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Every fighter pilot should read about LtCol Zelko. He is the best example of a survivor affecting his own rescue I have ever heard about in recent time.

Agreed Not always Deterrence is only a side benefit of being armed. We're at the point I don't want to go any further on a message board. If you really want to hear my opinion let me know, I'd be happy to talk on NIPR/SIPR.

What's the accuracy of a transponder's altitude again?

I really wish guys would stop saying that. It's like saying a B-52 is a strategic bomber. Weapons are weapons, they get employed within the ROE. Missions are missions, you don't go executing on something that is not your mission, that's the difference. Our mission is to get an isolated person(s) if we have to employ weapons IAW the ROE to accomplish our mission, we will. EDIT: Sorry, it's a pet peeve.

We're kinda busy bro. There just aren't enough CSAR bubbas to go around if you assume that we need to be supporting the Army's CASEVAC mission full time.

I can't tell, are you serious?

A 1911 guy openly professing love for a Glock, what is the world coming to..... Welcome to the wonderful world of it goes bang every time. You should look into a Glock 34, that fucker is magical.

I don't know Col Martha McSally from Eve, but "her unit being responsible for securing isolated personnel?" Really?, the JSRC/JPRC is charged with recovering IPs? Sure they help and coordinate, but really? I'm sure the journos trumped up her role as JSRC director, but seriously....

Steve, what the hell is a pram? I heard that same term on the Aussie joke christmas song... If I remember right, last time people were being a bit ass-holish (par for the course around here) but really were trying to help. Ned, I guess you feel a bit put off given your otherwise very generous freebie subscription. Fair enough, but people were generally trying to help, pointing out every little flaw in a performance is part of the culture, in the spirit of always improving and all. In any event, hope your magazine is doing well.

No shit

The fighter guys' point is that ideally the best instructors become weapons officers and run the weapons and tactics shop/flight/whatever and while they may be evaluators, no they don't work in stan eval. In my experience the guys who end up in stan/eval become sticklers for regulations. Their job requires it, or the squadron will fail an ASEV. Unfortunately in some cases it can lead to guys not seeing the forest for the trees.

Restrepo is an amazing movie. Anyone who's spent time over that region will really appreciate it. I spent the opening scenes playing the "I recognize that terrain" game. The mouth of the Konar valley is very easy to recognize.

[literal guy] Flash with a plastic cover to make it blue in the intake. Same reason the underside of the aircraft is lit up, flashes underneath. [/literal guy] Didn't you see stealth? That's how you know the brain is turned on.

If anyone is interested in episode 7 with Ron Jeramey and BQZip01's mom (I hear around these parts she's the new village bicycle) let me know.

Camel Toe?

At the risk of bumping my own bullshit, look into the Thailand episode, it's about US pilots shot down in SE Asia.

Bumbled on to a whole bunch of BBC produced episodes of a guy named Ray Mears talking about all sorts of survival techniques, with a pretty big emphasis on food. He also has a couple where he retraces the steps of Geronimo, or Rogers Rangers. Pretty interesting if you're into that type of thing. Well produced and not the sensationalist Bear Gryls nonsense. example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCkT8cwJPZM&feature=related

What do you carry in the hot months?

Seemed pretty inconclusive to me. I haven't seen the SIB yet.

Great job by the store owner. What do you guys think of 425.00 for a Glock 26? I'm getting ready to close on a house here in Vegas, and I think my present to myself will be a new concealed carry gun and license.

Gliders are primarily instructed by other cadets. The motor gliders and the Otter are flown by rated Officers, I think most of IFS is civilian instructors. In any event, you'd be living in C-Springs, not deploying and generally having a blast. If you dig teaching, being an instructor within the dean of faculty (ie teaching academics) is pretty laid back but time intensive, there's no such thing as office hours at the zoo, if you can manage you're expected to help out whenever. If you're not a teacher type, being an AOC (essentially a mentoring commander type billet) you would be in the position of setting the model of how young grads view the leadership role, either to follow in your footsteps or to do everything exactly opposite. Bear in mind cadets tend to be very cynical. Imagine taking a bunch of very young but very bright young people and treating them like children. They will see through any and all bullshit instantly, the kind of people they respect can be seen by looking at the thread about Gen Welsh.

This new focus on PT is retarded. I know guys who are cross-fit freaks who go on about how awesome the new PT focus is, but really? We're the fucking Air Force. How important is being able to crank out a million push ups in 30 seconds? We now live in a world were flying hours are getting cut, funds are scarce and you want to shift the focus away from mission excellence? The only fucking thing that matters is getting the job done, everything else is ancillary. If a dude is obviously a fat ass, sure put him on a program to un-fuck himself. But is it really worth it to the AF to take an otherwise excellent aviator/troop/leader and hamstring him due to lackluster performance in an area that has nothing to do with his ability to do his job?

Job well done sir

Sucks about the shark attacks though, I've seen video shot by divers in that area. To say it's awesome is an understatement, there is some seriously amazing dive areas over there. Most seemed to be fairly technical though, but then again if you're shooting quality video of your dive, you're probably a bit more experienced.

I think it was called "Don't sweat the small stuff." The story that still stands in my mind is the guy who died egressing an aircraft because he said the wrong thing and the back-seater ejected on the ground while his buddy was unstrapping and hopping out. Yep, I remember that as well