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Personally I'm glad Ski-Doo is going to greener pastures but I think then does everyone, to step in on the armed debate yea it would be nice if it was armed but lets not forget on the other hand that there are other agencies flying/controlling armed UAVs over there that have no intention of...

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Yea I can imagine, seen some of that stuff too, some of those guys were all very good friends of mine not too long ago,lol.

Loach Even though I agree with most of your post, to say the MQ-9 isn't carrying a significant load over there might be a little misleading, as compared to the DE guys yea not much, but pretty comparable to everything else flying(fighters) and more than enough to deal with a TIC or two I would...

We should scrap sports because they don't meet your lofty expectations or ? Funny how you didn't mention only CIAU before If you don't like sports than thats fine but to can them to have a nicer running track which coincidentally enough will have almost all the same people that you see on...

dapaterson I guess its safe to assume you never played sports as a kid because after all what could teamwork, initiative, physical fitness, coordination or morale have anything to do with life in the military.

TVIRUS You'll probably get alot of different answers back on this one but I'd recommend Interval Trg. Its not pedal to the metal all the time and its not really boring either, if you have access to PSP staff get them to hook you up with a program and you'll start to see results probably within...

Yea, I agree that AI is not a Army mission........yet, remembering of course that this new program is in its infancy, Air interdiction (AI) is the use of aircraft to attack tactical ground targets that are not in close proximity to friendly ground forces. It differs from close air support...

To go along with the CAS, CCA issue that I raised you could easily make the argument that its neither if no troops are actually around. That would then make it AI I would think. Bottom line is still the same though.

All things being equal TF ODIN is great but not sure it qualifies as Close Air Support, if it alerted "armed" UAVs you could say that but seeing how its the AH-64 doing the strike piece its probably closer to CCA than CAS. To go along those lines I could see them changing in Afghanistan to using...

To be quite honest I don't know, I believe the max tx setting on the 522 is 5 so it would stand to reason that it would talk further but in reality it doesn't. The 117F will "step" on the smaller radios but talking VHF, in my experiences with both and with as you pointed out the same antennas...

George There are different transmitting power settings on the 117F, the higher settings are for AM, the 117F has that capability. I believe even when in VHF mode the highest setting you can get is 10 even though it'll read 20, the AM setting at its highest will let you talk to a/c 30-40kms out...

They are indeed C1s in the Rogers Pass, just in case anyone was still wondering  ;D

Wonderbread I guess you missed the part where I agreed with you, that the 117F is a better radio, I think the higher power has more to do with the fact that the 117F covers a wider range of freqs than the 522, as opposed to muscling through heavy terrain, its still LOS. I stand by what I said...

I have no rebuttal against saying the 117F is better than the 522, I totally agree and I'm well aware of the capes and limitations of both radios, the problem is, as you probably already know, there are not enough 117Fs to go around (ie. a 1 for 1 swap) so they need to be prioritized. In a...

Not too sure if anyone is using the 522s in dismounted/light roles overseas, I imagine they are but to be quite blunt most people could get away with the 522 vice the 117F. A lot of the guys you'll talk to say they need the SATCOM and UHF but don't carry the applicable antennas, know how to set...

The Camelbak BFM is an outstanding pack, lots of Molle strips, embedded hydration and radio compatible and can pick one up on E-Bay for around a $150.

Stoker Well said !

I have nothing against the Reservists but to the best of my knowledge since 06 there has only been 1 FOO/FAC to deploy in that role with the TF going over, he is Artillery, I know of no other trade that he sent a person overseas in a FOO role and I'd challenge anyone on that, keep in mind there...

SMax I'll caveat this by saying that most of our Hornet pilots (IMO) are still pretty damn good at CAS even with the Nighthawk but its time to move past that(Pod I mean). As mentioned previously I understand some of these things are coming and are being held up with Red Tape so I'm not really...