Exactly. And there is no speakership for the right wing of the republican party to hold hostage to even get this out of the House.More kabuki theater from DC.
Lots of tax dollars will be spent…
And zero will actually come from it…
Exactly. And there is no speakership for the right wing of the republican party to hold hostage to even get this out of the House.More kabuki theater from DC.
Lots of tax dollars will be spent…
And zero will actually come from it…
I suspect he's too tough to go that wayThank God Townsend @Bob Nelson 35Whelen survived!
While deployed to the sandbox for Enduring Freedom, our planes (tankers) of course needed maintenance, but especially so after flying in the desert conditions there. We “only trusted” our own heavy maintenance, so we set up a nice maintenance rotation schedule, which was great since it have our guys a chance to spend a few weeks at home. At the time, Edwards was pleading for tanker support since most were overseas, for the F-22 test program. We happily obliged since the flying there was great (hadn’t been there since flying the T-38 as a lieutenant), and the F-22 flight testing was a real kick to be a part of, albeit in a small way. Once airborne, we’d orbit over Lake Isabella and wait for the F-22 to come out of his supersonic corridor to gas up again. In doing so, he head straight at us, and right about the time I’d see him from our eyebrow windows in the cockpit, he’d roll inverted and pull straight down at us. “Holy shit!” we’re the universally uttered words from every newbie on his first sortie out there. Anyway, the F-22 had it timed perfectly since we were moving at around .82-.84 mach. He’d do a square, thrust vectored high-g pull and pop into a perfect precontact position behind us. It was masterful. His F-16 chase plane would try to match his pull, and he’d be in an accelerated stall maybe a half-mile away if he was good.Much of this depends on the variant of F15 and F16 we're talking about.. As a rule, eagles and their pilots run roughshod over falcon/vipers and their pilots in training engagements if we're talking air to air / fighter to fighter.. (I get this directly from numerous F15 and F16 pilots that all spent between 20-35 years in the USAF, are Weapons School grads (USAF version of "Top Gun"), retired between the rank of O5 - O10, etc..
Air to ground is a different story.. depending on the mission and the circumstance there are many scenarios where the 16 is the clear better choice..
FWIW in my "day job" I run a defense firm that was founded by a pair of USAF fighter pilots.. most of the work the company did for its first 10 years was in direct support of USAF fighter squadrons (the portfolio is much more diverse today).. when I first came on board, literally 50% of the senior leadership of the company were retired USAF fighter pilots.. most of whom flew 15's and 16's (some of the old dogs primarily flew F4's and 104's).. One of our board members is the former ACC commander that was responsible for initially fielding the F22, etc..etc...
While Im just an old Army dog... I have sat through hundreds upon hundreds of hours of "war stories" related to how my viper is better than your eagle.... or my eagle kicks your falcons ass... only to hear them all get laughed at by the current flock of F22 and F35 guys that work with us.. lol..
While deployed to the sandbox for Enduring Freedom, our planes (tankers) of course needed maintenance, but especially so after flying in the desert conditions there. We “only trusted” our own heavy maintenance, so we set up a nice maintenance rotation schedule, which was great since it have our guys a chance to spend a few weeks at home. At the time, Edwards was pleading for tanker support since most were overseas, for the F-22 test program. We happily obliged since the flying there was great (hadn’t been there since flying the T-38 as a lieutenant), and the F-22 flight testing was a real kick to be a part of, albeit in a small way. Once airborne, we’d orbit over Lake Isabella and wait for the F-22 to come out of his supersonic corridor to gas up again. In doing so, he head straight at us, and right about the time I’d see him from our eyebrow windows in the cockpit, he’d roll inverted and pull straight down at us. “Holy shit!” we’re the universally uttered words from every newbie on his first sortie out there. Anyway, the F-22 had it timed perfectly since we were moving at around .82-.84 mach. He’d do a square, thrust vectored high-g pull and pop into a perfect precontact position behind us. It was masterful. His F-16 chase plane would try to match his pull, and he’d be in an accelerated stall maybe a half-mile away if he was good.
Those new generation fighters are just nuts in capability.
At least trump can say a full sentence without mumbling and actually makes senseHave you guys seen Trump’s tweet calling his ex staffer a sleazebag and a loser because she criticized his performance on the CNN event? I’m quickly moving toward TT and RedLeg’s position. I just don’t see how I can vote for him if he become’s the republican nominee. A nation of 300 million people and this is what we have to deal with?!
Have you guys seen Trump’s tweet calling his ex staffer a sleazebag and a loser because she criticized his performance on the CNN event? I’m quickly moving toward TT and RedLeg’s position. I just don’t see how I can vote for him if he become’s the republican nominee. A nation of 300 million people and this is what we have to deal with?!
At least trump can say a full sentence without mumbling and actually makes sense
It’s offensive to your dog to compare such a smart animal like a dog to Joe Biden.My dog makes more sense than Biden!
At least trump can say a full sentence without mumbling and actually makes sense
and sniffs less children..
Yeah but that doesn’t mean much to me coming from an idiot like Trump and I’m about as conservative as one can be. NRA member since 16 years old and grew up during the Cold War. Fellow Republicans have got to let go of this idiot and back Desantis. Trump doesn’t make sense even though he can talk.At least trump can say a full sentence without mumbling and actually makes sense