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Miles was an awesome dude, mentor, and aviator. We lost contact over the years but I happened to see him at a fellow crewdog's wedding and it was great to catch up with him for a few hours that night. While I kept wanting to know about all the cool test stuff he got to do, he would mostly talk about what his family was doing and how proud he was of his kids. Tragic loss for his family, the Air Force, and the world in general.

Probably for the best. The Navy should be going with an already proven platform vs the T-7 just like how the Air Force should have as well. We waste so much time and money trying to reinvent the wheel when we don't have to. UPT is a great example of that. We don't need some new revolutionary trainer aircraft, we need something that works. Same with the syllabus and all of the changes in the last 6 years for UPT. New pilots are coming out of UPT with less experience and that puts more pressure on the FTU to teach things that they should have learned in UPT like TOLD. /rant

They don't care...orange man bad, who gives a flying F if thousands of Americans died from Iran's support of terror.

Not mad at all, just calling out frauds like yourself. Your entire “knowledge base” is built on whatever the media spews and a significant political bias. You do not have first hand knowledge and you demonstrate such a lack of understanding of classification and information ops, I doubt you’re even in the mil, or at least in a role that would actually understand these things. Specifics? The last post I replied to, and somewhere around 90%+ of your other posts in this thread alone.

Don't think so, that is the bird that has been testing the new AESA.

And they've started issuing cards for flops, maybe this sport might finally take off in America.

I am cautiously optimistic like you, but not jumping up and down yet. Have you seen the outline of the deal? From what I read it differs from JCPOA in that it is performance based. The sanctions come off and the blockade ends when the straight opens. Eventually free up $25B of Iran's money as they meet other milestones. I much prefer a deal like this versus flying an airplane with pallets of cash just because they said they agree. As for the enriched materiel, they have "supposedly" agreed to no nukes and a plan dismantle their nuclear program, details to be negotiated... Indeed. They have far less traction these days and with the mid-terms approaching it is obvious Trump wants a deal in place, and oil back to $60 a barrel. Even with the back and forth oil is down 26% in the last 30 days and 4% just today at $74.50. I want you to be wrong, not to spike the ball but because I don't think any of us wants another forever war our kids have to fight. I will disagree for now, the jury is still out because a few things have happened. Iran's Air Force and Navy are completely toast. Yes they can still project power through TBMs and Drones but they are strategically in a much different place. Not saying it was worth it, just providing my BDA. Also, this fight reignited the discussion about building a bypass canal. A huge effort that likely won't happen but as an alternative plan the Gulf nations are investing heavily in extensive, multi-billion-dollar overland pipeline networks to secure their energy exports. The UAE operates the Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, which pumps oil from the Habshan fields to the deep-water port of Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman, bypassing Hormuz completely. The UAE is aggressively accelerating a second parallel pipeline to double this export capacity. Saudi operates and is expanding the East-West Petroline, which transports millions of barrels of oil per day from the Eastern Province directly to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. And efforts have resumed to build the multi-billion-dollar proposals for a Gulf Strategic Energy Corridor, a network of pipelines linking Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman to the Arabian Sea. Amen

This problem is an easy fix but there is a lack of political appetite to actually solve this - same could be said in this country until recently.

Dudes with giant balls make biff sport wood. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Yes, we get it. You’re a progressive who doesn’t like Trump or people who support Trump.

Because you are not telling the truth... 1. Unlike the deal with Obama we are not flying a plane full of cash to start things off, this is performance based deal. They get ZERO access to the funds until they comply with the nuclear details that have yet to be fully agreed upon. 2. There are no taxpayer dollars, again ZERO U.S. dollars. .69 seconds of GoogleFu and your argument is displayed as nonsense. It cool if you don't like this deal but when you lie to try and make you points sound better...it turns out ungood. 13 deaths...horrible, the outrage should go both ways like the other 13 you don't ever mention. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Darin T. Hoover Marine Corps Sergeant Johanny Rosario Pichardo Marine Corps Sergeant Nicole L. Gee Marine Corps Corporal Hunter Lopez Marine Corps Corporal Daegan W. Page Marine Corps Corporal Humberto A. Sanchez Marine Corps Lance Corporal David L. Espinoza Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jared M. Schmitz Marine Corps Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum Marine Corps Lance Corporal Dylan R. Merola Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kareem M. Nikoui Army Staff Sergeant Ryan C. Knauss Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Maxton W. Soviak

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Guessing they had some test engineers...terrible loss.

I appreciate that you lap up IRGC bullshit and continue to run your mouth about things you have no knowledge of. Seriously, is your side hustle as a contractor for IRGC PA? Take a break bud, you need it.

Or....agree to multiple deal and violate all of them - The lies began when Iran’s nuclear weapons program was first exposed. In 2002, an Iranian opposition group reported that Iran had built secret enrichment and heavy water production facilities in violation of treaty commitments. Following extensive diplomacy, Iran signed on to the Tehran Declaration in October 2003, agreeing to “suspend all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities.” However, in August 2005, Iran resumed its enrichment activities. This led to diplomatic action that resulted in a series of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions imposed on Iran starting with resolution 1696 in July 2006. Iran’s continued defiance of its pledge to halt enrichment led to a series of resolutions including 1737, 1747, 1803, 1835, and 1929. The consequences included monetary sanctions, import and export weapons embargoes, a travel ban on Iranian officials for their support of terror and other proscribed activities, and a ban of the development of ballistic missiles. (Iran often defied these penalties.) Everyone wants to hang their hats on JCPOA and turn a blind eye to them violating Security Council Resolution 2231 which endorsed JCPOA but limited their ballistic missile program....clearly they violated that (see Ballistic missiles shot at Diego Garcia). If that is not enough how about all the continued funding to Hamas and Hezzbolah...How many Americans have to die from Irans actions before it matters? Do any of you guys actually spend time in the vault?

First, you are thinking like a rational actor which Putin is not. Second, Russian has almost completely transitioned to a wartime economy with full 8% of GDP being spent on the the military. Even with the enormous loss of equipment their military production transitioned to a surplus last September and they are accelerating. Third, People are another issue, but that has never stopped Russia and the lunatic in charge will continue on that path.

Way to go there, Mr Step On Your Own Dick (oh wait, it was bitten off by a minor trafficked by your buddy Epstein) by telling the world/enemy what you're going to do. Tards. Why is our government full of full blown tards. I have never seen an admin full of so many tards. Did someone raid the worlds biggest tart-fest? Sure, look back in history and you'll find a tard or so in every admin. But this one is chock full of tards. If Kharg was a goal, why not plan, prep, take in secret. A way better headline would have been, "Yesterday the US Military took full control or Kharg Island." And everyone would be, wha...? Wow... And Iran would be like, wha..? Wow... We're fucked...

I have considered that like ALWAYS you are the contrarian to almost anything I or anyone conservative posts. For the record, I have several VERY close Brit friends that I served with for many years. Both have been discussing and sharing with me for months. The major point to be made is the intel apparatus in Europe believes Russia may attack and all you can do is twist it into yet another passive aggressive personal attack about my rationale.

The swing away from Spencer Pratt was perfectly predictable and in no way indicative of systemic fraud. In person voting typically skews right and mail in voting typically skews left because (shocker) the only people who have time to go spend all day standing in line to vote on a weekday are the retirees. This artificially inflated Pratt’s lead but it was never going to hold. Or are we saying LA just magically became republican all of the sudden, and this is proof of some conspiracy?? Most of the voters in the state vote by mail and the vast majority of those people are democrats. Period. And on the subject of the homeless voter registration conspiracy.. there are 43,000 total homeless people in LA. Spencer Pratt lost to Raman by ~30,000. So either the Raman campaign managed to round up and register 75% of the homeless in LA to vote for her… or it’s just a liberal city where the people voted for the liberal

Wild read. Miller is a fucking ghoul independent of this article. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/us/politics/trump-scharf-habeas-corpus-insurrection-act.html?

What I don't get is, why anyone here supports/defends/thinks this deal is good (enough), let alone think that this deal satisfies the goal of all the military action/lose of life, etc. I don't get it.

You mean 13 attributable to a mass murdering radical Islamic controlled government? We have been in conflict with Iran since 1979. More Americans have died from Iran directly or indirectly than from any other country. This escalation was bound to happen eventually.

20 years ago, PBD-720 announced the retirement of the U-2. I was interviewed in the press and said "the last U-2 pilot isn't out of elementary school yet". I should have said "the last U-2 pilot isn't out of kindergarten yet". https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2006/01/04/Pentagon-to-retire-U-2-spy-plane/88231136416087/

I wish we'd be alive 150+ years from now to (hopefully) get a look at this period with (again, hopefully) clearer eyes on the totality of the last decade in relief. I think the Biden pardons now make sense given the multi-failed indictments from the DoJ. I thought it was shitty at the time, and while I still don't agree (bad policy, worse precedent) I understand. I'm expecting tons of pardons and an attempt at a self pardon out of the current admin. Always appreciate your comments even if we disagree.

30 minutes ago Uk Defense Minister John Healey resigned and sent a scathing letter to the PM claiming the defense of Great Britain is at risk and highlighting intelligence assessments from the UK and other European countries (not the U.S.), predicting an attack by Russian on NATO by 2030. It is important to note this is a long serving and very left leaning politician. If you follow European politics you will know there was great press two years ago when the Labor party came back to power...arguing "the adults are back in control." Now the realities of the world are colliding with unchecked immigration, entitlement spending and an inability to fund the defense of the nation. When the left leaning DM calls out the PM and publicly resigns you know there are issues and threats that need to be addressed.

I have a thesis on why Trump is fucked up. He doesn't drink beer. If he sipped IPA, chugged Modelo, had a Presidential Beer Fridge with everything from Treehouse to Pliney, and partook daily, who knows.

I've only seen what has been released so a very screened optic but the U.S. did not blindly launch TBMs into cities. I would assume the leadership strike early on had some CDE, but that was Rampage missiles from Israel. And again, I was approaching form a tactical observation that I have discussed with other friends after seeing a lot of BDA. Even some of the strikes against airplanes and ships seemed lower yield. I've since learned on 30S% of the strikes have included JDAM or LJDAM. A much higher percentage has been SDB and APKWS which seem,s to fit my observation. Of course you should...I am not like you guys, I don't have TDS and can call BS out on both sides. I think Congress is investigating and they are free to do so because has yet to hand out Pardon's to his family I believe Jared's father got a pardon for pre-election crimes that he served time for. And to be fair and open, while Trump has not pardoned his family I believe there is a binding exoneration agreement for his sons. Still not the pardon fest handed out by the "Big Guy" James B. Biden (brother), Sara Jones Biden (sister-in-law), Valerie Biden Owens (sister), John T. Owens (brother-in-law), Francis W. Biden (brother). Again, c'est la vie, nothing to see here.

Of course you would take a tactical observation and twist it. I never said there was no collateral damage...I said it "appears" there is an effort to limit CD. It is interesting you never mention all the dead Americans as a result of Iran and their actions/funding/support...c'est la vie I guess. Burisma - Ukraine BHR Partners - China CEFC - China Look up his real estate deals around the U.S. Embassy in China God knows what else but we will never know because the "Big Guy" gave him a pardon for EVERYTHING. How about some context? #1 - How does that compare to other conflicts? #2 - HUGE disclaimer as they admittedly include and lump in figures from Israel/Lebanon/other Gulf States I was talking about U.S. efforts to minimize CD...I am sure the Iranians have done the same. War is horrible, abhorrent and disgusting and I am not defending it, merely making tactical observations.

Yeah I think as shitty as some of the decisions seem to the hoi polloi there are usually reasons why. Some good, some bad, some just odd but reasons why it went the way it did. Keeping the factories open and busy with Project A to enable Project B, valid. I think the money could have been found and still could, just would have to take some risk or do without something assuming no supplemental funding. I guess the other thing or one of several things about watch this UPT thrash is how it has it centered on acquiring the T-7 above all and that is primarily there to train for the fighter tracked guys, that’s about 15% of the pilots in the AF. Don't get me wrong, selecting strong swimmers for that career track and training them well before they go to the F-69 or other jet is very important but you have to not bend the whole enterprise around one thing to do. Other training systems (aircraft, sims, LVC, etc.) could have better trained the whole future force vs. a new, bespoke system geared toward an important but only one part of the line. Just my opinion.

Judging by Russian performance, I'd bet what Putin gets briefed is not how things actually are...which leads to decisions based on "it's all good Boss!" Those can appear pretty irrational.

The War ZoneFour U-2S Spy Planes Would Be Restored In Bill That Would...Congress is also moving to again block the Air Force from retiring the entire U-2 fleet amid continued questions about capability gaps.

I thought she is still a Dem and had little background in intel. That's my narrative. Check my work.

You think any appointee in this admin understands Iran, let alone ever read a book on em? Maybe print a label to read on Kash whiskey or Facts of Iran on beer cans for Pete. They're all Tards.

Cool quick story- I remember visiting the C-17 plant in Long Beach circa 2014 and there was a lady there whom had been an original Rosie the Riveter still building aircraft at 103.

Iranians are the masters of bad negotiating....delay delay delay then lie. Trump has a blind spot with the art of the deal and does not understand how good they are at this game. Beyond the lunatics in the IRGC if you want to understand some of the motivations of the Iranian people I highly recommend this book the "Persian Puzzle"...it was very eye opening. A group of people that have been conquered as a way of life.

With the enormous loss of people and hardware in the current entanglement with Ukraine, how is Russia going to pull off going further afield attacking several more countries (with a couple nuke holders in the mix) in the next 4 years?

@ClearedHot Do you think the letter released above was a wag the dog tactic in reference to the Belfast attack and proximity to the Henry Nowak murder? It’s interesting reading the letter, the British establishment is still in denial about where they are now and the direction of travel of their country. It’s not good, ours is better than theirs still challenging with our own problems ahead but different. It’s important for them to be a credible and capable NATO partner but power and power in excess to be able to project it for whatever reason comes from security, stability and prosperity at home. Personally, I think they should take the prediction and analysis of Prof David Betz very seriously. https://www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/civil-war-comes-to-the-west-part-ii-strategic-realities/

Didn't everyone think Tulsi was a Russian agent or something? What ever happened to that narrative?

Not downplaying the threat of Russia but methinks they have other more pressing threats than a Russia tied up in Ukraine

Dibs!

There actually was a short-lived T-6 demo team around the 05-07 timeframe. Some of the older dudes more familiar with the airshow circuit like Huggy would know more. It would behoove big blue (and more importantly Boeing) to put a T-7 demo together atleast for the gram

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CYWbadf6Q/ Non fb version JalopnikWatch This Massive CH-53 Sea Stallion Chopper Do Loops An...Helicopter performance can be very deceiving. Large, fat and ungainly choppers can also be super-fast and highly maneuverable, even compared to their streamlined little cousins. The Sikorsky H-53 exem

Just following Ukraine's lead...They used successfully used an automated robot over a month ago to recover a trapped and wounded soldier. The robot survived two mine strikes and safely brought the soldier home.

As a prime contractor, turned DoD Civ, turned prime contractor the federal civilians who hate contractors are the ones who would never get hired by one since they’re worthless. Those are the ones DOGE should’ve rid from the civil service.

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One of the greatest has flown West. Maj Gen Pat Halloran was 95. He had 100 combat missions in the F-84 before being selected for the highly-secretive U-2 Program in the 1957 time frame. Pat went on to be one of only 18 pilots to check out in both the U-2 and SR-71. After retirement, be remained involved in flying experimental aircraft and homebuilts, including some very exotic replica aircraft from the Tom Wathen Collection, like the De Havilland Comet. He was a regular at Oshkosh. Just a fantastic guy and incredible pilot. A toast to the General...