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They hate that jet so much they finally went full retard.

Another option would be to stop treating people like shit and let them do what they signed up to do (fly airplanes). But only feasible COAs are COAs I guess.

Just finished Any Weir's The Martian... Amazing book, could not put it down. Basically, (no spolier), an astronaut gets left behind on Mars when his crew has to evacuate due to a storm - to be fair they think he's dead and cannot find the body in the short amount of time they have left. The marooned astronaut comes to, finding himself alone and has to survive until the next mission that will take place in years... The book is part Robin Crusoe, part Gravity and all McGyver... Weir did some really outstanding research for the book. There is a movie coming out soon with Matt Damon in the role of the lost astronaut... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p7bgMxewxA

As a military and former civilian IP, I can say the ignorance lies on both sides. That said, MOAs are not taught as no fly zones, just "avoid if it's convenient." After UPT, I couldn't believe all the stuff I got away with as a civilian knucklehead.

Go join a guard unit, go to college without ROTC, apply to get hired in the Guard. If it doesn't work out, enjoy your paid for college and your mostly civilian life, where you get to do whatever you want whenever you want. Maybe not statistically your best chance of getting a pilot slot. Probably statistically your best chance of enjoying your life. Just kidding. But seriously...

New date for release is Monday the 13th.

Here's the closest flying boat in reality: ShinMaywa US-2. Operated by Japan and in production. It's a little smaller than a C-130J, but uses a variant of the AE2100 engines and 6-blade Dowty props.

HA!

War is Boring is really on a tear for the F-35, another article this one saying it's the next 105 (which gets more abuse for its performance than it deserves IMO given what it was tasked to do, the restrictions on ROE and concentration of enemy AAA, SAMs and MiGs) but another for the pile: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-f-105-was-the-f-35-of-the-vietnam-era-51863811024a Respect the Thud, it was given a man's job

Standard answer: Don't join reserves or guard. Be a straight A college student in a degree you're interested in, don't break any laws, chase skirts, have fun, get slot, profit.