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The part that really bugs me the most about those types is how cheap they are. Look at Facebook marketplace and see all the stuff they’re selling for “like new”. Socialism is great unless you can make some money off the 20 year old single mom looking for a car seat.

Dave Ramsey should use that as a tag line. “Whether you’re trying to blow up the World Trade Center* or chopping your wife up in a wood chipper, pay in cash!” *https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_A._Salameh

Fuuuuck that! We need every 5th Gen, top of the line, BAMF we can get to ensure the flow of Tonight Dough doesn’t slow down.

“Or the goat” lmao

Agreed. I hope they embarrass these fools if they’re really trying to scapegoat this crew. And then I hope they get a new airport.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/12/22/ac-130j-crews-honored-for-being-eyes-in-the-sky-over-kabul-in-2021/ 2 x AC-130’s awarded Mackay Trophy for Kabul evacuation.

What are the prerequisites for this job? I know an O-5 looking for a retirement job…

Sounds like the good people of Stillwater wanted a new runway and saw Uncle Sugar as a way to get there.

I think obesity is the worst problem facing the citizenry of this country and while a lot of that has to do with personal choice, this country is not set up to make meaningful change to curb it. Subsidies to farmers that are still in effect from the Great Depression to incentivize them to grow crops that exclusively end up making food crazy unhealthy (high fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, etc) will never be repealed thanks to lobbying and big agriculture. What actually made me officially leave the Republican Party to become a registered independent was the furor surrounding Michele Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative and wanting to make school lunch healthier. The Republican response to that was purely political and proved nobody wants to actually make a difference. I’ll admit that school lunch and breakfast are just a piece of it, but JFC look at the average group of kids and how many are overweight. It’s terrible.

That’s why you gotta have a cover story man! Especially in Canada, FAWG could be Fuckin’ A Wayne Gretzky for his hockey prowess, Find a Way to Gander for his overland navigation skills (bonus points if from Newfoundland), Freely Acquires Wayward Geese for his work on the Canadian Geese migration, or even Fries Always With Gravy for his poutine obsession. Come on Canucks!

I’m glad the whistleblower is anonymous but had zero issues putting names, faces, and locations of several unit members out for all the world to see. WTFO.

*690

Budget passed the senate. We’ll see what HAF decides for ACP offerings…

A couple questions for the F-35 crowd. 1. Someone mentioned auto-eject earlier. Is that a thing in certain flight regimes? What triggers it? 2. Is that a normal descent rate prior to touchdown? @VMFA187mentioned lift fan failure but I don’t have a frame of reference for what a normal VTOL looks like.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/us/live-news/nuclear-fusion-reaction-us-announcement-12-13-22/index.html First ever successful fusion reaction that produced more energy than it took to make it. Game changing event.

I’ve never been in a community that has had to deal with these types of shenanigans, but has an AC ever just said “fuck this guy. He’s an adult and I’m not responsible for his stupid ass?” Or is it always the military standard of the AC is responsible for everyone on the crew even if they’re shit heads?

I purposely stay out of all this stuff but holy shit, this is sad.

It’s the time of year for these transfer portal (a whole other discussion there) and this one is great. ”Since I am not very tough and Leach is glad I am leaving, I will be entering my name into the transfer portal”. Mike Leach lmao.

I looked it up and according to the Marines website (https://www.aviation.marines.mil/About/Aircraft/Tilt-Rotor/) The inventory between the MV, CV, and HV (Navy) variants should total about 450. These started flying operationally in 2006 and have hit 700,000 hours in that time. For comparison, the U-28 fleet with 1/15 the fleet size, has amassed the same amount of hours approximately. I highlight this point purely to show that I really, really, really hope that the V-280 has alot of the maintenance issues figured out. I'll admit that the V-22 is much more complicated than a PC-12, but damn.

Completely agree that it’s not as fun, but as a tax payer I’d rather have these crews getting training in a cost efficient and representative manner. If that’s with 70 year old T-38’s that can’t takeoff from Ellsworth due to TOLD issues instead of U-28’s that have life out for the next 20 years*, then I’d prefer that. Maybe I’m just jealous that I was never a part of a flying club community that had 38’s sitting on the ramp for me to go train in. But I’ve taken U-28’s into some pretty awesome places and that’s pretty fun too. *The slick PC-12’s flown as companion trainers don’t have that much life left. Apparently doing 30 landings in dirt per sortie wears them out pretty fast. Who knew?

It’ll never happen but they should take the U-28’s getting retired IVO the same time the B-21’s start flying and use those as companion trainers. You won’t have any TOLD concerns, reliable as hell, and I’d suppose that the PC-12 is a better companion trainer than a supersonic white rocket.

Will it though? What do you think it is that keeps USA Men’s soccer from doing better?

Nah, he just left those on the floor for me to high step over like Barry Sanders.

As your roommate on 5 deployments and still AD slug, this hurts. I’ll forever treasure the memories of you crapping your pants in Bagram and owning that intel SrA in Call of Duty.

I’m actually watching this live and watching Christian Pulisic get back in after scoring the goal and getting pretty badly injured has been pretty awesome.