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I have a P22. Got it to teach the ole lady how to shoot. Don't really care too much for it though. Mine is super particular about the ammo it likes. Seems to run ok on CCI mini-mag .22lr ammo but it won't cycle for shit with most other ammo I've tried.

50 cents a bullet at my local sporting goods store (hour north of Houston) -> Winchester .45 ACP FMJ 230-Grain 200-round

Feel bad for FSU but if they don't beat Georgia then their wanking about not getting selected to the CFP won't matter. (They won't beat GA w/o J.T.) Twelve team playoff next year solves all of this. Wish it were 8 teams but 12 will suffice. S/F

My captain upgrade class had a former SWA pilot who had taken the early out and then got hired by United. He had been at United for 15 months when he took the upgrade. I believe he was 61. I have a military acquaintance who retired from the Navy in 2014 and got hired by United, at the very...

The owner is a UA pilot. I flew with him several years ago when he was a captain on the Airbus. Some fascinating stories. At the time he had a squadron's worth of MIG-23's/parts but only one was airworthy and was working on a second one. IIRC his wife had/has a really good job.

Thinking out loud, will NATO ship those F-16s with AIM-120s, AIM-9Xs, and updated avionics to fight Russian SU-35s and avoid SA-20s? What about range without tanker support? AWACs support? Link? ALQ? ALR? ALE? How long to get maintenance and supply train up and ready? Runways that won't FOD the...

I've been in "the show" for almost eight years now after spending 20 years in the Corps where I flew T-45s and F/A-18s for 13 of those years. The flying part while I was in the Marines was awesome; it was my "crack" that justified all the bullshit when I wasn't flying. IMO "the show" isn't the...

My opinion... they lost total SA to where they were on the airport.

Folks can judge for themselves who jacked this one up. Sounds like the American crew didn't have any idea what just happened. This video has the comms and sequences in order.

Yeah mine increased today.

My first flight ever was in a T-34C eight days shy of my 28th birthday. I ended up flying two tours in F/A-18s and T-45s. I guess I did ok as an "old dude". I wouldn't stress, just put in the work. S/F

If that's the case I wouldn't waste time in the military. You'll be miserable for various reasons, especially if you select helos (not because helos are bad but because it's not the fixed wing time you need for the airlines). I have told my two teenagers, who have both said they'd like to fly...

From what I can gather, this "footage" is taken from a flight sim video game.

One of my last flights in the Marine Corps. Took a T-45C to the grad 1v1 in Fallon. Pushed around an F-5 during the morning go and got to lead the flight to the overhead. Got spanked pretty bad in the afternoon by an F/A-18C who didn't do what I wanted him to do. After two sets, we ended up...

the way things are going, one of these "cockpit storming" knuckleheads will be introduced to an FFDO

I remember watching an OV-10 flying into MCAS New River in the winter of 1992 and thinking I'd much rather be doing that than freezing my ass off in a fighting hole while going through School of Infantry (SOI). SF

I've been dragging my feet getting the Covid vaccine for no other reason than I'm pretty lazy but after I read a union email Monday night that my company was going to give pilots 13 hours of pay to get the vaccine by June 1st, sheeeeit, for roughly $2600 I had the shot by 10am the next morning.

I'm grateful that my CO and the other officers didn't think that way when they wrote my rec for the PLC-Air commissioning program. I didn't have an NJP but I did have three alcohol related incidents while I was enlisted, one of which should have been an NJP. S/F

Everybody showing off their P365... got this a couple months ago. Loved my G27 but needed something smaller. S/F

Don’t Listen To Sen. Tom Cotton About Coronavirus (01/31/2020) Although the outbreak is a global health emergency that has killed over 200 people and requires serious action, many infectious disease experts have urged patience while they assess the true dangers of the outbreak and cautioned...

What's your timeline? When do you need it moved?

And then you have this in LA. "When seconds count, police are minutes away." As cities and states start to release folks from jails/prisons, I'm glad I live in rural TX with neighbors I trust. S/F

IIRC the MC's original plan was to get all F-35B's until around 2011 when General Amos requested several squadrons of F-35C's to keep the Corps in the TacAir integration plan.

The callsign of the current opposing solo/#6 on the Blue Angels is "Sundown". S/F

Shouldering a pistol with a stabilizing brace makes it a SBR while it's being shouldered, is that your understanding of the ATF ruling? I took the brace off my Sig MPX to minimize any confusion. ATF ruling on stabilizing braces S/F

Stay in your lane, squid... the question was asked in the men's, excuse me Marine Corps, forum. ? Marine Corps OCS can be done while still in college through the PLC program. S/F

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Fly Delta and you run the risk of sitting in dog shit ... that won't happen here at United, the overhead bins are designed to keep dog shit in.

I work 4 days out of the next 17 days, all of my trips so far in August have been premium/time and a half pay, airplanes are full, company is making a profit, oil prices are reasonable, and the flying folks have lots of seating options …. sheeeeit, I feel so good working for UAL, I have...

I lost track of the dude when he left the squadron and MATSG in 2013. His name was brought up among some friends of mine who were in the squadron when a picture of the dude appeared from 2016 of him winging in Vance with a "leadership award" in T-38s. One of my buddies asked around and found out...

There was a Marine SNA who got the boot from Kingsville five years ago for integrity issues who is now in the guard flying F-16s out of TUS. So unless you murdered someone or beat your girl/boyfriend, you shouldn't have a problem getting a chance to fly in the guard.

"Stand out"...in a good way or bad way? Because the first couple times I went into O'Hare, I sounded like an idiot on the radio.

Some info from UAL hiring dept -

You can always go back to being an investment banker after flying in the Navy but you will never get another chance to be a Naval Aviator.

You can still smell the cigarette smoke in the cockpits of the A319s we recently bought from China Southern, especially when you walk in after the plane has sit overnight.

My zombie apocalypse rifle. Good for killing hogs too. S/F

I got to be a series commander at MCRD Parris Island as a 12 month ground tour between my first and second flying tour while I was based at MCAS Beaufort SC. For those not familiar, 3-4 platoons of recruits make up one series and two series make up a company at MCRD. A series is run by an O-2...

$40,000 for 24 months

I haven't flown in over 3 weeks and yet I'm at 76 hours (x $150 an hour) for October ...how about them shenanigans #gettingboredsittingreservenotcommuting

They work for the Chicago Department of Aviation and are not Chicago PD.

I can't speak to the contract between Republic Airlines and their pilots but at United, the contract is very specific about deadheading rules. Riding in a vehicle 4-5 hours is a no-go. Same with riding in the jumpseat, unless the deadheading pilot is generous and wants to give up his seat in the...

A continued 2-p'd Captain is nothing more than expendable IA fodder for the Marine Corps. No commanding officer wants a 2-p'd officer in his command. You will not get promoted if you continue and you will be separated from the MC in three years so why would a squadron waste flying hours and...

Make sure you put that on your application... S/F

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I didn't read the article ... are the new PFT and CFT standards going to be the same for both men and women?

These are different times dude. My timeline (and baggage): -1994 when I was an enlisted Marine in NC, I got a DUI...paid fine to NC and drivers license suspended for a year; my command made me scrub shitters and rake leaves on my time (weekends and after work) for the next three months but no...

Maybe NAS Lemoore can learn something from highly sensitive bases with national security assets like here. S/F

So Putin calls NATO/France's bluff. He draws a line in the sand and says on XX date, a no fly zone will be enforced. Between now and that date, Russia sends more fighters and support, as well as mobile SA-XXs. Will NATO (and France) back down or ignore the no fly zone and risk further escalation?