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that's awesome!

congrats!!

Dropped my kids off at school and headed to work as a technical support contractor supporting NORAD Operations. things got kinda busy for awhile................. Getting recalled later to Cheyenne Mountain to support the battle staff in actual wartime operations was rather spooky.

Awesome!! I like that mission editor a lot. Here's a question - will the home base selection allow for a carrier?

The newly published Hudson 1 VFR Approach http://www.neptunuslex.com/2010/08/10/the-hudson-arrival/ Hilarious!

In addition to the Gunfighters page (above - which is probably the best resource for Crusaders) there is also the Tailhook Association http://www.tailhook.org/

looks like he was doing a low-slow pass and got a little too slow while low. looks like he got out ok.

In visual range at "fights on"? change my vote to the SU-35's across the board.

the oil companies have plenty of remotely operated deep submersibles with the correct equipment to operate the stuff on the ocean floor. There is nothing the USN or the Russians can add in that regard.

these have been going on for awhile. Back when I was with NORAD, we were logging all the reports. It seems they really spike when the publicity goes out. Its weird. You put the word out about dangerous and stupid this in, and more of it happens! We need to fly CAP with laser guided Mavericks...............

if your computer will only handle 32, don't upgrade and expect your flight sims to run!! 64 or nothing and make sure the hardware and video card will handle it. I managed to "upgrade" my mid-grade flight sim capable XP machine into an email and file server on W7 32. New computer/hardware upgrades pending.................

Awesome!! once again we will hear that famous phrase - There's no slack in light attack!!

kinda sorta. The Blues planes are specially modded for show. They have some of their equipment removed and show stuff added on. They are not combat capable in 24 hours or really, in a practical sense, at all. Whether the Thunderbirds actually are or if that is just a rumor, I don't know.

its a bit more solid and wide reaching than all of that. The services are having 100B cut from their FYDP and the AF and Navy both have about 30B of that each. This will translate into end-strength cuts, force structure and programs. Programs will be vertical cuts - meaning complete programs so that support tail can be cut (as opposed to horizontal cuts where part of several programs are cut leaving the support for each of them - but underfunded leading to the hollow force we've seen before.) the services are offering their programs up for cuts - but these are not bluffs. The magnitude of these force structure cuts will result in programs being cut. The AF is not offering up the B-1, F-16s, multi-function data-link programs, etc., as a bluff. Theses are on the table. The Navy will likely loose carriers, carrier airwings and probably amphibious force ships from the FYDP. The Bone is most likely headed for its place in history. Its upgraded combat capabilities and relevance to the war effort is not relevant to the discussions. Only the $$$ count.

A lot of wit and wisdom. I have always enjoyed those columns.

Welcome home!

1815 was certainly a year of decision. I'm more partial to January 8th though.....................

of both incidents that I refered to, and one more in my third squadron, all of them survived. one of them just woke up with a really bad headache (glancing blow which destroyed his helmet) and he was eventually able to recognize family members and slowly recovered over time. The other two were not so lucky.

Great story! thanks!

maybe not so useless or gone. I've seen some speculation in various places that many are being configured for the drone role as massed decoys. In other words - fly several hundred in the first wave to soak up the air defenses. Might be a Turkey shoot - but what's then left in the ready duty ammo for the first real wave of Flanker variants? something of speculation at this point, but we did something very similar in the first wave during Desert Storm. Worked nicely.......

very, very carefully! my first squadron had two "incidents" of guys walking into our props. I saw one of them. Not nice.