TreeA10
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It was indirectly the Marines that drove the design because it had to fit on the assault ships. "The Dream Machine" written by Richard Whittle covers the whole history of the V-22 and the limitations thereof. Lots of compromise to get the weight and size down to make it fit on the boat. -
I flew a CRAF mission (2003?) into Kuwait City international and picked up the Patriot battery that shot down the Tornado and Hornet. Flying back to Frankfurt, the Battalion Exec was sitting on the jumpseat and we talked about the shoot downs. IIRC, the Tornado was interpreted as a ballistic missile track, had the wrong squawk codes therefore didn't respond to interrogation, so they shot. The Hornet was in a side lobe and the battery wasn't completely set up to fill in the lobe, also got interpreted as a ballistic track, the Hornet had the correct codes but the side lobe problem somehow affected the interrogation which failed, so they shot. The Exec said they would have to do some serious overhaul of their procedures when they got back to Ft. Bliss.
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I failed to direct attention to the point I wanted to emphasize. It's not the money but the number of people: 130,000. I agree the government should attract and retain qualified people but I'm trying to wrap my cranium around the need for 130,000 that are being paid more than a governor who deals with the complex running of a state.
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Data from about 5 years ago showed the governor of PA as the highest paid governor at @ $200k. At that time, there were approximately 130,000 federal employees that made more than the highest paid governor in the U.S. Fauci was the highest paid at @ $416k. Are we getting our taxpayers moneys worth out of these people?
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I got "randomly selected" multiple times in quick succession as a Reservist. After the 4th test, I sent a letter to the WG/CC with a courtesy copy to the Medical CC with a list of possible OSHA violations. Never heard a thing from anybody but was never drug tested again over the next 8+ years until I retired.
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That thing is so huge that it's shadow has a RCS.
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Looked like the bird proximity fused on the tail.
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A moose in Alaska soaked up a BDU-33, got up, and ran about 400 yards. That's what I heard, didn't see it, never saw confirming video, I can't remember who told me, please refer all questions to my attorney.
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Some background on the Gaetz accusations and, more importantly, the accusers. https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/17/house-probe-into-matt-gaetz-relies-on-witnesses-doj-found-lacked-credibility/
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Laptop - real as admitted by the FBI. Gaetz allegations investigation not enough to charge - also FBI. If there is proof of crimes committed then charge him, convict him, and I'll gladly join the firing squad. Unsubstantiated anonymous accusations which seem common in the last couple years or rumors do not a criminal make but do make for great reputation destroying MSM fodder.
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Took some jets to Nellis for some night A-10 FWS support. Can't remember the building we were flying out of but some F-15s from Elmendorf supporting the F-16 Weapons School were also there. I bumped into a former student now F-15 dude as he was coming from a 4 vs I don't know how many and they start to debrief the ride. Anyway, that was around sunset and I launched with the 1st go. Got back, took over as Top 3, and launched our second go. We recover those jets, put them to bed, finish the paperwork, and completed the schedule for the next night. Sun is coming up and F-15/16 guys ARE STILL DEBRIEFING.
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Some district in CA has successfully counted 76% of ballots. I'm envisioning some 90 year old dude with an abacus pulling sacks off the dusty delivery donkeys before dragging the bags into a 1930s vintage country store counting a few ballots between conversations with the locals about that new fangled telephone on the wall.
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I'm baffled in this age of near instantaneous information exchange, Google searches in microseconds, and real time tracking of millions of package locations by freight carriers, why the hell can't votes be counted in a day? A week is just plain stupid.
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I've got recurrent training next month. I'll get back to group if they have added a low level gun jink maneuver to the syllabus.
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Few on the Dem side had the testicular fortitude to call BS on this but a week later, everybody saw it coming and thought it was a losing path. Maybe they were also in China with Tampon Tim when Tianamen Square want down. The scary part is none of this would come out if Harris had won and then the past policies are good to go for another 4 years.
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And as I type this, CA District 13 has only counted 57% of the vote according to the Real Clear Politics page. And there are 8 CA districts total that haven't finished counting! WTF California??? Yeah, we really need to spread those California values across the nation
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Currently reading Spies by Calder Walton covering east vs west from the Russian revolution to relatively recently. https://www.amazon.com/Spies-Epic-Intelligence-Between-East/dp/1668000695
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Did the A-10 Reserve RTU at Barksdale for 8 years. We flew B-course, TX-course, Senior Officer course (mostly Active Duty guys), IP Upgrades either RTU or line, and Sandy Upgrades. Flew my butt off as a full time reservist and as much as I could when I went part time. The B-was the most fun, TX-the easiest, IP Upgrades were rewarding teaching guys how to teach, and the Sandy upgrade was challenging because of the need for rescue assets. We could take an IP to Sandy 1 in two weeks. (Not sure Sandys still exists) Overall, a good gig molding the future fighter force.
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Good point. Kind of like what the definition of "is" is.
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An update shows the FEMA employee has been fired. "Trump supporters are evil so therefore I'm doing this for the team" is the same mindset as the IRS employee and the other 3 letter organizations. That mindset is a direct result of the higher ups in the organization. This person would not have done this if she didn't think she would not suffer repercussions. I'm not sure how deep Trump can fire people to restore fair and objective thinking but he needs to use the biggest cutting implement he can get his orange hands on.
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Reminds me of the idiots arrested in Georgia protesting the police training facility referred to as "cop city.". Almost all the people arrested were from places far from Atlanta. Who pays for their traveling and lodging expenses? They obviously don't have a job if they can spend time playing protestor. The money is coming from somewhere to support the chaos.
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Same here. I'd like to see the data for Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. My mother told me that you are the company you keep. 6000+ Antifa/BLM/Pro-Palestinian protestors is not exactly good company.
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Project Warrior with it's focus on history and why is important to maintain capability and skill to kill people and break their stuff would have to overcome the DEI programs focus saying history is bad and killing people and breaking their stuff doesn't rate in the Top 5 mission statements. But I agree, it was a great program. I remember attending a Daedalians gathering at Columbus. This 90 year old guy gets up and says he was the original FAIP in 1917( -ish) and was teaching guys to fly in France before moving into a combat squadron and going up against the Germans. Definitely inspiring.
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Didn't matter in 2016, didn't matter in 2020, but now, she just has to get this information out.....riiiigghhhht.
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Iron Dome is for smaller threats, David's Sling for medium range threats, and The Arrow for longer range threats. Google says the latter two were developed in the U.S. How all that worked against the Iranian missiles, I have no idea.
