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To Nsplayr’s point, I volunteer with Young Eagles when I can; over the years I think I’m up to about 3 or 4 black kids who, when asked, “so what’d you think man, want to be a pilot now!?” responded with, “well I can’t be a pilot because I’m black.” Wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t been the one they were talking to. So why’d they answer that way? Well, the short of it is they’ve been fed a complete bullshit lie about life, this country, and the people in it. And unfortunately after a little more talking to them, my feeling has been they’ve received most/all of the bullshit POV from friends and relatives, NOT from the KKK guy down the street shouting slurs at them. The communities they live in are so uninformed/misinformed and continue to internally propagate completely false narratives against themselves. To that end, I completely support outreach/educational efforts in these communities - I want every minority kid to know they can be a pilot if they so choose, and at the end of their adolescence road, I have no problem if none of these kids are selected if they don’t make the bar, but if they do make the bar, then welcome on board and I’m glad to have you! Now, quotas and going for specific percentages - that’s bullshit and a complete miss. Targeted informational outreach and recruiting, but without any affirmative action bullshit, would be a good thing.

Agreed on all, although Finland is historically very efficient with their relatively small amount of military power 🇫🇮 Sweden is also currently below the 2% target, but their really good diesel submarines are a huge asymmetric advantage for them that will be a nice boost to NATO’s sea power.

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They figured out that with the amount of sleep loadmasters get in flight, they're not actually working as much as everyone else. Lol.

1/5 NATO countries that border Russia are in the red - Norway only. Absolutely agree that the remainder should show up with the $$ / % GDP to share shouldering the weight of deterrence and defense. Just saying your argument isn’t accurate. I do also agree that if/when Finland joins, they’ll need to bump up from their historic ~1.5% GDP on defense.

Similar point, did a career day at my daughter’s school with G suit, harness, helmet. Boys were only asking questions until I brought up girls can be pilots too and my sister is a military pilot as well. Blew their minds.

As one of my black friends says, “the two greatest threats to the black community are the lack of fathers in the house and woke white women.”

So... why weren't we helping them prior to the invasion of Ukraine? It's just such a specious argument that this money would be spent on your number 1 issue if only it weren't diverted to something you disagree with.

We have them on our 747-8s. I’ve always wondered why manufacturers can’t come up with an alternator-like thingy that charges the batteries as the vehicle moves/wheels turn. something to convert kinetic energy into a charging system. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I’ll believe it when I see it and not some bullshit “pledge” like Sweden and Finland, our newest allies. Here’s the most recent expenditures that are available from NATO. Lots of red from countries that share a border with the Russians but luckily me and the rest of my US mil buddies can come bail them out.

Have you been following international geopolitics at all lately? This is exactly what is happening. Countries like Germany are finally stepping it up after years of neglecting defense.

"Hey guys. I'm flying to Walmart in this twin I stole. Do you need anything?"- the most Walmart person to ever live.

I don’t care about other countries, I care about our own. So if you think this economy is good/strong compared to recent previous years, then we’ll just have to disagree on that one.

Especially compared to anyone else. Like Einstein said, it’s all relative.

Strong-er than pretty much everybody else. It’s all relative my man. What country would you rather live in at the moment?

“We need a more modern way to be able to assess” housing and subsistence allowances and cost-of-living adjustments, she said Easy: quarterly base pay, flight pay, and BAS adjustments automatically tied to inflation. Realistic BAH reviews (maybe not on a quarterly basis, since this would require more manpower) that actually look at the available housing market and exclude developments/apartments the Wing King wouldn’t let his kid live in. I understand this would make budgeting incredibly difficult, but it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the nonsense programs Congress funds on what seems to be a daily basis. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rumor is we lost Afghanistan because we weren't diverse enough!! 😲😲😲

My grandfather retired from the USAF in the late 1960s. He started in WW2 as a B-26 bombardier and flew as a flight engineer in other aircraft in Korea and Vietnam as well. Guess what? He started a second family in Germany after the war. My mom says that my grandmother used to beat the shit out of him on a regular basis when he was home lol. But in all seriousness, he had a huge drinking/womanizing problem. My grandmother had enough and left him when my mom was around 7 years old. My mom says she remembers my grandfather screaming violently in his sleep quite a bit. I never knew this side of my grandfather. By the time I met him, he had given up alcohol (not his chewing tobacco or women) and he was very supportive of me getting into military aviation. I know other people who struggle with PTSD. It's not a joke. I have a good friend who lost his FAA flight physical a year after starting his airline career because of it. We all know people who have died from war and suicide from the last 20 years of fun in the sun. The point I'm trying to make (besides the fact my grandfather had bigger balls than I can ever dream to possess) is that war F's with people's minds. It breaks down the strongest warriors (even the services guy handing out towels lol) in some way. Hell, the stress of flying training sorties has broken down grown men. I want someone who's going to perform in a stressful environment. In my experience, war (military aviation) is not the place for social experiments. We need strong minded people in the military, not dudes with purple hair taking hormone pills. Once the dude figures out who they like to bang, let them in. The time and place to figure that out is prior to joining. Who do want to lead your children into the next war? A drunk (drinks more than two per sitting) who knows how to lead in battle or a nice guy who knows what pronoun the kids prefer. I know who I'd rather fight against.

Yup. We've reached a pretty amazing point where the biggest threat to black people are the mostly-white people who claim to be their champions. I've had some amazing conversations over the past few years with black friends and co-workers. All of them can be boiled down to this paraphrased statement: Well, no, none of that has actually happened to me, but I'm sure it's happening to all the other black people.

I agree that it's interesting as to why this happened/happens. I wonder if it's because it takes time for immigrants and etc. to integrate into society? I'm now a minority in the state of CA. In a few years, I expect there to be more Hispanic representation in leadership positions here than we currently have. My mayor is Hispanic. Things change at a slower pace than we like here in America. It's good that things (racism, sexism, exorcisms, etc) are being identified and corrected. It's just the approach of making everyone deep throat diversity that is making me tired of listening anymore. I know it's cool to know your heritage and be represented but I looked at the bros/sis I flew with as airmen not Irish, Mexican, African, Australian, Texan?...Americans. In the aircraft I didn't care what you looked like, as long as you knew your job. Same with commanders, who cares what they look as long as they take care of their dudes. Easy peasy.

Maybe few woman and ppl of other races are applying because certain elements in the media and an entire political party have built a following around the idea that white men are trying to systemically oppress them at every turn. Or maybe it’s that these entities built a platform around the idea that America is a country one should be ashamed to be from, not even worth the simple act of showing respect for its anthem. Yeah, after 20 years of hearing/seeing that messaging play out I can’t imagine why these groups don’t want to come work for the government and salute a bunch of mostly white guys..

I wish they paid better, because it does look like a great job from the mission/flying aspect. Also, why aren’t there a bunch of ANG units doing this? Seems like that’s the perfect setup for a unit to do no-shit state missions, which is in theory a big reason the guard exists.

Well, 83% of Americans disagree with you, but you keep thinking that lol. https://news.gallup.com/poll/398963/economic-confidence-improving-weak.aspx