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This is the part nobody wants to admit. The rest of the world **was** fucking us. If the last five presidents had been willing to use even the smallest amount of pressure to keep shit like this from happening for 35 years, we wouldn't have needed Donald Trump to come in with the sledgehammer. This is also why I laugh when people try to use pure tariff rates as a counter-argument to Trump's "reciprocal tariffs." Sure, our allies had relatively low tariff rates against us, but the protectionist measures they employed to favor their industries over ours were rampant and audacious, and until recently, largely unanswered by the United States.

Love him or hate him this is good news for America. Canada purposely and with malice drug their feet on certifying anything Gulfstream for Canada in an effort to protect Bombardier. Canada Certifies Gulfstream G500, G600

This seems appropriate

Is this the first sinking of an enemy surface ship by a US Navy sub since WWII? Definitely a first for a US Nuke Sub!

Squids are VERY excited today...one of their attack subs torpedoed an Iranian Frigate. The Skipper had the stones to come to periscope depth and film it....epic! iGGQpwCNXNAdL1R1.mp4

Some very interesting primary results from last night, Texas was ground zero: State Rep. James Talarico has won the Democratic Senate nomination in Texas over Lunatic Rep. Jasmine Crockett. She is the one who called paralyzed Texas Governor Greg Abbott "Governor HotWheels." Next up after 21 years in office Rep. Al Green, pushed out of his district by the new map, challenged Rep. Christian Menefee, who was elected to the newly drawn 18th Congressional District in a special election last month. Green has been escorted out of the last two State of the Union Addresses. U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL and fourth-term congressman from Houston, lost to state Rep. Steve Toth, R-Conroe. Crenshaw faced difficult headwinds — he was the only House Republican running for reelection in Texas without a Trump endorsement. Crenshaw has been openly feuding with former SEALs Eddie Gallagher and Sean Ryan. In an exchange threatened with some of "his boys at 6." It’s a similar story up north, where Dallas Democratic Rep. Julie Johnson was pushed out of her district and now finds herself facing a likely runoff against her predecessor in Congress, Colin Allred. Allred, who was leading the vote count but remained shy of the 50% threshold, unsuccessfully ran for Senate against incumbent Ted Cruz in 2024 and dropped out of this year’s Senate primary in December. Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton advanced to a runoff in the Senate GOP primary. Cornyn, is seeking a fifth term and hopes to avoid becoming the first Republican senator in Texas history to seek re-election and not be renominated. Mixed results for Trump. He endorsed 35 incumbents, 18 won. He endorsed 11 challengers, 7 won.

Not odd if the Hornet driver has some questionable loyalties... There is an effort to contain some of the details in order to limit the obvious bad press and political consequences. Complete $hit, rip the Fing band-aid off and call it what it is.

A legacy Hornet paints three E's and their TEWS isn't screaming?? Not saying reports are wrong that just seems "odd"?

104-3 ain't bad....

FBF has been going on for a few years. It started in Columbus in 2023 when I was there. It kind of works but it definitely has some kinks to it.

Honestly after my time in the Middle East, how could it not?

I would only ever want to fly with the Aussies and Brits in my lane.

Report now saying the IDF just hit a meeting with 88 senior clerics who were electing the next Ayatollah...all 88 KIA.

Probably naps, mowing the lawn, and Class Six runs not necessarily in that order!

A friend at Laughlin told me that they had an overall pilot projection shortage for the year, and they had to augment their numbers by pulling from CSO/RPA/alternates/etc. Laughlin seems to have the best mx and moves the most pilots, so that’s played into it as well. Additionally, they’re implementing a new program combining T-38 phase and IFF fundamentals that they’re calling “FBF” (Fighter Bomber Fundamentals) which is expected to move more pilots through that track. Something “going down” made it sound more dramatic, but that’s all I know.

I know a few others who reached out. I’m on leave so I’m waiting until I get back. It’d be great if they simply provided an update to all UFT selects and we didn’t have to rely on a public forum for basic information.

Qatar got two Su-24s so…possible

The great Laughlin scandal of 2026! Im very curious about what transpired. Seems to be a bit more then just a misallocation of numbers…