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All it takes is one tie down not done correctly. At OAMS I've seen USAF ATOC personnel walk away from a NAC bird due to some shady stuff being done refusing to be part of it to protect themselves.

Grapevine speculation on over rotation, I would look hard at the form F , the TCN's they have loading are not known for following standards. Maybe a load shift to aft CG.

Probably worked that tail number numerous times when it passed through OAMS which goes hand in hand with knowing the crew members. They have been moving allot of MRAPS out of theater and other up armored vehicles putting them on cookie sheets compared to a 463L pallet. RIP.

Ancient history but this crash reminds of this one.https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jomalley.htm

Chuck Norris was in the Air Force so all other branch's are invalid!!

#1 reason to become a USAF pilot is because these guys are honor bound to get you home if you become a pedestrian. https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTc_lkuJWE8xeR3pJAXtYUQtcHFIvinKS9t9UPg2ZTSQZauz4Lr

Number 1 reason for not joining the Navy, that stupid looking hat.

I find it interesting that the US AIR team will run the new airline with the AA CEO as chairman. My brother is a A&P line mx guy at ORD and he told me most of AA's unions worked with US Air to help make this possible. The management team and worker bees have been in a loveless marriage since the first concessions were voted for and then all the executives to huge bonus's. Over 900 acft fleet, that will be a lot of MD-80's being parked when their D check is due. I'm sure Boeing is cutting deals so they can dump the technical support for the MD-80's.

If we managed our WW2 officers like this Eisenhower would have been rotated out after the invasion of Sicily and Patton would have never seen Sicily, and Nimitz would have been done after Midway.

So the cost of a OPR bullet is over a billion now. Did the DB at least get promoted fort signing off on this. Can somebody explain to me why some officers have to reinvent the wheel when they get into a position to implement shit like this.

Lets just get to the point of this whole argument, some female officers were suing the DOD because of the combat restrictions and glass ceiling they encounter when it comes to a combat command slot and promotions. Yes there are women who can qualify and get through the training but would they destroy their body and forced out on a medical discharge before their 30th birthday. Fiscally it does not make sense due to the medical costs incurred by this. I seen women work in supply and acft mx and their bodies were a mess due to wear and tear before they were 30. Since we are in these fiscally short era it would make sense to make the fitness standards the same across the board regardless of gender. I am a 50 year old male who can score in the 90's with the current USAF standards for a my age group. I looked at a under 30 group of female standards and the run was identical to mine where a 30 and under year old male gets slammed hard if runs over a 9:12. If we equalize the standards with pass or out the door just think of the money we save in long term personnel costs.

Hey! Don't forget forget all the support jobs when it comes to the PT test or physical standards, if I got to do X number of repetitions of a exercise and run a certain time for my age why does it have to gender specific. Sit ups or push ups should be equal and stop telling men we are stronger and faster and should do more than women. Lets make all weight,height and physical standards in all the same in all the branches. Equality!!!!

The 8th lost more men flying out of England than the Marines lost in the whole Pacific theater.

OK, I went to 6 different stores in the OKC metro just to buy some .22 LR. None to be found anywhere. Who is hoarding it? I just wanted to go plinking with my son and could not find any. Is everybody panic buying every time BHO, Cuomo and Bloomberg find a microphone?

leaked picture of a RAF RC-135 https://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:fd132b93-a775-4e88-bcd8-8a8067cafc0a

Link I came across about RC's. Enjoy! https://aftiggerintel.hubpages.com/hub/RC-135-History-The-Hidden-Hero-of-the-Skies

Its not the components it is the structure and block #'s of the 64 models. The old W models were 62 models which 5 former C-135B's were converted into RC's tail numbers 62-4125 to 62-4130. Those tails never had the plumbing or boom ever installed on them. Numerous 62 models in the AMARC now in a KC-135A configuration. Since those 3 air-frames were already a R, CFM powered it was probably more a cost saving measure.

Was in the 89th during the storm, I remember him flying on my jet and his staff plus the SECDOD Cheney and CJCS Powell to the Kingdom to explain to the King what might happen if Saddam decided to come south some more. Still seems like yesterday.

Or the F-15SE or just plain E, still has not be bested in combat yet.

If anybody wants a Sturm gewehr 44 you might be in luck. https://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/valuable-wwii-gun-police-buy-back-022155231--abc-news-topstories.html

https://dougkeeney.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/b52-low-level-test2.jpg Wish it looked like this.

Smart asses one little effing vowel. Chile https://www.airliners.net/photo/Chile---Air/Boeing-KC-135E-Stratotanker/2129447/L/&sid=cd425af4d1601ca8aabd56463fc3d529

Plenty of retired KC-135E's, 3 have been sold to Chili. More affordable than the KC-330 and more proven too.

I guess a Frogfoot is not designed or equipped for air to air.

Look at our history, we always buy weapons that would have been useful for the last war. How many MRAPS do we have and how many do we need now and will hundreds of them sitting in Kuwait ever come home. But on the flip side of that arguement we also develop weapons from lessons learned sometimes in blood and usally on the fly.