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I think the odds of a 64 year old being unnecessarily naked and not realizing his camera and mic are on is a pretty likely scenario.

Any FedEX guys know when the iPad (10) lanyards are getting ordered? I’d like one.

If you think Tommy Tuberville will make that decision, we really are fucked. And hearing a high ranking GO actually be honest about costs, troop numbers, etc is a nice departure from the Afghanistan hearings.

Your description of a a "hyper sophisticated search engine" is very accurate. I've worked on a bunch of AI things and the annoying part about AI is the assurance that people think it will get to "general" artificial intelligence because it's growing so fast. It's very similar to saying we'll have time travel in the next 10 years because tech is changing so fast. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674278660 - "The Myth of Artificial Intelligence" is a good read to understand this subject.

I will bet a large sum of money that they will agree with that sentiment. I also bet that modern day fighter pilots will have a different interpretation. Seeing as I’m between these two generations, I’ll defer to the voice of the elder millennial, Jeffrey Lebowski.

So shooting down hordes of IL-76 = No kills?

That’s actually a pretty interesting discussion point. Does it have to be manned for a kill to count? Does it have to be maneuvering? I wonder what the F-14 community would say shooting down Soviet missiles going after the carriers? Or German pilots shooting down non-maneuvering bombers in WW2? What about a gun kill vice missile kill? And if you get 5 BVR kills with active missiles really make you more talented of a fighter pilot than some guy that got 1 with a 9P?

Went to Civil War today. Very good movie. I really liked how there was basically no political agenda one way or another, just a story. Highly recommend.

On that note, on the AF portal search for “ARMS” and find the one labeled “aircrew summary”. Great way to make sure HARM is inputting sorties. Also, the AF apparently rolled out a cool thing called “envision” (envision.af.mil) that has all that along with career summary stuff. Very good product.

My favorite output from that was the crater directly where the hangar with gym in a box was with a quote “I told you to stop dropping the weights!”

Yeah, that was another surprising thing with how many Rangers (75th guys) had a hell of a time getting through Ranger school. It’s no joke.

Ranger school is a leadership school and that’s why every Army MOS can attend. It’s why every member of the 75th Ranger Regiment had to attend Ranger school in addition to passing their assessment (RASP or RIP depending on when). I was pretty surprised to learn you can’t be a cook in the 75th without passing both. They also have spots every class for other service members that often go unfilled. The Air Assault one and Sapper is more interesting to me. I’m sure it was sold as leadership development or some such, but it seems a bit odd. Good on him though!

That's almost as good as Guam tipping over.

If some Enlisted dude gets crushed, I better see some of the pilot influencers get crushed. I miss hazing.

I wonder if they can get a rubber mallet out and get it flying again by 2nd go like a Tweet.

Does anyone live in Tuscaloosa and teach at Columbus? How is that drive?

I'd say alot of things TSA does are counter to intelligence.

Lots of interesting Big Safari history out there but one of my favorites is "Poobah's Party" from Gulf War 1. Took a bunch of retired Army short range nuclear cruise missile type done things and modified them to basically be a bunch of MALD. They got the Iraqi IADS (KARI) to illuminate and were subsequently schwacked by the good guy SEAD players. Pretty awesome story.

This thing is really confusing me. I don't doubt that these people are all getting seriously fucked up. But the official position has been crickets and natural causes? WTF is the actual answer on this crap. Or is this the next generation in upping your disability rating? I'm personally going the Navy Chief route and gaining 250 pounds, getting sleep apnea from morbid obesity, and earning my 100% disability but this is creative.

Does “wife bitching” and “it’s Del Rio” count as hardship?

Is there an option if you geo-Bach to keep the BAH at your old spot where your family stays? E.G. I get orders to Laughlin but family stays in Denver, can we keep the Denver BAH?

I remember doing BFM with my feet flat on the floor in the C model B course and needed to move the nose an RCH to the right but couldn’t lift my feet off the floor. So close yet so far away. RC - Weak Calves.

That's really surprising to me that a Captain would still have minima outside of the plate. Is it just a time in type thing? Is that FAA or company?

This plate is funny. The Gettysburg Address is there in the notes but the whole "Autopilot couple approach NA" is buried. The other thing that sounded interesting to me was Brickyard saying they couldn't operate below 4000 RVR (minima on the plate) but they say if you have a HUD or Flight Director you can get down to 2400. I find it hard to believe there isn't a FD on any airliner operating domestically now. Bad thought? For the actual video, I'm pretty sure the pilots had zero SA on where they actually were on that 2nd approach. Tower saved the day, big time. That's another interesting conundrum on a second approach after going missed on the first one. Nothing new had to be set up and just tried the same again. I'd be very interested to get a read out on this one (which I won't, but it'll be interesting).