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Just wanna thank you all for what you do. It's been a hot minute since I've used your service, but it's great to have in the hip pocket. Especially because the jet I'm on at the moment has 2x broken SATCOM...

Except Putin did try and take Kiev. "According to the British Ministry of Defence, Russian forces were 31 kilometres (19 mi) from the city-center of Kyiv (Source)." Also, how was that peace deal sabotaged? I'm unable to read the article behind a paywall. But it seems like that peace deal resolved around Ukraine giving up rights to many territories and several other concessions to Russia.

Video of the incident. My take away, dang, really everything these days is caught on camera. Plan accordingly.

I know I shouldn't feed the troll but this quote...wow. Seriously? Geee...I wonder what might have happened in 2014 that would cause the US to start giving them weaponry.

Glad the pilot got out. And that's definitely an F-35.

Ah, yes. The classic "Peace for our time" approach.

True, when you don't mind sending your troops into combat on unarmored ATV's and armed with Mosin–Nagants and have no regard of their well being, let alone surviving, I guess that does give you a bit of a strategic and tactical advantage.

1) Do we believe Putin and why? This could easily be a chance for Russian forces to rest, re-equip, and re-arm as well as mass and further fortify their current positions. Then, when they so choose, continue their advance. 2) Is Zelenskyy okay with those terms? Publicly he has stated his terms include the pre-invasion borders...

I mean, let's put it in perspective: the discussion of land lost in the last year is 0.2% of Ukraine's land mass (As of this morning at 6am: 552 sq miles out of 233,062...Source). I am sure any countries leader worth a damn would say their definition of victory is to regain ALL invaded territory. It isn't very realistic for him to publicly say he is okay with Crimea being the sacrificial lamb. Behind closed doors in a negotiated settlement? Maybe it'll be different. But I can't fault him for his patriotism. I think well equipped Ukrainians can regain land from the Russians, after all, from June to December they liberated 199 sq miles. Russia has "only" occupied 294 sq miles from this April to May with their major offensive which coincided with Ukraine's major artillery shell shortage. Meanwhile, an underequipped Ukraine is still managing to schwack oil depots and major infrastructure in Novorossyisk and a refinery in Tuapse, not to mention the attack on aviation assets in Belbek Air Base, to name a few recently. We will see how they do after the next shipment of equipment arrives.

Granted, I'm just a lowly herbivore but I think simulated kill silhouettes are beyond dumb. But here is the Navy doing it in 2009: The pesky Germans in 2012 (and I don't believe they have any sense of humor): But while we are the subject, another Growler just showed up with this: https://www.twz.com/air/navy-ea-18g-growler-sports-puzzling-mi-24-hind-kill-mark-overseas

Fixed it for you.

I separated back at the end of 2023, but it still sounds busy over there. Demand exceeds capacity, so it'll always be busy. As for hiring, I believe a lot of functionals aren't releasing people. If you actually get the in person interview invite then you have a pretty good chance of getting hired. At that point, it's more timing (provided you don't bomb the interview)...some people have to interview twice just for timing.

It is damn impressive that he is both a tabbed ranger and sapper. It also looks like he has air assault and jump wings. While I am all for expanding the breadth of knowledge...all of this seems excessive for a Space Force ADO assigned to a TES. Dude should have just joined the Army.

Let's just be happy it's not a strategic asset this time (ie: B-2 runway departure, B-1 ILS scrape, etc). The AF really needs to get back to basics with the OPSEC from the nonners. MX or OPs gets warned about taking pics of the flight line/incidents. Everyone else? Not so much.

Well then, he will be happy to hear that Hamas has cut the price of the FREE food/aid. Unrelated: Didn't the US dispose of Mohamed Farrah Aidid in Somalia for the exact same thing Hamas is doing?

Random question for the SWA folks: do you guys have a HUD or autoland?

It makes me feel really safe when I get randomed 96.69% of the time but then my illegal immigrant passengers are flying for free with no ID or background check AND yet I have to show TSA 2 forms of ID.

Russian landing ship, allegedly carrying ammunition resupplies, turned into a submarine: Video

Not eligible for bonus, not eligible to promote, and will deploy if combat coded...wow. Sounds like a great deal!

Outstanding! But one point of correction: based on the title I was thinking it was a Kirov or another Slava (remember when they sank the Moskva back in 2022) class...the ship in this video was "only" a Corvette.

Sorry to hear. But, it sounds like you have a great attitude and that is very important. One of my buddies was in a similar situation and ended up getting force shaped back in 2010 time frame...he went on to go to a big name business school, owns his own airplane, and is a multimillionaire. He mostly regrets not serving in the AF up to his personal standard, but I'm sure he isn't sad while driving his Aston Martin.

Disclaimer: I've only flown the C-40, not an airline 737, but I'm now flying the 320. The Guppy's FMS, overall flows, VNAV, climb rate and stopping distance are way better than the bus, IMO. 2 cup holders, hooray! Jump seat is meh...deer stand is torture. The Bus is slightly quieter at cruise but takes for ever to get there. Not monitoring the engine start is neat. The autoflap retract on a heavy climb out is weird since you basically have to overspeed it then trust the automation to prevent an actual overspeed. The lack of an auto let down ability at TOD is annoying. But it's super easy to "fly" and I do enjoy the tray table. Jump seats way better. Overall, I'll fly which ever one results in a better schedule. Oddly, at my domicile the bus is more junior than the guppy on the FO side so that's why I picked it.

F-22's doing CAS? Ron Swanson as President?! What's next? Cats and dogs living together?

I didn't get the joke at first on OE when my CKA remarked that the FA's will cure 3/4's of the pax getting on early in wheelchairs. After we put the jet to sleep I noticed a good half dozen wheel chair pushers still waiting for pax when I got off and told them the jet was now empty.