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Damn, that statement of opinion was rough. Sounds like some heads will be rolling at Ellsworth soon. I especially liked the part where he illustrated that the MIP was overweight and that was why he got hurt in the ejection. Woof. After reading that report, this really makes me mad. They went and did a stand-off weapon sortie and I’m sure they did awesome. Then they went home and screwed up an ILS and wrecked an airplane. Even if you want to scoff all things non-tactical, that’s a W for the enemy because that asset is gone. Screwing up the monkey skills is bad enough but omitting several flight manual and v3 procedures for poor visibility is unsat. It’s also not uncommon in other communities. The cold weather correction one is interesting too. That one is confusing to alot of folks. It wouldn’t have made much of a difference on this (20 feet), but still interesting that 8 dudes didn’t think about it with -5°c. Im very interested to see the SIB on this one. Tons of good info for all levels and roles to get out of this one. Thank God the crew is okay and that the egress folks did their job well.

They aren’t the only ones… It’s insane the number of military aircraft with dual keyed GPS/INS that somehow we didn’t find the money to get approved in the national airspace. We also deliberately leave Copter RNAV points out of DAFIF so even if we were approach certified the points aren’t contained in the non corruptible database. “Oh cool we can enroute RNAV in VMC… thanks I was pretty much doing that anyway it’s called flying.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Well shit the author is a nav. Hadn’t considered that.

Yeah but I’m describing it to persuade that SES, CODEL, HAF staffer lurking in this thread that the insane COA being proposed is just that insane I’m not sure if MAF GOs have Stockholm syndrome and are just trying to placate the ACC GOs but this is fundamentally insane An institution principally built around manned flying aircraft and the aircrew that fly them is trying to lessen the actual flying training for the pilots that fly billions of dollars of planes and thousands of lives and the fleet of aircraft that make us different than any other Air Force in the world, our global air expeditionary capability Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Think of how much better prepared we will be for the denied PNT environment… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Has to be day vmc & flown under VFR now. Been that way for several months.

That article was a regurgitation of 2020. I noticed there weren't any rap songs.

Yeah, a little more "Fuck Off" might earn more respect.

Spot on again.

Our leaders need to grow a pair because their army counterparts are not special.

1. Learn to see through haze. 2. Don't participate in naming ceremonies. 3. Don't dance with the Sq/CC, even if she's kinda hot and going through a divorce. 4. When Lake Amistad is low, barb wire sticks out of the water 5. Don Greasalinos #2 can kill you. 6. Judge Ford (or his descendants) will ticket you for 1 mph over on the way to San Anton. 7. Watch out for tarantulas.

Laughlin USUALLY guarantees Randolph for IFF which is worth putting up with Del Rio for a year or so.

Especially the dudes, keep an eye out for the eagle drivers, they'll touch you where you pee. Try to change your orders to KEND. That is all.

First off, UTFSF https://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/index.php?/topic/23503-Laughlin-UPT-info/page__view__findpost__p__498463

They just announced their -46 version. However, not all of the watch works due to multiple FCIFs.

Conveniently not mentioned in the report is how Ellsworth’s ILS, TACAN, PAPIs, approach plates, displaced thresholds, and taxiways have all wildly fluctuated from operational, to 28 BW use only, to INOP, as the airfield gets turned upside down for B-21 construction in the months leading up to the mishap. But it’s probably a culture problem in the squadron that just successfully did three deployments, a red flag, and the longest combat b-1 sortie in history all in one year