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I delved into the world of 1911. I like, a lot.

Third point in blog post is spot on. Zero tolerance= problem gets hidden.

No argument, just thought it might explain why the T-100 wouldn't be competitive and not worth GD's time.

FBO has some specs up. They're asking for some pretty stout maneuvering performance.

You clearly don't get it, it's a Glock so it just works, it's a tool, it solves all your shooting problems, and cancer..... Speaking of Glocks, I pulled mine out of the range bag today to shoot for the local CCW class and realized I hadn't shot it since putting a set of XS Big Dots on it. Too late to do anything at that point other than just shoot. Turns out they're a badass setup, very quick. Haven't shot them past 7 yards, but for rational pistol range i like very much.

Touche. Guess I should have said TAC...

The ACC/AFSOC relations were a bit cold back then....

This is basically what I was getting at, I don't think the Egyptians/Saudis/Jordanians/Emiraties/etc would be bombing left and right if we hadn't kicked it off with Isis in Iraq/Syria. Whether there's a legitimate fight or just another Sunni/Shia proxy war like mentioned is another thing. I'm very curious to see how this plays out in the longer term.

All Rescue brag aside, you can't see how that's remotely related to a larger "Isis" fight? Aka the the Middle East goes to war with itself?

If I were living in ABQ, my first bet would be living in the mountains east of the 40 pass(shoot guns on my own property). Second would be at the foothills in the north east part of town(epic mountain biking from my back yard). Third would be in the north west part of town(safe and comfortable). Knob hill is a single dude thing, probably not your ballywick unless you and the old lady really really like to hangout at restaurants and cafes and whatnot.

I don't get it, Winchester, are you saying you don't want the 105 on your aircraft?

Tyler Rogoway is a joke. The intellectual dishonesty is just silly. Let's see, the common cell phones in 2000 were digital not analog, remember the Nokia's with the swapable faces? The one he mentioned was introduced in 1996. Then claiming that to be fully mission ready it needs the "super weapon" SDB2 is also patently false. Will it not be fully mission ready until it integrates the mini missile (CUDA is one example) that is basically at the good idea fairy stage right now? Where does it end? So in reality: TD flight in 2000, First flight 2006, IOC 2016 (F-35A), "full warfighting capability" planned for 2017 delivery in LRIP 9. Even if we slip that to 2018, that's 12 years not even close to "almost 20 years." Then he jumps to a "30+ year cycle to get a weapons system as originally envisioned;" I can envision ejection seats that boost pilots into low earth orbit to make them easier to recover in an A2AD environment, doesn't mean it's realistic to get that inside of 30 years or even the laws of physics. The program has been plagued with enough delays and problems, there's no reason to inflate them and confuse the issue with hyperbole and dishonesty. I don't dis-agree that we need to change the way we acquire widgets. The pace of technology advancement demands it. The first iPhone was introduced in 2007, based on some simple internet searching and not even close to subject matter expertise, I figure my phone (today) has pretty close to the computing power of my laptop from 2007. It seems to me that we have a mis-match in the way software runs on our aircraft versus the way industry has progressed. I think one possible solution is to have a DoD standard operating system, and each airframe's software is essentially an "app" that runs on that operating system. Set aside some amount of space on every airframe for a "mission computer" then as OS upgrades demand it, every airframe gets upgrades to that space. If one airframe needs more computing power, it sets aside multiples of that computer so it can do parallel computing or whatever. Tangent rant over, the F-35 will be a jack of all trades and a master of none. Just like it was always intended to be.

What you're looking for is combat rescue officer.

Good god, dude this is not a rated vs non-rated thing. No one is angry at (insert non-rated officer position) getting promoted. Everyone is a cog in the giant Air Force machine. But those cogs are people with lives, and that seems to get lost by people too long on staff.

I'm a staff wiener. As Danny alluded to the "staff shit" is important. Having ding dongs here has negative repercussions in the Ops squadrons. You guys want the new hotness? Well if you send a dumb asses to staff, that shit gets fucked up. The Generals who actually make the decisions are informed by Majors and LtCols. I'm actually astonished by how much push me and my Major pears have with respect to requirements and future plans. It's always one fucked up briefing away from tanking a community for years, the way the POM process works, you're looking at affecting an MDS for the next 3-5 years, and it's extremely difficult and expensive to change thing once the ships have sailed.

Seems to me a KC-135 replacement is all about number of booms in the air and available offload. Why are we talking about cargo?

I'm not totally up to speed on the whole thing, but I know ejection seats are part of the problem. Another part is what device do you use, since you need EMI testing/release by specific model as well as security concerns given that multiple ACC aircraft operate at the program level on a day to day basis. Once you put those two things together you have a sustainment problem to consider. Staff work is boring and frustrating....

You're making the assumption that you have to give up vul coverage to get faster transit time. I think that's a false assumption.

Agreed, but having the option is a good thing. I'm not talking about putting the capability on a fucking SR-71.

Divesting EC-130 is actually the right thing to do, but only if the mission equipment is moved to something faster and higher flying.

ACC/A3TV is the point of contact for the EFB process, I'm not sure where it sits right now but last I heard they were fighting with some SPO about qualification to be in the cockpit despite being EMI good to go.

The pilot was apparently burned alive. My emotional response is completely irrational and counter-productive. Some people need to die; if we really want to commit to this, the kid gloves need to come off.

I don't know why they don't just come out and say, we need that money to buy enough F-35s to keep the unit price down so the cost doesn't spiral out of control and get the program killed ala F-22. If I had whole hog bought into the F-35 being the only long term answer I'd be scared shit-less of run-away unit cost.

Dood, you got passed over for Major? That must have been an epic party! That said, you can poo poo the WIC PRF stuff all you want. It's actually difficult to compete when you're in the 57th wing. Not so much just making major, but schools and O-5 is a different animal when you're surrounded by weapons officers and the thunder birds.

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