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I heard he banged wing tips in the Diamond during a show. I've flown with a couple guys hired onto the Team and worked for a couple more and the hiring process leaves me baffled.

In the Hawg community we had a low altitude step down training program that eventually got you to operating at 100 feet. Academics included items like task management priorities and visual cues. Biggest things I remember was the "Time to Die" charts, i.e. if you are at X feet with Y bank rate less than Z G's, your sink rate will kill you in 6.9 seconds. The other was "If you are turning and not heads up looking where you are going, you will die via ground impact." After the academics, we did several flights using those techniques to get the qual. So, the information is out there already in briefing form..somewhere.

This eclipses dudes wearing high heel shoes so they can empathize?

Yep. And better deals can be had at FedEx or Delta.

Chang, as much as I hate to admit it, but YOU ARE RIGHT!! Money isn't everything although it doesn't suck. There is also the travel opportunities which are extensive. There is the time off. This is a double edged sword because it means home improvement projects but it also means I'm improving a house that is paid for and I won't have to move from unless I want to. There is different forms of qweep but I don't have to deal with or ever see "my boss" unless I screw up and I haven't had to open up Powerpoint since I've had the job. There are my days off which are MINE unless I want to fly and they'll pay me more to do it. 3 days, $9K. So, again, money isn't everything but it doesn't suck. So, I would debate bypassing the opportunity to provide leadership vs the opportunity to suffer from its influence with the former winning.

I guess this is what substitutes for leadership these days. You will solve the problems you created with endentured servitude and forced labor. Best. Morale. Plan. Ever.

Yes, the A-10 is not an air-to-air God. It is slow, it is underpowered, it doesn't have a radar, and it can't maneuver vertically....which is why so many of our high speed, pointy nose cousins get shot by them. Bad assumptions lead to bad decisions followed by embarrassment. There is no good reason any high speed, pointy nose type should ever be shot by an A-10 yet it happens. My personal favorite was going 2v4 against F-15s out of Langley during their ORI. All I had was a TOT and 30 flares. Nothing like seeing that on a schedule thinking WTF??? Already had flares loaded but managed to get the remaining dispensers filled with chaff (420 bundles), found an E-3 that would be working nearby, worked a comm plan, and launched for Dare county range. Inbound to our target, we killed the first two Eagles (2000 feet AGL, line abreast, against a gorgeous clear blue sky) and proceeded to put bombs on target. The second two ship killed my wingman as we egressed. They assumed they could get a look down AIM-9 face shot while forgetting we carried the same but were looking up. Oops.

Embarrassing but not as bad as writing up something INOP that is not hanging on the jet..... Which I never did as far as you know.

He may sleep well assuming he doesn't have anyone in his past that he has pissed on/off. I know of a dude flying for UAL that was hired after checking "NO" to accidents and incidents. He really pissed on his Reserve unit in general and a couple individuals in particular, was declared persona non grata by the squadron (they even changed the door codes), and someone dropped a dime on him informing UAL of his less than accurate application thus getting him fired from UAL.

How do the airspeeds match up between a U-2 and a T-38, particularly watching that approach?

I don't anything about the F-35 radar and I'd agree with your thought regarding min function vs no function. However, technology exists for electronic systems to self correct. Why doesn't this radar do that?

In this day and age of aviation technology which the F-35 allegedly belongs to, you would think that the radar would be able to sort itself out. For example, during engine start, if a motor on the 787 encounters a problem, it will stop the start, motor the engine, and reattempt start 3 times all by itself before it gives up. You would think an electronic glitch on the radar would easily trip a function to reboot the system itself.

CNTRL/ALT/DEL to get the radar back.....seriously? https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/03/11/Another-F-35-Glitch-Requires-Restarting-Radar-System-Flight

For those of you living in Texas, if you have a MOH, Purple Heart, DFC, AF Cross, Air Medal, plus a couple others, you can get a medal tag license plate through TxDOT which allows free parking at state locations....such as an airport like DFW which beats the bejesus out of employee parking.

I was thinking along the lines of waist, weight and BMI type measurements.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/02/03/female-marines-may-allowed-bulk-service-opens-infantry/wnts963yMlPdEyl8Vy85OL/story.html If the standards don't work.....just change the standard. For guys, I'm thinking not much will change regarding standards.

Reading an account of the Iranian takeover of the US Embassy in 1979, one of the problems was the Iranians standing on toilet just like that picture adding much more unpleasantness to an already unpleasant situation.

I was thinking that same thing about the Hawg but you have to make the opener out of titanium.

In another IIRC, if we had built the 700+ Raptors, there would have been squadrons with Air-to-Ground as the primary mission in their Doc statement. The software is in the ones currently flying. We wouldn't be reinventing the wheel if we built more.

IIRC, the Bone was built with parts from all 50 states.

You miss the "any excuse for a party" rationale. During a TDY to Vegas, we had 7 guys get promoted. They put together quite the soiree complete with political incorrect implications of excess alcohol and strippers invited but in a non-working capacity. Apparently that whole pole thing is a lot more physically demanding than I thought if the number of ladies wearing knee and ankle braces is an accurate indication. Guys were still rolling back to the hotel at 3pm the next day. So, enjoy what you can, when you can because, otherwise, all there is left is bitching and complaining.

I was stationed at Eielson and we were packed and ready to go as filler for expected losses. Our Intel officer had it all mapped out so we saw the big movement of ground troops positioning for the end around hook and we knew when the shooting was going to start. So, there I was...... in North Pole, AK...... on my roof shoveling 12 feet of snow.......when the shooting started. Damn.

Now there is an awesome early Christmas present! Congrats!

So the best place to start down the path to a CCL in Texas is where?

Where's the animal rights activist? Reptile lives matter!