SurelySerious

Vertical Landings Hit the Mark in F-35B's Tests

For the grand opening on the new gate?

It's possible you might be giving up more capability by tearing apart the aviation part of the MEU than you intend, or incurring more cost elsewhere. I know amphibious assaults seem far-fetched, but it seems the LHDs provide a platform for organic CAS where you might not have any long runways to operate from, from a place where you might not want to put your carrier strike group (right off the shore, for example), or across a wider area by not being attached at the hip to a CVN (for a lesser conflict where you don't need to tie up a whole CSG). The MEUs can operate within its own expeditionary strike group independent of carrier strike groups, so I guess it could tie up the Marines' freedom of movement or incur the cost of more CVN strike groups to cover them, which gets expensive also. I guess, in short, you'd be tearing apart the whole MAGTF structure. I'm not an expert on the Navy/Marine side though, so I could be totally wrong; just some food for thought.

Whose side are you on?

UFB.

About-Face: Soldiers Target Stray Eyebrows in Afghanistan Army Strong

Weird. Maybe they meant Iraq and Afghanistan? Crack journalism everyone.

He must have also known to pass the tail number.

Feds: U.S. Man Planned to Blow Up Pentagon Even terrorists have UAVs faster than the pred.

Are you sure the controller's son wasn't the one handing out clearances? That's what I heard.

Still dispensing it as of today.

That's not what it says. In section 6.3 USAF Basic Parachutist Rating there are two categories: Initial Static Line Qual (allows one to perform S/L duties with currency requirements) and USAF Academy Parachutist Qual (allows one to perform Academy-based jump duties). AM-490 prior to August 1994 counts towards Initial Static Line jump qual. Afterwards, it doesn't. Completing programs in either 6.3.1 or 6.3.2 results in being awarded the Basic Parachutist Rating. You can wear the badge anywhere, but you can't walk into a jump assignment and be qualified without completing another program listed in 6.3 or 6.6 if you did AM-490 after August 1994. But back to the new 36-2903, where no morale patches are authorized...

Not unless you're running around off base in OEF. This actually makes some sense, because ABUs don't blend into anything.

Do you mean like last year when they lost to the Browns?

You don't get a Form 8 out of UPT, so he wouldn't be previously qualified if he had tracked 38s.

Dozens of U.S. Troops Killed in Afghan Chopper Attack Also in the WSJ: Afghan Chopper Crash Kills 31 U.S. Troops, 7 Afghans

A few days early, from the 30 July WSJ:

Right, but the linked guard page has the "C-38 Talon" complete with C-38 mission description at the bottom and the picture of a T-38 and T-38 aircraft description at the top, which was probably the point of the post.

3.2.5.4.(ACC) Left Sleeve. A vivid emblem, approximately 3 X 3 inches in size, of the appropriateparent wing, separate operating group, or numbered air force will be worn on the Velcro. Members may wear the Weapons School Patch, USAF Test Pilot School (graduate or instructor) upon completion of the appropriate school. Installation commanders prescribe wear of the U.S. flag on the FDU. If prescribed, implementation will be installation wide. Doesn't sound like you get to pick.

E-mail? No, twitter is the way to go, apparently. If the President has time, surely so do your representatives in Congress. Really?

KC-135 Almost exactly 4 years, and yes one of the ~25 from the crossflow board.

Saw first hand an e-mail last week from AFPC to a previous MWS pilot that had training dates for this fall to return to that airframe. That's 1 out of 1690.

First, there can be only one bottom line; this message has 6-9. Second, if the Air Force began in 1947, by my count we have been around for 64 years, but I've been incorrect about math before. Finally, these rules are definitely not from our history and heritage, they are from 96.9 shoe clerk uniform boards in 64 years.