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I am shocked and saddened to report our friend and longtime forum member Danger41 passed away yesterday after a freak accident. Many of us knew him in real life and it would be an understatement to say he was an American hero. He was an incredible pilot, officer, mentor, weapons officer and a friend to all. More importantly, he was a dedicated husband and father. I had the honor of mentoring him throughout his career and was with him at Nellis the night he put his patch on...there are not enough words to describe how good of a person he was. This is an absolute gut punch and a reminder that every day is a gift, never miss a chance to tell a friend or family member you care. ***** All - Adding an update along with the link to a GoFundMe for his family. https://gofund.me/1ecfa239 As I mentioned above Matt "Macho" Anderson was a great human being. He attended and played football at South Dakota State before going to OTS and then on to UPT. Matt initially flew F-15Cs before he was TAMI-21'd to the U-28. He absolutely crushed it as a U-28 pilot where he quickly upgraded to instructor, attended WIC and eventually became WIC Cadre at the 14th WPS. He was known as the consummate Weapons Officer - Humble, Credible, Approachable. More than anything he would want to be remembered as a great husband and father. Macho leaves behind four children and an incredible wife. If you are so inclined say a prayer for him and his children who were also injured in the accident. Nickle on the grass my friend. 🥃

Well before the pandemic...in one case 23 years before the pandemic. Bought last two in 2019 before a big run up. Data for North Texas (Dallas), does not match what you are saying...yet. Prices are actually up the past few months. I'd have to see a significant price correction if I was going to buy more properties out there. Unemployment will be a tipping point, this month was bad, prognosticators trying to shape next report will be good...I am not convinced based on other indicators. To me untrained eye it appears consumption is falling and we know where that leads. I am still looking for a large plot of land...was close on 320 acres but holding out for goldielocks location.

Florida inventory is up a little and prices are slowly coming down. Airbnb values drop? Who cares, I am WAY ahead AND my Airbnbs have been rocking for six straight years. Now I get 60 day winter rentals that cover my expenses for the entire year. I ran the numbers last month and after expenses I am generating on average 32% profit based on the current value of the homes. I own six homes outright and have one home with a mortgage, the last thing I am doing is sweating...especially after doing a IRRRL and locking in at 1.75%.

Likely to get ugly today/tonight. Israel not ruling out a preemptive strike,..

You are racist...Bidenomics is good.

And indicative of the rot that remains in some of our senior leaders. That fact that he survives to have his style be the mentoring force at the Zoo says a LOT.

"The televised statement, which reiterated a call for retaliation, said a rocket with a seven-kilogram (about 15-pound) warhead was used to target the residence of Hamas' political leader in the capital Tehran on Wednesday, adding it caused heavy devastation."

The dystopian future is upon us. While we are distracted by this shitshow of an election, big tech and corporations are developing ever more intrusive ways to generate cash while trashing the Constitution. To summarize the story, Ford just patented technology that will used the sensors and cameras in your car to report speeders in other cars to the authorities. Also being shopped is a mass surveillance system of cameras on Fedex trucks that would collect images as they come on to YOUR property without a warrant, use AI to process and look for crimes, then sell that data to the police.

Save the whales...White Whales I believe. Someone did the math and the chances of hitting a White Whale is 1:1,000,000. Notice many of our liberal friends have backed away form the forum instead of standing to defend the senility that is Joe Biden, the far left policies of Harris and the continued lunatic policies of these clowns.

We have invested crazy money into doing some very incredible things with munitions. At an unclass level we have fuzes can count the number of floor a weapon has penetrated. Targeting specific windows/rooms is another game we are very good at. 1,000 mile is a long way and there are several things (tanker location that night), that have been reported and now some taken down that indicate F-35's were in play that night. One other data point is open source - "To further extend the F-35’s range, Lockheed Martin is exploring an innovative concept from Israel, of using unique drop tanks, developed by Elbit Systems Cyclone. Designed in a similar concept to the F-22 under-wing drop tanks, these tanks, each containing 425 gal. of fuel, will use special attachment pylons that would completely separate from the wing, regaining full stealth capability after separation. An additional 900 gal. of fuel will significantly extend the F-35I range, enabling the IAF to operate its new stealth fighter at the “outer ring” of operation without mandatory aerial refueling." I think either scenario could have happened, perhaps a combination of both.

The latest policy proposal from this Forrest Gump administration...Under the proposed expansion of authority, ALL boats 35 feet and greater cannot travel faster than 10 knots (11 mph) within a vast area extending from Massachusetts to central Florida, for up to 8 months out of the year and in some places up to 90 miles offshore.

Not sure what you mean by "one hell of an air launched munition" other than to guess you don't know much about current air launched munitions. We and the Israeli's have been targeting specific windows and floors for a LONG time.

If you believe the press, sure.

Hard to read.

Absolutely, not to say they were not part of it, they most certainly led the intel, targeting and part of the execution. Lots of back channel stories about some of the assets that played a part.

Wasn't Mossad...AND, it is 1,000 miles one way to Tehran.

This after Iran "warned" Israel about hitting Hezbollah in Lebanon. Things are going to get spicy!

The state and county races are brutal right now. I live in Matt Gaetz's district and he is up for re-election. There is a Super PAC running attack ads against him implying he slept with a minor and at the end of the ad they post his DUI picture as if to suggest he was arrested for sleeping with a minor. I am not a fan of the dude, but dayum. Even worse is our race for County Commissioner. One of the dude's up for re-election is a real work of art. He went into a local store and didn't know they had cameras, he openly asked if he could avoid sales tax (the tax that pays his salary), if he paid cash, then he went on to tell the store owner he was going to "Jew him down." It made the national news, he refused to resign and is now leading the race.

They will just charge and impeach him for beating the crap out of a woman on a national stage.

Go look at what Boeing has done with Wedgetail....selling the Air Force a piece of crap and overcharging for it. AEW community could have done so much better but they have Stockholm syndrome and settled for the 20 year old shinny toy because E-3 was so bad. Horrible company. https://breakingdefense.com/2024/07/air-force-strikes-deal-with-boeing-for-e-7-wedgetail/

She got a dead cat lady bounce, but she is still WAY behind in the electoral college math.

The DNC and the main stream media just launched a campaign to disassociate her from the Border Czar assignment. The troll Joy Reid tried to deny she was ever given that assignment.