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Anybody have a shot of that AF Times cover they can re-post? haha Guess I should have also added that Rainman owns a lot of leather-bound books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany.

I'm pretty sure that "Sweet, I'm SOF" refers to the feeling aviators have when they look at the schedule and see that they are scheduled to sit Supervisor of Flying.

A-10 WIC IP, retired O-5 within the last couple years. Opening shots of OIF and OEF vet. Extremely well known with lots of cred in the A-10 community before he retired. He's world renowned in the Hog community, even now after he's gone. Not personally met him (I'm a Strike Eagle guy -- we don't run in overlapping circles), but plenty of squadronmates of mine during two different assignments and whose opinions I highly trust, who also flew Hogs with him, have enormous respect for him. I've spoken to him several times when he was still on AD about some common experiences we had during Shock and Awe. He's definitely a real person with real-world combat airpower experience (the kind that involves killing people and getting shot back at), technical and tactical credibility, and leadership experience. Go ahead with your quals now -- otherwise, can it.

I was mostly just curious since it is wearing a CMP C-stock.

The difference between Rainman and you is, we actually know who Rainman is. Some of us knew him (or knew of him -- the fighter world is a small place) on active duty, and our respect for him and his information (or, even our disagreement with him, depending on who you are) is earned based on his real world experience and reputation. He's not some old internet phantom who is talking about how things were when Carter was in office. Until you step out of the shadows, none of us can say the same about you -- especially based on some of the things you've said on this forum since joining.

Who made the A4 clone?

I got suckered into this too back in '95, and like you I was pissed that I wasn't smart enough to understand it was a sucker bet at the time. That experience actually paved the way for me getting smart on my own investments such that I wouldn't get into a loser deal like that again. I'm fortunate that, outside of the $$ I flat out lost on that first-year 50% load, the check I received when I cashed out of Fidelity Destiny was worth more than the face value of what I'd invested (although by about 2% per year, which is a terrible, terrible return). I consider the money I 'lost' a fee for being ignorant about what I was doing with my money.

Everybody wants to pretend to be 'operators'. This is the "Navy SEALS" of our generation, unfortunately. But, hey -- I'm sure inside a prison, there is lots of need for OD green uniforms and no-button-on-top hats (for the ear-pro, right?) with IR American flags on them. Lots of need for 'warriors' there.

If we are to believe the story the way it was related, yes.

Ignorant people are ignorant, regardless of their country of origin. One piece of social Darwinism in action. That's because guns are evil, and there's no fathomable way that a small group of Americans out in the desert were able to have guns without it eventually turning into a 'gunfight at the OK Corral'.

Twice, even. ...or, more importantly, been shot at by the enemy. This is typical of the problem with the "support warrior" self-reinforcing mindset. There is no perspective to show them just how asinine their beliefs are, and worse yet the 'leaders' have such a belief and cultivate it in their young'uns. Until we have another war in which large numbers of folks are coming home in flag-draped caskets, the USAF is not going to be able to shake this "I'm a warrior, too1!!111!" mindset.

All of this, of course, is the fault of those greedy pilots.

FWIW I heard the exact same story at AUAB in early 2003 in the run-up for Shock-N-Awe. Likely an urban legend either way.

Don't put that shit on the dark gray. Never heard this 'partied' crap until it was posted here. Not my community's fault.

The context I heard it in was basically a dick-measuring contest with another platform that performs essentially the same mission.

Warning: Sarcasm detector inop.

I got a good laugh once when I saw a U-28 guy billing his community as "the Tier 1 of the Air Force". Yeah, keep tellin' yourself that.

Not insulting your intelligence or showing my masterful command of the obvious. Just making sure other folks knew that, unlike your statement, it is not just "MFWIC". Very likely the reason that in some communities MFWIC is the chosen term.

As they said in the SAC days, there is no horse too dead to beat.

Are you saying that someone/some organization was tasked to do this, and they refused? And that Hauben's squadron/airframe/crew/whatnot heard this, and decided they'd go do it?

HMFIC means Head Mother Fucker In Charge. I heard that before I heard of "mif-wick". Both valid in my opinion.

Still a relatively new trend. I'd never heard of it (outside of Korea) before 2004.

I think its right down the Street from Typo University International, known by their initials, TUI.

The actual part of this post that begs for comment is the blue-kool-aid stain at the very end:

The article is actually summarizing a report written by the Standford and NYU law schools.