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Man, I could watch Lane Kiffin lose a football game every day and never grow tired of it.

Wood chipper, feet first

This place isn’t near as life swallowing and toxic as the other places I typical lurk. So much so I’ll even raise my hand once in a while. The water is warm, no need to get out. Still lots of wisdom lurking around and I still think young bucks are searching for it. Just look how busy the Active Duty hiring board posts get. Back on topic… like Clayton said, birds aren’t real, will be interesting to hear what lies the investigation board comes up with to cover that up.

Birds aren’t real

Why would you think nobody cares? I bet plenty of people on here care about fellow pilots, whether they personally know them or not. I certainly do.

KDLF 27-01AF F-16C x 2 (1 TBD, 1 MN ANG) F-35A TBD B-52H Barksdale T-38 FAIP

I'd wondered the same, as I wasn't ready to sign on for a 36 minute podcast / video / whatever. Went wading into the YouTube comments, and I assume this about covers it........

You don’t have your own range?! Time to move M2, that’s no way to live.

Picked up my first M1A the other day, ended up buying a 2007 Springfield Armory National Match.

He's an O-6 WSO. Being in a US propaganda is pretty much the pinnacle of his career, right? Most jokes aside, a WSO O-6 shot down in combat surviving a chute malfunction and serious injuries behind enemy lines....yeah, that's Bat-21 territory right there. He should be able to live off the book deal, interviews and royalties for at least a decade...rightly so. Dude earned it!

I've been waiting for that for a while now. Been lots of legit concepts, but it's never caught on. The bulk capacity in that design is staggering. Combine that with some limited stealth, and a whole new level of airlift is just waiting to occur.

It seems somewhat “average” but who knows if it’s actually that. Last year was 70 UPT and 10 UHT. Freebird24 is asking same things I did, wonder if that’s just fixed wing and doesn’t include rotary.

If they restart the -17 line, build the B model More cowbell (according to AI)… Shorter Landings: Designed to land on austere or rough airstrips of 2,000 feet or less (compared to the standard C-17A's requirement of about 3,500 feet). Center-Truck Gear: Featured an extra landing gear truck in the middle of the fuselage to better distribute weight on soft or damaged fields. Self-Deflating Tires: Included specialized tires to improve traction and performance on unpaved surfaces. Double-Slotted Flaps: Added advanced flaps to increase lift and control during steep, short-field approaches. Better Protection: Proposed with improved self-protection and defensive systems Unless Boeing could surge the EX line and the USAF could consolidate to one 4+ gen fighter type, then -16G seems reasonable, if the acquisition shenanigans could be avoided

In a dream world, I would like to see an F-16G Block 80 with the Block 60 GE-132 engine.

The Russians did not "benefit" from our acquisitions process.

Congrats @GrndPndr you got it first. Looks like he got out okay. Bonus points for making us look up an obscure airfield identifier in the title. Traverse City, MI for everyone else.

Bird strike. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1595923418981705

Wtf. Disgusting. Some people deserve a painful drawn out death…

I listened to these guys a few years ago. Wasn't impressed in the least. Gave it another try for this video. Even less impressed. Don't waste your time. Additionally, the "wink-wink, nod-nod" during flight discipline discussions gives insight in to how they conducted their training sorties.

I do not remember all the criteria, some was how well you did on academic/test stuff and peer rankings.

Picked the can up yesterday, GOA membership wasn't necessary as I bought it from the Silencer Shop. A quick 4473 and I was out the door. Painless! Won't be able to shoot it for a few weeks due to previous obligations. Most likely not until a month or so...

Flying prankster

redstate.comHaitian National Who Boasted 'I'm Not Going Back' Just Go...Haitian national deported after boasting 'I'm not going back' during ICE arrest and criminal record revealed.

Guess the bright side is it's better to be in a propaganda video for your own side versus the enemy

After what he's been through I bet an O-6 retirement looks really good about now.

I was tracking with you till this part.. who gets to decide if someone is integrating enough? What’s the standard there? Is the Chinese family who doesn’t speak a word of English running a Michelin starred dim sum restaurant in San Francisco Chinatown integrated enough? Is the Hasidic Jewish community integrated enough? The Amish? Or does this standard only apply to very liberal leaning portions of the upper midwestern muslim community

Negatory As Brabus and Lloyd said we don’t owe you an argument. Most on here who claim to be, or lean conservative sound like they aren’t too happy with either party. I’d love to go back to a much much smaller government but neither party is willing to move in that direction at all. I don’t believe the government’s role is to do everything for us (food stamps, welfare, schooling, jobs, hold our hand, etc). But, I also don’t want to go back to 1600-1700s and prior where the majority of people around the world lived in abject poverty and were days away from dying all the time. We are better off than we’ve ever been (certainly in the West anyway) and yet we still demand more from those who are willing to work and less from those who aren’t. Here’s a start, off top of my head, to your desired knowledge on my beliefs for rules/policies/guides. 1 A turn back to more personal responsibility and obligation and away from the selfish “you owe me” thinking would be a good first move. 2 A concerted effort to completely squash all identity bs across the board. Encourage normalcy and don’t champion fringe identities (e.g. trannies, pedos, drugs, anti-social behavior). Protect individual rights, but don’t encourage (overtly or covertly) behavior that is antithetical to human flourishing and traditional family formation. 3 Strong law and order culture (from the top down to man on the street). But also hold police and authority figures to the same standards. Full weight of law against those who abuse their power (no cya for authority figures). 4 End all immigration (incredibly rare one-offs if absolutely necessary) for 10 years minimum. Deport all illegals and fine (confiscate all wealth) from those who don’t self deport. Root out those who are here legally but aren’t integrating (looking at you MN, MI, maybe others) and denaturalize and boot them out (tough to identify all, but the most obvious is criminals). Offer guidance and assist local communities with integration. Information only (not a bunch of funding for more bureaucratic bs programs). 5 End all government assistance to those who apply to immigrate. Make them prove self sufficiency like most other countries require. 6 End birthright citizenship except for current legal citizens. Just because you snuck in, or are even legally visiting our nation, doesn’t make your kids citizens. No dual citizenship ever. 7 Stop all foreign aid to countries who’s governments don’t align with traditional American values (rights, policies, etc). We might still have trade relationships with all nations (with some stipulations as necessary) but no foreign aid. 8 Roll out Dodge 2.0 on steroids and actually follow through with gutting most federal programs. Make every department justify every dime they spend, including funding required to justify their budget. It’s astounding the amount of waste in our 7 to 8 fricken trillion dollar (and still increasing every year) budget. That’s a start. Poke holes all you want.

So afraid. This forum is disproportionately “conservatives,” - read populists - and it’s telling how no one is engaging here. You guys may be in a cult if you can’t explain yourself more than that. It’s a more socially acceptable cult - one in which you get to have cookouts with your white friends and go to church and feel like you’re normal - but it’s fundamentally a group where you avoid critical discussion or introspection to avoid being socially outcast. It would be hilarious if you were a self governing commune, but you’re fuc*ing up the country. You guys talk condescendingly on here about how people won’t debate beliefs, but then when they do you can’t talk about what principles specifically you care about. Your literal only response is a fallacy: “Dems would be worse.” It’s the 5 year old putting his fingers in his ears. You guys don’t even introspect and try to make the R candidate better. Because “Dems would be worse.” Results in your position boiling down to “Welp, yeah. I don’t like the admin making billions in office and starting another forever war that’s just like Russia Ukraine and covering up and lying about the Epstein files and increasing the deficit and exploding the debt even though they’ve promised to decrease it and increasing inflation and doing nothing to make the middle class better and lying constantly on social media and saying that the first and fourteenth amendments should be suspended and trying to force folks off the air and keeps saying they will run for a third term. But obviously the dems would have covered up the Epstein Files more and made more cryptocurrencies in office and tripled inflation way more and definitely would have started 5 forever wars and they would force my labradoodle to get a sex change 😱 and they would install Obama again. Even though all historical data discounts this.” Your position is, ironically, one that is created purely due to fear. Name your core beliefs that make Talarico a worse candidate than Paxton. Name your principles that invalidate Mark Kelly as the president. Compare it to the retards you would select. Explain why Thomas Massie was a bad conservative.

In addition to all of this: I believe the administration has continued to accelerate the national debt at an unprecedented and unsustainable rate. I believe the administration is taking government ownership of private companies while simultaneously condemning socialism. I believe the administration is abusing executive authority in a manner that is inconsistent with limited government and will undoubtedly lead to abuse during the next Democratic administration. I believe the administration is undermining legitimate conservative candidates to support uncompetitive MAGA loyalists. I believe this administration undermines election integrity at every opportunity. I could go all day. The bottom line is this administration is populist but is in no way conservative, and the chickens are coming home to roost. T

the issues are quite clear but if you really need me to spell it out for you; -I believe that tariffs without corresponding domestic manufacturing initiatives are self sabotage. -I believe that we are engaging in a Middle Eastern intervention for Israel that is not in the American interest. -I believe that our military intervention for Israel has achieved none of its stated goals. -I believe that support for this war has dropped to historically low levels because of the incoherent messaging and strategy from this administration. -I believe that Americans feel betrayed by Trump based upon the fact that he ran on no new wars, and then immediately launched a new war. -the president is promising money for votes -Republicans refuse to condemn any of this.

Very sad. Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay P. Evans, left, and Lt. Serena N. Wileman, right.© Navy photos. The crew of an EA-18G Growler that crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington last week had flown dozens of combat missions in the Red Sea earlier this year as part of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Carrier Strike Group that faced drones and missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Navy confirmed Monday that Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman, both 31, were killed in the Oct. 15 crash on Mount Rainier, about 180 miles from their home base of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Rescuers battled bad weather and steep terrain to reach the crash site over the weekend, where they confirmed the aviators had died. The Navy said the Growler was on a “routine training flight” when it went down. No other details about the crash have been released. The Eisenhower’s commander, Capt. Chris “Chowdah” Hill, tweeted that both women had served “heroically” on the ship’s combat deployment. “My heart truly goes out to the families, friends, and shipmates of these two fallen Naval Aviators who were confirmed killed in an EA-18G crash last week in Washington. These warriors of VAQ-130 will forever be part of the Ike family, having served with us heroically on our recent deployment. I loved working with them both — just incredible energy and beautiful souls,” Hill wrote. the jet carrying the two crew members went down during Loaded: 100.00% Pause Current Time 0:18 / Duration 0:28 Quality Settings Captions Fullscreen Straight Arrow News Navy confirms deaths of 2 crew members after jet crashes in Washington Unmute 0 View on Watch During the deployment, Evans was awarded two Single Action Air Medals with Combat “C” devices, an indication of having flown on two particularly difficult or meaningful missions, along with three Strike-Flight Air Medals. Evans was also a graduate of the 12-week HAVOC course at NAS Fallon, the “Top Gun” school of the Growler community. She was named the Growler Tactics Instructor of the Year for fiscal year 2024. Evans’ other awards also include a Combat Action Ribbon. Wileman, a pilot since 2022, earned a Combat Action Ribbon and three Strike-Flight Air Medals on the Red Sea deployment. The commander of the Eisenhower’s air wing said Evans and Wileman will be remembered for their tenacity, contributions to the defense of others, and positive energy they brought to Naval Aviation. “I have personally flown with both of these Great Americans in both training and dynamic combat operations, and they always performed professionally and precisely,” said Capt. Marvin Scott in a release. “As true leaders in the Growler community, VAQ-130, and across my Air Wing, their contributions cannot be overstated; I could not be more proud to have served with each of them. Every member of the CVW-3 Battle Axe Team is heartbroken at the loss of these exceptional warriors; Dug and Miley truly represent the best that Naval Aviation has to offer, and they will absolutely be missed.”