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When I shot mine down at Tyndall years back, after about one second after pickle it went to the moon, never to be seen again. 😆

Dude, I agree. CAS in a permissive environment is pretty easy - If you follow the 12 steps you will be successful and should be generally within a couple seconds of your TOT in the F-35. I routinely see FRS/FTU students inside of 5" by their second event and it's unheard of to get a release without a cleared hot with the only exception I've seen of having a GBU-32 simo with -2 calling in zone with no clearance. Far from air to air where it takes a lot of experience to remain effective.

We certainly can do better, and I agree that the limitations that resulted so that the Marine Corps could have a STOVL 5th gen fighter were not worth it. But I will stand by my assertion that it is any bit as capable as an F-18 in the CAS role. Sure, I'd prefer to have GBU-54 capability, but the GBU-12 isn't ineffective.

That might be accurate for the AF F-35 community but I don't think it would extend to the USMC F-35 community. I would agree that there are certainly better platforms for CAS but the F-35 functions as well as an F-18 in that role.

You have my apologies - Several rounds of bourbon on the rocks last night. If you look I've posted positively about RFKJ and I'm a fan of Gabbard and Manchin. I was more speaking to those who have already assumed the role of President in the past.

Who in the democratic party doesn't fulfill all of those criticisms? And I think Trump is one of the few do care about this country. His actions speak louder than most all who have come before him. Are you going to vote for Newsom? The fact that you knowingly voted for someone who couldn't put together thoughts, even at the time he was running for president, says a significant amount.

Just started the interview during my workout this morning but the book is well worth the read. I hope this interview gets RFKJ out there because the normal media is certainly not covering him.

Fauci should be prosecuted and imprisoned. Shellenberger's book is a solid read. I don't know about China - Their actions, and our contributions (likely) led to a miserable two years and an unknown numbers of lives lost.

Well played, but that dude is definitely conservative! Liberal TikToker goes viral after complaining the only masculine men she can find are conservative | Daily Mail Online

You JUST said you were voting for Biden. He IS fit?

So is no one in the US poor because we are comparing ourselves to the world's population now?

Is this facebook marketplace?

I think there is a video of a CH-53 doing a loop somewhere...

I'm fully aware that visual formations are not survivable given the threats we face today. I mean to add stress in ways that you can to force our pilots to cope adequately because that stress will be added in some form or another when they see real combat.

My point was only that you can mitigate risk to a certain degree. If BASH is high, don't fly. If it's low, 200'.

Why not do low levels at 5k'? I'm not an old dude and I see the degradation in the ability of students to adapt because we have coddled them due to changing situations based on tactics which don't necessitate visual formation keeping which doesn't them better aviators. They're more lethal, but that is due to the platform and level of SA provided by a platform that shows you everything in a beautiful picture which requires nothing more than the press of a button and a pickle depression. For better or worse, in Fat(test) Amy they only ever have to fly form for two FTU/FRS/RAG events and then only for the break. What happens when link(s) goes out? I think you should push students at the FTU/FRS/RAG and once they get to the CAF/fleet because the more you sweat... The less you bleed. We haven't had to bleed in 50 years, time will tell.

Go with your data. His book corroborates what my experience was with covid. I had my last flight in fighters, and any aircraft as PIC after I was diagnosed with epilepsy back in 2018. After being informed that I was going to be terminated from a major defense contractor in 2021 for choosing not to take the vaccine, one month after I was diagnosed and recovered from covid, I asked my doctor for a medical exception citing the only two studies done regarding covid vaccinations on individuals who had been diagnosed with epilepsy. Each demonstrated increased intensity or prevalence of seizure activity, approximately 18% and 23% for the two studies if I recall correctly - One of the studies I think was performed in Japan, the other in a northern European nation. I sent my doctor these studies and was told he was not allowed by the state to allow a waiver for any reason other than recorded allergic reactions to the ingredients in the vaccine but referred me to a neurologist and said speak with her. I called said neurologist and cited the documentation illustrating adverse effects and informed her I had, one month ago, had covid. She told me that no doctors in California were allowed to offer a medical exception and if they did their licensure would be revoked. I asked her to provide that information to me in an email and she said she could not. I then asked her if she could repeat what she said and she said that she could not. So again, go with your data. His book sounds really fucking accurate from my perspective.

Having decades of higher testosterone and then bringing it down to that of an average female for a one year period doesn't provide that male an advantage when competing against women? Are you dense? It takes years to build a competitive body for sports, that doesn't go away instantly.

I'll be right there beside you down in San Diego.

I’ve read accounts that he was threatening to kill people, have not seen video… Likely because it justifies the actions taken.

What about threats? Do those count or are you only allowed to act after someone has been hurt? Individuals at the scene said he said ‘I don’t care. I’ll take a bullet, I’ll go to jail’ because he would kill people on the train," the woman said of Neely. "He said, ‘I would kill a motherf—er. I don’t care. I’ll take a bullet. I’ll go to jail.’" So just wait for someone to get hurt and then act? Bro? Who the fuck are you? Some 2nd Lt waiting to start flight school?

I'm not surprised, I hope that the jury is fair and finds him not guilty.

They do when their actions affect others.

I already knew the answer. But thanks for validating me.