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I had an issue with this as well, until a little actual reading of the underlying premise. Every Department in our government falls under the Executive Branch. As the President (CEO), every one of these Departments falls under his direct authority. The Checks & Balances is Congress has the authority to fund them or not. The CEO, E for Executive or President, has the guiding control of which direction they take. Congress (Legislative Branch) only gets to decide if the Executive Branch gets funded.

Fair assessment of my posting history, I acknowledge and respect, but 8+ years on this forum of reading but keeping most of my thoughts and opinions to myself. There are already many contributors with strong opinions. My apologies if you think I missed the previous Geo-fencing discussion, not the case, but I thought my position to be worth posting this time. I can agree with the previous that the Ford analogy may be more correct with Uber vs. ownership. Many good discussions here, just few that need another pundit’s opinion until I feel the need to weigh in on. No disrespect, just my opinion.

I understand myself to be a simpleton, attack me as such. There is now great concern that Ukraine will use US provided missile systems to strike into Russian territory. Wait, what? But I am a Simpleton. We either sold or gave long range missile systems to somebody and now that somebody wants to use them but we somehow feel we now still get a vote? Hello! They bought them or have them. They can use them any way that they want. It’s why they now have the military hardware. We may not politically agree, fear of escalation, but that should now be behind us, or otherwise we should not have given them access to the hardware in the first place. As a thought, were these missile systems acquired by Ukraine before or after the Russian invasion? Maybe it matters in esoteric, or maybe not. Ford Motor Car Company does not restrict how I use my truck or where I can drive it. How can the US place restrictions on Ukraine for how they choose to use weapon systems we gave/sold them. Why else would Ukraine have long range missile systems, if not to use them? If this is now a problem, perhaps we should not have gave/sold them the systems in the first place. Common man’s perspective to a complex issue. Just something to think about.

Damn fine looking machine! Enjoy what it brings!

Right there, mostly towards the bottom. Lockheed Martin, L-382-J, Marietta, GA. There is a L-382 listed in there as well, Flight Safety-Tampa, if I remember from reading 5 minutes ago. Interesting interpretation. I have L-382 and L-382J types having only flown military. Maybe the policy has changed to a more restrictive position. It happens. Bottomline #1: Keep track of ALL of your flights & sims. SARMs will never care about you as much as you need them to. Bottomline #2: keep track of ALL of your flights & sims. Rules change. Today’s horizontal head shake may become tomorrow’s head nod. It is far easier to re-create the wheel if you already left a trail of bread crumbs. Best of luck as you start your career!

ForeFlight was an unknown commodity to me as a military pilot. I use it extensively as both a corporate pilot and as a CFI. I only wish that I had this capability back in the day. Several of my C-130 colleagues who use the Military Flight Bag version have described how they it enhances mission planning and execution, which is yet another game changer from what I now have access to. YMMV, but I think that a mobility pilot would bring a lot of knowledge back to the unit after attending this course. Spend the money, pursue the TDY!

@SocialD and @SurelySerious GRR and LAN. Many nights spent at both in January, 2022. My first personal thought was: Jesus, even after a Grand Forks assignment, these cities are truly the arctic wasteland. My second personal thought was: Jesus, I have never seen more homeless people in all of my life. Never mind this January (5 degrees F) misery. California (Newsom) is an easy target. Woke and other DEI agendas are easy targets. The reality of American suffering is best seen on any random Michigan winter day.

This is an interesting discussion of the bozosphere and how military capes can be expanded at these altitudes. At maximum takeoff weights, inherent to the mission sets described, a heavy BizJetJobs can initially climb to FL410; step climbs are advantageously slow in their development. Sure, a manufacturer Opslimit of Fl510 or even FL550 would increase the envisioned capability. Hello, these Flight Levels are achievable 10+ hours after takeoff and not realistic until only 2 hours of fuel remaining. That is why ADS-B doesn’t find these jets above FL470. Hang some hard points and blisters, maybe a device or two, lower the altitudes by 2000-4000’ in their overall operational envelope.

Yes, Court Martial. You know, the thing…the Article 15 was offered by a Commander and accepted by the member as a Non-Judicial Punishment (NJP) as an alternative to a full Court Martial proceeding. Once an Article 15 is accepted, the Commander decides what the punishment will be, but in all cases will be equal to or less than the maximum punishment that could be imposed by a CM. The offer of Article 15 is usually used to streamline the amount of activity and time associated with a CM. If the charges or evidence were weak, or if the member was truly being railroaded, the offered Article 15 should have been declined by the member and the charges would go to CM.

This old H isn’t going anywhere. That #3 condition lever is feathered which matches the videos on news media showing the outside of the aircraft. I am willing to bet it has been like this quite some time, and none of the local talent has any idea why. NMC = 100% demilitarized.

The “RED” checklists used to be considered memory item/bold face, of which, there are 27 of them in the BBD-700. Some are short, single-step checklists, the longest has 12 steps. Bombardier changed their philosophy in late 2017 when they significantly revised their QRH (Checklist) format. The 27 procedures are now also printed on a single piece of paper, similar to a fan-fold checklist. They are no longer considered Memory Item procedures and the fan-fold is expected to be referenced. This has resulted in significant debate as to which is the best method; memory item vs. referenced checklist. Most simulator training examiners still expect a memory item/boldface level of knowledge in the pre-brief/oral examination, but then expect the checklist to be referenced in the simulator to prevent procedural errors. 430 EECS pilots are required to complete a monthly “Boldface” sheet. In this, the “Challenge” is already printed on the paper, the pilot has to fill in the “Response” side of the boldface. This is the way the squadron did it 4+ years ago, this is the way it is still done today.