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The forums at www.lowfly.net also have tons of pics from Cad Pass and Bwlch.

That's the kind of sh*t that NEEDS to be said -- in public -- by a SQ/CC or above.

Needed to be quoted for posterity. Great, great f*cking post.

I just heard that friday patches were banned by a new Wing CC at Spangdahlem, too. My jaw was on the floor when I read the C-17 post, but to hear that a fighter wing banned friday patches...well, that just knocked my what-the-f*ck-o-meter right off the charts. Was there an AWC class in the last year or two who all decided that they were going to single handedly destroy the last little bastions of morale the flying community had once they took over power?

So, every Fighter Wing in the AF is busting this reg every Friday?

I seem to remember circa '98/99 some of the students had a friday patch that had "Columbus Blasé" on it. Speaking of dumb slogans, anybody know how Moody/479 FTW got the slogan "America's Flying Training Wing"?

There have been numerous criticisms of both the book and the series. The main claim is that Evan significantly sensationlized the events, especially the ones he did not witness but wrote as if he did.

The more important question is, are you having a problem with it now? If you're not having a problem with it in IFF, the techniques provided during your qual spin at Holloman should be more than adequate to keep you awake in the Viper. As was said earlier, if you are "USAF standard" physically fit -- if you can pass the PT test -- you should generally be just fine to handle G once you use the techniques taught by the physiology people without some "program" to get you ready for it. If you ARE having a problem dealing with G in the T-38, even after going to the 'fuge (or if you've failed the 'fuge and have to go back to pass in order to go to FTU) then talk to the physiologists and they can design a specific workout routine to work with your body type.

Probably a disgruntled TAMI-21'd fighter guy trying to take out the PC-12 fleet one at a time. As the man says, "that's one less spot for me."

I agree that, if you're into Tupperware, that's a sweet pistol. Anyone have a Kahr PM-9? I've been interested in one of those for several years as a carry pistol. I have had the opportunity to shoot a P-9 once, and it was very awkward for me since I am used to the single-action trigger of the 1911. I think if I practice with it, though, I can get used to the DAO trigger pull.

On the other hand, I would think the more important question to contemplate is why anyone would want/need anything other than a 1911. WWJMBD? Remember, a 1911 is a type of pistol, so price and quality vary widely between manufacturer and model. If you are looking for an entry level 1911 with a basic GI configuration, I recommend the Rock Island Armory fullsize and the Springfield GI (both around $400-$500, and about $100 cheaper used). Many people find the GI sights too small to use, so the next step up is the Springfield Mil-Spec, for about $650. Once you get North of those base models, then the field is wide open. A lot of people like Kimber, but IMHO they are more show than go. The original Series 1 Kimbers are actually very high quality pistols if you can find them on the used market. What they are selling new today isn't even close to being worth the price they are charging. My personal preference if you wanted something higher quality than the Springfield (or wanted to Buy American) is to get a Colt.

MILF! MILF! MILF!

Personally, I'm just amazed that Freewilly made Lt Col, and is the ACC/CV's Exec!

Amazing to think that with the thousands of engineers at different companies who worked for over a decade designing the B-2, just two ordinary guys on a web forum with engineering degrees and no knowledge of how the airplane was designed or how it works were able to come up with a solution to their act, which was obviously in the street.

It's not like the B-2 was a copy of the YB-49 painted black. No flight control computer = no flying straight and level. An override switch wouldn't do anything except speed up the process of the airplane impacting the dirt.

The same thing I shoot at in the States...paper, pop cans, beer bottles, etc.

Man, every time I see this thread bump up to the top and read about somebody buying a new gun, I curse the fact that I'm living in England right now. Hell, I'd even settle for a tupperware gun over here.

I haven't, but mostly because I think they look like I'm wearing a pair of sunglasses I was issued to wear in the desert. I might go check them out today just so I can actually reply to you what they're like compared to the Oakley Fives 2.0 that I'm currently wearing.

I thought the first big milepost was the 30-day report...and that's not even close to being the "final" report. It will be a while.

This always helps me whenever I start to jones about caliber:

XD-9....best Croatian gun an American can buy.

Interestingly, NOT everyone who reads these reports is a pilot and has any f*cking clue what "VFR entry" might be.

I'm interested to see if there will be any backlash against the originator of the presentation for essentially dragging an officer's name through the mud. Pretty sure there's something in the UCMJ about that.

I don't think there's anything odd about a fighter dude flipping the bird to a wingman who is taking his photo. Seems pretty standard to me.

I don't think there's any weirdness to flying without the NAV pod and anything else or nothing else on the other side that requires AFSEO testing/permissions at this stage of the game. I've flown the jet with all types of configs with and without targeting pots (all three...LANTIRN, LITENING, and SNIPER) and with and without NAV pods.