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Makes about as much sense as restricting my right to own firearms while simultaneously selling thousands directly to the Mexican mafia.

This! We've been down this road before. AFSOC couldn't care less about CSAR or saving money, and that's why this experiment failed the first time. They're shooting for a way to gain the iron and money. We may be a red headed stepchild in ACC's fighter world, but at least they respect the capability and mission we bring to the fight. We're a necessary evil if you will... Let's not even start down the road of a CV-22 being capable of the rescue mission. I was there when they got their first "rescue" in the Osprey. They were in a neat orbit overhead while an HH-60G landed at 11,000'. Hilarious the next day as the Air Force propaganda machine went nuts touting the CV-22 in the papers, and barely mentioned the fact that due to service ceiling limitations (worse than a Pavehawk, and that's bad!) prevented from actually doing anything... Yeah, let's take that machine. It will get to the zone ASAP, then do a cool orbit overhead. It has its pros and cons like every machine, but too many cons for the mission the Air Force wants to force it into. Square peg, round hole. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

So we'll give weapons to the rebels in support of their fight against Assad (but make sure only the 'good' rebs get them), but we are prosecuting Eric Harroun for fighting with the rebels (at one point he was allegedly with a group labeled as an AQ affiliate....allegedly). ?

We are now talking fucking airman BTZ promotions. Can we just lock the thread already?

That picture is a perfect metaphor for the entire advising effort in Afghanistan.

I guess you could solve the sexual assault problem with that uniform...

I have a hard enough time sometimes figuring out what pocket of my flight suit I put my wallet in, I would never find it again.