HerkFE

Sooooooo, was it a J? (you know where this is going..............) . Glad everyone is okay

Just seems like a stupid/silly/easily avoidable LimFac. Well, easily avoidable except for what was said about the military finding a way a make it costs 6.9 million per jet. Such a basic system that shouldn't really cost that much. It's almost embarrassing to say that a multi-million dollar aircraft doesn't have it. It is literally a Cadillac with roll up windows. Oh well, not much my retired, enlisted ass can do about it. Back to my drink......

You have a point there.

Understand about the boat ILS but it is a different ILS. It just seems silly that I can rent a 152 that can fly an ILS but a US Military jet isn't equipped with this basic equipment. I'm sure the Hornet guys have it figured out with their procedures but again, if you lost an engine and the other was about to take a dump it just seems like a basic ILS would give you more options if you had to divert into BF Kansas at mins. And before anyone says it, Yes I know I can rent a 152 with a better dash than most all military jets but refer back to what Hacker said. I'm just talking a basic ILS that can get you into 99% of the fields out there that have enough pavement for a Hornet to roll out.

I heard it said somewhere (may have been on here) that the Navy buys Cadillacs with roll up windows. I understand what that means now. YGTBFSM that a Hornet isn't even capable of flying a standard ILS? The Navy is even more F'd up than I ever imagined (and I spent almost 6 years in the canoe club). I understand that a boat can't have an ILS but WTF? I would guess that at least half of a Navy fighter's landings are on a normal runway. AND...If you guys are relying on TACAN approaches at civilian airports you are about to be up Shit creek. I work for the FAA on the Tech Ops side and, as TACAN Azimuths fail, they are not getting restored (for the most part). We are restoring the DME and keeping it on the air but TAC AZ is all but history. I also understand that the Navy/Marine Mil bases will have to keep the TACANs that they own, up, but I can only imagine flying from Oceana to Miramar and having an IFE over Bumfuck and Bumfuck is socked in.

You are correct.....I'm working mids dude, half asleep

Sorry fellas. Just as expected. SMDH. Ya'll have fun. I'll be down at the titty bar. https://www.airforcet...ual-assault-now ETA: "Doing research"

Nice.

I stand corrected.

Yes, A C-17 landed short. If a warrant officer FE had been in the cockpit and at the SOF desk, that $h!t wouldn't have happened. Guaranteed. <sorry bro, couldn't resist>

Only if you make us Warrant Officers!

I know what you mean. It kills me to watch that simulation. I can't imagine being there and seeing it like LL Windshear. Them Them.

Computer simulation of the crash. Not sure how accurate it is, but still.... https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ca_1367498083#qpJXkClEZFjH5buT.01

So, we are putting FE's on 17's and fighters now....as warrant officers?? Awesome! What's it take to come out of retirement?? I only want to do weekend XC's to cool places though.

Now we're getting somewhere....

On Tusker: Had my first one in the Intercontinental lobby in Nairobi at about 2am after fvcking around with a broke ass airplane for about 5 hours at the end of a long day. Wasn't sure if the beer was really that good or if it was just the circumstances around it that just made it better. I agree 100% with polcat

I guess this is an option if you are ever in a survival situation and you end up in someone's garden without snare wire in your kit. They don't teach this at SV-80.

I thought the same thing.

I wish I had that emoticon of the dude eating popcorn so I could post it now.

Yep, as soon as she put on the glasses, I was done.

https://www.montgomer...er-pregnant-man PHOENIX — An Arizona judge on Friday refused to grant a divorce for a transgender Arizona man who gave birth to three children after beginning to change his sex from female. Maricopa County Family Court Judge Douglas Gerlach ruled that Arizona's ban on same-sex marriages prevents Thomas Beatie's nine-year union from being recognized as valid. Thomas Beatie was born a woman and underwent a double-mastectomy but retained female reproductive organs and gave birth to three children. Gerlach said he had no jurisdiction to approve a divorce because there's insufficient evidence that Beatie was a man when he married Nancy Beatie in Hawaii. Beatie is eager to end his marriage, but the couple's divorce plans stalled last summer when Gerlach said he was unable to find legal authority defining a man as someone who can give birth. "The decision here is not based on the conclusion that this case involves a same-sex marriage merely because one of the parties is a transsexual male, but instead, the decision is compelled by the fact that the parties failed to prove that (Thomas Beatie) was a transsexual male when they were issued their marriage license," he wrote in Friday's ruling. Gerlach's ruling also said it didn't address whether Arizona law allows a person who was born female to marry another female after undergoing a sex change operation. The National Center for Lesbian Rights, which isn't involved in the Beatie divorce case, has said courts have declared marriages involving a transgender person invalid in a handful of cases across the country, but that those cases had different factual and legal issues than those in the Beatie case. Thomas Beatie, known as "The Pregnant Man," was born Tracy Lehuanani Lagondino in Oahu, Hawaii. He began testosterone treatments in 1997 and underwent double mastectomy and chest reconstruction surgery in 2002. He changed his Hawaii driver's license to say he was a man and had a Hawaiian court approve his name change to Thomas. Gerlach's ruling noted that Thomas Beatie halted the testosterone treatments and that he didn't provide documentation for any additional non-surgical efforts. Thomas Beatie married his partner Nancy in early 2003 in Honolulu and became pregnant because Nancy was unable to have children. Thomas Beatie conceived with donated sperm and gave birth to children who are now 4, 3 and 2 years old. The couple eventually moved to Arizona. Beatie has garnered a range of media attention, making the rounds on talk shows such as Larry King and Oprah Winfrey and winning a spot on Barbara Walters' list of "10 Most Fascinating People" in 2008, alongside President Barack Obama, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh and swimmer Michael Phelps. He also published a book, "Labor Of Love: The Story of One Man's Extraordinary Pregnancy," the cover displaying an image of a shirtless Thomas sporting facial hair and holding a hand over his bare pregnant belly.

Why the Fvck would anyone want to put up with all the sh!t of running NYC when you have that much money? You would never find my ass if I had that much money.

Love me some Das Helle. Haven't had any in a while. If anyone is coming from Ramstein through Atlanta and want to bring me case or twelve, you'll be my friend.