First BAMS-D pilot was a P-3 guy. They used winged aviators, just like the Air Force did during testing. Not sure what the long term plan is but my spidey sense is telling me this could be a path for VP community non screen/OP-T DH pilots. The community has been kind of quiet on how manning these new squadrons will be accomplished.
AIM-120 makes sense, but an AIM-9? Seems like that whole ACM as an art form thingy can be boiled down to a few 100,000 lines of code.The AF is testing out putting AIM-9X and AIM-12oD on Reapers now. The End is nigh!
Not so much.AIM-120 makes sense, but an AIM-9? Seems like that whole ACM as an art form thingy can be boiled down to a few 100,000 lines of code.
AIM-120 makes sense, but an AIM-9? Seems like that whole ACM as an art form thingy can be boiled down to a few 100,000 lines of code.
I know. It was a flippant post. Watching my Browns suck again on MNF puts me in a bad mood. 9X off bore-site can be quite useful.Not really a discussion that can go any further here, but -9X brings a lot of capability to defend oneself if you need to. Just because you don't have any aircrew aboard doesn't change that.
Is this the bow-wave of commanders pushing back and saying we can no-longer "do more with less?"
Quite true, especially if you consider the Marines part of the Navy component. We have "leaders" who want their battle star promotion, throwing our people and equipment into the fray to support silly requirements that we made up for ourselves (2.0 carrier requirement, etc). No isn't in their vocabulary, even when it is warranted.This isn't the first time the USAF has pushed back like this, it is only this time that it has made the news. From my perch a few years ago the USAF was much better at saying 'Enough!' than any other service, justified or not, while the Navy was the worst.
Quite true, especially if you consider the Marines part of the Navy component....
Apparently the USAF isn't making enough UAV pilots to replace the ones walking out the door, leaving them over 200 pilots short and forcing them to reduce the number of 'orbits' they can keep airborne from 65 to 60.