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    Lighten Up Francis!

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    6 hours ago, FLEA said:

    Hmmmmmm..... but dont we count it if another pilot runs into the ground mid fight? I dunno.... 

    Was that EF-111 in Desert Storm credited with an air- to- air kill after running an Iraqi fighter into a mountain? 

    Safety of Flight/Crew Rest

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    On 8/2/2014 at 9:45 AM, HercDude said:

     

     

    I chose NOT to call crew rest when I legally could, because I was comfortable to fly, it was a brief interruption, it was a short flight, there was another aircraft commander on board, I felt pressured to accomplish the mission on time, and I believed my chain of command knew before I took off that my rest was interrupted (they denied that I had explained that adequately over the phone, which I found plausible but not all that likely).

     

    Sidebar:

    Biggest lesson learned there was that when you are handed a AF Form 1168 and read your Miranda Rights, don't think you'll just be a bro and play it cool with your commander. I thought he'd help me out and be on my side. Turns out he threw me under the bus. Decline to comment and go see the ADC.

    Every day is shut the fuck up Friday. 

    No one on your side will ever read you your rights. 

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    10 hours ago, filthy_liar said:

    She probably doesn't.  Give her a break.

    Hilarious. Your QAnon bros give you that one? 

    I'm starting to think you're a poser who never actually served. I sure hope no one this ignorant actually flew for the Air Force. 

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    11 minutes ago, filthy_liar said:

    For those who are claiming Russia and China are such horrible threats to the US, I'm curious - what is causing you to think that?  Mexico is causing a great deal of harm to the US.  Right now.  Drug cartels are causing harm to the US.  Right now.  Gang bangers are causing a great deal of harm to the US.  

    What causes military people to downplay the actual live threats and always point at an overseas nation?  Are Raytheon/Boeing/Lockmart really that good?  I guess they are.

    Where do you think the cartels are getting the drugs? 

    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Blue said:

     

    Yeah, this.

    I get it, the Bear is not necessarily our friend.  But there are a hell of a lot of people out there in the US who've bought into the propaganda that Russia is some kind of arch enemy.  It's mind boggling.

    Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave right now. 

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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

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    6 hours ago, filthy_liar said:

    Something about you, cant quite put my finger on it...makes me want to punch you into oblivion.  Can't quite put my finger on it.

    Is it because you're an angry drunk? 

    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    Posted

    33 minutes ago, BashiChuni said:

    Underestimate the Russian bear at your own risk. How many more hundreds of billions should we be willing to invest in the most corrupt country in Europe? 

    As much as it takes to utterly destroy Russia.  This is easily the most effective and efficient military spending we've ever done.  We've set Russia back decades, for less than the 10% of the DoD budget.

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    1 hour ago, BashiChuni said:

    sounds like zelensky needs to start negotiating for peace before he gets steamrolled this spring

    Surely the Russians are just about done hurling their conscripts at Ukraine to "deplete their weapons" and in spring the "real military" will come out...right?

    C-146 Life?

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    8 hours ago, filthy_liar said:

    Well if lashings from some internet dude named Toro turned you into an asshole, you're still an asshole.  And before you go all oh he just said something bad about Toro - I'm banned all the time on here.  Because I don't care about Toro.  I think bashing young kids because that douche Biff said is a dick move.  Don't do that.  They don't log on here to get bashed.  They don't know any better.  I log in here to get bashed.  From a bunch of internet nerds.  And I get banned.  Pick on me, not the newbie that was asking an honest question.

    Clearly you don't get banned here enough. 

    Or do you just save up all your posts for the small window between timeouts? 

    The Next President is...

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    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Lawman said:

    The fun part of a Nikki Haley campaign will be watching all the gymnastics from the “you have to vote for a woman of color” crowd who treated that as the only qualification that mattered.

    Suddenly they’ll be supporting old white guy because “well yeah… but not that one, she doesn’t count.”


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    It would be pretty easy for them. This is the party that called Larry Elder the "black face of white supremacy" while supporting one of the most privileged white dudes in California for governor. 

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    16 hours ago, filthy_liar said:

    Damn dude.  I thought you were better than that.  Googleable isn't truth.  Germany and everyone else side steps the shit out of all agreed upon contracts.  Have you lived in Europe?  Or Asia?

    If you distrust everything reported so much, I don't know why you even think there is a conflict in Ukraine right now. 

    Pretty much all of NATO and a lot of countries not in NATO have had sanctions against Russia for almost a year. 

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    1 hour ago, filthy_liar said:

    Well at least that's consistent.  I think we're something like #4 or 5 down the list of Russia's top trade partners.  China is their #1 with about $50B/yr and the US is about $15B.  So not insignificant, but I don't know how much sanctions will persuade Putin to behave.  If you could get Germany on board, maybe.

    If you get all of Western Europe, you mean? And cut them out of SWIFT so they have no access to western banking systems? Yeah, that has an impact. 

    So does seizing the mansions, condos, and yachts of the ruling elite in places like NYC and London. 

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    The First Amendment, Freedom of the press.

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    13 hours ago, nsplayr said:

    Are…are you saying this is desirable or moral or you want this to happen? 😬🚩

    I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt, but I think you should clarify what you meant.

    My view is we should follow the Constitution, maintain a free press, not resort to fascism, and if you don’t like what a particular reporter or outlet is saying you debate them, issue your own statements directly to your intended audience, start your own media company, or as a regular Joe just patronize one of the innumerable or other outlets out there. Technology makes all of the above easier than ever before!

    People lying, using bad faith, and reporting things incorrectly in “the media” is a feature of human society as far back as we have records for. Romans in the Senate literally bitched about the same shit y’all are today on this thread.

    As the saying goes, a free press is the worst option, except all the other ones we’ve tried.

    I agree we should have a free press. Not one that the FBI and DOJ lean on to ensure the outcome of an election...

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    Russian Ukraine shenanigans

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    14 hours ago, filthy_liar said:

    ViperMan did you come up with that moral choice on you own?  If you did, you would certainly have come up with that prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  You would certainly be morally opposed to Russia's involvement in Georgia yes? And going back further, Russia's involvement in Afghanistan yes?  Russia is doing what Russia does.  I'm good with the argument of nuke em, they are evil.  But this johnny come lately oh dear god they are picking on Ukraine?  Get the out of here.  Where have you been since 1989?

     

    I mean...I was against all those things. And we spent a fair amount in Afghanistan to fight the Russians for the same reasons we're now sending weapons to Ukraine. 

    If anything, I'm disappointed it took this long to mount a response. We should have done sanctions and sent weapons when Russia took Crimea. And invaded Georgia. 

     

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