Leaderboard

Maybe I haven't been let into the super secret CAS club but when I fly CAS, I talk on two radios. I guess I've been blessed with the uncanny ability to manage a two position rocker switch- up for wingman, down for jtac. I don't always load shed but when I do, it's on top of bqzip's mom.

The guy gets a bad rap from SERE guys who dedicate their entire careers to figuring out how they're going to evade. Sounds like he may have had a bad reputation in his F-16 community, but whenever someone talks about all the things this guy screwed up during his evasion and rescue I just remind myself that he never got caught and returned more or less safe. More than a lot of guys can say.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179136/ American Sniper https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091191/?ref_=nv_sr_1Lone Survivor https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462504/?ref_=nv_sr_1Rescue Dawn I'm sorry...you were saying something about not using war experiences for profit?

Two-seater CAS has been tried before and failed miserably. Even a Jedi Knight couldn't make it work.

That's not what he's saying, but obviously flying the U-2 is not seriously one of your professional goals if you aren't willing to extend your time on active duty even one day to do it. If you've read this thread, you'll realize why the cadre would not be thrilled to entertain the thought of hiring you if they won't get their time and money's worth out of you for the mission. Won't your PCS incur a 2 year ADSC? If you're looking for a place and the CAOC doesn't suit you, we could use more bodies in the RPA world.

I'll be emailing that hamster gif to all my friends just in case their morning hadn't been ruined.

I thought it was a great look into religion and the ability/want of people to believe and accept something higher to believe in. In the end, I think we are just all tuned differently. I grew up Christian, my brother is a pastor and the best example of a Christian I can think of. I simply always had questions and did not accept the final answer from church when I asked too many the answer was.. "you just need faith -or- its all part of Gods plan... I grew out of religion the same way I see kids growing out of believing in Santa Clause. I don't need a lot of proof, I do need something, but so far I've seen nothing. I'll never say there is absolutely 100% no God. I also won't make my life/money/family decisions based off a translated 2000 yr old book with zero proof of it being credible.

I'm not sure how this fits in perfecting our skills of killing people and breaking their stuff or intimidates those who we might want to modify their behavior. How absolutely ridiculous.

There are no words for how fucked up that picture is.

If anyone ever has any questions about an FEB, I now consider myself an expert. I was reinstated into formal training today from an FEB.

Non-starter, what you mentioned is what single seat fighter pilots do every day (and more when we're not talking about low threat CAS, which apparently is the only mission that exists in the AF according to BOPS.net). Mistakes are made, but significantly less than successes. Strikes do it well too, they also fuck it away (just like single seat guys). The point is, at least in the fighter world, there is not a need for a second dude, with the exception of the Strike which was specifically designed for a WSO. We've been single seat weaseling since the 90s and FAC'ing single seat since Vietnam, extremely effectively as well. It's a non-issue in the fighter world - this is not chest beating, it's simply reality. To give the F-35 a 2nd seat would be a huge mistake, waste of money; essentially no gain for a whole shitload of pain.