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Assign everyone to Laughlin. That should fix your "over manning" problem right quick.

The formula of basic, primary, and advanced trainers has worked since before WWII. I don't see any serious arguments as to why it should be scrapped. As to whether you should have a T38/T7 split with T1s, I can't speak to that very well, although introducing a CRM habits to those going to crew aircraft earlier makes sense. Having all fixed wing students go through a universal set of training also makes sense. Helo only track is a bad idea. The AF already doesn't understand helos, and further divorcing them from fixed wing aircrew won't help. Also, siloing helo students from the start will limit the student pools on both sides.

Hopefully they'd send a link to Ceelo Green's "Forget you" right back. ...but that would suck (sts).

I mean, I appreciate dying less. That said, losing a war because your 100 high-tech things got destroyed by 1000 middle-tier weapons isn't acceptable. We are failing to maintain the "high/low" mix we occasionally talk about.

One can argue we won WWII because we had a vast quantity of decent quality. The Panther and Tiger tanks were better than the Sherman or T34 in many respects...but not when facing 10 or 20:1 odds... We seem to have forgotten that lesson. 187...

If you have an extra $300-400k for a new GA aircraft, you probably sit in the upper brackets of income levels. That's more than the average US house price. Let's not kid ourselves about how rich one likely is to be able to afford a new production GA aircraft. I wish GA was a middle-class hobby, but it isn't if you shop new.

The long term side effects of the vaccine (if any) are still unknown. The COVID risk to a 18-42yr old person in good health is fairly low. Given that the .gov will probably deny coverage for any longer term issues ("hey, you volunteered for a non-FDA approved treatment, that's on you"), is the hesitation that unfounded?

The H-1 doesn't have RNAV-x or RNP certification. It can do RNAV and LNAV/LNAV+V/LPV approaches. ...or at least that's my current understanding. Without much range, wx radar, or anti-ice, IMC isn't something we do very much, just go SVFR to class G, when able.

Having some air sense and basic skills will help. If you get stuck in old habits, it will hurt.

Suppressed .22 bolt actions always make me smile. I like them for rifles too, as it is basically an extra set of ear pro. (Actually, even better)

So, once this guy is arrested, what do they charge him with? Insurrection and revolution are terms people like to throw around...but when some idiot actually tries it???

If the Dems win by a narrow margin, the conspiracy theorist will go nuts, and have a lot of Republicans following them. We already have some polls showing a majority of Republicans saying the Nov election is untrustworthy...what happens when the race goes to the Dems after many people on both sides said it favored the Repubs? It might get ugly.

If one dude masters the internet and makes $5trillion, while the rest of us get a 5% increase...we still gained 5%. Good for him and good for us. The "folks on the right" aren't asking the government to "give" tech billionaires more billions. We all just do that because we use social media and like stuff delivered to our door two days after we buy the random thing in the internet.

I moved to Minot just after the oil boom/flood ruined their market. I made bank as a single Capt. When I left, I was making almost as much BAH as the married LtCol who just got there...and looking at 2020 numbers, more than married O-6s now! ...then I PCSed and lost $10K a year in disposable income.

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WTF? There is either a backstory or this needs to be squashed YESTERDAY.

It was always great going through the CBT that was about 4 changes old and spent a good chunk of time talking about RVSM for an aircraft that isn't allowed to fly that high...

I think we can stop with the coup porn and agree: "The Army is a broadsword, not a scalpel. Trust me, senator, you do not want the Army in an American city."

Generally, yeah. ...are we saying a Hi/Low mix might make sense to get capability and capacity? Not sure that is something we can say these days.

Too early to speculate. 🍺

Exactly. There is not a lot of love lost there, and India would not be a bad ally to have. If you want to talk alternate flanks against China, that is probably the best choice. Unfortunately, our relationship with Pakistan and India's desire to avoid third party issues makes it less likely.

Making buddy-buddy with India and not encouraging them to ally with China would probably be a better strategy. India wants to make their own path, but we can certainly benefit from friendly relations, and it boosts them for any issues with China. ...sadly our support of everyone's best friend Pakistan probably ruined that.

Helo only track is to satisfy the bean counters, not make the AF better. The AF already has troubles not understanding/forgetting about helicopters...this will only make it worse.

Some serious pilot skills right there.