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    Air Refueling

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    2 hours ago, Prosuper said:

    Just post docked a 57 model, it took a bunch of parts to get it to crew ready status. Still has some water injection tubing in it.

     

    Hopefully it still had the original jump seat in it too, the one that was actually stressed for ditching or crash landing.

    Air Refueling

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    5 hours ago, Prosuper said:

    https://defbrief.com/2020/10/01/us-firm-meta-aerospace-confirms-purchase-of-singaporean-kc-135-tankers/?fbclid=IwAR1uBwkHKD_t-nUms-SYxjpD3zmrCAQuIFKLkZJ3PCc4rMXb5Vy8sCZKDTU   I wonder if they have contracts lined up, probably overseas getting allies over to Red Flag will be customers.

    The USAF has one tanker that's 60+ years old, they're retiring their other tanker, and their new tanker is still technically IOT&E. They'll have customers.

    Questions on the GI Bill (Tuition Aid)

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    On 10/1/2020 at 11:36 AM, Royal said:

    Thanks for the info. Have you spent much time in that sector yet? If so, how is it?

    I worked in a SOC (Security Operations Center, think of a NOSC with cyber) for a software company but recently  was hired as a contractor on a MAF program. I will say cybersecurity, with education and experience in artificial intelligence, is a great sector to be in the new few decades. I'm currently applying for a doctorates program in aviation and space at Oklahoma State and I hope to use my cybersecurity knowledge with advanced persistent threats (APTs) with modern aircraft computing systems.

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    The Next President is...

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    35 minutes ago, Kiloalpha said:

    I don’t honestly know. David Duke and the KKK historically are Democratic. But there’s a good shot that guy is a Republican as well. 

    But it seems like both parties have came out against it, so it’s not a great parallel. 

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.courier-journal.com/amp/5254313002

    By historically democratic, you mean the Democrats of the 1960s, which are really today's GOP? He's apparently the leader of the local "Three Percenters" group, so there lies your answer. David Duke also ran as a Republican during the 1992 Presidential Election. 

    Both parties came out about some dude tying a noose around an effigy of the governor, on the state capitol grounds? Shocking 😂 

    https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/rep-maddox-responds-to-beshear-ky-democratic-party

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    The Next President is...

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    49 minutes ago, brickhistory said:

    Trump has nominated and McConnell has moved through confirmation 218 Article III federal judges, including two Supreme Court justices.  Soon to be three.

     

    To paraphrase the poet Burns, "And that has made all the difference..."

    Difference in what? The SCOTUS isn't Trump's little henchman protector like the AG apparently is.

    The Next President is...

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    The Next President is...

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    2 hours ago, Kiloalpha said:

    Slack, serious questions. 

    Which party, in your opinion, best represents the looters and rioters?

    What candidate for President do you think they will vote for?

    Which media outlets/personalities have excused their actions?

    and... Do you think any of the looting and rioting is justified?

    Kilo, serious questions.

    Which party, in your opinion, best represents people who do this?

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/28/us/man-fired-effigy-kentucky-governor-andy-beshear/index.html
     

    Which candidate for President do you think he’ll vote for?

    Do you think that action was justified?

     

     

     

    What is right with the Air Force

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    3 hours ago, FLEA said:

    The one bad thing about telework though is it creates the insidious problem of always being available to work, or at least that becomes the expectation. At least I know, and for others who have had iphones/blackberries, there comes this expectation that you are always available and always reading your email. This could turn out bad if its not steered the right direction. 

    Maybe in the military, but not in the civilian world that I've experienced. 

    Air Refueling

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    10 hours ago, Right Seat Driver said:

     


    Did this sale have to be approved by the US government as the RSAF 135s were FMS? I get the article said the jets won’t have to be de-militarized because they aren’t “US military jets.” But IIRC every FMS jet sale has to be approved.

    The last I heard, Uncle Sam wasn’t too keen on the RSAF jets going to a civilian operator.


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    But they’re okay with two Dutch KDC-10s being sold to a civilian operator?

    The Next President is...

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    19 minutes ago, slackline said:

    I guess I'm just not seeing the same awesome results you guys are... He's done some good, but I'd say the balance is not in his favor. I'm not here to say anything that hasn't already been explained, then completely ignored on here.

    One thing Pres Trump has going for him is the inexplicable ability to inspire absolute loyalty in spite of his obvious lack of concern for anything or anyone but himself. His followers, because I don't know what else to call them, have an amazing ability to ignore everything he says and does that is clearly beneath his station while buying everything he says is "thanks to him" as gospel truth.

    Obama created a serious divide in our country, and Trump thought it looked like fun, so he's run with it on steroids.


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    I think the serious divide began when Gingrich was Speaker and trying to start some “Us vs Them” tribalism partisan showdown between the parties with Clinton e.g. the budget and subsequent shutdown, impeachment, etc. 

    A toast

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    1 hour ago, Stoker said:

    It's the cost of a small fleet, though there are still a lot of common parts sources for the -10 thanks to MD-10s and -11s flying freight. The real issue, I think, is that the maintenance was cut during sequestration and now the -10s are in a deep, expensive hole - theyd rather focus on new, shiny planes even if the 46 isn't up to the same tasks. 

    The KC-10 Boom Control Unit (BCU) was starting to become almost impossible to replace due to limited supply chain availability. The KC-135 doesn’t have one and also sat SAC alert for decades, which comparatively speaking kept airframe hours low compared to the KC-10. The -135 also has a strategic mission and does AEs. Two things the -10 doesn’t do. With the pressure from the National Guard Bureau to keep the -135 due to a lot of Guard -135 units and cost per flight hour with the -10, it was pretty easy to decide which tanker was going to be retired.

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