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raimius

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  1. I'm sure they'll get right on that, after fixing acquisitions.
  2. Call rapcon directly? They probably know how coord/notams works for their local space.
  3. Pretty stupid to argue F-35s are useless because they aren't the answer to $500 grenade carrying drones at 200agl. It's like arguing SSBNs are obsolete because they can't take and hold a hilltop.
  4. I don't think experience is a good metric here. If you have been through either, going through the other would be easier, since you would already have experience.
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    Zeppelin, Queen, Guns n Roses are all great for rock. Mix it up with some Jazz here and there--Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, and Dave Koz. Beethoven or Linkin Park, it depends on the day.
  6. Ukraine, Gaza, Taiwan, and our own border are all valid and *separate* issues. Our political class continues to display its ineptitude by demanding package deals they know their opponents won't accept. They are not serious about trying to solve problems, but only about maintaining their own power. We need votes about single topics.
  7. I listened to a good chunk of the interview. I don't think those low-intelligence voters are likely to stay tuned after Putin's half-hour "history of eastern Europe" monologue right at the start. He kept playing up NATO's/US's duplicity and broken promises, then acted like he didn't care. (BS flag flying high there.) I'm thinking this might have actually been targeted at the Russian audience more than the western one.
  8. So, freedom of speech/thought is good...unless the government doesn't like it. Also, government is the source of freedom. Those are your arguments? I side with the idea that we, the people, have certain unalienable rights. Something about governments being instituted to secure our rights rather than the king "providing" them to his subjects. Always remember that a government powerful enough to give you everything you want is powerful enough to take away everything you need. As Stalin might say, "dark humor is like food--not everyone gets it."
  9. Because he is a free citizen and we are not at war with Russia? I'd actually like to hear Putin's "reasons" so that we can more accurately counter his propaganda/respond appropriately to his abuses.
  10. I don't have any specific hatred against Russian soldiers (the ones who don't commit war crimes, anyway). I also don't think Russia's invasion is justified in any way. So, seeing Russian tanks get destroyed and the crew run away seems like a win.
  11. Don't rely on the gouge too much. Go look at the source material the gouge references. Get good at word searching pubs, since they are electronic. Study the basics first (IFG). Then, think through a flight and what procedures/restrictions apply.
  12. I've seen a HATR reported on CNN with an animation that was in the wrong location and 90 degrees off from what happened....and "reporters" publish pictures of rubber bullets that were actually foam ear plugs (clearly excessive force from the local PD!)
  13. His desire to rebuild the USSR/Russian Empire?
  14. Can confirm preventing at least one dumb copilot from pancaking an aircraft. ...but don't call the Huey names. She doesn't deserve that.
  15. Wait, are you suggesting leaders at an academy that is supposed to develop leaders should demonstrate good leadership rather than contracting out their responsibilities? What a novel concept.
  16. They decisively blunted the first push, then gained initiative to push back, and are now in a stalemate. I don't see how that is a "absolutely cannot win" scenario, so long as outside sources are willing to give them more weapons, ammo, and support. Sure 1v1 Ukraine would lose...but it doesn't have to be 1v1.
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    Gun Talk

    The single-action trigger is quite nice. The rest of the design I could leave. Maybe some day CA will get slapped hard enough by the courts that they will decide it's not worth constantly violating the 2nd Amendment anymore...but I'm not holding my breath.
  18. Sounds suspect on 1st Amendment grounds...
  19. I have friends who washed out of IFS and UPT. A lot of them went on to do some pretty interesting things. A hit hurts, but you can certainly get back up and do great things.
  20. Well, the AF never buys too few aircraft...
  21. So, the bad news--pre-solo CR probably has a low chance of a reinstate, unless something was very strange in your scheduling/someone missed teaching you something important. Good news--if you show a good attitude and work hard, your leadership should help you get whatever next AFSC you are going for. You should have a non-flying backup plan, and now is the time, most likely. Take the positive things you learned this far, the skills you improved recently, and use those to help on your next goal.
  22. Ukraine is at an economic and manpower disadvantage, it would be stupid NOT to continually beg for better equipment and money from outside nations. That's not a indicator of losing. Terrain-wise, it's pretty much at a statement with local advances of sub-kilometer distances by each side. Take away external support and Ukraine will lose the conventional fight, due to material shortages and likely increased human losses. They may choose to go unconventional at that point, but why let that happen when they have rough parity via donations/loans?
  23. ...and that is the reason helo-only is a thing again. It's also the reason we are giving LTs wings with 115hrs total time. Not quality, quantity.
  24. IMO, long term it's bad. Helicopters are already widely misunderstood in the AF. Now keeping them in entirely separate training pipelines from fixed wing is only going to make it worse. Also limits cross flow opportunities. Can you make a quality helicopter-only pilot? Sure. That's not the hard part. Getting students with way less flight training would require a pretty big syllabus rewrite, but it's not impossible.
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