Boomer6

Thoughts on the Kharg Island attack being a negotiating tactic since it was announced we were sending army troops over months ago?

Have you considered maybe he was forced out by the party and is playing politics to cause damage / prep his political prospects? I generally don't go from not believing a politician from a different party to all of the sudden hanging on every word just because they're saying something that fits my world view.

I'm familiar with the process. Not sure how that applies. I'm not talking about failing a carriage test. I'm talking about kit not working as advertised, within budget, and before it becomes outdated.

I don't doubt the maximizing profit part. When some of these tests fail after 10 years of development is it on purpose or incompetence? I guess it could sometimes be honest failures..

It turns out when LM, Raytheon, and NG put their heads together they're able to combine their incompetence and continue to produce underperforming products, behind timeline and over budget. Maybe that's the business model..

Why do we need to deny a military fuel, even if it's been "decimated"? Is that a serious question. I know it's not due to your history of arguing in bad faith. There are plenty of tactical reasons to do this that a ROTC cadet could understand, but you already know that, so I won't bother listing them. I don't like the thought of the average Iranian going without due to a strangle hold on the management's money or gas. However, the current regime came to power because the people had reached their limit with the Shah. The IRGC can attempt to blame us for the current woes, but based on their actions against the populace as of late I don't see that taking hold.

Turns out doing a Demo as an additional duty with minimal practice time is not ideal.

That sounds like an acceptance that standards be lowered to allow non-fighter types the opportunity to make the team. This isn't the hopes and dreams force.

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I think you mean the AF as a whole or the US in general.

Eh, it'll be the problem of the Sq/CC, DO, IPs, and eventually the loves ones of the pilots that don't receive the training required by an ever watered down syllabus.

Eh, good luck convincing CAF dudes that the path to the thunderbird's now leads through a UPT assignment just to be eligible to audition. I think having that as a requirement for non-fighter types makes more sense. As alluded to though, is the juice worth the squeeze? What gap or deficiency does this solve other than giving more ppl opportunities to fly on the team?

Do you forsee standards being lowered to make this occur? Specifically, are less dangerous maneuvers/formations going to be flown, or is the separation between jets going to be greater? Is this idea thought of with the assumption that in the future all pilots will fly the T-7? If not, how long of a spin-up do you think will be required for pilots that have never even flown basic form in a jet? If it isn't obvious, I'm skeptical. I feel compelled to state this isn't a fighter v heavy dick measuring contest. However, dudes thar dropped heavies from T-38s and then went to T-38 PIT after a heavy tour or 2 generally have some serious growing pains. Which is to be expected when their brains haven't had to think at those speeds/Vc etc in 3+ years. Neck, there are viper dudes that have made the team and had to be cut later for flying issues. This is part of the reason I'd be concerned this approach will require a more significant investment in flight hours just to get these pilots comfortable with even basic formation flying.

As described by an O6, "if a B-Courser isn't able to get all their night sorties I can still graduate them on-time and send them to their ops unit because it's the same command and we can buy that risk."