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Bad week for private space companies.

The FTS signal was sent at T+20, almost the same instant it settled back to the ground.

ULA didn't bid for CRS.

Jack Broughton 1925-2014 Thud Ridge is one of the best books that I have ever read. In my opinion the chapter Longest Day is one of the most heart wrenching and infuriating things published about the US air campaign and leadership during Operation Rolling Thunder. He would have been awarded a second Air Force Cross but it was denied by Gen John Ryan was denied due the "Turkestan incident." His willingness to go to bat for his subordinates is something that I feel would never happen in today's Air Force.

Orbital had a problem earlier this year with an engine exploding on the test stand. Looks like it happened again. As a side note, these engines are the same type of engines intended to be used in the Soviet N1 moon rocket which failed four times before being cancelled.

How else are you going to get your sports talk radio while hot-gassing?

Good luck bring able to use it in the aircraft.

Yes and no. I don't know if they have gotten the last couple aircraft but all of the training is now in the TH-1Hs. The 23rd has the only program in the entire 58 SOW that finishes students on time. Both T-1s and T-38s are dropping CV-22s. They actually shut off the Rucker CV drops for a while but that was short lived.

A block of airspace where you are not restricted to a specific route for low level flight.

Random question: does anybody know if there is a published color conversion chart for full color patches to OCP? The AF Heraldry Institute had one for subdued and desert but not one for OCP. I think one should exist but I can't find it.

The H-1s issued Massif as well. I took it to Arctic Survival and it was amazing. Only wore two layers and I was nice and toasty in -20*F

So I dug around the far reaches of Google's second page of search results and found out some more info on this. This presentation outlines some of the objectives of this program and from the looks of things it seems like they are taking a hard look at the Army's FREE program. Massif is currently the producer for the FREE garments so there is hope that the AF can pull off a miracle by using something that already exists and works well and implement it across the board. Just make it mirror the NAVAIR color or configuration and you're set.

Why are they doing this? They already have Massif (which is amazing) or the Navy's MCPS. Seems like a waste.

Looks like it was mostly intact when it hit.

Does this apply if you refuse on-base lodging and stay off base but do not have a non-a? Also if a commander authorizes proportional rate MI&E instead of the on base rate is this hit as well? This wasn't explained in the policy change memo.

It's the MI&E that is reduced, not the lodging

Mark Udall. He's campaigning on it as well.

The ANG guys out of Moffet are now "paramilitary" according to Vice Link Worn down describes a lot more than the paint job

They need people to put up the UAV TFRs every day.

There's petite and there's needing to eat a hamburger.

Via JQP:

It also hides all of the grease stains.

Moose's Memorial information:

Go big [and] go home

The army didn't want to pay Crye the licensing fee for multicam so they used a pattern they already had rights to.