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Definitely go see Unbroken.

Wrong characters are on the nose. In all seriousness that is amazing chalk-art.

https://www.heavens-above.com/ Throw in your location and it'll show you every visible satellite pass with time and location.

I see them all of the time on NVGs. 1-4 hours after sunset is the best time to catch them. This is especially true of the ones in polar orbit because they don't transit the Earths shadow as frequently.

That's the way I've always logged it. Also unaided night time is IMC. Accounts for 90% of my actual IMC time

The N models in the 20th SOS had mini-guns and rockets as late as the early 90's when we still had Howard AFB open in Panama. There is a picture of one of Malmstrom's tails with 2.75" rocket pods and M134s in the academic building at Kirtland. Unfortunately they pulled all of the armament panels when they installed the GPS. Only guys that have them how are the test guys at Duke. The cops don't want a gunship anyway, everything to them is numbers. They (MAJCOM/A7S) would rather have two extra bodies on the helo than another FE and guns.

Looks like it might have a mount for the strakes similar to those on the 777.

It's not in 11-301. I remember seeing it in a memo from AFE. I'll try and track it down.

JTFC

Does that include TCAS as well?

The law states that voluntary separations to not get TAMP but that a service secretary can waive it. Since the implementation was such a clusterfuck, the SECAF requested guidance from the General Council. That's what was done when the "review of the law (10 USC 1175a) determined that the Air Force is authorized to pay the transition assistance management program (TAMP) benefits to Airmen separated under VSP.”

What's going to happen when the CRH comes online in 5 years and Kirtland is training guys on the HH-60W? Barely any of the HH-60 tactical flying outside of the monkey skills will be applicable to the missile field and none of it will be for AFDW. You may have continuity for 10 years but then you're on two separate platforms again. AFGSC/A3-5 is convinced that the UH-60 is an "interim" step until they get another helicopter but I highly doubt that in this tight fiscal acquisition environment. They won't get a new helicopter until at least the late 2030s after the results of the Army's FVL are in production. Keep in mind that they have been attempting to replace the H-1 since the late 90s and everytime it has fallen to more important budgetary priorities. Also I doubt all of the fun toys on the Pavehawk (PDUs, GM/AHS, WX Radar) will be installed on the missile field birds. They are aiming for as cheap as possible. If they were smart they would cash in on the Army's common avionics architecture for their UH-60Ls and have an all glass cockpit, integrated avionics (FLIR especially), and RNAV. I would also hope that they add the gun mounts with GAU-2s for armament. While the M240s may be fine for an H-1 with almost no other options, having the mini-guns would be an excellent choice for the missile field mission. Keeping the internal rescue hoist would be fine, no need for an external one when most of your missions will never require it. Unfortunately I foresee bone stock UH-60A/Ls with round dials, no WX radar, and M240s. If they're lucky they'll keep the CMDS. The UH-60 will continue to fail to meet the same DoD requirements as the H-1 while costing more than double in operations and sustainment costs. The only way that it would make good fiscal sense would be to completely standardize the training pipeline and crossflow opportunities between PR/ICBM-COOG units (ie be able to pull a guy from Warren for a PR deployment with only a tactical topoff and PR specific qual spinup. Hell move the 305th and 101st to one of the missile bases and/or open associate units with the Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and DC Guard. The current H-1 mission is perfect for AFRES/ANG and having a ready source of flying hours and aircraft should look attractive to the NGB.

And I just learned that 9th AF is no longer AFCENT. Shows how long it's been since I've needed to know it.

Did another C-17 forget to put the gear down?

With a 20 year old ex-Army UH-60A/L. They couldn't at least transition to a UH-60M standard to streamline training in the schoolhouse. Instead the missile/NCR and PR units will still have different training, and limited opportunities to transition between the different communities.

If you cut out the glass tube of the 15 inch glowsticks and stick it in a campfire it will give a nice 4-5 foot fireball when it explodes. The time interval fo the explosion varies as well depending on the heat of the fire. It's a great camping trick to play on your drunk buddies.

Or go low and stay in Class G airspace. That works everywhere except the SFRA around DC. They get mad about that. Ops tested.

There are websites that tracked unsecured radio transmissions from Odyssey Dawn and ADS-B info on flight aware. OPSEC is getting much harder in the information age.

He he. Boob.

Three ship CSAR? Bring back the gunships!

Here is a video with on-board audio. You can hear when they unlock the feather. Also here is a video of the first feather test. Obviously this was unpowered but the fuselage still moves pretty abruptly once the things kick in. I can't imagine the stresses involved at Mach 1.0+. Starts at 1:00

Looks like LM fixed their arresting hook issue.

Surprised an A400M got off the ground period.

I think he meant IDE in residence.