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MX leadership at a deployed location will be busy the next few weeks trying to figure out who did this since it went viral 😂

There's one across the street from my office!

Well in this case I think it goes a bit further than just a miscalculated gamble on the timeline/public support. The admin literally ran on not doing any more of these things because they knew exactly where public sentiment was for more middle eastern interventions. And then after winning they bait&switched the whole country. Only once it turned into an unpopular shitshow did we start hearing the line: “aCtUaLLy, we’ve been at war with Iran for 47 years.” Oh really? Sweet thanks, then why the fuck weren’t you saying that on the campaign trail?

Hawaii returned on the air, the 18th last evening after power was restored. Operation is normal.

Update: My squadron just sent the email out for deadline (Sep 02). We're almost there guys!

By "Had a model of the B-58 as a kid" he means when he was an aircraft commander in the B-58 as a young captain and they put his name on the side. Hence the active memories of losing an outboard engine.

My dad flew for the Air Force for nearly 3 decades. If you ask him why he wanted to be a pilot, he will tell you about the time he went to an air show in Columbus, Ohio when he was 8 or 9. When the B-58 took off, it gave him a nosebleed. Strange way to find your calling, but that was it for him!

There was a report in the paper several years ago about the night Alabama lost the National Championship game. In the hours after the game Tuscaloosa Alabama set an all-time record for porn downloads. Anything to make you feel better I guess.

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Two things can be true at once: Postpartum mental health is real, and deserves familial and societal support toward healthy outcomes. That woman betrayed the most fundamental contract of the species, and placed her ills ahead of her vulnerable children; she is herself not deserving of sympathy, instead of the full weight of punishment.

Yup, there is no tomorrow for the revolutionary government of the Iran if they lose hence why they spent 40 years getting ready for this. I did my own bar napkin math and I came up with a 1 million man fighting force to take, occupy and pacify Iran. Probably supported by another 1 million+ military members, 100+ CAPs, 3 carrier battle groups, etc… basically a doubling of the DOW budget, conscription required, the kitchen sink, etc… we can’t or won’t do that. We would end America as we know it, I’m not even opposed to military action against Iran to forestall nuclear weapons development but I know that if we decided that regime change is the only way to guarantee that the revolutionary Islamic government of Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, we would destroy our country in the process unless we as a country through a popular process decided this was worth it. One party making it their explicit policy, winning an election cycle and then executing it. I doubt that will happen so a lesser approach is likely required. My policy and strategy recommendations would be to consistently degrade conventional capabilities, factor and prioritize minimal collateral damage, deny economic resources to the regime; begin the diplomatic effects to isolate the regime; establish a new Iranian government in absentia that is a visible alternative to the revolutionary Islamic one and settle in for a multi year effort to collapse the regime. Did Israel trick us into attacking Iran? No. Did they encourage us to? Yes. The Venn diagram of Israel’s interests and America’s interests do overlap in Iran not having a nuclear weapons capability but Israel’s interest in this is much larger than ours, hence why they pulled every lever to get us to go kinetic. Others encouraged the administration to attack too, Israel was only part of the coalition. Totally neutral in that statement, I like the Israelis but don’t see them as infallible or without parochial interests either, they are a good ally mostly but not angels either, proceed accordingly. The Irony is the analogous behavior of President Trump and President Putin, both had successful military ops before that IMO encouraged them to try the big one. Putin had the successful operation taking Crimea and Trump had Midnight Hammer and Venezuela, they both misinterpreted the successes of those very different focused missions and thought they were indicators of likely success in a major conventional campaign. Nope, not unless you gear up and commit your country to a major military campaign, you’ll not lose what you start but you won’t win either. Putin has obviously gotten close to that total mobilization required if you want to win but even he thinks that is likely more than his nation will support. President Trump hasn’t even hinted at what would likely be required and/or doing that.

And we took off uphill...both ways!

https://youtu.be/_sxhKsFtflc?si=gNMzFqrz1wexLAg3 Decent drop vid from the CSO's

Honestly, get both. Not just because more is better 🤣😂. You're getting too fundamentally different shooting experiences with the two suppressors you mentioned. With 22 you can have the spooky silent experience, which is really neat. Especially if you put it on a bolt action rifle. My buddy and I were out at the range recently and it was quieter than a normal volume conversation. 556 is supersonic, so it's not going to be quiet per se, but it does dramatically improve the shooting experience. You'll still want hearing protection on if you're the one shooting, but when my friends shoot suppressed 556, as long as I'm 10 or more feet away, hearing protection is optional. If you insist on only getting one, get whichever one you shoot more. My intention is to convert as many of my weapons over to suppressed as possible. It's just more enjoyable to shoot suppressed. Kind of makes me angry, because if the NFA hadn't included silencers for the last hundred years, it's crazy to think of how much quieter all firearms would be in general as suppressor technology would be incorporated at a base level. Oh well, at least now that can happen.

https://archive.ph/ Though in this case I did not need a subscription to CNN to read it

That “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” Beach Boys song works really good with Oman too as it turns out

IWB Glock 19 with Ameriglo sights, 1 extra magazine.

This makes sense!

Had a model of the B-58 as a kid, my son has one on his wall in his bedroom. There are lots of great videos of it on Youtube, ran like a scalded ape on the deck...also very dangerous, especially when losing an outboard engine.

Been in test on the Raptor for some time. Closest View Yet of F-22 Raptor With Stealth Tanks and Stealth Pods

I was listening to the Bob and Tom Show yesterday morning (a local morning radio show in the mid-west) and they were doing a segment on sexiest cities in the US and apparently Dover AFB leads the nation in purchase of sex dolls! The BOB & TOM ShowNew Sex Map Reveals ALL! | The BOB & TOM ShowA new interactive map from adult toy maker Lovehoney shows which cities are the sexiest! Join us as we find out who’s the spiciest, favorite lubricant flavors, “T and A” preferences, and more! Were th

Flip that: one airman is learning you cannot fit a C-5 into a sex doll...and ordering ALOT of replacements. Warranty coverage?

I wonder if someone is already calculating that figure! I assume deflated and in their boxes?

Now all the prices are going to skyrocket for a while I suspect as everybody scoops up the existing inventory. But once everything balances out this should be a fantastic win. I'm one step closer to an FRT Tommy gun...

And STILL don't have enough gas...

Update! Flight med just sent over my stamped docs. Officially cleared for IFC 1! Hope your stuff goes thru quickly, fingers crossed!!

Shit man, I passed every class this semester

Holy shit, I was a student in that thing the last time this thread was posted to.

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As an old guy who flew C-141’s and -17’s from 1987-2014, We used Mars Radio a lot. It was also entertaining listening to some of the other conversations as we flew endless hours during Desert Storm….