Recent content by ytz

This is ignorant to how SAR works. When they get a call that is far away, the FWSAR and RWSAR leave at the same time. The FWSAR gets overhead, locates the victim and drops aid (including SAR Techs if needed). The FWSAR will stay overhead to provide Top Cover till the RWSAR is there to pick...

I've seen a Herc 4-ship in trail. Something like that I imagine?

Equally? No. In many situations? Yes. Most people (especially non-technical types) don't understand the underlying principles behind Moore's Law: learning curves (and corollary Experience Curves) . People forget that Moore's Law is a specific application of learning curves to IC...

Exactly why those are long guns and not ARs.

Just depends where those projects are at. I said this before. The services that anticipated the spending surge and staffed up are getting their wishlist ticked off. But if nobody wants to do staff jobs in your service and they aren't filled, well.....

It does. And it works out for the CAF that we're getting a fleet that is 50% larger and much, much more capable. Aside from the fact that the CAF doesn't usually get standard layouts on these aircraft, I will never understand hits like this. Same mindset that has 27 Sussex falling apart...

At one point, there was discussion of FWSAR on skis up there. Again, really depends on what the job is. The Twotter kinda fell in to the role. And we all have recency bias. Need to go back and really look at the job. And see if how we do it makes sense.

Probably some wider project to buy a large quantity and try and get an ATGM manufacturing line here. There's still discussions on whether the Twotter is best for that role. Or how that role should be restructured.

Y'all keep wondering how we're going to hit 2%. This is how. Everything on the books that reached Options Analysis is getting accelerated. Especially if it creates jobs in Canada.

This applies to the law. Not social judgment. If the charges are related to their current position, I suspect they've given up information on people rather than ops. Or even acted on a foreign government's information/persuasion to nullify a clearance. There's more than selling secrets...

It's not even that people are keeping secrets. All the changes now mean procurement timelines are changing rapidly. Things that people planned for years down the road can sometimes move up to months if your project gets picked for acceleration. And sometimes people at the PMO or PDO don't...

Looked him up on the GAL. Let's just say this is not a place where you'd expect a breach like this. They will and should throw the book at this guy. And of course his FB is full of convoy sympathy. Fits the profile. Reset the counter I guess.....

The Russians are openly praising the Trump NSS. That should tell you everything...

I don't think people realize that the FA-50 is actually on par with a HEP II Hornet setting aside airframe performance. The Hornet didn't get AESA radars and HOBS missile integration till HEP II. And didn't get full Link 16 integration till HEP I. This is a "trainer" with all of that.