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AFSOC is rife with tribalism and hidden agendas. Bashi is right- the AC mafia has crushed light attack inside AFSOC. They hate small airplanes and they hate competition for collecting scalps.

Yup! I wear AF PT gear once a year when I take my PFT. That’s it.

JW, good perspective. I enjoy reading different opinions.

I remember being a new 130 CP and talking on the radio while the other guy flew. If anything unusual happened, the pilot spent time telling me what to say then I’d say it. To me it’s CRM degrading. Anyway, when I was a 130 IP I liked to have the PF talk. Every CP seemed to prefer it, and we’d stay engaged by swapping legs. When I went to fly something more tactical, the standard was PF talks because there’s a lot for the PNF to do. It makes sense if the PNF is busy. Understand it’s a standard in many communities and been done that way forever. Not sure those are good reasons to continue, so I was curious what the advantage is to that method. Sounds like “keeps the CP awake” is it?

I think if you’re flying you should talk on the radio. I’m curious why people teach/practice the other way.

Some of our enemies live in caves, some live in upscale residences. They would definitely say they are winning. I don’t disagree. Regarding the thread topic... what am I supposed to be worried about regarding Helsinki or the FISA papers release?

As an outsider looking in, her resume doesn’t indicate she’ll take AMC in a more tactical/less queepy direction. Good luck gents.

Staff is prison and it would take a culture change at every level to fix.

Just so I’m tracking, personal attacks are immature except when you do it?

I wasn’t being sarcastic, I was referencing An old Day Man post. If you search “thanks for your service” in forums here, you’ll notice he’s right and it’s a sick burn! Cheers 🍻

Sick burn!

I agree. Just because the guy running this experiment is legit doesn’t mean I’m naive enough to think the AF will learn the right lessons and make smart decisions. The organization is broken. Regardless, VR is becoming mature enough for incorporation into training syllabi.... but how to leverage its strengths and avoid weaknesses will take some study. Applications aren’t limited to pilot training either, at my last job we were using it to familiarize new guys with the layout of large ships & subs. There’s all kinds of interesting applications and I’m glad the AF is experimenting with it.

They’re issuing each student a full VR kit: goggles, controls, computer, etc. Its a nice one, and expensive.

Concur. However, VR beats chairflying with a poster. Also better than a SIM for some lessons. The key question is can this technology provide enough base knowledge to make flights more efficient? If you cut 25% of syllabus flights but replaced them with 400% increase in VR training, can you produce an equivalent (or better) product for less money? i don’t know the answer, but I’m glad we’re investigating the question. And I think we’ve got a team in Austin who will assess objectively.

Thanks for your reply. I’ll look at the podcast when I can, hopefully later today. Appreciate your anecdote as well, I’ve genuinly never heard of this issue from a real person.

Resistance to voter ID efforts are about enabling fraud and undermining our system. See, I can make dumb generalizations too! When you assume my intent and base your opposition to my concerns on this incorrectly assumed intent, discourse is impossible. Said another way, when the discussion starts by you telling me my concerns are not just invalid, but neferious, there can be no amicable resolution. Why don’t you try seeing the voter ID issue from my perspective? I see the potential disenfranchisement issue from yours, and I get it. As I said to NS, I don’t think it’s a serious issue but I could be wrong. How can we fix it? Basically, since we should agree that voting integrity is the foundational legitimacy of representative democracy, how can we compromise and ensure both our concerns are addressed? I’ll tell you how not to do it— starting the discussion by assuming my concerns are smokescreen for cheating my fellow citizens.

Another great post because it chrystalzes the differences between us. I just don’t believe the link you posted about 3.2 million eligible voters unable to obtain appropriate ID. I’ve never in my life met someone in the US without ID required to vote, and my wife and I have worked with old and economically disadvantaged folks while volunteering in some run down locations. on the other hand, I think voter fraud is far more common than you assume. So I understand your POV, but we disagree on the facts so we’ve drawn different conclusions. Which is a consistent theme for most of our political disagreements.

Out of curiosity, did you volunteer to recat to 11U? The light attack fly off crews are not exclusively 11F.

Interesting read, thanks for posting. i don’t think we’ll buy light attack. Too bad.

Upmass. It's really expensive to put stuff into orbit. Check sarcasm detector bro

I admit total ignorance on the topic, but your comment shamed me into some reading on the article IV outer space treaty. So why haven’t we been dropping tungsten rods on white bongo trucks the last 15 years? I want the next JFIRE to have calls for fire TTPs for a damn space gun.

Frankly I like the idea of breaking space roles away from the terrestrial services. I want the USAF to worry about airplanes. that said, aren’t there international treaties prohibiting the weaponization of space? Going to be weird having an unarmed military branch. I wonder what NASA thinks about this whole thing.

I understand you have an answer for my observations of hypocrisy. When the same people tell me Christian bakers must celebrate a lifestyle their conscience opposes, then turn around and say it’s ok for a restaurant owner to deny service to folks whose beliefs they oppose...I see hypocrisy & none of your rationalizations are convincing. Our left/right bickering increasingly sounds like a married couple right before they divorce. Every small disagreement is war; which side will be the first to suggest an amicable separation? California seems poised to try. You can say you don’t like Maxine, but as our political polarization increases the moderate voices will be squashed in favor of brash assholes. I almost commented something similar to your FB post of the George Will article; George is definitely a relic from the era of compromise and he hates the anger of the GOP base. But folks are pissed on both sides and we can’t compromise. I don’t believe in the concept of a protected class, how can we even start to have this discussion? tough times ahead bro. I wish we could agree on more.

Homosexuals are a protected class and people with seriously held religious convictions aren’t? Do we get to vote on who is a protected class? Do I have a say in who is allowed more equality than me? And can anyone reconcile the idea of a “protected class” with a society of equals? The hypocrisy in your viewpoint is staggering. Business owners either can or can’t dictate who they serve. In my opinion, they can and I’m fine with Sanders being tossed out. But your opinion apparently is that rules can change to enable outcomes you like. i enjoy listening to the debates in this thread, and I think the group here does it with more civility than anywhere else. So it’s interesting to cut to the heart of these debates on both sides, it allows us to understand the logic driving other viewpoints. That’s cool. But without standards applied equally this whole form of government falls apart.