my thoughts are that the majority of the heavy lifting has been done by the strike eagles, that the f35 would be severely range limited, and that manpads and other ir systems will still be a HUGE threat to a single jet engine that operates close to the edge of its envelope
Lets say on a decent day any given dude has 90% SA on everything going on in the AO. Average a crew of two's SA level and you get 81% SA. I don't know about you, but I'd rather be one man with 90% SA than two with 81%, or even worse, 4 with 66%! SA = Directly correlated with performance. Math, you just can't argue with it.
PC approved. Hired into the KC-135/C-12 reserves at KEDW as an AGR
2004
Q11M3F
20 months UPT ADSC waived
21 months GI Bill transfer ADSC
Rec'd approval by Sq/CC, Wg/CC, AFPC
10 weeks start to finish, 4 days at SAF/PC but it was expedited due to the separation date I requested.