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Well, who knows what the price of components is going to be in the future, but I've been reloading .223 for about $0.20/round....I can see it getting more expensive than that soon, though.

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em. If you ever wanted an AR or AK, or any double-stack handgun with a normal-capacity magazine, go buy them ASAP, else face at least seriously jacked up prices very soon.

She? Or a significant American freedom?

ADCs aren't attached to your command, either -- and that is intentional. It isn't the fear of Command influence that should motivate someone to hire a civilian attorney; it is for their wider range and depth of experience than the SJA prosecutors they will be up against. In my narrow experience in this area, the correct civilian attorney (especially those who are former SJAs) can run circles around most ADCs and SJAs.

The crime-and-punishment actions are completely separate from anything flying related, including Q-3s and FEBs. While information from UCMJ or NJP actions can be used to influence decisions made about a pilot continuing to fly (like an FEB), it most certainly is not an automatic process (at least so far as acquittal goes). In other words, acquittal at the Court Martial means zero in terms of going back and overturning a Q-3 or stopping an FEB.

There is only one side to the 'privilege' contract, just like a lot of things with the military.

Given the types of "combat" the USAF has been engaged in for the last 6-9 years, I think there is still quite a ways to go. Most leaders in the flying community are trying to duel each other for who can make the most conservative decision "just to be safe". Until we are in a situation where taking that conservative answer actually costs troops lives, the pendulum will continue to swing toward total risk aversion.

Great news if true. The only thing the news outlets are currently reporting is that the jury is deliberating.

Fortunately for folks stationed outside AFCENT.....

I'm talking about the atmosphere at UPT in the 1970s, 80s, and early 90s (the pre-Clinton era, basically)....not 5 years ago. The culture of risk aversion on this stuff seems to be a product of the post-Tailhook, post-Clarence Thomas, political correctness wave that started in the mid/late 90s and went full retard post-9/11. BTW, my understanding of the current wave of 'search and destroy for offensive material' does not have any punishments attached to anything that is found or anyone whose command it is found under. A significant component of this is supposedly the reports back up the chain of what is found, for data collection at HAF.

There was no such 'approval process' back in the day...so, no, you're not going to see any accountability from leadership for these patches. Back then they rightfully let students represent their classes however they pleased without getting the SJA and a Staff Summary Sheet involved.

Where did you get that ol' dad had 'recently' died? She stated to the officers that it had been 'sitting in her closet' -- there was no length of time given that she had it. None the less, that is still possession of an unregistered, un tax-stamped fully automatic weapon. Folks have ended up with federal convictions for significantly less. ATF agents are federal officers. They likely aren't going to care about a local peace officer's vouching for her, other than that he can positively identify her as being the individual in possession of the unregistered, un-taxed automatic rifle. Unfortunately, the ATF has proven time and time again that 'intent' means nothing, and the fact that it was non-functional also means nothing. Let's remember this is the same organization that determined that a string is a machine gun. Logical, rational thought is not applicable:

What happened to the posts from the "Off DZ" jumper?

The woman whose closet it came from -- the one in possession of the unregistered machine gun.

RAB obviously has no idea about the sacred trust and responsibility that AF aircrew have for the ground-pounder brethren we support. RAB also has no idea that many of us have been in plenty of life-or-death situations as aviators where our on-the-spot judgment and decisionmaking often meant the difference between living or dying, either for ourselves/our crews or for the ground forces we were supporting. RAB clearly has no understanding that when events turn out on the "death" side of the fence, how heavily that weighs upon us.

In that case, tradition had all ready been thrown out the window. SQ/CCs have no rank/authority in the bar, especially at a naming. The Mayor is the ultimate and final authority for all bar activities.

So are you the jumper from the 5th pass?

https://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2012/12/11/jblm-pilot-pleads-not-guilt/

Hope it is on the ATF registry...otherwise, someone's going to be looking at a federal felony sometime soon!

Flight Engineer's problem, apparently.

Neither of those look at all like a Flanker, Regardless of the paint job.

I wouldn't expect most of the people responsible for that to be able to identify the difference between a military and a civilian aircraft, much less between military aircraft of a particular country.

Can someone please find an email for Dick Anderegg (USAF Historian) and tell him this crap is happening. Destruction of legitimate historical artifacts is very likely a crime.

Must have been a really good conversation...