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    What Are You Listening To???

    This, ladies and gentlemen, is a performance. Loved this song the moment I heard it as a young metalhead in the early 80s, because it spits attitude and nails. And it grooves like nobody's bidness.
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    The Zero's Maneuverability

    Do you have video of the scale-Hornet in flight you might post?
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    I'm sure the Chinese are watching this war. No doubt many nations are working on both developing and addressing drones. I'm not sure how any nation can counter drones-on a cost-effective basis. Drones leverage serious advantages either by being cheap, controlled munitions, or by being cheap...
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    23 Things veterans carry with them

    1, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 21, and 22 missed me. I checked the other boxes. Also, I still fold my t-shirts the way the Air Force taught me, in 6" squares. Of course I don't break out the tape-measure nowadays, so it's roughly. Back then, I sure didn't want to give the flight a gig, I kept a...
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    It is the key takeaway from this war. It has taken 80s/90s doctrine and thrown it back into the trenches. It is also energizing the oncoming era of unmanned wingmen. I'm pretty sure Taiwan looks a much tougher nut to crack nowadays, to the Chinese. Chinese LCACs being attacked by $5000 drones...
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    Explosive Decompression

    This film was required for pilot trainees, and us firefighters as well for some reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa1Ba_NEobs
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    It needn't be human error on either end. Equipment failures are a thing. Check out some of the AIB breakdowns on CW Lemoines's Youtube channel -- many of the accidents he analyzes are brought about by equipment failure, and that includes F-16s.
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    23 Things veterans carry with them

    In the back of every veteran's closet, you're likely to find some old uniforms, dusty caps, a stack of medical, training, and discharge records... maybe a few ribbons or medals. But these are just a few of the typical things that separated or retired service members keep with them. Other things...
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    Someone's IFF wasn't working, for some reason.
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    1937-45: Doubling down on the 2-engined 'day fighters'

    I'd love to see a Merlin-powered P-38, but in 1940-1941, and even beyond. I think the Brits are wanting a lot of fighters. Going on engines alone, you'll get twice as many Spitfires as Lightnings. Against that is that the Brits will be relying on American export direction. So maybe fewer...
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    Blue-on-blue happens in every single war.
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    Information control is useful.
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    "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

    Sept 16 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China's. In a decree published on the Kremlin's website, Putin...
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