DirkDiggler

Would be pretty wild to watch if they release any video. Glad no one got hurt!

I've unfortunately had pretty much a uniformly negative experience with SEAL leadership at the FGO and GO/FO level. The guys at the team level were usually pretty good but even there they usually weren't my favorite organization to work with. After looking at all the evidence I honestly don't understand how they thought stonewalling Chapman's MOH was going to work out/be a good idea. Pretty atrocious behavior from the SEALs all around, and it's continuing.

https://theiceman.substack.com/p/top-seal-leader-tried-to-bury-chapmans?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share

https://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4155097/comafsoc-relieves-afsoc-command-chief/#:~:text=Effective April 14%2C Command Chief,. Mike Conley%2C AFSOC commander.

Anyone know if this is legit?

This data does exist; some of the three letters produce this type of product.

I see this quite a bit with guys who are early in the MC/HC-J syllabus I teach. The bulk of the guys/gals coming through training right now are T-1 sim only or T-6 only; they never flew an actual Phase 3 trainer. Their initial inclination on the early sorties in the sim is to engage the autopilot as quickly as possible after takeoff cause they're very unsure/hesitant about hand flying the airplane. The are also usually struggling SA wise and engaging the automation lets them not have to fly and think at the same time. It's very unfortunate where the AF is leaving these guys skill wise coming out of UPT.

That was awesome!

Agreed. It desensitizes people to things that are actually important. About 7ish years ago SOCOM was on a big push to reduce the over-classification of things, the justification being that it was making it difficult to share and coordinate with our joint partners. The SOCOM DJ3 at the time was an Australian exchange officer; it was fairly ridiculous at times when he would have to leave meetings or SVTCs for things that were supposedly NOFORN. It's easy for any staff guy to slap NOFORN or no caveats on something as opposed to actually doing the work to classify something at the proper level.

WICKR (the CUI app) is more cumbersome than Signal/Whatsapp but not overwhelmingly so; it’s better than it was a couple years ago. If a tech retarded guy like me can make it work anyone can. The SIPR options aren’t hard. I had access to them as a peon O-5 staffer (on a little j staff). I’m sure at the NCA level they’ve got some pretty gucci shit. It’s just in this case, for whatever reason, people chose not to use them. I don’t disagree with your point about people becoming complacent when handling classified. Unfortunately it seems the higher in rank/position some people get they feel the rules don’t apply to them. Anecdote: I once had a boss who we were fairly certain tunneled into an SVTC in the middle of an international airport with a jacket thrown over his head and the laptop.

There are currently multiple options for individuals with the need/requirement to access SIPR outside of their normal work spaces; they've been available for years. There's also an app /program that's available for that can be installed on your personal phone that's cleared for CUI level info.

I briefly spoke to this in my reply to Viper. There is concern amongst AETC leadership about whether students will be able to handle the transition from a light twin straight to the T-7 (should the program ever get going) given the big disparities in performance between the two. There's no mass historical data that exists for that. Expect in the next few years the AF will send a couple of SGTOs from IPT to Italy to fly the M346, which supposedly has similar performance to the T-7 IOT get data on how students perform. Now if the bulk of students can't handle the transition, I don't know what the AF is going to do; I doubt they have a plan for it yet.

Current plan for IPT is Private, Instrument, and Multi ratings. I doubt this will change. Flight schools involved in the program must provide the same instrumentation across all the platforms students will be training on.

This is the Bobs' long term vision, at least for now. There's some concern about students being able to handle going from a Diamond or Piper twin straight to a much higher performance jet. Expect in the next few years for a couple UPT SGTOs to go to Italy and fly the M346 to see whether students can handle the transition.

Interesting article. The Russia-Ukraine War: It Takes a Land Force to Defeat a Land Force