PolyestherDuck

Tell him to get the guy's name and document all applications, etc. Why? There's a little thing called a "Congressional Complaint and Inquiry."

This.

I'd rather see them make a Block 70 Viper, new versions of the Eagle, and a Super Super Hornet. Toss in some stealthy deep penetration/strike RPAs and we're good to go. Make an extended range HARM, extended range AIM-120, and more JASSMs and there's no need the majority of the CAF would need to be L.O.

No disagreement on the need for COIN, but I'd argue we're rapidly losing our ability to do the other stuff even remotely as well as we used to.

Just re-read it all... Will our Air Force ever be as great as it was in the 1980s and very early 90s? Yes, technology and tactics have improved, as well as the tools with which we train, but can anyone here argue that our fighter force gets far fewer hours than they probably ought to and squadrons are bereft of significant experience? Edit: Regarding experience, I'm not talking hours turning circles over OIF or non-contested NT-ISR or the occasional CAS in OEF.

Not my story but I once heard an RPA guy say something about going beak-to-beak with himself in something called a MAC GCS. I'm not certain but I've heard that you can pay to see that in Parumph.

I choked on my Ensure while reading this.

Best. Dog. Ever.

SkyNet has become SELF-AWARE. https://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/2011/04/21 Oh, and dibs on Catherine Weaver.

Is it failure if they have henceforth sworn never to show up at our roll call again? Our mayor took very good care of them...

CGOC decides to hold a meeting in the bar prior to squadron roll call...

If you really want to go fighters, separate ASAP and find a guard unit that's hiring TRs and will send you to training. You won't make shit as a TR with no man-days but you'll fly pointy thingies. Otherwise, welcome to RPAs.

On September 3rd, 1951, a strike force of U.S. Navy Grumman F-9 Panthers was going in to hit the railroad freight yards at Wonson, North Korea. The formation was from VF-51, the "Screaming Eagles," staging from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. While over the target area, one of the aircraft, tail number 125122, was struck by anti-aircraft artillery fire and lost elevator control. The pilot, a 21 year old NROTC aviation cadet, managed to nurse his crippled aircraft back across friendly lines, then, unable to land, ejected from the aircraft near a friendly air base. He then parachuted to earth safely and without injury, though certainly shook up for the ordeal. The pilot was fortunate that he was not injured or killed that day. Though only an obscure young aviator in those days, Neil Armstrong would later fly another Grumman-built machine to a place far more distant than Korea, and into the pages of history forever. "When the going gets tough, a Grumman will get you home."

You forget... All services are going to downsize by 10% per year in 2010, 2011, and 2012, per SECDEF. A 30% cut means that pilots who get out don't have to get RIF'd. We'll take our lumps, our bend-overs, and our bad assignments and like it. Oh, and we'd better get a 90 on the PT test too.

Surely someone's filed FOIA requests regarding this "closed" investigation? If not, why not?

So, analyzing the RUMINT here, it sounds like she may have gotten knocked up by an Enlisted Marine, then pursued off-base medical measures to eliminate the problem, which may or may not have gone as planned, resulting in her remaining in medical care for a few days followed immediately by her "escape", i.e. return to base. After that, it very much sounds like the .mil expidited her extraction in order to avoid a national debate on abortion in the military. Is that the gist? In the meantime, regardless of what actually happened, relations with Kyrgyzstan were set back 10 years.

I thought they only needed tankers if they were crossing the International Date Line?

One of the TSGts I work with got pulled over yesterday. The reason? A "proper" stop is 3 seconds, vice just a complete stop. I saw this discussed earlier, but is there a specific regulation that cites it as 3 seconds? The state regulation simply cites it as a "full stop."

This gives me an interesting idea... If all 17000 members of the Facebook page wore their reflective belts off base on a coordinated day... say, National Reflective Belt day, would it get nationwide press? If interviewed or questioned, respond with "The military taught me that wearing a reflective belt provides good visibility for vehicle drivers and makes it safer for me as a pedestrian, even if I'm in a Wal-Mart parking lot."

You're right. I put a big chunk of my pilot bonus into TSP two years ago. Everything I put in went in as tax exempt. As a result, the cut the .gov took in taxes for the month of my bonus check was much smaller.

If someone asks this, I'll throw in a bottle myself.

I'd volunteer for a year at the Deid if he said this.

LarueTactical OSR on order!

Mon Dieu... are we still at war???