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I think the boom might get suspicious when he refuels a 4 ship, tail numbers 6901, 6902, 6903, and 6969.

I'll put in my 2 cents for Abilene. I was an exception in the B-1 community - I liked Abilene. I grew up in the southwest, so hot summers and mild winters are my idea of good weather. I never had to dig my car out in Abilene. There are a lot of churches, but there is no crime (its TX, everybody is armed). The people are very friendly and the city is very supportive of the military. They have the "Worlds largest BBQ" every year - military and their families eat free. Its at the Convention center and they fill the place up. There are restaurants. Not much in the way of Applebees (1) or Bennigans (0), but there are a lot of good local places (Joes Pizza is great!) Single guys don't like it because there aren't a lot of women. It is great if you have a family - housing is much more affordable than most of the country, and the prices have held relatively level. The Schools are good (I think Wylie schools were better than those in Colorado Springs). I've been gone too long to talk about flying, MX or ops tempo. If I could go back, I would. From what I know of SD, there is a naked lady behind every tree within 2 NM of the base, but they are both fat biker chicks. YMMV And as for the comparison to Clovis, and Altus - I've been there and Abilene has those two beat without question.

So instead of a fight tank fight, it was a fight wait Bingo? Isn't that a normal sortie in the lawn dart?

Is that stereotyping if we make them Red Air? Will they be GCI dependant? Standard loadout? They're going to simulate some fucked up loadout (wall to wall AA-8s) just to have an Eagle guy stand up and say "Thats not how you do that!"

"I sure hope I get the chance to do some career broadening" "sometimes, when I'm flying, I wish I had someone to talk to."

W of I25 in the Rockrimmon area. The maps show everything west of Centennial, but I've heard numerous reports of ash and embers falling as far away as East Colorado Springs/Powers. This is going to be a legit disaster area if something doesn't change quickly. All the hotels are full. My family will probably have to move out of town/state if our house is damaged - there are no other options.

Traffic in the area is bumper to bumper. Ash and embers are falling all across the area south of the Academy. I'm hoping I still have a house when this is over.

Sweet, that is 35 miles south of where I am now. Do I get Almost Remote credit?

I bet SecState is calling Turkey right now to let them know they don't have a hair on their ass if they don't thump that SAM site. If that doesn't do it, she may escalate to the double dog dare.

You forgot the classic... Gird your soldiers in belts of light, that they might be visible from every aspect. None shall smite they that glow.

WOW, I feel much better knowing that I was one of the 157 dudes (and dudettes - I know at least one female in the crowd) who was holding the Air Force back. Now that we're gone, I'm sure things have improved measurably. If it is obvious now that their course of action was unsat, why did they do it? It seemed like a great idea at the time?

Do a little research on an organization called Air Force TENCAP. They specialize in rapid, innovative technology for the warfighter.

Did a quick scan and didn't see this video posted. If it is, my apologies. Thought some of the regulars might find it interesting. https://luckypuppy.bravehost.com/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=1452

I'll pile on. Way back in the 90's, I had an Airman write down that I failed the depth perception test. It took work by an Air Force Ophthalmologist at the same base to submit a waiver request to DODMERB indicating that I passed all subsequent depth perception tests. I got to pilot training. It can be done.

Thou shalt not disrespect the Saberliner! Kick that guy in the nuts.

Holy Shit Butters, you never mentioned you were the President.

Standing by for the "Not Posing with Enemy Body Parts" CBT with 15 sections and an associated classroom component. Maybe they can tie it in with the "Not contesting your Hooker bill in the hallway" CBT.

I know a guy that went to UPT as a Major with Nav wings and a Weapons School Patch. He had a FAIP try to tell him that the US Flag went on that sleeve. Apparently, some of the squadron leadership corrected the Lt, but I would have loved to have seen the event.

I hate wading into the bomber free-for-all again, but the initial point (valid or not, its a statistic and we all know about those) was a comparison of various platforms in an attempt to get a cost per DPI. Several people have discussed range and loiter time. If you want to make this comparison (still not claiming it holds great value) you need to hold some of the variables constant to get a good comparison. Therefor, you either need to compare fuel burn and targets on a short range sortie (Nellis range from Nellis?) or compare fuel burn and targets on a long range sortie (F-16s flying from Diego Garcia?) Second, you throw out that B-1s aren't nuke capable. They were, but the US Government traded that capability away as part of the START treaty. If we really had to, I'm sure the B-1 could go back, but I hope they don't. Does the B-1 work with JASSM? Yes, I ran OT&E. We train to that capability. I'm sure you also know that MALD is initially planned to go to the B-52 and F-16 (Objective platforms) and will eventually migrate to others - B-1 included. As to the initial statement that the B-1 may go away soon, I highly doubt that given its current role in the CENTCOM AOR. We now return you to a debate about lies, damnable lies and statistics.

I was at Upper Heyford .... as a dependent. Very interesting to get the BBC and ITV take on events. Where were you at the time? Alconbury?

You can't really be assigned to the Aces II test bed and get butt hurt over that.

That guy again! He must have thousands of hours in the Viper, but his takeoffs are 20% higher than his landings.

Gotta go with the multiple. Aviators and alcohol lead to unusual attitudes in every sense of the term.

Its prop guys so how about Carb (carburetor) Ice Bucket or Mixture Rich Lounge

Leadership second guessing is nothing new. Early in my career, a friend was bringing a jet back from the UK when they got a "Vibe Hi" light somewhere over Scotland. In the B-1, those lights are either spurious (bad sensor) or they indicate that the motor in question is about to come apart catastrophically. Because you can't tell the difference, you treat it like an impending failure. The AC shut down the engine and returned to their point of departure. Leadership hit the ceiling and wanted to know why they didn't bring the jet home, across the North Atlantic, in clear violation of Dash 1 emergency procedure guidance. There is no situation too clear cut to be Monday morning quarterbacked.