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    The new airline thread

    in Squadron Bar

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    7 hours ago, Springer said:

    During my entire airline career I always bid Sept off and was easy to get no matter my seniority.   I had no squids to consider.  Best time to travel, no crowds, and cooler in Europe. 

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    Ditto on bidding off Sept.  Flight loads are less, kids are back in school, no crowds, cooler, parks/campgrounds are dead.   

     

    Side note: is that pic Grindelwald area?

    Leadership at the 'Deid

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, Scooter14 said:

    Died uniform question.

    What are the approved covers with the desert flight suit and with OCPs?

    I’ve had a desert floppy hat my whole career, worn it on every deployment since 1997. Has that gone the way of the dinosaur?

    Summer of '19 deployment i wore the bag w/ floppy.  No issues

    Finally done in Afghanistan?

    in General Discussion

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    51 minutes ago, fire4effect said:

    One thing I just recalled and I can't prove this actually happened but supposedly Bin Laden saw how we cut and ran after "Blackhawk Down" in Somalia in 93 and he believed and conceived the 9-11 attacks because he thought we would wholesale cut and run from the Mideast after the 9-11. What we do now could define who we are as a country in our eyes and the eyes of the world for years to come. I ask our leadership, are all we going to have for these people are "thought and prayers"?

    Based on our current political leaderships COA?  A resounding yes.

    Biden just wanted to pull the plug and wave the flag on 9/11 and say “see, my leadership brought all the troops home and ended the forever war”

    He chose….poorly

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    Finally done in Afghanistan?

    in General Discussion

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    7 minutes ago, dogfish78 said:

    What's the long-term plan with these "refugees"? Genuinely curious. It's not like they can go back to Afghanistan. So what, do they just become legal residents in the host nations?

    Curious to where they’re putting refugees at the Deid. I mean, its August and can’t recall facilities that would be able to accommodate thousands

    Finally done in Afghanistan?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, GrndPndr said:

    I think the probability-weighting for option D should be a heavier (maybe 75%)

    Once we are out, these knuckleheads are going to twelfth-century everyone they can get their filthy hands on.

     

    We should've thrown a Hellfire into the Presidential Palace when all those Talibs were gathered around the desk (I know, before you counter, you can't chop the head off this snake). 

    It is written into the Koran that is not verbotten to "lie" to one's adversary in order to advance jihad.  In fact, it's encouraged!  They're gonna tell us/the world what we want to here and then do the exact opposite in a few days/weeks.  

    Finally done in Afghanistan?

    in General Discussion

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    The other concept which is relevant in this case is the fact that the Afghan culture is based on constantly shifting alliances with whoever happens to hold the most power at the time.  ANA was "slowly" crumbling the last few months.  Soldiers saw the inevitable and began to change side en masse.

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    Finally done in Afghanistan?

    in General Discussion

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    8 minutes ago, dogfish78 said:

    😆 How could I have missed that requirement?? You're correct.

    Transgender USAF veteran trapped in Taliban takeover of Kabul (losangelesblade.com)

    Broken tranny-arrow! Broken tranny-arrow! We HAVE to go back because of a transgender USAF veteran! Send in the troops we MUST save our precious tranny! We cannot possibly allow the regime to be made a mockery of. Mister Thomas WILL come home.

    Helen of Troy moment when?

     

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    I just spit my coffee out

    Finally done in Afghanistan?

    in General Discussion

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    The lack of planning for this one is truly astonishing.  Pack up and leave during the height of the fighting season when the enemy is strongest.  Why not wait till winter when they all head to Pakistan?  Oh wait, because someone wants to establish the final day on 11 Sept.  How ironic when that day comes and the Taliban plant that flag atop the US embassy.  The long term negative optics on this will be painful

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

    in General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Guardian said:


    Yes. That’s normal. Otherwise they have no proof and will show you as not having it in the system.

    This line of questioning from you makes me think there are people out there going to try and say they have had it and get away with that. Highly caution against that. Then they will have you on two things. Not vax’ing and lying. Not saying that’s what you are doing. Just made me think.

    Nah, I'm vaxed, just curious as to the legality of "asking" for the vax record.  

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