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US Air Force legend Robert “Bob” Pardo, known for his selfless action known as “Pardo’s Push” during the Vietnam War, has died Dec. 5 in College Station, Texas. He was 89. https://nypost.com/2023/12/17/news/air-force-legend-robert-bob-pardo-famous-for-pardos-push-maneuver-dead-at-89/

Saw these while going through UPT recently. They belong to any of you guys? The stickers were on old projectors they were getting rid of.

In 1996, I was co-chair of the annual POW Reunion at the 560th at Randolph. We got all four of the Pardo's Push guys there for the Friday social. We even got an F-4 on the ramp and had them pose by the tail. It was the first time all four had been together at the same time since the actual Push. Bob Houghton was the only guy we originally couldn't find. Keep in mind this is 1996... a lot harder to find people. Bob got word of the event about 36-48 hours prior to the event. IIRC he was doing missionary work in Africa. He jumped through hoops and made it there. These guys got a hero's welcome. I need to see if I can find some photos.

What problem are they trying to fix? We don’t have enough MAJCOMs IMHO, C2 and big ISR should be in its own MAJCOM. Get rid of NAFs and Groups instead.

Touché, Monsieur! On that note, I'll post the patch from my daughter's class at CBM. They had "Blaze Studs" on it originally, but that was rejected by the Vice Commander of Fun for who knows what reason. He's now the CC of Holloman. Sorry, HMN folks

It's tough to look at this bullshit anymore because it's truly either guys forced (conscripts, criminals) to fight in a war that they have no part in creating or stopping. Truly incompetent leadership with no sense of military tactics or strategy, just send some dudes forward to hold some trench with no food, ammo, or support. The comm intercepts are insane. The armor losses are insane.

Sheesh -- I used to look at this discussion to see all the cool footage of Russians getting blasted. Now it's just a whining, political buzz kill. Why don't you tools take the boring crap offline already. Here's a photo of dead Russians to help get this thread back on track.

A few from my stint at CBM

Well, the AF never buys too few aircraft...

Yeah, I could not get that video to load up for some reason.

I had to look up the word prescient.

Really appreciate you doing that! Please post those photos if you find them!!

Lol. Maybe they can mix it up and make non combatants sq/cc s, something like LRS or Finance dudes leading flying squadrons. Lets get 🤪. Old aircraft can still be used effectively. I flew a few Hueys that flew missions in Nam. One still had sheet metal repairs from bullet holes....from Nam. No shit. The Huey flew like a champion! It's the P-51 of helicopters. All hands on. No automation at all. I have landed that thing in some gnarly places.

Disclaimer: I've only flown the C-40, not an airline 737, but I'm now flying the 320. The Guppy's FMS, overall flows, VNAV, climb rate and stopping distance are way better than the bus, IMO. 2 cup holders, hooray! Jump seat is meh...deer stand is torture. The Bus is slightly quieter at cruise but takes for ever to get there. Not monitoring the engine start is neat. The autoflap retract on a heavy climb out is weird since you basically have to overspeed it then trust the automation to prevent an actual overspeed. The lack of an auto let down ability at TOD is annoying. But it's super easy to "fly" and I do enjoy the tray table. Jump seats way better. Overall, I'll fly which ever one results in a better schedule. Oddly, at my domicile the bus is more junior than the guppy on the FO side so that's why I picked it.

Out of that list AFE will have the most regular, guaranteed interaction with pilots. Intel can be good, but depends on where you’re working…you could have extremely little interaction, so that’s a risk (from the perspective of wanting highest pilot-interaction rate).

They said to post your own class patch, not your Dad’s patch.

Big Mike likes to make movies. He makes Barry do all the gay stuff.

I designed this one. Probably my biggest achievement in an otherwise unremarkable career 😂🤣

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The trailer says they "shoot journalists on sight". I guess it can't be that bad.

I feel like the last 11 months went by quick and this last month is dragging on. Good luck!

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I taught Luke at Rucker when he was a stud. I remember one particular NVG flight with him where it was like CT with your bro. He was a tremendous dude with a phenomenal attitude. He worked hard and was super willing to learn. He finished the program really strong. Luke, we will miss you dude.

Last year's was the 11th for CC notification, the 10th the year prior I believe. So yeah, countdown has begun! Que anxious impatient applicants (self included)! If I was a betting man, I'd say there are more slots this year compared to last with retention bonuses still at an all time high for +10yr pilots. Sent from my SM-G986U using Tapatalk

Apparently you can't see through the rhetoric. Being globally aware and engaging the power we (USA) still have is simply responsible for our own well being, forget the rest of the world. We have options now that we won't have later. You can choose to stick your head in the sand now, but that only leaves tomorrow you two options: A: Try to become globally aware and engaged later with options, power, and leverage you might not have any more. B: Learn Chinese. That's not an opinion. That's fact proven by history time and time again.

Like I said, I’m a fighter pilot. Things I love, I take personal. Even if I don’t have a direct effect on the result. That’s how it is, for better or worse. 13-0 > 12-1 Fighters > Helos

Because I was a fighter pilot, and enjoy competition.

SEAL of the Sky berets.