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@johnkonrad Amen! Ditto Generals and drone warfare. When you don't get control of the air or the sea--what looks like innovation is just proving the War Gods of the Copybook Headings right. "Dont get control of the sea and your enemy can still ship" "Dont get control of air = 1917 trenches"

Unpopular opinion: Admirals should stop giving TED Talks on “Ukraine’s lessons in naval warfare” until Ukraine actually wins or at least shuts down a lot more of Russia’s shadow tanker fleet.

MISSING — please share. Kaden Sites, 27, of Salida, went turkey hunting alone Wed afternoon near Blanks Cabin Trailhead on Mt. Shavano in Chaffee County. He did not return for a 3:45 PM appointment. Family found his truck at the trailhead with his phone inside, battery dead. 1/2

The conclusion below was wrong. It wasn't bombing to win as done in the past but bombing to win with the full application of force within DIME in ways not seen since 1945. We watched realism and Schelling"s theory of threats and challenges real time. Iran does not/will not control the strait, is giving up their Uranium, and Israel/Lebanon talked directly for first time in 32 years. We now know Iran had missile that could at least reach London and enough material for 10+ nukes by their own admission. Airpower and seapower with a big assist critical in all this. I now wonder what GWoT would have been like if we had unchained the air domain, controlled the sea, and had been as determined to bomb and demand negotiations on our terms as Iran in 2026. 40 days instead of 20 years.

@ick_real Inez

I'm looking for a ridiculously old-fashioned girl's name for our new born . Think great-grandma name. Very old and rare. Any suggestions asap pls?

@RyanO_ChosenCoy @TheIOGuy Yes! And same with the air domain as well. Takes persistence/intel/targeting. Just droning things does not equal control. Well said!

Just to explain things a bit more. Drones/UGVs/Robotics etc can effectively clear a position as in kill or capture or make retreat the enemy forces. And this is being done constantly. But just because a position is cleared does not mean it is captured, seized or held by Ukraine. It means it is now grey area with no one controlling it and without putting humans into the area to control it, it is an insecure area where the enemy can move in and out of or past it or take control of again.

On college gymnastics’ highest stage, Air Force Gymnastics honors the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) community in recognition of recent missions around the globe and all other unsung operations carried out as a collective effort to keep our air crews safe.

@AF_WGYM Well done!

@obsdmd won today. Just wanted to import .pdfs for research and make an auto template for simple data about the source...Author/Title/Notes and then link.pdf. Unbelievably complicated. 5 hours and no solution. #AI winter is upon us.

@OfficialCSAF @PhilAirForce @PACAF @INDOPACOM Love the blues! Looks good. More Blues and more flight suits!

Had a very good conversation w/@PhilAirForce Commanding General Lt. Gen. Arthur Cordura about shared security interests. We discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation and strengthen collective defense and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region. 🇺🇸🇵🇭 @PACAF @INDOPACOM

@czabe Yes! Honestly put Dottie with Nantz all day...and find some young hungry reporters to spot the ball.

Just re-watched CBS's disaster on 18 from Sunday. Some notes. Immelman offered no usable opinions on driver vs. 3-wood off the tee. Nantz had to coax it out of him by asking if he liked it. Of course, the likable Trevor said sweetly: "Yes I do." I can only dream of what Ken Venturi would have done in that spot. He would have been absolutely in his bag. There was no attempt at discerning how far back Rory was once they found his drive. This is because Dottie was not in position yet (not her fault) and it was so far right. They could have guessed, but Augusta has an explicit policy for announcers to never guess where a ball might be. This rule was written for the broadcasters back in the stone ages, and needs to be ditched asap. Trevor correctly assessed the play as not bad, with a sweeping hook over the stand of trees backing the scoreboard, but there was no estimation of how tall those trees were, or what club was needed to clear them. Once over the ball, Trevor's only thought was keep your right foot from slipping. Okay, fine. But I wanted to know where was a good miss, and what would be a disaster. No opinion was offered. Then, I discovered THE BIGGEST CBS fuck up of the entire hole. THE AUDIO MIX! Finally after the strike, Dottie said "8-iron, on the way." Or at least... I *think* she did. But you could barely make it out. I had to replay it at least 5x to be sure. The gain on the crowd was too high, and the announcer mix had to fight to get through. Again, no yardage or even estimate of yardage was given. From that point, an agonizing 1 minute and 7 seconds elapsed before CBS showed a ball in the front bunker. But because CBS ALSO missed what happened to Cam Young's ball, there was still uncertainty. Nantz finally offered up a meek "There's one...." when the cameras zoomed in on Rory's ball in the bunker. THERE'S ONE?? Good lord. You also had a hard time hearing it because again, the audio mix was absolute shit. Trevor then added (insanely considering this is the 72 hole of the most famous golf tournament in the world) the following: "If that's a ball......" IF... that's a ball (in the bunker). IF?? What the fuck are we doing fellas? Clearly, CBS made an ugly triple here due to a variety of factors. Yes there was chaos. Yes, Rory was in uncharted parts of that hole. But the Masters not allowing more on-foot assets (reporters/spotters) by CBS, and this idiotic edict to never "guess" where a ball is, combined with shitty audio mix, made for a terrible finale. And while Nantz is defending his network and colleagues publicly, I am sure he's pissed in private. Hopefully, CBS goes to the green jackets and asks for more leeway on certain things to avoid this happening again the future. As for Rory's feet blocking sight of the 2 incher to win? Meh. A cherry on top of the turd sundae. The least of things to be frustrated by.

@TonyNashNerd @BaldingsWorld But the 100 year plan! They play GO! Sorry cant help myself.

@BaldingsWorld - Henceforth, China will pay market prices for crude - The US controls enough of China's supply to inflict pain at will - We know your defense tech sucks - Our relationship is conditional

Here is your assignment for today: read between the lines and tell me what is being said

@USSOCOM @AFSpecOpsCmd @usairforce Time to relook at LZ Survey process. Need better tech from industry? And need better process...cannot be a secondary duty. Look at C-130 stuck in mud/dirt since 2001...dozens? Needs a fix.

@politicalmath Because all it takes is one. Then Iran gets to sit at the big kids table. There is a reason Bin Laden was able to hide 8 years in Pakistan. Complete level up of their geopolitical status.

I really do not understand the Iranian obsession with their nuclear program. They've been working on this for years! Decades? They've sunk how many billions into this and they have one nuclear power pant. This can't possibly be worth the risk.

@markjonesjr @Shwag92 You are spot on! Exactly. USAF far from ready for ACE.

@FeedingVictory @Shwag92 I'm not sure how that proves anything about ACE. Can you expound? If anything it showed we can't ACE yet.

Jason, fair points, and I appreciate your perspective and experience. On whether DUDE 44A “moves the needle”: Yes, it does, though maybe not for the reason people expect. The argument against traditional CSAR in contested environments usually centers on survivability and access. What this mission demonstrated wasn’t that the threat doesn’t exist, it absolutely does, but that the dynamic methodology works. The same tasks were executed under pressure, with CAF forces dynamically force-packaged the same way we’d package any time-sensitive target. They found him, fixed him, fought in and fought out, and made a positive handoff. That’s not luck. That’s the product of deliberate planning, credible capability, and honest messaging to combatant commanders about what this force can do. The Pacific fight has its own nuances: advanced weapons, significant distances, and sparse basing. Those are real challenges to the entire joint force, not just CAF CSAR. But those are tactics problems, and there are feasible solutions: ACE concepts, offset penetration, and standoff-enabled approaches. The community has been working them. What DUDE 44A validates is that the foundational construct is sound and the force is credible. That matters when you’re asking senior leaders and combatant commanders to resource and trust you. On your next point of “would this have been feasible a month ago,” yes, and here’s why: access isn’t a static condition; it’s a dynamic one. CSAR forces don’t wait for an isolating event and then start threat characterization from scratch. We’re tracking the fight in real time, where our customers are, what phase they’re in, and how the orders of battle are shifting. The force packaging that made DUDE 44A work wasn’t improvised in the moment; it was the product of continuous situational awareness. Being on alert sounds passive. It isn’t. Yes, the start state of the Red order of battle has an “expiration date,” and that clock starts the moment one pound of fuel is burned, one pound of high explosives goes off, and one electron of offensive EMS is emitted. But CAF CSAR cannot wait for an overall degraded Red order of battle state to then initiate operations because we’re tied to the Airman or joint aircrew in the seat. Isolated personnel don’t wait for air superiority to need help. The isolation event happens when it happens. Telling aircrew “survive for weeks until conditions improve” is a valid survival skill requirement, and we train that, but it can’t be THE plan. And we train to force package and seize opportunities when overall air superiority has yet to be established. DUDE 44A didn’t prove CSAR works everywhere against everything in the absence of force packaging. It proved the methodology is valid, the force packages are scalable, and what the community has been telling decision-makers is true. That credibility matters more than any single mission.

@BRyvkin Amen! Also the period that defined America. Hardscrabble, violent, and difficult. 90% of Americans lived within 20 miles of the ocean. 99% within 50.

Agreed! If everyone knew how young the pilots and crews are in Epic Fury their jaws would hit the floor. Most are captains and in their mid to late 20s. Enlisted crew even younger. Heck the olds are the squadron commanders and most are not even 40 yet. Gen Z and Alpha superstars!

Did you know that prior to World War II the “Greatest Generation” were viewed as lazy, and entitled, and that they spent too much time at music clubs? Every time someone makes comments about the next generation in the military, I think about that. I mean, we have Cadets saving lives before they’ve even commissioned. I’ve seen the new generation step up time and time again.

@ryanpatrickauth What's even more meta is the F-117 pilot shot down was a former USAFA AOC...turtles all the way down to "we finally saw the tanker tracks!"

I was in the "Serb" squadron at USAFA, we had all 3 Serbian exchange cadets. Can. Confirm.

The best thing about Project Hail Mary is that the one person who is afraid to die, wants to survive, and doesn't view death as a nihilistic choice of an drug overdose or an alcoholic blackout ends up being the hero. Rage against the dying of the light indeed.

@KKriegeBlog From my little soda straw world that is the evergreen tweet of all war in the 18th century!

Check out this episode. Mollwitz is a more complex battle than we’ve been led to believe.