Everything posted by SocialD
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WTF? (**NSFW**)
WTF!!!! People come home to find squatters in their home. Somehow it goes to court...update: squatters have 48 hours to leave. WTF is wrong with this country!?!? If this had been my house, they would have left with two .45s to their face! In Texas, the story would have been...5 dead after local home owner returns to find illegal squatters in his house. https://denver.cbsloc...iving-in-house/ https://denver.cbsloc...-judges-ruling/
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American Olympic Gold Medalist and War Hero
I forgot to mention, here is a good book about a guy who fought for the RAF, even before the Eagle squadrons. It has everything we all love...flying, fucking and drinking. It's really eye opening to see the loses those dudes experienced. Spitfires, Thunderbolts and Warm Beer: An American Fighter Pilot over Europe. https://www.amazon.co...by+Philip+Caine
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Gun Talk
The 1911 is not as reliable, and requires more TLC, than many of the options out there. Also, they are paying a lot of money for these guns, when they could be getting a more capable weapon, for much less. Like M2 said, I own a few 1911s (planning on buying another one...or two) but I carry my XD45. I think any one of the following would have been a better option. FNP45 XD45 HK45 https://pistol-traini...m/archives/4027 SIG 226 Some will say Glock as well...I'm just not a fan. EDIT: Forgot to to talk about mag capacity. While nothing replaces well placed shots, when bullets start flying, this isn't always a reality. While I love the feel of a single stack, I would much rather have a higher capacity mag. The M9 is a decent gun...I just don't care much for it and would much rather have any one of the previously mentioned guns. The term "knock down power" is more of a myth. Here is an interesting paper on the subject. https://www.firearmst...df/fbi-hwfe.pdf I like the .45ACP as well, not that the .40 or 9mm are not capable. The SEALs have used the P226 in 9mm for quite a while (although I'm pretty sure they carry whatever they want).
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Gun Talk
As a lover of the 1911 (I have two and working on another), I'm not so sure this was such a good idea. I hope I'm wrong! Looking at the Kimber Tactical Custom II...anyone have any experience with this one? https://www.kimberamerica.com/1911/tactical-ii/tactical-custom-ii
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American Olympic Gold Medalist and War Hero
Good stuff! If you haven't read Unbroken, I highly recommend it. A book about Louis Zamperini, who was an olympian, that went on to be a Navigator. It tells an awesome survival story after going down in the Pacific. https://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World-Survival-Resilience-Redemption/dp/1400064163/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343484985&sr=8-1&keywords=unbroken
- Foreign National Spouse?
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Air to Air Photos of Military Aircraft
Wasn't aware that Eagles ever went to bad locations...
- Mass Shooting in Aurora Colorado
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Rescue, getting it done as usual! 2 Silver Stars.
Proving yet again, why they should never have to pay for :beer: https://www.kadena.af...sp?id=123310901
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- Mass Shooting in Aurora Colorado
- C-17 Lands at Wrong Airport
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Mass Shooting in Aurora Colorado
I'll bite and play devils advocate. What if the CCW got shots off earlier, and the death toll was only 3? So is it better that he may have hit one person, but got the coward to give up earlier...thus only have a death toll of 3 and a few wounded rather than 12 dead and 50 wounded? What then?
- C-17 Lands at Wrong Airport
- Mass Shooting in Aurora Colorado
- C-17 Lands at Wrong Airport
- C-17 Lands at Wrong Airport
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Good military/aviation books
It's worth it! But, you can find it on amazon much cheaper.
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Stop Loss For 11F
A guy in my squadron is a fairly recent hire. He went straight to the MD-11 in ANC...hasn't done a hub turn yet.
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Good military/aviation books
Hand down my favorite was My Secret War...A-1 driver tells his story of Vietnam. Misty by Don Sheppard Flying Through Midnight by John T. Halliday War for the Hell of It by Ed Cobleigh When Thunder Rolled by Ed Rasimus Place Cobra by Ed Rasimus Bury us Upside Down by Don Sheppard Rupert Red Two by Jack Broughton (goes from post WWII P-47 pilot to Vietnam flying F-105s) Chickenhawk by Robert Mason A Lonely Kind of War by Marshall Harrison One Hundred Feet over Hell by Jim Hooper My Secret War by Richard S. Drury (Start here!) For Korea, I haven't read it but I have heard Officers in Flight Suits is a good book.
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Drone Pilots: We Don’t Get No Respect
A simple "Thanks guys, you saved our asses today," as we're checking out, works for me. Or not even that...the dudes on the ground still breathing as I check out is reward enough. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for the jacked up OPR/Awards program we have...
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Restoring the Draft: No Panacea
Yes...let's make chicks part of the draft too. That way, when your daughter comes into the squadron as an ops tech, I can plow her too!
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Sh!t Fighter Pilots Don't Say - your additions
Hey guys, this is my sister Sally!
- 4 July 2012
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Sh!t Fighter Pilots Don't Say - your additions
Thanks for ruining it Capt Sober...