Everything posted by Tank
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/04/top-navy-admiral-open-to-bringing-back-fired-aircraft-carrier-captain/?utm_source=amn&utm_campaign=alt&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1cn9vvIB2Xk6pyzE3g6oi7aELztw6hi2MxshAqhHTEWDjAdtG35acuaq8
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COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)
You are correct, President Trump cannot enact the Stafford Act. That’s what I originally said - “not true”. https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2153UR
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COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)
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USAA
We’ve switched to Geico on our auto insurance and a local agent for homeowners. USAA is not competitive at all for rates anymore, it’s pretty unfortunate really.
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USAA
So now USAA is getting out of the investment business. I received notification that all of my investment accounts have been switched to Schwab and Victory Capital. The whole reason I started a Roth IRA and some college IRAs is so that they’re all consolidated. I guess that’s not the case anymore. No more investments, high insurance rates and high loan rates; USAA is really starting to suck!
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The new airline thread
New guidance from our wing (so theoretically from AFRC): “All airline pilots will self quarantine for 14 days after any trips.” So the options are to conduct no AFRC duties or telecommute if you’re able to. These are definitely interesting times!
- AF Light Air Support Aircraft
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
Many North African countries such as Nigeria, Tunisia, Kenya, Bakino Faso, Mauritania, etc. are receiving a light attack aircraft variant via Foreign Military Sales or a direct purchase to either replace their aging fighter aircraft (F-5, Alpha Jet) or to obtain the new capability. The plan is to train, advise, and assist these countries and not bring our own militaries aircraft to support them but use theirs. Armed Overwatch (not the 2x A-29s) is a plan to directly support the U.S. OADs in these third world countries where there are no 4th and 5th gen fighters and where we as the U.S. are presently requiring the support of other countries (such as France in Niger).
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
https://www.janes.com/article/94935/usaf-contracts-light-strike-aircraft-to-further-lae-experiment
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
It’s not AFSOC purchasing these aircraft, I’ve mentioned that 6-9 times already! It’s SOCOM purchasing them and mostly being flown by AFSOC. SOCOM doesn’t want another Niger incident and the OADs operating in Africa want and need more support.
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
Hate it to break it to you but there are other AORs that SOCOM and AFSOC have been working in and concentrating on other than Afghanistan that Big Blue hasn’t even really cared about (I.e, AFRICOM)...
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
The 2x A-29s purchased for AFSOC have nothing to do with the SOCOM Armed Overwatch purchase. The A-29s are for CAA training. You are right though, the 2x A-29s have taken way too long and the funding got cut down to only enough for the purchase of 2 of them.
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
Luckily for us the 2x A-29s to AFSOC and the 2x AT-6s to ACC have already been purchased. As for AFSOC Armed Overwatch, it’s a SOCOM initiative and not USAF, so they’ll be no “kicking the can down the road”.
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/us-air-force-buys-two-a-29-light-attack-aircraft-for-continued-experiment/137153.article
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The new airline thread
I think this will all blow over by Memorial Day. Something else will happen that will divert the media’s attention away from Covid19 and people will start traveling again because they won’t want to cancel their vacations or give up their fun. *Maybe Epstein died of Covid19...* 🤣
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Airshows and COVID-19
I think this whole thing will blow over around Memorial Day. People are going to want to travel, vacation, have fun over the summer and life will get back to some what of a norm.
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
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Brown Nominated to be Next CSAF
So was Gen Goldfein but all I can remember about him presently as the CSAF is a Rapid Fielding Acquisition Light Attack Experiment that went no where and the AF song becoming more politically correct. Most CSAFs were great Squadron, Group and Wing Commanders but the unfortunate part about CSAF is that they have to wade through the political crap in D.C. and we rarely see any real change for the better.
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Brown Nominated to be Next CSAF
And implemented the f***king waist measurement on the PFT...
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
https://www.janes.com/article/94562/tunisia-cleared-to-buy-wolverine-light-attack-aircraft
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/cheap-and-deadly-why-special-forces-use-29-super-tucano-fighter-126001
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
I LOVE RUMORS!!! Which one?
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CSAR to AFSOC? What do the customers think?
I like the sound of the Thunderbolt III
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/02/21/hickam-fires-security-forces-squadron-commander-superintendent-after-investigation/?utm_campaign=Socialflow+AIR&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social