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I wouldn't call them or do any of that shit, I'd just spend my money at another place that is less ignorant.

Did you just have a stroke?

Believe me, after 7 Yokota guys got UAVs for their second assignments in the past year, I would be thrilled with a J assignment.

Oh Hueypilot, I was just having a little fun. Some of those out there that think they are so special because of the plane they fly, I felt I had to give a good ribbing. On your point C, we laugh and sometimes chime in with, "Gay." But this thread is not about dick measuring, its about people's future. One last piece I heard with the 50th is that they will go J earlier than expected, so I don't know how that will affect the TFI relationship with AFRC. But I think that is someone spreading crap as I don't see Lockheed pumping out Js like Ford assembly line with the current budget battle. Nope, C-27s are outta here. Some of those units with get Herks. I don't have a base to base comparison on which ones, if not all. PS. All my ESPs were for real reasons, not a computer glitch. <------ More ribbing! Out

True, but there were also a significant number of M1 Carbines and 1911's issued, among other weapons that use magazines. I see it as really more of a trivia thing than something to get upset about. Like the difference, as mentioned above, between the terms rifle and gun; a slightly less than interesting fact but not really important as long as you don't time travel back to Marine basic training in 1942.

WTFO! Only BUFFs and tankers should be spoken in the context of Chrome Dome.

THIS IS MY WEAPON, THIS IS MY GUN! THIS ONE IS FOR FIGHTING, THIS ONE IS FOR FUN! or... This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit. My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy. What...just happened. I blacked out for a minute there.

There's a lot more to the J than that...that being said, having the automation available to use has benefits. A. I've got about 2k hours in E-H2.5s and Js. About 1,500 of those hours are in legacy airplanes and about 500 hours in Js. I've shut down one motor in the J for a low pitch stop fail ACAWS in Afghanistan, and that was precautionary. I've shut down no less than 6 engines in the E and H, some were precautionary and some just failed or were about to fail. So what's your point again? The low pitch stop fail issue is a known defect that's being worked at the AFMC and manufacturer level to redesign the PCU. The low pitch stops don't actually fail, it's just a sensor problem. From my time working wing safety, the legacy had the J beat in ESPs by a mile. B. As for the ALZ issue, dunno about that one. Operator issues, I guess. I clear the ALZ just as fast in a J as I do in the E or H. C. The "Super Hercules" thing is said mostly to irritate the legacy dudes, IMHO. Who cares. D. The J can do no-flaps. There's a reason they don't on a regular basis...the J-30 WILL strike a tail skid if you land it zero flap. The short Js can do it just as fine as the legacy Herks, but they don't practice in the airplane because 95% of the fleet comprise the J-30 and it's just one of those USAF-isms of "if most of the fleet can't do it without risk of damage, then none of them should". It lands just like a legacy bird in zero flap configuration....and other than emergency procedures that necessitate it, why risk damaging the airplane? E. Actually, the airplane only takes a snapshot of data every few seconds, so if your overspeed is very transitory, it may not even capture it...not any worse than a FE that notices your overspeed. Again, what's your point? F. This is the part that is most controversial...and having gone from E/H to J and back to H again, I can say with 100% honesty that I'd rather have the J flight deck. You have lots of SA from all the displays and only a few people talking on intercomm. It's actually much more chaotic on a legacy flight deck on a low level and I'm always having to tell someone to "standby" so I can catch a radio call...plus if I lose SA, I have to have a conversation with someone in order to regain it, versus in the J I can just pull up a display and figure it out. The legacy intercom system sucks, I have to listen to the copilot breathing into his hot mic and the nav talking over the radio calls...you get my point. For what it's worth, I love both the legacy and the J...both great airplanes. But the J is a very good improvement. You can't speak to that if you've never flown one.

That's pretty much the idea behind the mounted flashlight. You have the dispersion of the main beam set to approximately the spread. It puts a nice bright circle on anything that will be getting lead. It also gives you some peripheral light for scanning and can be used to positively identify and blind the target. Also, back on the second amendment for a moment, the following gun manufacturers and companies have announced that they will not sell any firearms to LE/Govt agencies in New York and any other state that restricts the 2nd amendment rights of its citizens. Olympic Arms, Inc La Rue Tactical EFI, LLC – Extreme Firepower York Arms Templar Custom Cheaper Than Dirt

Forget blowing it up. We need to work at solving the root issue of all these meteors. Global warming.

That is more project than I prefer. I ran into a plane too nice to pass @ the price of an L-4, will skip a warbird row spot for now. Though, it specs out as a L-21A. Exp. amat. build supercub. Wag kits. Some of the fancy bush mods. Will put on VGs in the spring when it warms up. Fun sky Jeep, nicely done. Back to Burma Spits type searches- we have a similar hunt in the USA at Seymour, IN. https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=463868480342361&id=100776559984890&set=a.333147756747768.84344.100776559984890&refid=17 https://www.indianamilitary.org/FreemanAAF/Museum/FF_museum.html

Incredibly false. HC-130J's will be keeping Navs on the crew. Nobody just "gets" a UPT slot regardless of the situation regardless of being able to "qualify" for one.