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How long do you expect to be DNIF afterwards?

I'm a believer in modernizing the entire fatkid fleet of AWACS, RJ's, JSTARS, EC's, and maybe even a few other cats and dogs to a 737-800 or 777 baseline in much the same way as we did the 707's back in the day.

Northrop's in the game.

Rothenberg ob der Tauber and Strausberg were two of our favorite places. Each about a 2 hr drive from K-town in different directions. Have a great time.

I don't see where they broke any rules.

I've been cooking corn with coconut oil lately. Amazing. It fries the jalapenos perfectly, much more forgiving than canola or peanut oil. It also makes the corn light and very fluffy. Current recipe is two heaping tablespoons of the coconut oil, 1/4 cup of jalapenos - fry 'til the noise quiets down, 1 solo cup of corn. Liberal sprinkling of kosher salt after it's popped.

Come on. The letter is fabulous and should be preserved and made accessible to those without facebook access. Emphasis added.

Kalashnikov is coming to America.

Initiatives announced

Just to keep the thread politically balanced...

69 people die and 169 people hospitalized after drinking bad beer at a funeral.

Must we always create an artificial consequence to augment the natural consequences of bad decisions? Perhaps he's been (or going to be) disciplined quietly, without a continued media circus. You mentioned an OTH discharge as though it was getting away without punishment, but it is in itself an administrative punishment. The main purposes of discipline are to discourage repeat actions by both the offender and others later considering a similar offense (and occasionally to satisfy the need of revenge for the victims, not really a player in this case). Arguably, the natural consequences of his choice, with their associated media firestorm, served to satisfy those main objectives. Any other administrative discipline is icing on the cake.

Not a bad list, but I sincerely believe that nothing beats Ronald Reagan riding a velociraptor into battle.

Which one's better: guns, airplanes, or bacon?

I would argue that he's been punished more effectively for his choices already than most people would experience for a joke told in bad taste.

Prosecutors are recommending felony charges against Petraeus.

[sarcasm]Based on recent news reports, I would rank another TAMI21 as being more likely than another VSP for 2015.[/sarcasm] Edited to add proper notation.

The document you linked says "conduct basic CAS." 3-09.3 definition of CAS is pretty inclusive and doesn't require all the capes of a CAS specific aircraft like the A-10. In fact, it's inclusive enough that pretty much any aircraft with bombs or bullets and a radio could "conduct basic CAS." I don't see it as a barrier to their IOC.

So, they're saying they want a plane that can sustain 60 degrees of bank in level flight at 195 ktas? Or am I missing something?

Up 5%.

No TERA, no VSP, no monetary voluntary force shaping and no involuntary force shaping for 2015.

She won.

Just got real. Congrats Champ on finally getting your M-code.

Mad dog was evil. Never again.