DirkDiggler

I’d be interested in Russian reactions to this. Nuclear weapons right on the border was a topic that almost caused war between the USSR and the US. Granted, Russia’s ability to project power has been severely diminished after Ukraine but short of them collapsing that won’t always be the case.

Sure. I’m an Academic/Sim IP and I fall in that boat. I had little to no desire to fly for the majors/cargo. One of the big reasons I took the job I currently have is job satisfaction; I like that I’m still contributing to my previous community. I also like that I’m home every night, the pay is good, and my location lines up with where I want to live. Guys instructing at IPT won’t be doing “fighter pilot shit”, they’ll be teaching Private/Instrument/Multi-Engine courses literally flying the same GPS approach using a G1000 to a full stop based on what several IPT’ers have conveyed. In this hypothetical world guys would have to be willing to relocate, have an CFI/II/MEI, and roll the dice on a contract program that is new at flight schools that can have their contract CNX’d at the government’s whim (has already happened in Arizona), all for not that much pay. Once again, there will be guys that would be willing to do it, there just won’t enough IMO to make a difference in the instruction at all the different flight schools.

In concept this isn't bad idea, devil is honestly in the money. There's not enough retired mil guys hanging around willing to work for the wages the government would offer. Sure there's a couple, but en-mass, the bodies just aren't there. And who can blame them? You'd have to be a pretty motivated retiree to trip-turn a DA20 in Texas heat or Florida humidity for peanuts compared to an airline or cargo gig. We're starting to get IPT students coming through the FTU I instruct at. The quality of previous instruction they received seems to vary quite widely. The guys that went through at Sky Warriors seem to get exposed to a more mil way of doing things; from what I understand there's several ex-mil guys there and the quality of instruction shows. Students that went through other locations tend to have lower (in some cases much lower) opinions of the training they received.

Military TimesNot just a ‘flawed design’: Charting a new course for the...Opinion: A GWOT Memorial Foundation founder argues in this op-ed that concerns over the proposed memorial extend beyond design and into organizational priorities.

Fingers crossed they punched but those photos and videos don’t look good.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1abknHwiTj/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Don’t know if this is legit footage or not but crazy they all got out if real.

Holy shit! Hoping everyone is ok.

Glad they got out. Air & Space Forces MagazineT-38 Crashes in Alabama, Two Pilots Eject SafelyA U.S. Air Force T-38 training jet crashed in Alabama on May 12, after its two pilots ejected safely following a mishap.

Anyone here have any experience owning/flying a Bonanza F33A?

This photo is irrefutable evidence that aliens exist…….

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXh8pwQkseS/?igsh=MThtN3ZzejZxNzUyMw== And that’s enough internet for today!

Given how many Navy ships have caught fire the last couple of months the CNO might want to push out an MFR on the proper use of fire extinguishers….

Unless there was something very notable that you did outside of flying I would say no. Your achievements should be captured in your Air Medals.

The MC-130 community trains to this extensively; the 160th is one of our primary customers. I've worked Little Birds on both prepared strips and dirt LZs; the community as a whole is proficient at both. -130s get stuck from time to time, it happens even in training, especially at strips that haven't been used much. I had a colleague almost get stuck doing Little Bird Infil at Red Devil LZ in CO during a Bi-Lat, was a close thing. The CV discussion is a valid one but people are missing the most likely reason those guys weren't playing on this one (open kimono, I'm speculating). It's probably was a logistics issue. It takes quite a while to deploy Ospreys; they usually have to go by boat if deploying from CONUS. If you fly them any serious distance the TAAR requirement is significant. If you have them do gas and gos you'll leave a trail of broken -22s to your FSB; they just break a lot. Their logistics footprint is also quite large, read a lot C-17 flights to move their support tail. They also aren't a great fast rope/hoist platform and they have pretty serious weight limitations at high DAs.

Anyone have any friends at Pendleton hocking secondhand ammo and anti-tank missiles? Asking for a friend…..

That’s pretty wild to think about. Honest question, how could that happen?

Really glad they all got out, almost unbelievable result from a (assumed) Patriot engagement.

Cool, good to know. Now that we’ve established each other’s background and penis lengths, I’ll stand by my statement. Several of the guys I work with have shit on their records or are currently dealing with legalese that I’d have thought (at least when I was on AD) would be a clean kill/revocation or denial of clearance. Yet they’re still working in the cubicles near me. It’s almost like two things can be true at the same time……

I’m currently a contractor and know the difference between a background check and security clearance. I’ll say it again, you’d be surprised at at how some things get overlooked if the company needs a billet filled.

You’d be pretty surprised at some of the stuff contracting companies will look past if they have a position that needs to be filled.