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HA! You guys are full of great stories. That's rich, cheap FPV drones delivering warheads. Jumper must have laughed out loud. Next you're gunna tell me there will be land war in Europe in the 2020's!

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As I recall, that was in the pattern at Sharana LZ, which was King Kong of the AFG LZs. 2 Engine assault at 7000 PA to a 4000 foot strip (IIRC) in an H-model. That's tough. Army pleaded that the C-130 ran over them going the same direction....but with no IFF turned on.

I didn't know being a 21R these days was so bad dudes are doing stuff like this to get out of commitments.

Does anyone have intel on getting a tour of the C-130 plant at Marietta? I know it's closed to the public, but as a career C-130 driver, do they offer exceptions?

I feel confident saying Rubio has done his homework on Iran. By all accounts he's a squared away professional and understanding them and many others sits squarely in his wheelhouse as Sec State. Whether anyone actually listens to him, that's another story. I second Persian Puzzle. Excellent context about how they think. "Bad negotiating" (regardless of disgrunted's semantic argument...) is probably the best phrase to explain precisely how they think. To them, Politics and international relations are war by other means, not the other way around. But in the end, they are similar to China, though on a small scale. They may have big words and big rhetoric, but almost everything they do is centered around remaining in power and controlling their own population. The IRGC and current regime need to go. Persia is for Perisans, not Arabs and Islamists.

Dudes with giant balls make biff sport wood. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Is that the American version of a Crazy Ivan?

Stand by for another expendable to be replaced by a (hopefully) dependable. Got the rudder turned in the right direction (in some cases)...but yeah, Pete is not a long term keeper.

I routinely RON in California, and have seen the degradation in multiple cities first hand over the past 5 years, but is this kind of election process that takes a MONTH to complete normal anywhere else? A month to count ballots seems like a ripe breeding ground for fraud to go undetected. https://dp.electionresults.sos.ca.gov/

Given how close the race appears to be, I'm not surprised. It's a detailed thing to make sure the democrat wins by a small enough margin to make it look like there wasn't too much meddling. At least in the Gov race.

I'm guessing it the fact that those "my bad" events don't make it onto the internet. I've witnessed more than one myself. Most cops are good people who will admit when they are wrong. I have to imagine that working with the worst 5% of the population on a near constant basis wears the crap out of you though. I imagine it'd be like having to interact with @Bender every single day.

Stealth is indeed just like Moose...on the spectrum.

No, it wasn't the point...ever. Getting shot at was by-product of the intended role: Suppress and/or destroy enemy air defense. If you can do that without the IADS getting shot off, even better. Perhaps you misunderstand what "stealth" actually means. It doesn't mean invisible.

...and not a single pilot died. Worth it.