Clark Griswold

The Democratic coalition could make this divide go away on Ukraine funding tomorrow if they proposed paying for it via war bonds or tax increases paid by the investor / corporate class (top 0.1%) with passive income tax reforms AND immigration enforcement / border security / reasonable asylum law interpretation Do those two things explicitly to get Ukrainian funding and we can move to the next political argument Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don’t have personal experience with exactly what you are facing but historically if you are a Major with 15 years of service when the board meets you will get continued I don’t believe in spreading false hope but if you are rated, have 3 years of honorable service from your NJP incident and it is not of an extreme nature I think you will be continued I got passed over on AD and that pushed me to the ANG, it worked out for me and I retired as an O-5 and I think I had a greater career from joining the ANG. Not telling you what to do but relaying what happened to me. Best of luck to you Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Probably so as the Coasties have their depot and training for the 27 at Elizabeth City, NC L3 was the US company partnering with Allenia at that time which has since become Leonardo and I don’t think L-3 Textron is in the Spartan business anymore Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Anybody roll their TSP to their 401k and any tips/gotchas? Seems straightforward but before I pull the handle any advice is appreciated Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

3 test pilots, maybe 3k in gas and stripped down Spartan can put on a good show (sts) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Excerises with Guyana https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u-s-conducts-joint-military-exercise-with-guyana-as-tensions-with-venezuela-rise Porcupine strategy: mines, a shit ton of small arms, drones, manpads, rpgs and a MEF nearby can probably keep the status quo. Can we supply three allies, potentially a fourth in a hot war simultaneously?

Well that sucks but not the first issues with the mighty Spartan. Ailerons were all custom and they were swapped around between tails, caused grinding, stand down at my Guard wing for removal, repair, rebalancing and matching them back to their original tail IIRC. Good plane though horrible acquisition program when it was the JCA Never flew its main competitor the C-295 but that was probably the right choice for the stated requirement at the time. Might have lasted in the ANG as a light utility airlifter longer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think you meant HELL NO Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Same, things are coming out of left field these days I don’t know, the US is busy but has forces that could respond to aggression if it happened and we decided that directly involving ourselves was in our interest IDK if any SA country would respond to aid in repelling a Venezuelan invasion and I think the administration would be reticent given the upcoming election for POTUS If the Venezuelans did attack and we did respond to aid Guyana, I could see an air campaign to destroy major conventional capabilities to give them a more even playing field

On the subject of Venezuelan hijinks & shenanigans: https://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-hold-referendum-over-essequibo-011431027.html Guyana has little military capability compared to Venezuela whose capabilities I’m sure are somewhat questionable but methinks if they did go kinetic they’d win initially at least, jungle insurgency to follow

Fair enough, it was the question to get a discussion going after seeing Russian helicopters have some losses and what could be gleaned from that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah but you can say that about every platform in a contested environment. Here's another attempt to post the link without trying to spam BO . net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqkI51xEDio The critique is now I think due to the proliferation of really good small GBAD systems (not just MANPADs) but the adaptation of new / novel technologies like FPV drone attacks on lower, slower moving platforms This attack was unsuccessful but you can see where this is gonna go https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/06/a-ukrainian-racing-drone-nearly-kamikazed-a-russian-attack-helicopter/?sh=4893c4591af9

Carroll’s video is not about attack helicopters but a discussion on the current state of the Ukrainian air war Task and Purpose video is Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Apologies for the crappy links but go to the YouTube and it’s Ward Carrol’s latest interview with Justin Bronk and the second video was from Task and Purpose asking provocatively if the Attack Helicopter dead based on Russia losing 80+ so far, kinda click bait as it started to turn into an Apache propaganda video towards the end (no shade thrown at the venerable Apache with that) but still recommend for the points made pro / con Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Same... Yep, my guess is that more than the currently planned number of VORs will be left on if the do-it-yourself EM jamming becomes more common...

Not 105mm news exactly but the new model is getting some playing time https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ac-130-ghostrider-gunship-strikes-iranian-backed-militia-in-iraq Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Successful air operations to be more specific Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They don't think that it matters, we're victims in a way of our own success. Gulf War 1, the Balkans, GWOT, Libya, Syria, etc... they see examples of our current family of systems coming home with wins and just think that no matter what it will all work out in the end so don't worry about it, keep the jobs, base, logistics and the 70 year old iron flying, we'll always win and buy a few of the now 6.9 billion a tail new platform...

This Nolte: Nolan, del Toro Urge Americans to Purchase Physical Media — ‘Almost a Fahrenheit 451’ https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/11/21/nolte-nolan-del-toro-urge-americans-to-purchase-physical-media-almost-a-fahrenheit-451/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Jamming https://dnyuz.com/2023/11/21/electronic-warfare-confounds-civilian-pilots-far-from-any-battlefield/ Shoot a raw data approach at your next sim…

More on light fighters, Indian industry concept: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2023-02-20/hindustan-aeronautics-unveils-lead-fighter-trainer-project Sounds kinda like the F-20 or the Textron Scorpion as there’s no IAF requirement or RFP but Hindustan Aeronautics sees a market opportunity

Yup, one could argue this is what the USMC is supposed to do (small wars as historically these things were called) but as they are pivoting to a different force structure and as most operations are joint this is where the USAF could take the lead and build a light AF to integrate with the other components light forces As the unnamed official in the quote expressed, we can’t afford to fly exquisite iron on routine missions It’s the requirements using history and a sober assessment of likely missions as a guide to build out this collection of platforms & systems X amount of pallets per day between FOBs, X amount of CAPs when supporting a stabilization force of X size, etc… these missions would overlap with other NG and ANG missions Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Concur but one can still argue on BO for it and other lost causes… Light capabilities in general are needed for MOOTW (dating myself with that term but it captures a lot of what we do now and likely in the future) Light air mobility, light fighter, low footprint high endurance RPA, ACE light logistics, etc… just my retired guard bubba cents but this could doctrinally fit into the Guard or AFSOC (sts) with the right leadership seeing that we will be deterring and occasionally fighting in places other than the SCS against the forces of chaos with capes that require not a sledgehammer but a small hammer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Trainer / Light fighters in the news... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/t-7-arrives-at-edwards-usaf-eyeing-light-fighter-version#:~:text=T-7 Arrives At Edwards%2C USAF Eyeing Light Fighter Version and from SK... KAI Charts Out Single-Seat FA-50 Road Map | Aviation Week Network F-7 concept art... New FA-50 concept... From The WZ article: "What is clear is that we can't afford to police the Super Bowl with an F-22," the same individual told Jennings in Madrid. Price and allies needing cheaper iron that will integrate well with all their other systems... this should be driving this idea higher on the AF to do list.