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Respect your opinion but I think you are wrong for a host of reasons. 1. While not a treaty, in 1994 we negotiated and signed the Budapest Agreement. We promised to provide security for Ukraine in exchange for them giving up the third largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world. This agreement made the world safer for almost 30 years. Were you upset when we threw our promise to Afghanistan away and fled in the middle of the night? We gave our word and at some point if we want to be respected as a world leader we have to honor our word. 2. For pennies on the dollar of our annual DoD budget we have enabled Ukraine to bleed a near-peer Superpower and relegate them to chump status. Russia has taken STAGGERING losses. Putin's grand plan to rebuild the Soviet Union died on the battlefield of Ukraine. A lot of independent agencies have validated Russian losses. Russia started the war with 3,000 operational tanks, in just over a year over 1,000 have been destroyed and a further 500 captured. Half of their armor gone...HALF. The UK Defense ministry estimates Russia has lost 200,000 soldiers in the war with Ukraine, with 60-80,000 of those being KIA. I almost feel guilty for the average Russian soldier who was lied to by a despot dictator. My sympathy ended when they started murdering civilians. This conflict and our $113B investment has humbled Russia for generations to come. I can't stand this administration for breaking our word to the Afghans and running away during the night but I applaud them for holding the line against Russia. I think this also sends a strong message to China. Again, all of pennies on the dollar and no blood from American soldiers (minus people who volunteered to go fight).

Which country invaded which again? I cannot believe the amount of Putin simps in the military. A major near-peer adversary is getting their ass handed to them militarily, economically, and culturally, but because your guy isn't in the White House you're upset about it.

Behold lads and lasses, a legend is born with the best Selfie ever! Free beers for life my friend!

Military "BOP" lol. ...and my exwife told me she loved me too. 😄

Naahhh. Vlad and his cronies want to be alive to enjoy their expensive caviar, yachts, and whores. They’re not interested in Armageddon. We are holding the far better hand here, but some really, really want to see us fold. This is the most obvious bluff (on Putin’s part, in case you weren’t clear) in history.

It's difficult to take your posts seriously when you start off with juvenile nonsense like "Putin simps," and then proceed to categorize every disagreement into some bullshit "red vs blue" narrative. Be better.

The military having to do a lot of work at the behest of the commander in chief…ya really hate to see it.

Not today AFPC

Cool, showing the "Big Guy" around. I want to hear every word spoken by any American to that government. That includes past trips there by Pelosi etc. You know there were private meetings. I fully support helping Ukraine, spending money instead of our blood, but I want to know where every penny went. As a taxpayer I'm entitled to that info.

WTF did anyone expect? I mean this administration's primary selection criteria to choose people to run something is what color skin they have, what type of genitals they've got, or what type of hole they shove their 8ick in. Note: Use of the term '"they" in the above is in the old sense of the word. Not the newfangled and imposed genderless nonsense it is now sometimes used to denote.

The same people in EUCOM who are currently running humanitarian relief efforts in Turkey had to deal with a PR distraction so Biden could get his photo op in Ukraine..don’t see a problem with that? Oh and later this week FLOTUS is taking a Safari to Kenya that precious resources get to be wasted on. You probably don’t see a problem with that either.

Some perspective from flight test and performance engineering on the C-130J and C-5. Both include reaction time in the decision speed (VREF) and VCEF numbers, based on flight test. So a malfunction (typically assumed to be a critical engine failure) can occur up to VREF or VCEF. Other multi-engine aircraft handle this differently. However, flight test reaction times can be misleading since the pilot knows that a critical engine failure will occur during the takeoff run - just not when. Another key assumption in VREF is a 3-point ground attitude. If the aircraft is rotated, then the refusal distance is invalid since the time (and distance) to lower the nose is not included. Regarding C-130J Block 8 and carbon brakes, the only change in charted performance is maximum brake energy and cooling times. This is the primary performance benefit of carbon brakes since the flight tests showed minimal change in stopping distance.

You mean Mrs Doubtfire in the back...?

"They have been joined by advocates — both liberal and conservative — who portray the internet as a cesspool of disinformation and hate speech, a home for stalkers and fraudsters and a contributor to teen suicides and mass shootings. Critics also say social media companies get rich and keep viewers online by amplifying the most extreme claims and the angriest voices" Scare the people into more government regulations. They could also educate people to not believe everything they read or hear? That seemed to work prior to the internet.

Agreed. You know who else really doesn’t want to see us/NATO get directly involved in the war? The Russians. ‘Cause they’ll get their dicks kicked in if that happens. They can threaten expansion of the war all they want, but they won’t because it makes zero sense for them. It’s an empty threat.

Every liberal the second Biden gets out of his seat and doesn’t act like a complete retard on the international stage.

I did 20+ yrs AD, loved it so much I joined the reserves but also got in with an airline. Knowing what I do now of reserves and airlines, I’d never tell a kid it’s smart to take the bonus. Individual circumstances may vary but overall, run from AD. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Not as heroic as prior posts, but a night I’ll always remember. It was either Jan or Feb 1991, Desert Storm was raging. Took off in my C-141 from Daharan AB on my millionth flight during that timeframe (over 1000 hrs in 7 months). Anyhow shortly after takeoff, a bright flash explodes off my right side, looked similar to a July 4th firework, the cockpit gets real bright for a second, and as I looked to my right, my Co is ducking down in reaction to the flash. After a few jinks, we hear that the base is under a SCUD attack and the Patriot batteries were responding, hence the explosion, but we’re airborne anyway, so we get outta Dodge ASAP. After the excitement is over, I start teasing my Co about ducking down, and we basically had a good laugh about what happened. The co-pilot was a good squadron Bud, named LeRoy. He looked at me and said “I guess those A-rabs didn’t get ole LeRoy tonight” we just laughed and flew back to Ramstein. Fast forward to 9/11….I’m watching the news, and I read on the bottom news crawl that the crew on flight United 93 that crashed in Shanksville PA included my good Bud..LeRoy Homer (the FO) I still remember the laughs we had after that Scud attack, and his words that night were prophetic. RIP LeRoy

And then do you get a cash payment when you missed out on that seniority at the airlines?

So they plan to release you from your ADSC when "needs of the Air Force" take priority over your base of preference, right?

Tanker. He doesn’t get any cake but he is drinking heavily and is perfectly happy with that.

Theatrics that doesn’t help the Ukrainians in any way possible, and caused a lot of work for military folks in the AOR. All while in the middle of a massive HA/DR effort for Turkey. Biden probably thought he was in Moscow. We don’t need to parade this dude around anymore than we have to. Our credibility as a nation has suffered enough in the last few years.

Biden on the ground in Kyiv showing continuing strong support for the Ukrainians 🇺🇦🇺🇸 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/20/president-biden-kyiv-ukraine-visit-war/

Congratulations!!!

(Apparently) stabilized approach criteria is for pussies!

Reminds me of this, not sure why...

KCBM 23-06 F-35 - Luke A-10 - DM T-38 FAIP (11B Follow-on) B-1 Dyess KC-135 HI ANG C-17 McChord x3 MC-130 Kirtland C-130 Dobbins x2 MC-130 PA ANG C-17 TN ANG C-21 Scott C-17 MS ANG C-146 Duke C-130 Dyess C-130 WV ANG C-130 Yakota T-6 FAIP (11M Follow-on) U-28 Hurby C-17 WV ANG

If you would have all just put on your masks, none of this would have happened! Lol What is a woman? Wear your masks outside! Men can get pregnant! What should we expect from this administration? They are insane and I'm not exaggerating. "Fuck our future! Let's get those pregnant men some more rights!!" - Democratic Party Oh and before I forget "fuck white men! Unless, you used to be a woman". - Democratic Party

James Denton and Brent "Brandini" Brandon were flying an EF-111 proving electronic attack and support the opening sorties on night one of the Desert Storm air campaign. An Iraqi Mirage F-1EQ was attempting to counter the strike package and ended up being engaged by an F-15C. The Iraqi pilot defeated the Eagle's missile shot and as he completed his defense maneuver by chance he ended up on the six of the EF-111. The Mirage launched two R.550 Magic air-to-air missiles which Denton and Brandon were able to defeat. With the EF-111 skimming the desert the Mirage pilot became fixated and attempted to close for a guns kill. Late in the engagement Denton made a hard out of plane maneuver, the Mirage pilot completed fixated on the gun kill didn't recognize the maneuver in the dark and impacted the desert under the EF-111 as Denton pulled vertical. The aircraft 66-016 sits at the entrance to base housing at Cannon AFB, NM. Two days later Jose Rico Rodriguez were tasked to fly DCA in the western sector as the HVACAP. At the last minute he was retasked and scrambled and switched to OCA to support the exfil of a strike package. Rico and his flight lead were engaged by two Mig-29s with his wingman shooting down the lead Mig-29. Rico ended up merging with the second Mig-29 passing just 50' off his wing. A dog fight ensued with Rico ultimately maneuvering to a position where he was about to take an AIM-7 Sparrow shot. The Mig-29 flying at just 300' rolled inverted and attempted an unsuccessful Split S, he impacted the desert giving Rico the second maneuver kill of Desert Storm. Rico would go on the get a second kill in the same tail number (85-114) which is still active and serving at Kadena (although the Eagles are leaving Kadena, we will see where it ends up).

TDS in full effect. Inflation still raging, the SPR at a new record low (see chart below), and our borders wide open with fentanyl flowing across at record levels killing 300 Americans a day. Can you imagine if an airliner crashed everyday and killed 300 Americans because the border was open, there would be outrage. Instead, liberals cheer and enable more illegal immigrants to sneak across our border carrying millions of pills.

Trump has many problems, but our nation is worse off under Joe Biden than him. By all metrics I care about he was a better president than what we currently have. Our nation is more divided, poorer, less free, and less respected internationally now than when he was president.

What does that have to do with the violently liberal shut-up-and-comply agenda that's clearly being implemented by our elected officials...predominately democrats? Trump is a raging twit. Fact. Stop saying his name like it's some kind of defense or excuse for the horrific policies of the current administration. Our current administration has exacerbated or outright caused complete failures in America's economy, foreign policy, military readiness, immigration policy, border security, energy and transportation management, trust in our healthcare system, and faith in our baseline governing civics. The former president had nothing to do with ANY of that.

Follow up on a post I made 10 years ago... about an event that took place 17 years ago. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/killer-at-70000-feet-117615369/ Dave Russell was instrumental in this event while he was the U-2 squadron commander. Dave was laid to rest a couple hours ago. He died much too young following a 4-year fight with Multiple Myeloma... a plasma cell cancer. Dave owned HighFlyer Arms, a specialty gun store in Warrenton Virginia, and I believe the family will keep the store going. https://www.highflyerarms.com/ To Super Dave...

KDLF 23-05 KC-135 - Kadena KC-135 - Fairchild C-17 - McChord B-1 - Dyess KC-135 - Birmingham A-29 - Lebanon KC-135 - Mildenhall F-35 - Tyndall (Reserves) KC-135 - MacDill F-16 - TBD KC-135 - McConnell T-6 - Laughlin x2 C-130J - Little Rock A-10 - Davis-Monthan C-130H - Reno (ANG) T-38 - Laughlin

We’re gonna keep escalating this thing into WW3

sure so lets start WW3 cause russia invaded ukraine (a non-nato state). is that the logic you're using? this has nothing to do with politics my friend. i'm watching us lumber dangerously to WW3 and you're filled with glee! seems strange. american blood and treasure should not be spent protecting ukraine. that's my position.