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Considering the released the dudes they caught last time, I'd be concerned too.

I'm sure they will both arrive in a timely fashion...Boeing is known for that.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/01/04/bidens-final-pitch-to-georgia-vote-blue-and-2000-checks-will-go-out-the-door-immediately/ I'll just leave this here. Inflation is a bitch isn't it?

Wasn't the point of the Weasel mission to be shot at before the strikers? Turns out, the radar gets better, the role still exists. LO aircraft don't meet that intent, change my mind. Also Fat Amy can't carry HARM...so there is that. Edit: Also, Roll 'em!

2 same. Was seeing the previous tile format. Agree with all of the above and now the fix much improved.

Well, if you want a hint at how well Boeing is going to build a new fighter, take a look at how the T-7 is going.

A little outside the usual for this thread, but some motivated wingman appears to have found AI useful for generating fighter pilot music. Looks like 3 albums worth now, AV Boyz on youtube/spotify if you want to dig up the rest.

You don't want the answer to that question.

So you want 1500 pilots a year...timeline is an issue...and you pick the Italians to test it. RIght... They are known for their rigid attention to time after all. Next we should send our maintainers to Alfa Romeo to learn how to do vehicle electronics.

If any other Air Force acquisition is an indicator, that number is fairly high.

Or..no T-6, no T-1. Direct IPT to T-7. Let's throw a bunch of Lt's fresh out of a Part 141 with no military flight training, directly into a fast jet trainer, with no instrument phase, because they learned it in Cessna's. That is the current plan. Should be fine...

Osan unaccompanied is now 2 years, accompanied is 3.

That doesn't appear to be an isolated issue, get the same feel from 19AF/CC. Expecting the average stud to make the jump from 110-140kt instrument crosscheck to 300+ kt in the T-7 is not a winning gameplan. Particularly when you are assuming they can do instruments because they have already done it, and cut it from the syllabus.

I'm fairly confident even AETC doesn't know the answer to that question...