Wait until June and this Global Hawk record will be smashed once again. Rumor is that the LGBT community is going to put on a fabulous, record breaking, Global Hawk demonstration during the newly established DoD LGBT pride month (not that

there is anything wrong with that). The selected location for this event is still TBD but currently San Francisco and Key

West are the preferred choices.

^Fraud, waste, and abuse.

You beat me to it.

Brandt said the Federal Aviation Administration was more than happy to accommodate the record-breaking flight by not requiring the hand-off, and the agency went as far as putting female controllers on duty during the flight.

I wonder how many controllers' sleep schedules were disrupted to "accommodate" this feel-good shit show.

That video is why we are failing as a country.

Country? I was wondering if that was really on our planet. I guess if that IS our country than it is safe to say I just observed my tax dollars at work. yippee.

^Fraud, waste, and abuse. They "flew" a Global Hawk back and forth over North Dakota for 34.3 hours just to do it. I'm sure it was a riveting time in the MCE, watching a robot fly a pre-planned track to waste hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. $23,800 per hour is what the AF is advertising these days... that's $816,340 of waste.

Hope they had the required SAF/PA and HAF/A3O approval (AFI 11-202v3 para 5.22.1, and AFI 11-209 para 5.5)

Just sayin'

Same story, different link

https://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20140404/NEWS/304040034/Female-Air-Force-crew-Grand-Forks-breaks-flight-records

The effort dubbed “Flight of the Lady Hawk” was accomplished by a flight and support crew of 50 women with the 69th Reconnaissance Group who decided to do it in recognition of Women’s History Month.

WHOA WHOA WHOA

How offensive! Does the base SAPR know about this? The AF dodged a bullet when the 50+ ladies completed the mission unassaulted (is this even a legit word?).

Edited April 5, 201411 yr by PanchBarnes

What's the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse link again?

Between one end of the state and another are four zones, and moving from one to the other normally would require pilots to switch from one set of air-traffic controllers to another, according to Brandt. Having the Global Hawk turn constantly within one zone would consume too much fuel, but flying it straight would require a lot of handoffs. But Brandt said the Federal Aviation Administration was more than happy to accommodate the record-breaking flight by not requiring the hand-off

Oh wow sounds challenging! What an accomplishment.

Interesting fact.... All female aircrews will eventually have their periods sync up. The women will sync to the menstrual cycle of the highest ranking female in the group. This isn't sexism...it is science.

This is why you don't want to be that one male airman in the SARM shop.

Yawn....

(Article found at https://tinyurl.com/l772duc, shortened from military.com) All-Female Crew Breaks Longest Flight Record

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Last weekend, a Global Hawk from Grand Forks Air Force Base flew back and forth over North Dakota for 34.3 hours without stopping.

The base said this week that that was the longest flight by a military aircraft without aerial refueling and it was the longest flight by an all-female crew.

Lt. Col. Amanda Brandt, commander of the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at the base, said she was inspired by Women's History Month and the growing number of women joining her unit.

"When I came into the Air Force 17 years ago, there were only two pilots in my wing," she said, so it would've been impossible to have an all-female flight.

In fact, it took a crew of more than 50 women, including six pilots, to pull off what's been dubbed the "Flight of the Lady Hawk."

The old record for an all-female crew was 18 hours, but members had to be pulled from different squadrons because there weren't enough women in one single squadron, according to Brandt. The old record for a crew of any gender was 33.1 hours, which was also made in a Global Hawk, a large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

Brandt said the advertised endurance of a Global Hawk is about 28 hours, but her crew landed Saturday with "plenty of gas left in the tank." They wanted to encourage other all-female crews to attempt to break their record, she said.

North Dakota skies

While crews at the Grand Forks base fly missions around the globe, Brandt said the record-breaking mission was done in North Dakota to avoid any potential problems during an actual mission in support of troops on the ground.

Flying in commercial air space poses a small challenge of its own, though.

Between one end of the state and another are four zones, and moving from one to the other normally would require pilots to switch from one set of air-traffic controllers to another, according to Brandt. Having the Global Hawk turn constantly within one zone would consume too much fuel, but flying it straight would require a lot of handoffs.

But Brandt said the Federal Aviation Administration was more than happy to accommodate the record-breaking flight by not requiring the hand-off, and the agency went as far as putting female controllers on duty during the flight.

Though the Global Hawk normally flies high above the altitude that commercial jets usually fly at, Brandt said it was still important for the FAA to keep an eye on the aircraft to ensure there is no possible conflict with the jets.

It took a crew of more than 50 to make the Flight of the Lady Hawk possible because that's normally how a Global Hawk operates.

According to Brandt, a single pilot could push a button to make it take off and another to make it land, but its capabilities are so great that more crew members are needed to take advantage. For example, it flies for so long that multiple shifts are needed, in this case six eight-hour shifts. It also has various sensors that require specially trained operators.

Women aviators

Brandt said she's heartened to see more women entering the aviation field. The field of unmanned aircraft in particular is family-friendly because it allows women, as well as men, to conduct missions around the globe and still go home to read their children to sleep at night.

She said the point of the Flight of the Lady Hawk wasn't really to break records but to celebrate women in aviation. "I'm happy to say it's not earth-shattering news. It's becoming the norm," she said, referring to how common it is now to see women in aviation.

She looks forward to the day her 4-year-old daughter, named Amelia after Amelia Earhart, and other girls can be the first person to do something and not just the first woman.

If you have time for this level of queep, you have 0 impact on the war.

Which coincidentally is the amount of s I give about sex-based PA stunts. Now if it had been operational, and it happened to with out that way, and they gave their supported unit 6hrs extra...then hell yes, that's worthy of praise. But not this shit.

Exit question: did you at least get any MQT, IPUG, MSN Evals done?

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What's the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse link again?

https://www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/ig/The_Air_Force_Inspector_General_Hotline_Locator_and_Directory_Revised_Aug_2013.pdf

If you have time for this level of queep, you have 0 impact on the war.

Which coincidentally is the amount of ######s I give about sex-based PA stunts. Now if it had been operational, and it happened to with out that way, and they gave their supported unit 6hrs extra...then hell yes, that's worthy of praise. But not this shit.

2. I could not have said it better myself.

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It was a PA stunt to excuse the retiring of the U-2. Fly longer than a manned aircraft, beat that. I by no means think it's better than the U-2, but you can see they are setting up this argument,

Hey, if you have planes that don't need to refuel, we don't need a new tanker. Right?

How many times is "unmanned/manned" going to be said?

Edited April 6, 201411 yr by addict

Oh wow sounds challenging! What an accomplishment.

Because talking on the radio is a real challenge?

Because talking on the radio is a real challenge?

Judging by some of the radio calls in the AOR, I would say yes.

Judging by some of the radio calls in the AOR, I would say yes.

ALSA brevity was replaced by CB etiquette in AFG. I think it's in the spins.

So I was flipping through skinemax the other night and came across one of their standard late night blue-balling porn shows... Laughed my ass off when I heard this song. It's definitely WTF.

**NSFW** Although they don't actually show anything in this video **NSFW**

Catchy tune.

Edited April 7, 201411 yr by Buddy Spike

Hey you moved didn't film the good part!

Oh wow sounds challenging! What an accomplishment.

I have always been way more impressed by military female members when they set records solo and on their own time/dime. The most impressive (to me) female military solo record I have seen in recent years was set by Lisa Novak (Rocket ma'am).Her accomplishments may be hard to top but are challenge worthy for other aspiring female military members. Her record

setting effort included;

1. A 900 mile solo drive (without rest or hygiene breaks) using her own funds/time while wearing space diapers.

2. A cat fight instigated by a jilted lover and scorned woman.

3. Attempted kidnapping, burglary, assault, and battery.

Catchy tune.

Edited April 7, 201411 yr by PanchBarnes

Take an Easter bunny marshmallow (a.k.a. a peep) and smush it down with your hand. Voila, you have a marshmallow in the shape of North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un!

For reference, here is the North Korean leader...

If that marshmallow Easter bunny replica of the Jonger was a little smaller it would be life size.

Edited April 8, 201411 yr by TreeA10

But is it constantly eating cake?