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Completely valid point. Of course, as cool as a rehashed skyraider or OV10 would be, we'd probably be just as good buying a few hundred A-29 Super-T's.

A P&W PT6 on a Skyraider would work just fine. My biggest question would be how to best refuel it in flight.

That's an interesting first post. Welcome to BODN.

Now THIS, augmented of course by the whole menu of other combat aircraft, might replace some of the capes we'd be losing with the A-10.

No hate. It's #8 on my top eight that I would cut, in order. I sincerely believe that pilots could be adequately prepared for most IQT programs with an extended T-6 only UPT syllabus. T-38 or T-X would still be necessary for the transition to fighter aircraft through IFF, but do we really need a three phase program for everyone and every plane?

How can we get comm (cyber?) to stop force restarting mission critical equipment to perform routine windows updates, during mission critical times, with only 30 seconds of notice?

1: F-35 2: F-15C 3: B-1 4: RQ-4 5: U-28 6: C-5 7: UH-1 8: T-1

In life & death, $41 is pretty cheap. However, here's an abbreviated free version. https://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/boyd/osinga_boyd_postmod_copyright2007.pdf

From the article... I'm not sure the strap on gun will be enough. Will they also consider strap on wings to improve loiter times and maybe decrease turn radius?

If a person is dripping in vomit, does it matter?

IFS in a DA-20... Small aircraft, so they paired big students w/ small instructors and vice versa. We had a fairly rotund nav-to-be that puked on every flight, per the standards. About 10 flights into the program, he was right at the beginning of a routine sortie when he turned left to inform his petite female instructor of the impending disaster. The only words he was able to get out of his mouth were "I think I'm gonna be......." They immediately performed one to a full stop, shut down, and she marched straight to the step desk. A large group of us were getting ready to step when she walked in, dripping head to toe, said she was done, and left.

Mikey Weinstein loses to constitution after celebrating brief victory over freedom of speech.

Half way down the page. Link

Did someone say beetlejuice too many times?

I'm guessing the office of the CSAF doesn't have an LPA assigned.

Not exactly about puke, but I didn't want to start a new thread with a NSFW title. This article was hilarious, and so were the comments afterwards. Yes, it was written by a navy pilot, but I could certainly relate having had both fellow crewmembers and pax undergo similar travails.

Of note, I believe this is the year many KC-135's start being closer in date of manufacture to the Wright Brothers first powered flight than they are to today. We're 2 years out from the current buffs also getting that proud distinction.

He mispronounced OODA.

The real question is, how many G's can it pull?

In world war 2, we didn't need sniper pods. We had pods for snipers.

The AF has released its stressed career fields list. It's a little funny how many of these were also VSP eligible just a few months ago. Stressed officer career fields: 11H Rescue Pilot. 11R Reconnaissance /Surveillance/Electronic Warfare Pilot. 11S Special Operations Pilot. 12M Mobility Combat Systems Officer. 13C Special Tactics Officer. 13D Combat Rescue Officer. 13L Air Liaison Officer. 18X Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot. 64P Contracting Officer.

To him.

Come to think of it, we've already got a new baseline MDS in the KC-46. Shouldn't be too difficult to make an EC-46, an RC-46, and whatever else is needed for the next 30-40 years.

J's to get a 105.