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I didn't know I could brag about this, now I'll tell my buddies in the DFAC about it after every sortie. Thanks!

Short interview with a former Air Force officer who's releasing a book entitled Bleeding Talent: How the U.S. Military Mismanages Great Leaders and Why It’s Time for a Revolution. It think he's spot on in many ways. Some significant quotes: "In my ideal Navy, Maverick would still be flying his Tomcat. Today, he’s either working on a spreadsheet or PowerPoint in the Pentagon basement, or he’s flying a 747 out of Hong Kong as a civilian pilot for United Airlines. and: "More to the point, Ike would have been rotated out of his role as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe in 1943 to give someone else a turn." Read more: https://nation.time.com/2013/01/21/why-cant-the-u-s-military-grow-better-leaders/#ixzz2IdOS3wm1

The losses were incredible. Considering the overly cautious nature of today's Air Force, it's pretty insane to think about sending a thousand dudes to engage in an airborne machine gun battle with no cover.

I just can't believe that this has all been caused by allegations in a lawsuit. The claims haven't even been vetted in court yet. Using this logic, every single female military member literally has the power to cause a lasting, historic effect on our entire service simply by spending an hour writing down any allegations they like. No evidence required, no one would dare publicly pressure them on it. Aren't these things supposed to go to court for a reason?

Alright guys, we need to get a curtain around this thing ASAP. John Ashcroft style.

It's already in the desert. "Get rid of any offensive materials" was briefed to my crew as we stepped this morning. Hopefully this doesn't include our dorm room walls.

You too. Is that right?

"Johnson, who joined the program in May, listed five major causes behind the ECSS failure, including the Air Force’s lack of a master schedule, a change in acquisition strategy and infrastructure problems that slowed the speed at which the system could share data with Air Force installations." Cause 6: There have probably been 6-9 "Directors of System Integration" since the contract was awarded in 2006. We are terrible at managing our senior leadership. The officer development never stops. Every senior officer job is seen as a stepping stone to the next one, with no one spending more than 12 months at the same desk. Figure 3 months to learn the purpose of the office, 3 months to conference with the contractors, 3 months to compile a 50-page recommendations report (for your newly-replaced boss), and 3 months looking for a new job. Meanwhile nobody reads your report and the contractor continues stealing millions because a new Director is around the corner anyway. It's absolutely ludicrous. It's costing us billions of dollars. This is something I'm glad is being investigated by Congress. IMHO, acquisitions buffoonery (amplified by the Air Force's ridiculous HR management) is our #1 weakness.

These guys are copying Reapers and MRAPs, looks like they've fallen for the "current war" propaganda we've been emitting lately. It was all a ploy!

That timeline checks, they'll also have a homegrown, operational aircraft carrier about 100 years after the Japanese did.

What good is a ######ing stopped treadmill?

If the treadmill was running in the opposite direction at the same speed as you, you would already be stopped. Like landing on a really fast aircraft carrier.

So did this guy actually "retire" at 36 or does the news have this mixed up with "separate"?

Does this mean I should stop posting to baseops.net with mine? Sent from my AMC iPad

First guy to travel through a wormhole. Masshole, stay quiet.

Pretty slick considering they managed to elude the ADO, intel guy, bus drivers, and the stepping/returning crews. Must've been during the midnight food push to Roy's. I place the blame squarely on the ADO! Unfortunately for everyone, boom operators will always have the last laugh. They're they only ones willing to involve fecal matter.

That's easy! Ambien+three beer night after a 12 hour sortie. I was probably dehydrated, too. Coincidentally, 9 of those hours were VFR, both above and below FL230. But not that far below. :)

But was that the correct beach?

Kinda surprised that the Eurofighter costs $200m each. Seems like a lot of money for something that can't get closer than 20 nm to a Raptor.

Ok, I agree with all that. Especially the part about the CRM game. I'm interested to hear the CVR on this one, if it's ever released. Does it even require a safety investigation?

The fight or flight reponse was definitely in full effect. Everyone chose flight. Ref guineapigfury's comment again.

Wow, not only does he demonstrate 4 heinous acs of cowardice (drops crying infant to avoid being highlighted, leaves 3 family members in theater, decides not to go back in, then drives away), he tells the media all about it the next day.

So do you talk their eyes on before or after you take the aircraft? If you're flying and the PNF sees the airfield before you do, can HE take the jet from you? How is it good CRM to play "I've got a secret" on a visual approach?

######ing hell I hope you try to walk into a flight room with this attitude someday. You're a college student; you're not phenomenal at anything.

They can be ID'd from 200 yds, I swear it never fails. (source: I live in CA)