Breckey

Or OV-10's. Hell the there are probably some guys that flew them in DS1 still in the squadrons.

Don't think that the Raptor has a drag chute.

Without a genuine AF issue Non-A Letter you can't get reimbursed for the off-base rate

The zoo did studies a couple years ago on putting winglets on the 135. The small performance improvements did not justify the cost and AMC scrapped the idea.

Well I don't have those fancy wheels that everybody has been talking about these days...

Well it did survive this

Because that makes sense

He probably wasn't wearing his reflective belt. And had a colored shirt on. And had his flight suit sleeves pushed up. How many times do aircraft have to crash before people realize that these things matter?

So the Army gets the good FID deals and skimps on the 365 to Afghanistan. Standard.

That may be the case but thee Army specifically refused the Mi-17 gig's in Afghanistan and Iraq by saying that the Mi-17 was not "flight-worthy." Don't know how they'll do the FID mission when many foreign countries use the Russian helo's

Gun safe or gun cabinet? I found a really nice cabinet at an antique store for a great price. Only have 10ish guns, will increase the number in the next couple years but not by M2's standards.

ATTENTION IN THE FACILITY!!

3'p

AF times had an article today that these birds won't be hitting the flight line until 2013-14 at the earliest. The actual -60 recap birds won't reach IOC until 2018.

I got the pics from the ARC forums, and the photographer delivered the birds on Thursday.

Some pics of the test -60 combat loss replacement bird in Hunstville.

He came and talked at the zoo a couple years ago. Everybody else was in suits and he was still rocking his green party suit. True badass for sure

Or the blue shirt

Napalm sticks to kids!

Go to your squadron safety guy. They should be able to hook you up.

The official reason that the Pave Low got canned was high MX costs and old technology. Talking to former pilots and crew, the reason was the Army. Since the 1980's when the Pave Low transferred to AFSOC, the Army wanted it. They made the case that special ops was their business with the SOAR but the AF was able to make justifications to keep it so it stayed. Finally in 05-06ish the Army brass was able to pull enough clot to retire it. Hearsay, but considering the last of the Pave Low IV mods were done in the late 90's, it was still a very capable platform.

The CVLSP is to replace the Huey fleet. It has been on-again-off again for the last 20 years. The thought after the CSAR-X cancellation is that the AF could replace the Huey fleet with a 60M and the -60 recap could be replaced with a 60M. This would enable only one pipeline for the studs at KIKR and would enable cross-flow between all AF helo assignments. Sounds great in theory but the AF would find some way to ###### it up. Plus in my uneducated view, a 60M would be settling for the CSAR platform. Better to get something like the H-72 or the H-92 with more powerful engines and more cabin area. Then again, any new platform that doesn't have structural cracks would be a step up from our current -60 fleet.

And yet the air force tries to glorify the non-"warriors". They have a perfect example for others to follow hacking the mish right now across all ranks for airmen to emulate but they still try and ignore their accomplishments. Break Break Along the same lines, our Huey fleet is getting worn out as well. Although they don't have the bullet holes and structural cracks that the Hawks do, some are reaching upwards of 15k hours on an airframe the shakes like a martini mixer. We need CVLSP and the 60-recap much sooner rather than later.

Cue CVLSP delay in 5...4...3...2...