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Survivorship Bias During World War II, the statistician Abraham Wald took survivorship bias into his calculations when considering how to minimize bomber losses to enemy fire.[18] The Statistical Research Group (SRG) at Columbia University, which Wald was a part of, examined the damage done to aircraft that had returned from missions and recommended adding armor to the areas that showed the least damage.[19][20][21] The bullet holes in the returning aircraft represented areas where a bomber could take damage and still fly well enough to return safely to base. Therefore, Wald proposed that the Navy reinforce areas where the returning aircraft were unscathed,[18]: 88  inferring that planes hit in those areas were the ones most likely to be lost. His work is considered seminal in the then nascent discipline of operational research.[22]

It's as if no one has read this... amazon.com/Generals-American-Military-Command-World/dp/0143124099

Who the USAF is expecting... Who they'll get...

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Retooling for China.pdf

For this upcoming Friday... On 6 Feb 1991, then-Capt Robert Swain Jr. of the Air Force Reserve’s 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron (pictured above as a colonel at his fini flight) made the first air-to-air kill in an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Operation DESERT STORM. The event, depicted in art below, began after Swain was attacking Iraqi tanks on the ground and noticed two distant objects flying further afield. After one of his wing-men marked these two Iraqi Bo-105c helicopters with smoke rounds, Swain flew in to try and take them down with missile fire. When he realized the helos were too small to lock onto with his Maverick missiles, he switched to the A-10’s 30mm nose-mounted cannon, the GAU-8/A Avenger, and successfully took one of the helicopters down that way. At retirement—as the 439th Airlift Wing commander—Swain had flown more than 3,500 hours and 51 combat missions. (Photos: USAF; Artwork by 2nd Lt Katie “Kat” L. Justen)

Per my sources, at least half have been identified as pilots' wives... But I agree, most likely it is someone just having fun with the photo! Or at least I hope it is!!

WTF?

@Moley, did you see this? Not sure if yours is affected, but sharing nonetheless... https://tisasusa.com/tisas-safety-recall-2024-0001/

No surprise here... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/border-patrol-union-makes-it-clear-some-orders-won-t-be-followed-as-texas-ignores-biden-s-big-deadline/ar-BB1hlVMU

Cuz, I live less than 150 miles from Eagle Pass (Denver's another 800 miles away), have been there in an official capacity and gotten the Golden Ticket tour. It's fucked up on so many levels, I am not even sure it's fixable; but I do know from firsthand experience what Texas is doing is having an effect. It may not be the one New Mexico and Arizona will like, but Texas is exercising its sovereign right to protect itself. Abbott is taking action because Biden refuses to. It is that simple. Texas has never been afraid of a fight!

Perhaps not a true dirndl, but who cares?!?

I used my USAA VISA and debit cards around the globe nearly every month or so for over a decade, and the only time I ever had problems with it was in the States!

I have a set of sweetheart grips on my Springfield G.I. M1911A1 with Carole Landis on them. When I bought them, I was looking for a picture of a "girl next door" type from the 1940s, and thought she fit the bill! She was an angel who left this earth far too soon!

Damn, I'm gonnna spend all my 2024 gun money in the first month of the year! Just bought this from PSA, a CAR-15 clone... PSA PA-15 11.5" Carbine-Length 5.56 NATO 1/7 Phosphate BTR Classic Stealth Pistol w/ Carry Handle | Palmetto State Armory $499 with free shipping!

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" And this is what we end up with...