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Normally I'd not be on the side of the bureaucratic RA who can only accommodate what the almighty memorandum says, but if you came into my office trying to get me to purchase a set of these I'd tell you to goose-step your fancy ass out of my office too.

Just stay in, have the kid, take a year off, never be available when you come back, schedule kid appointments in the middle of the day, come off sorties constantly because “the baby had a rough night”, get sent to the wing after the article about being a fierce fighter pilot Queen that can do it all, get tagged for a deployment, immediately get pregnant again, repeat cycle.

Equity.

I'd be more concerned about the seat failing

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And that demo was probably flown by a Boeing test pilot. F-15 Demo

That's a fair point. Considering how many sensationalist articles about the death of democracy in America I've read over the past 8ish years, and how completely unhinged all reporting about Donald Trump was and has been, it does make it hard to trust the same media to assess the political situation in a very different country and a very different part of the world.

A lot of people are under the misunderstanding that DE&I means diversity, equality and inclusion. It may have originally, but now it means diversity, equity and inclusion. AKA management/leadership forced outcomes no matter the input. Also known as make the slides green.

And that’s the extent of their AF’s capability.

@HuggyU2 So the short answer is you don’t want to pay for them yourself. Now we’re all going to have to not only Go Fundme sunglasses for you, but also boots!

Qatari F-15QA doing an impressive routine at the Dubai airshow. It appears 2x 30k motors, clean/no CFT's, and the fly by wire really turned the Eagle into a low speed monster.

Been wearing these for about decade...love em.

Be like Walter

Any rumors yet on the number of slots available on this years board?

Very true. I attended the RPP this year and when Cujo was talking over how much everything weighs on selection, he said that PCSM is a part, but do not stress over not having max scores. I guess its a lot harder to make everything else a metric outside of the scores and that draws everyone in to focusing so hard on having a high PCSM/AFOQT. I do wish they would put out a document similar to how Enlisted Promotion Selection goes by them stating how many that were selected received a PN, MP or P. Only for us it would be how many #1s, 2s, or 3s out of the bases were selected or top 25% strat, top middle, bottom middle, and bottom since every Wing has a different number that are strat'd against each other.

step 3. piss off new FTU with your "untouchable" attitude...get "fired" from your ANG fighter unit before graduation. step 4. repeat step 1.

What check(s) did he hook you on?

Want to fly fighters? Step 1. Find a ANG fighter unit that needs a quota because it’s overmanned with white males where you won’t have to compete to get there. Step 2. Min run the training system, if anyone questions you not meeting standards, request a new UPT flight, different IPs or different FTU unit. Trust that the system will ensure your success thru unlimited pandering regardless of your actual potential as a combat asset. Based on a true story. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Spend months planning the next “fly like a girl” public affairs stunt instead of actually contributing to the effectiveness of the unit These vignettes could go on forever; it would be funny if they weren’t so accurate and indicative of the sad state of affairs of our military.

"Equality" is camouflage for special privileges.

https://youtu.be/D0emKAs5j2I?si=zb_kfFwMqkF7G_c3

Also work for a female Col at WG, get sent to staff with perfect strats, then get school when all the people putting in time on the line are denied. Have said Col order your attached SQ/CC to upgrade you, take 18 months on a specially made syllabus, then never fly and ask the SQ/CC to make you an evaluator on paper. Come back as the SQ/CC, don’t deploy, wreck any lethality of the team and continue upwards. Much inclusivity, very diverse and warrior queen.

Green screen with your personal highlight reel on it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2023/11/16/guardian-osama-bin-laden-letter-to-america/ Never thought I’d live to see the day where Americans would show support for Osama Bin Laden, but here we are.

Last I checked, suspending elections is about as far from democracy as you can get.

https://asiatimes.com/2023/11/cia-boss-heads-for-z-day-in-kyiv-as-ukraine-falters/ "Wednesday, November 15th is Z-Day for the War in Ukraine. CIA Chief William Burns will arrive in Kiev for urgent, secret meetings with Zelensky. It is worth asking: How come Burns is on an urgent mission to Ukraine? The answer to the question is that Ukraine is imploding. The crumbling of the Zelensky regime is unsurprising: Ukraine has been sustaining far too many casualties to survive for much longer. Ukraine either must find a way to make a deal with Russia or face an internal rebellion. Zelensky is setting the stage to have Ukrainian General Valerii Zaluzhny arrested and purged. He’s likely to prepare the ground by firing three generals tied to Zaluzhny. (Zaluzhny’s top aide has already died in what’s described as an accident.)"

so is arresting and purging generals