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What difference does the cost of the sensor make if they are going to put the same sensor on the prop version? New sensors being developed are already being and tested for other platforms so that part is a wash. The difference is Scorpion can carry MORE...perhaps three with the option federating one or two back to the JOC. You are a bit off on the A-10 speed comparison, T/W is comparable but the Scorpion is slick as shit. The sensors can be retracted and when they are it can be difficult to slow down. The other piece is the design of the wing which is 40 years more advanced than the A-10 and the product of millions of hours of highly efficient biz jet flying. IMHO USAF totally missed the boat on what the speed and altitude capes do to the employment construct. Having an aircraft that can take off and climb to the high 30's, cruise at 400+ knots to the AO, then drop down with 4-5 hours on station (perhaps more depending on how you load fuel), is a game changer in reach and changes the lily pad construct. You can have the exact same (or less) response time from bases further away and have just as much if not more play time. I encourage folks to think differently about the pit on these aircraft. The original construct was to fly host nation folks so they could be trained to provide for their own defense. If employed in a USAF only construct, there is huge benefit to having another brain stem to run the extra one or two sensors...doesn't hurt from a seasoning perspective for multiple pilots. Bottomline, Lite Attack was meant to supplement not replace the A-10 and by all measures except landing in the dirt (when was the last time we did that in combat? What about security logistics etc... If you have a jet that has the range and refueling capability you don't need to land in the dirt), Scorpion is a revolution beyond AT-6C and the A-29. Unfortunately the requirement was written by A-29 guys and evaluated by A-29 guys.

Shocked she was back in a flight suit. Ask the Thunder Chickens about the time she puked all over their family model.

The B-2 is labor intensive but it can most certainly go places the BUFF can't. There is also something to be said about capacity... There was a time when USAF had 700 B-52's alone, now we are talking about a total bomber force under 200. The BUFF is one hell of a bomb wagon and we have put a LOT of money into making sure it remains viable, but in the grand scheme of things do we really want to send out kids to war in a 100 year old airplanes?

As Requested. Tab 3 - UPT-H Requirements Survey.docx Tab 2 - Appendix A-2 UPT-H Course Training Standards.docx Tab 1 - DRAFT UPT-H CONOP.docx

I get it...will you answer one question? Are smart folks at least trying to tell them the approach is wrong?

Like a runaway freight train brother.

100%

Oh hey look Chang is back, awesome...said no one ever. Come on dude spill the beans on how far this mess has moved in the past few weeks.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officials-probe-first-possible-drone-130500520.html

Sorry brother, nothing so far.

Some scary shit in the slides and briefs above.

Air Force Blueprint Contract UPT CONOPS .pdf AETC A3 Pilot Production CONOPS.docx

Ok

Recent controversial legislation was pursued by senior USAF officials that would seek to delegate that authority down to the service level. I would imagine they are near the threshold and should the balloon go up with NK it would be on in an instant. I would say get out as quickly as possible but I personally think the situation is so bad they would immediately recall folks to active duty.

Just how bad is it?

Actually they are thinking Maxwell...More soon. LOTS more soon!

At least there wasn't a cable car attached to it like last time...

Doh! https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/cc408092-a77c-35c8-8bab-6070a14962aa/ss_f-16-lands-safely-at-phoenix.html

While everyone has their panties in a wad arguing about Trump and Russia, the Syrians just shot down an Israeli Viper...Massive response launched. The plane made it back to Israeli territory before it crashed, the pilots was recovered and taken to the hospital, one in serious condition. Another Iranian Drone launched from Syrian entered Israel...this could get ugly.

He was a flight engineer and was 38 at the time, his idea was to delay as long as possible, "She is a smoker and I will out last that bitch"...Savage.

I flew with a dude who separated at 19 years so his wife wouldn't get half of his retirement. He joined the reserves and was still flying there last I heard. Best of luck.

I of course had my dopey M9 but I also flew with a compressed M4, made a leg strap so I could strap it to my side in the unlikely event I was actually able to get out of a flaming gunship. I also carried a handful of 30 round magazines and a few other trinkets that would make sure I exceeded the capacity of the chute. At least I would be harder to hit moving that fast towards the ground.

This has become personal and pointless. Talk amongst yourselves.

The only portion of Page's testimony the corroborated anything was that he (Page), personally met with senior Russian Folks. He never implicated Trump, in fact, to this day there is ZERO evidence Trump did anything...ZERO. I don't like the guy but before we impeach and convict him I would like to see the evidence! Sorry brother but I think it is you who is wrapped up in a false equivalence....our at least some false facts. It was not just Hillary hiring a company to collect oppo research, they made it up...flat out made up salacious details to add shock value. Pissing on hookers...come on, you honestly think that was collected raw intel that added value to a fucking FISA warrant? I guess you are ok with that as long as it furthers the liberal agenda. We it comes to Don Jr and Emails from what I have seen all he was told was they had dirt on Hillary...I have yet to see where the Russians said we have the hacked emails. Except for the news story that falsely said the Trump campaign got the DNC info BEFORE it was released to the public when in fact they got it AFTER. I am certainly not in favor of one party using hacked emails provided by a foreign government to influence an election, but thus far I have yet to see proof that happened. As a bit of a sidebar, we still don't know who actually got Hillary's emails...likely many folks did which leads me to ask why isn't she in jail?

There is a huge difference between information that is actionable and information that is manufactured and untrue, I believe that is the issue at the center of the pushback. If it the information us true then you are correct who cares where it comes from (and it wouldn't be a crime for Don Jr to meet with the Russians to get "true bad stuff on Hillary). I am happy to let Mueller's investigation roll, but thus far we have seen no evidence of collusion and the only charges relate to lying to investigators and obstruction.