bird food bathtub posted:

They did good for what the design requirements given to them but it was a massive cluster gently caress from the word "Go" on those requirements. There's no good loving reason to try to cram every single god drat role in the world in to one air frame.

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

Bleeding John Bolton Stumbles Into Capitol Building Claiming That Iran Shot Him

mlmp08 posted:

Speaking of, some recent reporting about state of F-35 problem fixes and lack thereof in some cases.

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2019/06/12/the-pentagon-is-battling-the-clock-to-fix-serious-unreported-f-35-problems/

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

There's a just a little bit of a difference between "it's possible that Iranian affiliated groups had some involvement in something" and "there is definitive evidence that this was sanctioned by the Iranian government and warrants a third unifying the front in the Middle East".

Godholio posted:

Literally everything in that article is also impacting other platforms. Everything using OBOGS is still having O2 problems, Hornets have been having pressure spikes for years. Not that it isn't a problem, but screaming "OMG F-35 is trash because *list of things shared across airframes and services*" is clickbait. If anything, the F-35 might just force Honeywell, et al. to actually fix something.

Arcella posted:

Perry gets not a pass, but some slack? From me, because he tried to make HPV vaccines mandatory for Texas public schools and the religious right was pissed about it.

Hot Karl Marx posted:

Toronto Raptors just won the NBA championship

psydude posted:

Not sure whether I'm happier about Boston losing the cup or Golden State losing the championship.

Godholio posted:

Which has nothing to do with the airplane. Glad we got that out of the way.

Hot Karl Marx posted:

Toronto Raptors just won the NBA championship

Hot Karl Marx posted:

Toronto Raptors just won the NBA championship

bird cooch posted:

Allow me to present the striker Bradley:

quote:

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - An embattled Knox County sheriff’s deputy, who also is a pastor, on Wednesday defended a sermon he gave filled with anti-gay, derogatory language during a church service, WVLT reported.

Grayson Fritts, pastor of All Scripture Baptist Church, told his congregation he was upholding principles of the Bible and called other Baptist preachers, “weak and spineless” for not doing the same.

"Just as much as God loves, God hates,” he said.

Fritts said he never called on civilians to commit violence against members of the LGBTQ community. He told his congregation Wednesday that responsibility lies with the government.

He finished his commentary by saying, “put homos to death.”

Someone left a note outside the church before service started. It was quickly picked up by a congregant and taken inside the church building. It said, “Dear Pastor Fritts, I don’t know what happened to you, but I am so sorry. Love, Thy Neighbor.”

Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen announced she would review all pending cases involving Fritts as a witness.

“I find this speech personally offensive and reprehensible,” Allen said. “As district attorney, my constitutional obligation is to protect the integrity of the justice system. When any potential witness in a criminal proceeding expresses an opinion of hatred and/or bias towards a class of citizens, I am ethically bound to explore that witness’ credibility. Accordingly, I am reviewing all pending cases involving Mr. Fritts to scrutinize them for any potential bias.

"Although my office has never received a complaint regarding Mr. Fritts prior to this incident, I have assigned an assistant district attorney to receive complaints regarding closed cases, and I will act on those complaints as justice dictates.”

Fritts sermon defensive Wednesday followed his June 2 statements, when he called on police to enforce a Bible passage from Leviticus that prescribes death as punishment for being a member of the LGBTQ community. The sermon prompted an investigation by the Knox County District Attorney’s Office.

That sermon also contained violent and belittling statements. He has been a pastor at the church for two years.

The church clearly outlined its beliefs on its website, using anti-gay speech and saying members of the LGBTQ community were not allowed to join or attend. The website also condemned Calvinism and expresses its belief in the end times.

The sheriff’s office said that days before delivering the sermon, Fritts asked for early retirement from the department. Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler said Fritts made the request two weeks prior to June 12.

“Detective Fritts turned in his request for The Knox County Voluntary Workforce Reduction Buy Out approximately two weeks ago,” Spangler said. “I accepted his request. Detective Fritts is no longer on active duty with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, he is currently on paid sick leave until the effective date of the workforce reduction which will be July 19, 2019.

“I want to be very clear that it is my responsibility to ensure equal protection to All citizens of Knox County, Tennessee under the law, my oath and the United States Constitution without discrimination or hesitation. Rest assured that I have and will continue to do so.”

Fritts was named detective of the month by Knox County Sheriff's Office in 2017 after taking a suspect in a violent home break-in into custody within 24 hours.

mlmp08 posted:

I'm not screaming that the F-35 is trash, just pointing out some of the stuff that still doesn't work right.

And "literally everything" in the article impacts other platforms? Are you using literally to mean not-at-all literally? Otherwise, you are mistaken.

UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:

Airplanes are more than just how hard they make pilots and nerds. Holy poo poo, the sustainment is so hosed that they can't even get spare parts sorted because the F-35 has a uniquely stupid parts pool that can't keep up with the revisions the plane has gone through. When parts go in for repair it can take almost twice as long as planned for because the repair shops at the depot level haven't been established yet and won't be for another several years at least. The training fleet of F-35s is going to have to be slowly replaced as parts wear out that can't be replaced because the planes they're in are early production models that can't be fully upgraded to block 3F or whatever the current fully mission capable variant is. Did you know there are currently 39 different parts combinations for the various planes in the fleet? Thankfully, the special logistics program for the F-35 is as immature as the F-35 itself, requiring a unit to do as much as 45,000 additional hours of work in order to get the required parts for their such wonderful airplanes. That's okay though, because the DOD doesn't know what it is buying or how much it is spending on these parts.

The F-35 program is loving stupid, but hey, at least the pilots like the plane.

e: https://www.gao.gov/mobile/products/GAO-19-321 this is only a month and a half old

Casimir Radon posted:

Would telling the Marines they can't have fixed wing aircraft anymore honestly have any sort of negative effect on our defense capabilities?

Arc Light posted:

Godholio posted:

Oh, I see what the problem is. You don't know that most of this is not unusual.

The B-1s have been grounded several times in the past few years because of parts shortages. The jets parked at the boneyard are basically scrap at this point because everything usable has already been picked and reinstalled on an operational jet. I flew on an E-3 that had parts salvaged from a loving CRASH THAT KILLED 24 CREW. I saw the stenciled tail number myself. I've been TDY and we were grounded while parts were custom-fabricated then FedExed to us...more than once. F-15s have literally fallen apart mid-air because we've worn them out. F-16s fall out the sky several times every year. A Super Hornet (actually a Growler, I think) almost killed its crew by overpressuring suddenly and drastically. We're rebuilding B-52s that were retired 10 years ago because we're just wearing everything out. Maintenance sucks across the board. Right now we have 31 E-3s, spread across six variants. That poo poo happens when you make changes and upgrades. 39 seems excessive, but maybe we shouldn't have required a jack-of-all-trades aircraft to do everything for everyone.

I'm not saying the F-35 program is a well-oiled machine. I never loving said that, and I probably agree with you on most programmatic points. But at the end of the day the thing has to do its job, and it does it well. Your argument is a condemnation of the MIC, not the aircraft itself. Acquisitions is politics, and therefore is permafucked.

ded posted:

The Chinese language news channels here are saying that Japan planted the bombs themselves to frame Iran and help Trump.

Waroduce posted:

Tom Clancy died too soon I'd give anything to see the poo poo he'd put out with this going on

bird cooch posted:

I (know a guy who) once stole parts off of a display bird on a naval air station after crawling all over front gate displays looking for a front landing gear strut brace that had a part number that matched the part we needed for a legacy (c) hornet. It's always been hosed and anyone telling you different is full of it.

egyptian rat race posted:

We're going to war with Iran so John Bolton can rub his tiny dick raw, aren't we?

bird cooch posted:

I (know a guy who) once stole parts off of a display bird on a naval air station after crawling all over front gate displays looking for a front landing gear strut brace that had a part number that matched the part we needed for a legacy (c) hornet. It's always been hosed and anyone telling you different is full of it.

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

today is trumps bday


twitter is calling for it to be national john mccain day instead

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

today is trumps bday


twitter is calling for it to be national john mccain day instead

CommieGIR posted:

This is really hard to watch.

https://twitter.com/_SJPeace_/status/1137804405770788864?s=20

Bored As gently caress posted:

Hey guess what, turns out this guy 1) matched the description of a robbery suspect that was pointed out by the people he robbed to a passing by officer, who was the first female officer that we see, 2) a 911 call was put out simultaneously that a robbery had occurred and the suspect described matched this guy, and the 911 caller stated that weapons were possibly involved 3) it turns out that this guy did, in fact, commit that robbery!

https://hawthornepolice.com/press-releases-1/arrest-06-07-19

Also turns out that the dumb idiot filming (who made the situation worse, and could have gotten herself killed in the cross fire if the guy pulled a weapon, and made it so that the guy couldn't hear the officer's commands, making the situation way worse) talking about her boyfriend that was killed, well... he was apparently killed trying to pull the gun out of an officers holster. Not exactly an innocent guy.

This guy is mostly a conservative tool but he does good breakdowns of viral videos like this (and he has some hilarious vids on Sovereign Citizens). His breakdown on this video gives some much needed additional context. https://youtu.be/IH-omnFcA8k

Turns out, maybe you should educate yourself before condemning police actions based on short videos where you have next to no context, and where you have no knowledge of police procedures. Turns out, every situation is different, and it's always a good idea to wait for additional context before you protest a dude's arrest or death, when you have no clue what happened, an investigation hasn't even started yet, and there's no bodycam footage yet.