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Both vital skills that enabled a variety of Rip-Its and snacks to be delivered to the forward bases us lowly Draco nerds inhabited. My thanks to the Talon community!

I think they’re all down on Beachfront Avenue in their new 5.0, but if you stop, collaborate, and listen, I bet you can get some good career advice. Good luck.

https://www.duffelblog.com/p/report-all-female-crewed-chinese?fbclid=IwAR1ZR5q7n0u6b4jZ0Vqlm9dV_RkClCd6Ilcke-xnTIDuA7q3274CiOz22HE

We flew that mission many times in the old Talon sim at Hurbie. Shadow guys were using our sim while theirs was down for mods. Cline came through refresher and we offered him to fly his own crash. He did. 70% flaps and 85 knots at the end. He said it was just like real crash. Not many pilots get to fly their own crash.

I would suggest asking this question over in the COVID-19 thread… Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Huggy has definitely collected balloon intel with a handheld camera; I know, because he just shared some of his “recently unclassified” pics. Although, I think it was before he started flying the Deuce.

Today is the 21 anniversary of ditka03. Not my story, but impactful to my life and friendships nonetheless. Great write up of the story in the air commando journal called Men in the Arena. Page 15. https://aircommando.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/air_commando_journal_vol4_issue2.pdf

How can anyone NOT be skeptical after COVID?! the burden of proof is on the feds. They have zero credibility. “Trust the experts” turned out to be the biggest hoax/crime in US history. also the 51 intelligence “experts” who swore the Biden laptop was “Russian disinformation”. That turned out to be a lie as well.

48:50 not surprising to me in the least

Hopefully it populates soon! Let us know when you find out.

Report I saw said they used 2 because first one missed. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

How many -9Xs? The answer is not near enough

No luck for me. I'm hoping for Vance too!

Peacetime story in the war thread. ORI at NAS Cecil, 95 I think. Four ship of Paves going up to VA to meet up with some of our Navy friends. They need fuel to get up there and back. Guess whos crew got that mission? We got airborne full of fuel and met them off the coast, gave them all the gas we could then climbed up to hit a tanker. Filled up then descended to give the Paves all the fuel the tanker just gave us. Climb again, hit the tanker, descend, give it to the Paves. Three times on the way up, hold till they were done, then three times on way back. I don't remember how many thousands of pounds of fuel we moved through the airplane but it was probably in excess of 175k. Them Paves could suck up some fuel. With one on each hose and ten pumps running it still took awhile to fill them up. Not as bad as the 47s though.

Yea, when are going to celebrate the first all female road crew laying asphalt in the summertime!

I'm sure they appreciate you quoting that image so it shows up twice on this thread. You Ass.

@Lord Ratner Valid points. The bitch for quite awhile has been why are DAL pilots flying record premium pay while simultaneously wanting a new contract. But, it has still worked out, assuming TA passes. The “mission focus” vs. “fuck the company, do only exactly what’s required” is a fine balance. I agree do the right thing, which includes not rushing, cutting corners, completely jumping through your ass to make it happen, or doing anything else that may affect safety/your fitness for duty. But also keep in mind your actions can either make a family’s day/life, or they can destroy it. So if safety is not a concern, then I understand wanting to get flights out and help the people in back. You don’t know who on the plane is trying to make it to see their parent in the hospital one last time or make a once in a lifetime family reunion. Once had a CA give me shit for taking 3 min of my time to source a wheelchair for an old lady because Prospect sucks ass. Got it, not my job, but also that old lady doesn’t deserve the screw job either. We all should remember the human aspect still matters for something.

Do we need to run a drive like this in support of @Biff_T and @filthy_liarfighting each other? Let me know where to send the Fireball.

Seventeen years on gunships, first 3 1/2 as a gunner, never seen the naked gunner hug. On a man anyway. I have seen naked gunners in the showers at various locations, there were no hugs. The initial dedication of Spectre Island had a couple of pavelow dudes, they paid respects without nakedness. I retired in Y2K, what the hell happened after I left. Chugging beers from a prosthetic leg? Not sure I could do that. Drank Jim Mays moonshine from a skull that Wayne Fisk brought to a Spectre Reunion. He said it was a VC skull from Viet Nam.

I was volunteered non-voluntarily to be a T-38 FAIP at Columbus in the magnolia state back the late 80s. I don't remember the students, I don't remember the class, I don't remember the year but I do remember the week or at least 3 days of it. On Wednesday, I had an engine fire. I am with a student and we are the good wingman doing a rejoin when lead says, "2, you are trailing smoke." How I missed the big glowing fire light, I do not know but we execute the boldface and the fire light takes its time to go out. Single engine home and all is right with the world. Thursday appeared with crappy weather and I launch on a contact ride with a student. In the weather, the right generator fails and the left does not pick up the right side. So it's a no-flap ASR to weather mins to get home. I don't get paid enough for this job. TGIF! Friday finds me on another formation ride headed out to the high sectors and at FL330, there's a thump noise, the cockpit fills with fog, and I'm pressure breathing with a cockpit pressurization failure. Sumanabache. Copious quantities of alcohol was consumed at the bar Friday night as my students were trying to tell me as nicely as they could that they didn't want to fly with me anymore.