Everything posted by Majestik Møøse
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Trends in Air to Air Combat
What does that buy over a MALD?
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MAFFS C-17?
I can confirm that a DC-10 is unable to fly 100kts. If a DC-10 can be used as a firefighter, the C-17 would be more than suited. For the similar MGW aircraft, look at the difference in the wing chord and angle of incidence. The C-17 is at like 20° AOA sitting still.
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E-11A crash in Afghanistan
Humble speculation with the bros in real time is normal and fine. It’s inadvisable to type out that speculation on the internet, especially if the event is related to a real-world mission.
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
There are some significantly different jury rules that apply to military members. Only 2/3 majority is required (unless it’s for a death sentence), and it’s extremely unlikely that you’ll have a jury of peers on a base where you know all of your peers personally. Civilian defendants have a much better chance than military ones.
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Space Force
Shit, he picked the throwaway COA.
- The Iran thread
- The Iran thread
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KC-46A Info
There’s also a little blurb in there that the Air Force has to pay $55m to fix Boeing’s boom latching problem because the contract was poorly written. Oh well, just write another check! edit: also at least 4 years until IOC. This is fucked up beyond belief.
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- Passing of Matmacwc
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Military members may* be overpaid
I’ve definitely seen it on deployments as well. Room full of fat base ops airmen distracted by morale drive movies that would only help us when directly and loudly engaged. Compare that with the Marines manning Kadena base ops that snapped to attention and almost seemed embarrassed that they didn’t have enough to do. There are two different Air Force cultures; we have too many of one and not enough of the other.
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
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Is it ok for a MSgt to tell a Capt to take out the garbage?
Really the best practice here is to get into a public emotional shouting match with said MSgt. Ask the bystanders for real time feedback on who’s winning.
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Florida cops and UPS truck
“Here, we got your jewelry back. Only had to kill the robbers and two bystanders to do it!”
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Degradation of SUPT
All a very interesting debate. Answers should only come from realistic problems. What’s the likelihood that a particular system or procedure will fail you in a current war? What’s the likelihood in a future war? If said system fails (or is denied), will it raise your risk a notch during certain phases? Maybe that’s acceptable and not worth the training costs to mitigate it. However, if a targeted attack on your Achilles Heel isn’t likely but would result in a F-Kill for your entire MWS, then it’s probably still worth it to train to it.
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Promotion and PRF Information
I didn’t apply for school, but if I did it would’ve been to one of those foreign ACSC deals as a backup to what I primarily want to do. I would’ve appreciated the ability to say “no thanks.”
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Degradation of SUPT
Referring to the dudes that are actively trying to rework your syllabus as “Bobs” is a little disparaging.
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B-21 Raider
Dude, don’t give that guy’s opinion an ounce of credibility.
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
What’s the draw for you guys to do ISTs to the AF?
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
If I ever have to be the IO that writes a 150 page report on why some BGen extended her TDYs by a day to attend retirement ceremonies costing the Gov a whopping $690 per occurrence, I’m doing whatever I can to eject from the AF. The amount of effort that went into that exhaustive investigation boggles my mind. There are so many real tactical problems out there to be solved, and so many $billions wasted on bad acquisitions, and some poor guy devotes all his waking hours to this.
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A Toast in Remembrance of the Fallen...
Another pilot dying early from a rare cancer.
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
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AF enlisted "pilots" - rank doesn't matter, only ability
SNCO pilots would be able to “only fly planes” just like like SNCO maintainers get to “only fix planes”.
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AF enlisted "pilots" - rank doesn't matter, only ability
No one is getting RIF’d anymore. Fly as much as you like, excel in your primary duty, get promoted if you stay in. Virtually automatic to Major. Also, it’s not like career enlisted dudes are immune from staff jobs.