HuggyU2

Well... The AF people that contracted the renovation were so incompetent that they got taken for $1.2M... so, they decide to simply tear the building down. What the fuck is wrong with us? https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/air-force-tears-down-historic-wpafb-house-after-12m-renovation/G6KURTKRGRDNNH5HSDHWINP6ZA/

If not done yet, have the family call Dover AFB Mortuary Affairs (in Delaware). They just start there. 302.677.3982 Option2 24/7 number: 302.677.2362

Let's see how USAFA reacts to this. https://fortune.com/2024/12/06/race-naval-academy-admissions-national-security-dei-affirmative-action-supreme-court/

There are 2 (maybe more) OV-10's parked on the ramp at KMCC (in Sacramento), that have military paint and look very well taken care of. I'm assuming they were sold to Cal Fire, who is also at KMCC.

There's a reason you don't see near as many aircraft with the tail wheel mounted on the front end, doing back country flying.

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And they were taking ~11 months to get a new co-pilot through the syllabus. Unsat.

Well, I stand corrected. I had comms with AFPC and there is a meeting with OPM next month to discuss the program. More to follow.

2.5 years later, it appears they have quietly walked away from this idea. .

No. It's Pennsylvania.

Haha, yeah, right. Total pipe dream. You're probably one of those guys that thinks a spaceship can fly itself back to the launchpad and land in a pair of "chopsticks". Ridiculous.

Money for new programs: its why SecAF is trying to kill the U-2.

I'll see if I can contact the Lieutenant and get the details (and will post if I do), but around March we sent a casual LT to one of these flight schools to get some ratings, Enroute to UPT.

I bought MiG Pilot that night.

Definitely bring it back. I was a FAIP during Project Warrior's years, and at Laughlin, we used that to go pick up guest speakers in the T-38 to bring them out to talk to the Wing... usually done so they could go to the monthly Daedalians meeting that night. I flew to Oklahoma Cuty and picked up Bob Anderson, MiG killer and early Thunderbird. "Here's a helmet... unpin the ejection seat when I tell you. Questions?" Also got to fly back from Phoenix with X-15 pilot Pete Knight on my wing. Another FAIP got to pick up Victor Belenko. That was cool. After the Daedalian meeting, he wanted to hang out but most everyone left. So myself and 2 other FAIPs sat in the OClub bar and drank with him. Surreal. Project Warrior was a huge positive. But I seriously doubt our risk-averse culture would allow it to happen again like it did.

Tim Walz? Assuming he can load it.

Touch yourself.

I contemplate what would be different, had we spent $2 trillion on Mexico (and other Central American nations) instead of Afghanistan. That money certainly didn't win us the war. I think back to 2004 and deployments from then. That was a long time ago. If we spent $300,000,000 every DAY since 2004, that sum today would be... ... $2 trillion. That may have done something significant to preserve the dying Monroe Doctrine.

Every day that we inch towards 30 Sep 2025 makes it a little harder to turn back. I have no inside information, but I'm hopefull that something will get extended... which would maybe require a few more pilots.

The first flying squadron in North America. Tasked with chasing Pancho Villa around the US-Mexican border. Currently the FTU for the U-2 and T-38A at Beale. Hail Dragons...

Haha, this. The U-2 and SR-71 had an old but great Astro-tracker. We flew it on missions that went way north, where there was always overcast (which precluded doing a ground fix update), and before GPS was really integrated into military flying ops. I believe it was maintained by Northrop. IIRC, it tracked 300 stars and gave us around 700' of accuracy. I had an engineer tell me a few years ago that 700' is terrible, compared to modern standards. Unfortunately, airline certification for an Astro-tracker will take decades and cost millions of lives. Too bad. Works great, lasts long time.

I hear it is tomorrow, 26 Sept, leaving Travis.