxnews.c.../#ixzz2L5Xpm0UW

Can't remember where I read it, but are they starting to test and eventually convert MC130Js into Gunships replacing the H and Us?

Those guys are fuckin whacky

Potential

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYrY2PS4qSs

Gunships gone bad!

IIRC, it was in competition with the KC10 and Boeing was pretty lazy with the overall KC747 design.

Awesome, about time.

Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes...but isn't lightning a threat to all planes? https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2013/01/defense-f35-vulnerable-lightning-011413/ "Despite undergoing regular test flights, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, called the Lightning II, remains vulnerable to its namesake — lightning."

Good season everybody. I'd like to take this time to thank RG3, Adrian Peterson, and Blair Walsh. Payouts will be made today, so make sure to check your emails and/or league safe account. $250 was collected. 3rd gets their money back, 2nd gets $50, the rest goes to 1st. Looking forward to next year, keeper league anyone?!?! 1st-Show Me Your TDs 10-3 $175 2nd-Shag's Boozers 8-5 $50 3rd-Team Southern 7-6 $25

When I was at Randolph a awhile back, he would sometimes come to the Auger on Friday nights, wearing his flight suit, and he was usually good for buying a round or two. Had the pleasure of chatting him up a few times, very nice guy. I was a lowly 2 Lt Nav Student, so it was nice of him just to take the time and talk with me.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/prime/2012/11/PRIME-air-force-hands-in-pocket-petition-112512w/ Troops are petitioning the White House to lift the services’ bans on hands in pockets — and if enough people sign it, your commander in chief could respond. The matter isn’t just about comfort, but also safety, the petition states. . . .

That was pretty bad ass. I couldn't imagine stepping out onto the ledge and seeing the curvature of the earth. Big brass ones on that dude for sure.

Do you think she stumbled over here by googling herself?

Does everyone get callsigns now? This reminds me of the "everybody wins" concept that is being hammered into young children. Not everybody wins, not everybody gets to be a fighter pilot (or a shit-hot navigator), everybody doesn't get a flight suit/call sign/leather jacket/etc. The world needs ditch diggers...dig your ditch to the best of your abilities, salute smartly, and move on. I think the main problem is that support personnel forget the definition of "support". They get all bent out of shape and whine when they're told that they are not at all even remotely the tip of the spear. While I am sure many operators in the AF genuinely appreciate your support and everything that is accomplished behind the scenes (I know I did), most find it annoying when they act like their job is more important than any one else's. As far as I'm concerned, those who are legitimately in harms way, deployed or otherwise, are the tip of the spear. Working at a desk at a deployed location and diving for cover at errantly fired RPGs does not put you in that category.

I thought I did...send me the info again

Didn't notice that...thought games started on Thurs. Will change to Tues night. Draft is now 10:15 EST Tuesday night. Still need three players to round out the league to 12. One more would get us to 10 which would work. Get me your emails if you haven't done so already.

Okay,league is created. If you haven't already, get me your emails so I can send you the invites. Draft is 9pm CST on Wed.

For real? It goes into a safe account. www.leaguesafe.com Fine...you're out We are at 9. I need one more player to make it 10 teams. Please respond by 1600 CST.

We'll go with 10, doesn't seem like we are going to get any more. I'll get everything set-up and invites sent out today. Probably going to use Yahoo. Everybody happy with a $25 entry fee? I'll get that set-up as well with league safe. PM me with your email addresses.

Currently at 10, we can go with a 10 team league but I would like to have 12...need two more. Deadline will be this Sunday then we'll run with 10.