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The enlisted in California seem to hate it here. Apparently it boils down to taxes (which they don't pay anyway) and...um...ten round magazines? Edit: and I'm glad the dude got out safe

And we thought the Air Force was run by peppergrinders now...wait until we start giving bonuses based on strats.

This all sucks. These dudes should just have to sign an 18X ADSC; if they take a manned jet for a 2nd assignment then they could serve out the original UPT commitment.

I'm not sure how an internet drink-off goes, but I assume it looks like this:

Nice name dude. You spelled it wrong.

So the Army has 400 combat CAS-experienced pilots who are clamoring for RPAs; while the Air Force is torturing their current RPA pilots and can't seem to figure out where to find new ones. Sounds about right.

Don't use words like noobsauce. You are a grownup.

Dude, this is an article from a clueless website about the hypothetical results of a video game.

Actual source: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/Results.aspx?queryId=19a8c4be-02ca-4777-9235-83bd79448e31

"If I can't go to a fighter, I'd rather stay in RPAs than fly some heavy jet! I am 100% sure I'll never want to fly for the airlines!"

Charleston is actually -600' MSL, so his math checks.

That article was written like a shitty college essay: search for quotes that support your idea, dismiss the claims of the side you disagree with, and assume the claims of the opposition are fact.

Pancake for President

This concept has been argued on here before. Basically, the Marines don't trust anybody else to provide air support because everyone abandoned them in WWII, so they want their own stealthish fighter for denied airspace. The whole line of reasoning on the F-35B is full of contradictions. The MEU will be hitting the beach and launching F-35s off of a Navy LHC, but for some reason the Navy forgot to send a carrier to take down the IADs first. Pretty unimaginable, especially since the LHC will need the regular contingent of cruisers and destroyers for protection against subs and stuff. Okay, let's assume the carrier broke down or sank enroute, and the Marines still need some jets to kill things with radars; that's why they're stealthish, right? Well, first of all, I'm saying stealth-ish because, since they have no internal gun, they'll be carrying a gun pod. They're also going to have a shit ton of external stores because there are only six of them on an LHC. Six fucking jets. Which means two flying, two turning/on alert, and two broken. So possibly only two jets ready to fight with, best case with no bombs or tanks, ten AMRAAMs amongst them. I'm no fighter guy, but I bet they would have a hard time dealing with, oh I don't know, ELEVEN airborne threats. Well that's what the Navy and Air Force are for right? Then why do we need F-35Bs? Radar-guided pop up threats only? The whole thing is nuts. The Marines would be better off flying Hornets or F-35Cs off the big boat while flying as many Cobras as they want from the helicopter boat. And of course the B-model has had enormous development costs while making the A and C-models fat and worse overall.

So the Air Force wants to cook the books, but sucks at it.

Dudes need to respond to this survey with nothing held back. Especially the high quality guys that are deciding to leave. Also, there's a question in there asking if a $35k bonus would help, so I expect that to be the AF's next move.

Did he get an interview anywhere?

People go nuts with ABU mods. Creasing the sleeves is step 1, followed shortly by sticking shit in the hats to make them stiffer. Then the real insanity begins. "I don't put anything in these shirt pockets, so I'll sew them shut! And on the pants too, that'll be real high speed!" Next is buying a coffee can hat I guess. But the real crazy one, the one that shows you've lost all normal human reasoning, is sewing down the collar all the way around the neck. I've only seen it once, but it was heinous. Looked like one of those shitty 3d video game characters from ADLS.

"Johnny's not really safe in a T-1, but he has a good attitude, so let's just send him to a jet 30 times the size. I'm sure once his brain is filled with some mission knowledge, the basic flying stuff will get sorted."

Two-seater CAS has been tried before and failed miserably. Even a Jedi Knight couldn't make it work.

Why the hell do they put flyers in this program? Or Air Force at all?

Agreed, those guys are douchebags.

People falling on hard times lean more on religion. Religion doesn't cause crime or poverty, but people affected by those things will be more likely to seek religion as comfort. On the contrary, well-off people are less likely to seek that comfort. Churches aren't filled with rich men giving thanks, they are filled with poor men asking for help. This is human nature.

Dude, you're out of your mind.

Great article, I'm glad someone is laying down the obvious math. FYI, the same math works for the U-2 and KC-10 examples as well. That last 1-2% of hypothetical F-35 purchases is threatening to kill a bunch of other extremely useful aircraft.