Everything posted by SurelySerious
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Info on Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS/UAV/RPA)
I'll take DM against your Shaw.
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Marine Corps Raptors?
- Marine Corps Raptors?
Vertical Landings Hit the Mark in F-35B's Tests- Home of The Fighter Pilot
For the grand opening on the new gate?- Marine Corps Raptors?
It's possible you might be giving up more capability by tearing apart the aviation part of the MEU than you intend, or incurring more cost elsewhere. I know amphibious assaults seem far-fetched, but it seems the LHDs provide a platform for organic CAS where you might not have any long runways to operate from, from a place where you might not want to put your carrier strike group (right off the shore, for example), or across a wider area by not being attached at the hip to a CVN (for a lesser conflict where you don't need to tie up a whole CSG). The MEUs can operate within its own expeditionary strike group independent of carrier strike groups, so I guess it could tie up the Marines' freedom of movement or incur the cost of more CVN strike groups to cover them, which gets expensive also. I guess, in short, you'd be tearing apart the whole MAGTF structure. I'm not an expert on the Navy/Marine side though, so I could be totally wrong; just some food for thought.- QF-4 Down
Whose side are you on?- What's wrong with the Air Force?
UFB.- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- USAF Budget Cuts
- A-10 crash at moody
He must have also known to pass the tail number.- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- A-10 crash at moody
Are you sure the controller's son wasn't the one handing out clearances? That's what I heard.- Anthrax Vaccine
Still dispensing it as of today.- AFI 36-2903 and dress/uniform regs and issues
That's not what it says. In section 6.3 USAF Basic Parachutist Rating there are two categories: Initial Static Line Qual (allows one to perform S/L duties with currency requirements) and USAF Academy Parachutist Qual (allows one to perform Academy-based jump duties). AM-490 prior to August 1994 counts towards Initial Static Line jump qual. Afterwards, it doesn't. Completing programs in either 6.3.1 or 6.3.2 results in being awarded the Basic Parachutist Rating. You can wear the badge anywhere, but you can't walk into a jump assignment and be qualified without completing another program listed in 6.3 or 6.6 if you did AM-490 after August 1994. But back to the new 36-2903, where no morale patches are authorized...- More Uniform Changes!
Not unless you're running around off base in OEF. This actually makes some sense, because ABUs don't blend into anything.- Fantasy Football 2011
Do you mean like last year when they lost to the Browns?- ?s on ADSC (Active Duty Service Commitment)
You don't get a Form 8 out of UPT, so he wouldn't be previously qualified if he had tracked 38s.- 31 U.S. Soldiers die in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash
Dozens of U.S. Troops Killed in Afghan Chopper Attack Also in the WSJ: Afghan Chopper Crash Kills 31 U.S. Troops, 7 Afghans- Anniversary of Nuclear Warfare
A few days early, from the 30 July WSJ:- Classic - PA F*cks Up Again!
Right, but the linked guard page has the "C-38 Talon" complete with C-38 mission description at the bottom and the picture of a T-38 and T-38 aircraft description at the top, which was probably the point of the post.- AFI 36-2903 and dress/uniform regs and issues
3.2.5.4.(ACC) Left Sleeve. A vivid emblem, approximately 3 X 3 inches in size, of the appropriateparent wing, separate operating group, or numbered air force will be worn on the Velcro. Members may wear the Weapons School Patch, USAF Test Pilot School (graduate or instructor) upon completion of the appropriate school. Installation commanders prescribe wear of the U.S. flag on the FDU. If prescribed, implementation will be installation wide. Doesn't sound like you get to pick.- Military retirement under attack
E-mail? No, twitter is the way to go, apparently. If the President has time, surely so do your representatives in Congress. Really?- Info on Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS/UAV/RPA)
KC-135 Almost exactly 4 years, and yes one of the ~25 from the crossflow board. - Marine Corps Raptors?