The other critical factor in the defeat of SL was its brutality which cost it nearly all its legitimacy in the Sierra and in Lima. That brutality turned the local people - districts and their...
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Have to agree with this bit...
The other critical factor in the defeat of SL was its brutality which cost it nearly all its legitimacy in the Sierra and in Lima. That brutality turned the local people - districts and their...
Yep, that would all suck. Agree 100%. Not to...
Yep, that would all suck. Agree 100%. Not to mention the fact that we would be fighting another nuclear power, which may be an even bigger worry. Does having those worries mean that we disregard...
Like I said before, though, its not like we are...
Like I said before, though, its not like we are replacing relatively young airframes...we are replacing fighters that are literally coming apart at the seams. What is the alternative to the F-22 and...
There are a lot more than 100....
China alone has over 300, including modern versions known as the SU-30MKK. India has 40 SU-30s and licenses to make 140 more. There are 449 SU-27s in service in Russia. Lots of other folks, like...
Its not just the hardware...
Software takes a looong time to code, test, fix, and retest.
Take, for example, something relatively simple like putting Link-16 into the B-1 (something I have direct experience with). The...
Couldn't agree more...
I think they are all moving into the space that NSA should be holding down, but that is my pathetic opinion.
This just does not seem like a core competency of an Air Force. What is even more...
There seems to be a lot of gnashing of teeth on...
There seems to be a lot of gnashing of teeth on this board with regard to the USAF and QOL. Just a quick use of the calculator shows that paying everyone deployed their BAS is really a drop in the...
Well, after 20 years in the USAF, I think I...
Well, after 20 years in the USAF, I think I pretty much completely disagree that the USAF has done a bad job of predicting what airplanes they need. After we got our asses spanked over North...
Absolutely. When I was flying B-1s, we made sure...
Absolutely. When I was flying B-1s, we made sure we had "no GPS" training sorties to make sure we didn't get over reliant on those sats being around. Probably a good idea for just about...
Actually, we aren't as dependent on GPS as you might think...
JDAMs are GPS-aided weapons. They have a very accurate INS that does the actual guiding. If the GPS never locks on, or is denied, the weapon will still guide, albeit slightly less accurately. ...
Just to clear up some things...
The USN is switching out its F/A-18C/Ds for single seat F/A-18Es (although I don't know if they are swapping out all of them; I suspect not), and replaced its F-14s with two-seat F/A-18Fs (although I...
McPeak's next project was the "Delta Airlines"...
McPeak's next project was the "Delta Airlines" USAF uniform
I, and many others, despised that uniform. It ripped whatever heritage we had away. I think the current CSAF understands this, and...