Here is the problem as I see it...Nobody actually flying this aircraft is enthusiastic about it! Nobody! That should say so much! Many of the guys who started flying the V-22 raved, even after it tried to kill them!

http://breakingdefense.com/2012/09/flying…

Nobody with actual hands on experience is saying anything… Read more

I was sittin in the cockpit of this plane just a few weeks ago. The plane was to “star” as the plane my father flew when he and his crew rescued 56 of the survivors of the Indianapolis.
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Wow, I just re-read that and realized that it didn’t warrant a reasonable response like the one you gave. Thank you for that. Read more

Nice, a real life Cobra Moray.

Many of them aren’t even paid! They email me and end up telling me they work for LM or have a brother that works for a sub contractor who is a good guy. It’s maddening. You can’t say a good thing about this program without being a fan boy or a bad thing without being a hater. Not an easy gig telling the truth as you… Read more

When I was attached to the Global Hawk Program on Andersen a couple years ago they had 4 of the initial F-35’s on the flight line to test the cockpit in conditions of humidity. They had them lined up on the flight line with the canopies open.

I got to speaking with one of the contractors and somehow the topic of… Read more

This is just fucking incredible. Read more

In addition to working with SV to find a means of recruiting talent to the Pentagon, there is the fact that social media is a new battleground. Countries like Russia are making ham-fisted but effective use of social platforms to spread misinformation and shape discourse. A lot of people focus on the hardware side of… Read more

That’s cool as hell. Read more

Tyler, once again you’re on point. This is kind of a big deal. Having the “SoD” at SunValley may very well be one of the first steps in a new era for the Pentagon. Obviously, only time will tell what comes of this. But the potential is there... Read more

What a fascinating modern age we live in Read more

Like I’ve mentioned here before, I miss being stationed at Vandenberg. The sheer beauty and raw power of our world-ending technology is awesome - in the truest sense of the word.
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I wish I had video of one of the coolest fly overs I ever saw. I was in Williamsburg Brooklyn NY on July 4th 2002 and the military presence in NYC was unbelieveable. I was on a roof top right on the river and saw jets, F 16s? all day go up and down and around the city. They were fairly high up but you could see and… Read more

This is seriously a beacon of authentic defense journal reporting and the predominate reason I even visit Gawker anymore. Thank you. Read more

I almost skipped checking out Jalopnik today. Man I’m glad I did. Read more

Ugh. Thanks for sending be back to look for more Turbo Mallards to turn into a flying RV.
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Wow that first image is beautiful. So many civil and mil uses.
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A PB-130, this pleases me for some reason. One with a boat hull design just looks like belongs. Read more

I was out at Holloman back in May for a scoping site visit, we are getting ready to do a renovation on the hangar/offices where the QF-4 squadron lives, upgrading it for beddown for the QF-16 (I'm a construction project manager at the AF Civil Engineer Center). The squadron has a little museum room with a lot of cool… Read more