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60 Minutes on the Air Campaign against ISIS. https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/60-minutes-takes-a-glance-at-the-growing-costs-of-the-a-1738638898 From the article "...the cost to sustain the air war, which was stated to be $10 million daily." If that number and the likelihood we will just keep dropping iron on jihadi a-holes here and elsewhere into the foreseeable future are not reason enough for the US to buy something that doesn't cost around $60k+ an hour to deliver a PGM then nothing will...

100% insightfully accurate. The only time I don't use autopilot is during takeoff, departure, tac form enroute, in the AO, during attacks or threat reactions, low level Rtb or up initial. But 96.69% of the time I'm surfing my iPhone with the autopilot engaged...normally in the final turn thinking about the good ole days of UPT when flying was fun.

Not to discount the fact that it could cause issues in another circumstance, but I'd put an extraordinarily high probability on the fact that the airstrike mentioned had precisely fuck-all to do with the presence of BACN in the area.

I've had the misfortune of flying RPAs for the last few years. I wouldn't describe what we do as "relevant", unless you think there is a strategic value to playing whack-a-mole. I would gladly take any non-rpa assignment pulled out of a hat over continuing to fly MQ-9s.

We're all different with different motivations. I'd absolutely rather be an RPA guy doing something relevant to the war than any number of flying assignments which aren't helping the fight.

You guys are right.... That type in a four engine Boeing heavy is terrible. Oak City is a terrible shithole to live on, and I would hate for my three MDS PCS options to be Alaska, Japan, and Germany. You got me.

Dude great work.... Appreciate it. Funny how it's free but people are still eager to tell ya what's wrong. Seriously tho thanks

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Not bad ....