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Bullet: YAAFM.

Welcome back, Rainman.

Huge difference between "I want the experts in this situation" and "the other guys are f%cking clowns". There's nobody in any multirole airframe who is going to claim they're better at it than the "experts", ergo Hogs -- that's a given. Just like they won't claim that they're better at the air-to-air game than the light gray Eagle or Raptor. Besides, on that video he cites the reason he doesn't recommend Eagles as being because it's a "fast moving jet" anyway, which has nothing to do with the knowledge, capabilities, or TTPs of the trigger-pullers in the cockpit.

The problem is, everyone is bred to have a natural bias toward their own MDS because that is where they're brought up. They don't have the perspective to really know how good/bad another aircraft is at something...so it's natural to believe in broad generalizations that turn into intra-MDS sparring. I know several F-15E pilots who came from other airframes -- A-10s, F-15Cs, and F-16s -- who point out that the Strike Eagle is a great all-around multirole fighter, but aren't so quick to bash the capabilities of those other airframes. So, usually the people who hate on other airframes are the ones who don't really have any experience with those others (outside what they've heard at the bar and maybe seen from the outside during a Flag or some such). Ultimately it's just ignorance.

Drawing down the T-44 pipeline.

You love that, eh?

No, actually no sarcasm required. That's the way of things.

What is Sweetness doing these days? He was one of my CCs at Moody back in the day.

They don't make a custom B1 anymore, which is the watch depicted in your photo. You have to get either an Airwolf or an Aerospace. Here's what the Airwolf looks like:

Exactly which troops downrange would rather see TIB at a USO show instead of some real name entertainment? People go to the TIB show because they're bored out of their f*cking skull and would rather do that than sit around their B hut. It certainly wouldn't be their #1 choice if there was any other competition.

Is the frame a 5" model or a Commander frame? I ask because there are subtle differences between the two. The frame rails on a Commander are set back a little further, the dust cover is slightly shorter, and there is also a small offset in the ejector. There's some commentary on the subject here: https://forum.m1911.org/showthread.php?t=42540&page=1&pp=10 Bottom line, the combination works, but you may have some reliability issues depending on what the smith did when he put the two together.

+1 on the BHP. Yet another perfect pistol from John Moses Browning.

Pretty cool that they're rockin flight suits, yet nary a set of wings in sight.

You sure this has a 'Japanese' origin? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru

Not confused...just surprised at the extremely awkward way you described something very simple that pointy-nosed people have been describing for ages. It's okay -- "deconflict" isn't in the dictionary, either, as are a whole slew of other words that we use regularly.

Uh, what?

MFP. Core of the problem with no desire to fix, got it.

.... ahhhh, yes, I think I see the problem right here.....

Fear not, Brother Rainman. There are still bars in fighter squadrons. There are still doofer books. There are still raging friday nights with drinking, gambling, singing....but the debauchery is gone (no non-military chicks bussed on to base anymore) as are many of the pushes to the Big House. The fact is, these days I'd rather drink in my own squadron bar instead of the club. The Big House, in fact, has absolutely zero to contribute to a good friday evening. In my squadron bar, I have free alcohol (or, really stuff I've all ready paid for), I hang out with the people I really want to hang out with, I can smoke, gamble, curse, hang brain, etc, without having some douchebag or his wife come over and tell me what I'm doing is offensive. Until they keep the SPs from arresting people staggering home from the Club for public intox... Until they allow us to carouse, curse, get sloppy drunk, yell, gamble, smoke, sing vulgar songs, etc at the Club... Until they start letting non-military women on base and into the Club... ...then I'll have absolutely no reason to go there. That place can fuck off and burn to the ground for all I care until they change their scope of operations. Anyway, fear not; there are still people who have the right focus and want to train the next generation right. Although we're facing significant resistance, there are people out there who are 'keeping it real'.

Here are the historical UPT washout rates. The 'entries' and 'grads' columns refer specifically to USAFA graduates, not the total number of SUPT students.

Uh huh. Tell us more about how you'd handle your wife if you were married.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1r%C3%A1ny_chair

Since when was approval required for someone's image to be posted on an internet forum?

Why couldn't they at least use the correct music?

I missed that one. What thread was that in??