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    Chuck Yeager Dead

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    15 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

    He was a complete raging asshole...but one hell of a pilot and an American hero. 

    RIP

     

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    Two

    My parents bought me The Right Stuff movie (on VHS, movie is so long it took TWO tapes) when I was a kid.  I know now that some of the stuff in the film was only loosely based in fact but I loved that movie, watched it all the time.  

    Yeager and the guys of his generation beat one of the greatest evils on earth, then repeatedly strapped themselves into untested machines and kept pushing that envelope.  Asshole or not, cheers to a great American.  🥃

    The Next President is...

    in Squadron Bar

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    9 hours ago, Waingro said:

    The fringe left works the same way, but the difference is that their mainstream doesn't allow the fringe ideas to dominate the conversation. The mainstream left has certainly embraced that side of the party, with Sanders, AOC, Warren et al. If Trump had won this general election though, no chance you'd see 75% of the house Democrats refusing to acknowledge it, or discussions about sending a pro-Dem slate of electors forward anyway, etc. Embracing that level of kookiness would destroy the future prospects of the party, which are already not looking bright for the Dems.

    As you said, they'd like to keep moving the ball, without being hijacked by the extreme crazies in the party. I'm shocked that the GOP is allowing it to happen. What on earth for? They're no longer beholden to Trump, they're likely to keep the senate, just jettison your dead orange weight and start thinking pragmatically about 2022 midterms and beyond. 

    To quote a famous TV show, “Follow the money”.  The Trump campaign has raised over $200 million since Election Day, much of it with no strings attached in regards to spending.

    It's Official, OCPs are Coming!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    46 minutes ago, nsplayr said:

    For anyone who has multiple sets of wings...is it just me or is there just no possible way to fit a second set on the OCP flight suit?

    It just seems weird, I have double wings on my leather coat name tag, my green bag name tag, my service dress jacket, and on my now defunct ABUs.

    Anyone cracked this nut or should I just give up?

    I gave up.  I always wore both sets of wings on my green bag and blues but with Velcro on the 2 piece multi-cam it just looks weird.  I will say that I’ve seen a guy that permanently sewed both sets of wings onto his OCP two piece and that looked ok.

    SHAW Viper Crash

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by DirkDiggler
    AIB to SIB mis-type

    While I know the AAR first time at night was not the cause of this mishap, I can relate to this trend in my community.  Over the last couple of years there’s been a push to accomplish more and more METLs in the sim (don’t know if that’s the case in the Viper B-course).  The FTU has been graduating guys who in some cases have never seen things like, example, a tanker at night outside of a simulator.  This pushes the onus onto the line units where you have IPs who aren’t FTU instructors/aren’t in that mindset and generally have a ton of other things on their plate.  Line unit IPs generally aren’t overly familiar with some of the syllabus limits that are referred to in this AIB because it’s not their job to be.

    Sims are great procedures trainers, and they’re great for replicating higher end capes we don’t want burned in the real world, but representative of how the aircraft feels/handles in the real world they are not, I don’t give a shit how good the engineers say the aero modeling is.

    There was a lot to unpack out of this report, I don’t have all the facts, and I haven’t read the SIB, but it really seems like leadership at multiple levels failed this LT.  His IPs in the squadron, as much as it pains me to says this, failed him too.  I’m definitely going to take some lessons learned out of this going forward with my students and the younger CPs/ACs I fly with.  

    The Next President is...

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    28 minutes ago, 17D_guy said:

    My wife was the same.  Been a R voter most of her life until 2016.  As much as she hated Hillary she couldn't vote for "grab 'em by the pussy." 

    She's tried very hard to see through, but some of policies (re: healthcare) she juts doesn't agree with, and his lack of tact pushes her over.

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     My wife was the same.  We live in a battleground state; she has been very unimpressed by Trump’s rhetoric and how he has conducted himself ref the aforementioned tape/infidelity, women in general, healthcare, and COVID.  I personally know several other women I’d describe as pretty centric voters who viewed him the same way.

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    Eglin F-35 crash

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    43 minutes ago, hindsight2020 said:

    Oh lookie, it's children of the magenta  "5th gen" style.

    "tHaT's jUsT tHe aDmIn bRuH". 

    The irony of the intersectionality between 5th gen'er commentary and the PTN/UPTX.X shills does not escape me.

    Oh well, Uncle hindsight's gotta get back to "standing in the way of progress" and tend to my Luddite affairs now.  Horse got loose from the ol' buggy in the final turn again....*shouts in the distance*  "runway-airspeed-bank Stan, there ya go, watch your sink Stan...." 

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    The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    17 hours ago, di1630 said:

    The problem is that we now call every time a black persons is killed by a White person = racism.

    I saw a shitty cop doing shitty work and someone needlessly died. I didn’t see a guy getting killed for his skin color.

    But I got called a racist online because I asked why trump was being blamed.

    Racism is an easy label to politicize therefore pushed by the media a lot.


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    To answer your earlier question of whether my previous post was sarcasm, no, it wasn't.  I don't find anything funny about Floyd's brutal death, just as I don't find anything funny about multiple business owners' seeing their livelihood go up in flames, thus since Brick asked, I thought the post in poor taste.  I don't think it's an indication that I (or the rest of the AF for the matter), needs to toughen up on the subject.

      I didn't mean for my post to derail this thread, even though I feel the current situation in our country definitely belongs in a WTF thread.  Nor do I think your a racist for saying POTUS shouldn't be blamed. 

      I don't think an internet forum is going to overnight change people's minds on this subject, from some of the posts for the last two pages people have some pretty strong feelings on this topic, which is understandable.  One of the things I think has been missing in our country lately is a lack of willingness to listen or try to understand problems from other points of view.  I'm willing to listen to viewpoints contrary to my own views even if some of them I disagree with pretty vehemently, but that's ok, because not everyone is going to agree all the time. 

    I would like to emphasize the second bullet in your post above.  I'm assuming you're white (if I'm wrong feel free to correct me).  I'd ask that you take a minute and think about what a lot of black people saw when they watched George Floyd's death, especially in a city with a history of racial covenants in it's housing.  Coming on the heels of the Central Park incident in NYC and Arbery killing in Georgia (and multiple others too long to list here).  Whether we as American's like to admit it or discuss it, the American Experience/Dream isn't equal for everyone in this country.  Even among us in the military, people part the 1%, I have friends who've experienced systemic racism during certain parts of their lives.  From my buddy who volunteered to go to Minot because of how he was treated by the locals in Barksdale, to an Army colleague at ACSC who said as black man there were areas around his postings in the South that he didn't dare go to, not because of crime in the area, but because of the color of his skin, to a loadmaster buddy who's had to explain to his young daughters that they need to be careful when interacting with the police because there's a good chance they'll be treated differently (based on his life experiences).

    If you have 5 minutes, I'd encourage you to read the recent posting made by the AFSOC/CC on FB here https://www.facebook.com/COMAFSOCOfficial  I don't agree with everything Gen. Slife says or does (I definitely didn't agree with his leadership style when he was a Group and Wing Commander) but he was spot on with his post about George Floyd's death.

    It wasn't too long ago (~60 years) that Martin Luther King and Civil Rights movement had to fight for equal rights in America, so that the black people in your squadron can drink from the same water fountain, use the same bathroom, and sit in the same part of the bus that the white members in your squadron can.  Anyone who thinks that the previous 200+ years of institutionalized racism in the US was wiped out overnight is kidding themselves.  Large scale changes in society take time, right now there's a large majority (from what I see based on my friends, colleagues, and statements by public figures) that feel that change isn't happening quickly enough, or in some cases is going the opposite direction.          

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    Promotion and PRF Information

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    47 minutes ago, Muscle2002 said:

    My guess is that the AF will not retain as many as it hopes it will as a result of this pandemic. While job prospects may be thinner right now, for those on the fence, they need to ask if they are willing to take on another four years (school for a year plus ADSC) to go to school.

    Second this, I know more people sticking with their plans to get out as opposed to staying in.

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    Cost of owning a plane

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    Anyone on this forum have any personal experience with ownership of a Piper Cherokee or Archer?  Am giving serious thought to buying my 1st airplane next spring, am kinda partial to Pipers and was curious if anyone had any good/bad/general info?

    Kim Jong-un Assassinated?!?

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    13 minutes ago, FLEA said:

    Uhhhh I would not describe the ROK as pacifist. Having worked closely with them I think there were more times we had to pull them off then fence than the other way around. 

    Also, this is not neccessarily a good thing. It's certainly better than full on hostilities but if you've seen the discussion on what would happen if nK internally collapsed you would know the global security crises it's likely to generate is going to be massive. 

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    A NK collapse would be a complete clusterfuck for multiple reasons (mass refugee/humanitarian crisis, high potential of loose/missing WMD, high potential for rapid Chinese involvement with uncertain end states, possibility of long term guerrilla warfare in very challenging terrain).  There’s also a sizable subset of the ROK that doesn’t want to reunification due to the huge impact/drag that the reconstruction of NK would cause on the ROK economy (think East and West Germany).  Let alone this occurring in the middle of COVID-19, with the possible spread on a malnourished, vulnerable population with a basically non-functional healthcare system.  We would probably spend years unfucking a situation like this and probably have little to show for it.

    If it’s true, I’m glad that fat bastard is dead, but I hope whoever replaces him manages to hold the place together.

    KC-46A Info

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, Stoker said:

    I'm not normally one for government getting into the private sector... but if we're basically admitting our acquisition strategy is "dump money into the giant hole until it's full", maybe we should just buy Boeing Defense and run it ourselves. Could it be worse?

    Would you describe AFNET or VPN as unbridled success stories?....

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    All, 

      Just a general info note, but with so many people out of work due to the COVID situation, food banks are getting overwhelmed by the vast increase in unemployed people needing food.  Most of the regulars on here (including me) are pretty lucky to have stable government employment/paychecks.  Great way to help out your local community is donating to your local food bank if you’re able.

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    4 minutes ago, torqued said:

    My longtime friend and neighbor is a vice cop for a medium sized city. Yesterday, his Chief told him to stop taking vacation days, and simply not come to work. He doesn't want any of his guys pursuing those types of crimes then showing up at the station to do the admin processes.

    So long as you keep that purchase of Hos under 10 it’s party time!!  Unlike the quote/guidance from Full Metal Jacket, don’t bang the ones that cough.

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    2 hours ago, brickhistory said:

    Betting average Texans are better armed and better shots than average Californians.

     

    But this brings up an interesting not quite so philosophical question as it once was:

    If the military is activated to quell domestic disturbance(s), will it?  Would you if still in uniform and/or a Guardsman under state orders?

    Setting up field hospitals, running logistics and the like, sure.

    Knocking on doors for 'trespassers' or ultimately firing on fellow Americans who don't take much to having their Constitutional rights infringed upon for very long?

    Define 'lawful' order under those circumstances.

     

     

    And to those coming to Texas, welcome!  But why, oh why would you then start voting to make it exactly like where you fled from?  Where you gonna go when you f it up here?

     

    History doesn’t give much reason for optimism.  Trail of Tears, NY Draft Riots, Wounded Knee (understand that many would consider this one a battle in a war), forcible Bonus Army dispersement, Japanese Internment in WW2, Kent State shooting etc.  probably some I can’t think of off the top of my head.

    FWIW, I think it’s pretty sad that, unlike the national unity following 9-11, there’s undercurrents of resentment towards some of the states that are currently hardest hit by this pandemic.  My wife’s a nurse dealing with this shit, nobody in her clinic asks what state a patient claims residency in when they come in coughing their lungs out, they just treat them.

      I’m truly hoping that we as a country come out of this stronger and maybe in the short term a little more unified.  Every time I think that I’m also reminded of a prior Sq/CC I had who’d always say “hope is not a tactic”.

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    Commanders are dropping like flies this year

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    6 minutes ago, 17D_guy said:

    What? No, you scared of someone else having fun at work?  We're trying to do a heritage bar as well...also not fliers.  Do you have a problem with our bar?

    I don't know where you sit inside this Sq the chief's in...assistant to the Flt CC or something else...but if you think he's that bad, man up and say it.  I'm sure it can only come to good results and he'll thank you kindly for the heads up.

    You guys all know that this LaneHBO guy is the previous HarleyQuinn/Shazaam/2Ex guy again right?  He just changed his name again, same bizarre posts.

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    Commanders are dropping like flies this year

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    45 minutes ago, MooseAg03 said:

    HarleyQuinn? Or whatever your name was, is that you? Sure seems very similar...

     

     

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    Yeah pretty sure it’s him (previous Shazam too).  He’s over in the Promotion thread posting his awesome strats and wondering why he didn’t get picked up for O-5.  Any over/under on how long it takes before he goes full retard again and gets banned?

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