Majestik Møøse
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15 hours ago, artvandelay43201 said:
Sgt. Bass
☠️CMSAF in shambles
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On 8/1/2022 at 5:18 PM, busdriver said:
Big blue doesn't like the ambiguity of platforms that require anything approaching "art" to employ. It doesn't fit with the algorithmic thought process to war planning. What they want is the ability to run an equation:
A aircraft x B munitions x C sorties = we win. Basically an operational level JWS.
I suspect that is the actual root cause, but also influenced by shrinking training dollars and some other stuff.
Shit I wish they thought that way. I don’t see a whole lot of thought on how to sustain a 24-hour shooting war at many levels of leadership. It seems like they’re just thinking about widget vs widget during one vul. If your 7th-Gen fighters get shot in the ass during the RTB because they’re being asked to extend way too far on an OTH mission with no backfill, well that sounds like a root cause to me.
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Been watching F1 for 20 years. Never seen the level of strange calls that Ferrari is making now.
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7 hours ago, uhhello said:
AFE is lower middle of the pack for requirements. Services, Cops, and Stewardess have the lowest component requirement.
Where is this list?
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Looks like a great time to own property in Canada
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On 7/23/2022 at 12:06 PM, Clark Griswold said:
Article didn’t say but have the Ukrainians even asked for them? Seems like they want long range surface to surface missiles, artillery, drones, SAMs and whatever MiGs we can get for them from other nations.
As to the Hog operating there, is there any area close to their FLOT that they could operate without being in the sweet spot of double digit Russian SAM?
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkDepends if you’re a Flat Earth kinda guy
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On 7/13/2022 at 6:39 PM, torqued said:
Only cowards act that way to people that they know can’t fight back. It’s like taunting an animal at the zoo from behind the glass. Knobs like that certainly aren’t walking down the sidewalk telling off normal people.
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On 7/2/2022 at 9:34 PM, Sim said:
But what about
Brian Deese referring to international relations theory, aka liberal vs realism vs constructivism. Not the same as American politics liberal vs conservative. He’s a career international politics and economics guy.
This is a case of an academic being too smart for the audience rather than a vision of Drag Queen Story Time being mandated globally.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/26/one-world-rival-theories/
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5 hours ago, CaptainMorgan said:
I do care about “trans pilot, they/them.” I sympathize with their plight, but I do not believe that anyone with gender dysphoria should be allowed to serve, especially in any role where others’ safety is concerned (such as aircrew). Last I checked, it’s still considered a mental disorder in the DSM (I’m sure that will change when our woke society demands it).DSM 5 removed the word “disorder” from gender dysphoria in 2013 to remove the “stigma” associated with disorders. Though almost every other syndrome is listed as a disorder, including Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
I can’t quite figure out how to account for America’s 180° turnabout in the perception of transgender people in the last decade, nor can I quite figure out what entity pushed so hard for the change.
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This is a sweeping generalization: 50s Baby Boomers > 60s protestors > 70s decadents > 80s yuppies > today’s old liberals. They never lived up to their WW2 vet parents’ accomplishments, so they’ve always felt the need to “do something” even if there’s nothing to do. Combine that with the white guilt from becoming millionaires for doing nothing other than buying a house in the 80s and living off the economic foundations built by the Greatest Generation, and you get a lot of the current Democrat politicians that are striving to accomplish something before they die.
For boomers like Warren, Sanders, Biden, etc, the overturning of Roe v Wade - the single most important social political issue - is absolutely devastating to their self-perceived legacy. From their viewpoint, after a lifetime of comfortable counter-culturalism, seeing the world turning back to that of their war-winning, company-founding, golf-playing dads is absolutely devastating.
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On 6/29/2022 at 3:43 PM, Stoker said:
Oh, the retirement is still moving forward - but also here's a bunch of last minute taskings we have absolutely no one else to do. What do you mean you don't have a crew?
The USAF is getting a free lesson right now on why the artificial tanker gap caused by early KC-10 retirement is at best a criminally negligent act and at worse a root cause for a loss in a shooting war. Even against a second-rate opponent. The real question is whether they’ll admit mistakes or implement a solution.
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Well I can’t be alone in thinking a new Cold War sure would be fun. It’ll most certainly get us back into actual space exploration.
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The Veterans Parking spots at Lowes and Home Depot are dumb. We’re not all handicapped with PTSD, and even if we were, when offered the luxury most of us are the types to automatically refuse the help anyway. I saw the instructions for applying a military discount at HD once, it says to most importantly “ensure you thank the member for their service.” Dude could be a CMOH winner or awaiting NJP, and the cashier is required by company policy to pander to them because of an attribute. Just like the gate agent lets you board before the families, or the commissary makes old ladies wait for uniformed personnel. Nah, I’ll wait my turn.
I imagine many gay people feel the same way about Pride Month when they see dudes slinging dong in public during the small town parade. FFS, just act normal and get on with it.
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9 hours ago, Runr6730 said:
I’ll bite on #3. The community is still figuring out what it’s culture will look like as it builds its capabilities past those if legacy tanker platforms. This is more prevalent on the AD-side, where they purposely built the initial cadre with folks from 21+ different backgrounds to develop a diverse range of thought and tactical experience. On the ANG/AFRC side the community is largely prior KC-135 drivers. These things take time to work out.
What sorts of capabilities? Is it about getting more fuel to more people or is it a distraction from that?
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That article reads like it was written by Chinese AI then run back and forth through Google Translate a few times.
To comment on the content, the biggest factor in winning a conflict is the motivation of the population and its military to fight. Motivation attracts better people, makes them train harder to develop and refine tactics, and increases budget and technology inputs from the population.
There’s no way the PRC population is as motivated to conquer Taiwan as the ROC population is to defend it. Even if the PRC were able to initially get some false motivation from propaganda, it would quickly become unraveled as the conflict drug on. The PRC has known this for the last 60 years - which is why they’ve never attacked - and the Russian-Ukraine conflict has only reinforced that perception.
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Problem solved, then
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On 5/4/2022 at 11:31 PM, StoleIt said:
I saw the physical whiteboard with hundreds of pucks at the CAOC complete with every color of the rainbow and then different styled lines because the poor tanker patch would run out of colors and have to make more creative solutions when they had >40 lines a day.
I remember them trying to make a computer program to schedule tankers and, at least by my last deployment in 2017, it was nowhere near working.
It works great, a lot better than MAAPTK’s tanker pairing. The old board is still on the wall for historic significance.
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No fighter pilots on staff is having noticeable effects from what I’ve experienced. The high dollar LFEs are run mostly by boomer civilians with no concept of modern tactics; the conclusions are pre-drawn and mostly centered on proving they need more billions for an acquisition. The bureaucratic requirements are through the roof, then executed horribly leading to delays and frustration.
The AOCs are run by “not my job” civilians, boomer guard ABMs, and like FLEA said, cross-trained 13Os that have no business planning or executing an air campaign.
Acquisitions have been totally handed over to snake oil salesmen, because there is no one left in staff with the talent or energy to know otherwise.
This is what happens when you take your best prospects, spend millions on them to mold their brains into the world’s best by a years-long process that only exists in mil aviation, then let them walk out the door when their commitment is up.
It is a criminal waste of taxpayer dollars.
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This entire war is amazing to watch. Russia’s only off ramp to return to normalcy is if the FSB kills Putin and his successor says, “yeah, he was a crazy asshole, good riddance, now who wants to buy some oil?”
I’d put $69 on it happening within the year.
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20 hours ago, BADFNZ said:
Bottom line at bottom: taking the bonus will be the worst financial decision you'll ever make. You'd be financially better off buying a boat, airplane, and a 2nd wife. If you love your job and want to continue to serve, I respect you. But don't, for one second, think it's a good financial move to take the bonus.
It’s not a bad chunk of change for those of us who love our jobs and the people we serve with. Doubly so if you’re a U-2 guy without a Guard option!
(unless you’re cool with flying something lame)
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17 minutes ago, Buddy Spike said:
Or, it goes to show how easy it is to create mythology in 2022 and people will really believe anything no matter how outlandish.
The reality is likely that most of the Ukrainian kills have been through SAMs/Manpads and most of their air force was destroyed on the ground with very few if any air to air kills.
Ghost of Kiev is better thought of as the Ukrainian resolve personified.
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2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
Serious freaking stones.
Can you imagine if we had a leader like this who wasn't a narcissist or a duncewagon, just patriot fighting for his country.
America so desperately needs someone that can unite us. Political infighting is fucking us over.
2 hours ago, Smokin said:Rather than scaring the west with Putin's military juggernaut, this should embolden us to action.
The Russians are absolute paper tigers, especially in a conventional offensive. The dangerous part is they would resort to nukes when backed into a corner. Like a homeless guy with a hand grenade.
30 minutes ago, Danger41 said:I was discussing this at work the other day and one of our intel guys who is super sharp was blown away at the feasibility of the “Ghost of Kyiv” based on capes of a Ukrainian Fulcrum vs Russian jets (radars, weapons, etc). All valid points but it truly goes to show that weapons and all of that are important, but the people using them are what truly matter. Kind of like John Boyd using the E-M theory and stating that an F-4 could never beat a MiG in a dogfight because the charts showed it performed worse. I doubt that story (Ghost) is true, but I know for certain that the Ukrainian military/people have shown one hell of a fighting spirit.
I love our Intel guys, but lately too many bros have bought into scary intel baseball cards with long range threats. A sniper rifle out ranges a platoon of Marines, but that’s not going to keep them from advancing.
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Watched the entire Putin speech. He essentially feels disrespected by bigger nations, gets visibly emotional, and repeats the classic “we have no other choice” line about invading Ukraine. Said that if he didn’t, then Russia will cease to exist. Shades of Napoleon, Tojo, and Hitler.
Small penis confirmed.
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“Where’d this fucking monkey come from?!?”
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Lighten Up Francis!
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Posting boomer political memes (left or right) is highly correlated with your friends unfollowing you on Facebook. Nobody wants to see that shit, go back to rooting for a sports team or get a retirement hobby. People tying their egos to the actions of a politician will destroy America. Hate China instead.