StoleIt
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My next two projects. Going lightweight with the one with the M4 stock and SPR Mk12 Mod0 clone for the one with the PRS stock. And Action report...I LOVE my M1A. Fucking tack driver.
World's biggest super-jumbos must be GROUNDED, say engineers after cracks are found in the wings of three Airbus A380s Cracks found in two Singapore Air super-jumbos, and one Qantas Both airlines admit cracks, but say planes are safe 'We can't continue to gamble with lives' - engineer https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084242/Airbus-A380-Worlds-biggest-planes-sky-worthy-say-engineers.htmlUh o...so technically I can't wear a watch cap when in my flight suit?$355 million? For 20 fucking planes? $17,750,000 each?! A T-6 costs under $5 million each. WTF?! Are we buying fighter jets or CHEAP CAS platforms? Seriously?!Now now...I am sure Col Old's turned around right after this picture was taken and told the LT to put his sleeves down before they lost the war due to poor attention to detail...Well made it 9/10's through my deployment while sporting the OLD pt sweatshirt (the one that says "Air Force" on it) before I got Chiefed today. DARN! And it was a double whammy since I had my sleeves pushed 1/3 up on my arm too. I still refuse to buy the new PT sweatshirt out of principle that I already paid for this one and I only need to dig it out of the closet when I deploy. So I will continue trying to be as loud as humanly possibly in my PT's swishing down the hallways and through base.That would be great if the totalizer was only 500lbs off. It is generally more along the lines of 5k off. On my last sortie with a working totalizer the grand 7k offload had the totalizer reading 3k. That's fairly normal. Seriously, the thing is worthless. And 90% of the time it's INOP anyway.This coming year might a be a juggernaut for movies: Prometheus: The Dark Knight Rises The Hobbit: The Avengers: The Expendables 2 DAMN! EDIT: Fucking file limit. Last couple are just normal links.PLEASE explain your reasoning on this.If it was up to me I would. But some the intel briefs in the past couple of days does raise an eyebrow for a military aircraft with absolutely zero form of self defense. From the tanker perspective...I'd say 1 out of every 5 receivers so far is as fragged. Generally they want less...but if there is a TIC or something going on they will ask for a top off. And I have yet to have a single mission where the entire offload went as planned according to the ATO. There has always been last minute adds, receiver cancels, token offloads (4k to some Mud Hens...WTF guys), or top offs.That is definitely something I have noticed lately. More and more often on rendezvous we are asking the receivers if they want the normal speed or non-standard. So far we are generally flying 10-20 knots slower than the book says. Don't hesitate to tell the tanker to slow down. Doesn't hurt us a bit and if it makes it easier on you, we will do it.Well it's the 20th where I am. ברוך אתה ה' א‑לוהינו מלך העולם, אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להדליק נר שלחנוכה.Quoted for truth. My personal favorite is burning from the mains while draining aft while pumping from that tank. If that AR isn't a top off then it's going to be off by a couple hundred pounds at least. Let's see I'm burning roughly 2.5k an hour per engine...but the AR only took 7 minutes...minus that difference from the amount that was in the tank that now isn't from the offload...WTF! If you want any precision then pray the new KC-46 has a totalizer that works. Otherwise the game of AR is generally going to be a guestimate. The -135 tanks will move +/- 500lbs in a turn. So I thought I gave you 8.0 until we started the turn and then suddenly it is 7.5 or 8.5. Honestly though, this shouldn't be a battle between fighters and tankers. Yes, I find it annoying I have to juggle tails on the MISREP for some reason I don't really know. And then my Boom gets really pissed when that tail isn't in his little spread sheet when we get back to Ops. BUT, all I care about is giving the guy his gas so he can go help out the guy on the ground. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing a jet come back for gas with some empty pylons on it's wings. That's what our job is about.Also try Lucas Group.Good point, doesn't look like the Navy/Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia have any ratings beyond "basic." Do Marines wear foreign jump wings like the Army?Those might be USMC jump wings, they are a lot wider than AF and Army wings: But the ribbons do raise a serious question...Why couldn't we invade Iran? Curious...It's not like their military is any better than Iraqs. Only reason I can think of is public opinion/support...If you don't mind dropping a bunch (but supporting a good cause) Under Armors "Wounded Warrior" sand shirt is pretty epic. https://www.underarmour.com/shop/us/en/mens/apparel/tops/graphic-ts/pid1217627-Men-s-WWP-Graphic-T-Shirt/1217627-080The Marines are buy both B and C models.Just adding to the trend of new shows that last 4 episodes (Playboy Club, Pan Am, Charlies Angles, etc)From interviews I saw with the test pilot the F-35 bingoed out the NASA chase F-16 and then continued on for another hour. (Viper had 2 bags and -35 was clean as I recall)
