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11 years ago @ Defense Tech - Software Glitch Causes... · 0 replies · +1 points

A single “AAA threat” could certainly contain numerous “objects” that are operating together, each performing a different function. This AAA can also be networked together (like the F-35) and operate with other AAA units geographically separated. With multiple sensors, some sensors have more validity than other sensors due to aspect angles and other aircraft maneuvers. The software isn’t adequately determining which inputs to retain and which to temporarily ignore. It isn’t exactly an easy problem to solve, but I’m sure they will solve it.

And hopefully China hasn’t already hacked the F-35‘s design.

14 years ago @ Defense Tech - Air Force Won't Replac... · 0 replies · +1 points

September 23, 1995
Web posted at 5:45 a.m.EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- A high-tech Air Force surveillance plane crashed near Anchorage Friday, killing all 24 crew members aboard. Twenty-two of the flight crew were American; the remaining two were Canadian.

Emergency teams cut a path to the otherwise inaccessible crash site with a bulldozer.

The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) plane, the first of its kind to crash, went down shortly after taking off from Elmendorf Air Force Base at 7:30 a.m. local time (11:30 a.m. EDT). It was beginning a four-hour training mission with 24 crew members on board.

Eyewitnesses said the four-engine plane crashed in an enormous fireball in a heavily-wooded area two miles northeast of the runway, sending up a dense cloud of black smoke that could be seen 30 miles away. The crash ignited 125,000 pounds of jet fuel and tossed debris over several acres.

AWACS is a 707 airframe

14 years ago @ Defense Tech - Air Force Won't Replac... · 1 reply · +1 points

As an engineer, technically, it is "possible" for UAVs to do the ground surveillance job, but I would recommend a manned system for more "real-ltime" flexibility..........just like we have manned space flight. .

AWACS has lost crew members just taking off in Alaska.

14 years ago @ Defense Tech - Air Force Won't Replac... · 0 replies · 0 points

Personally, I would replace the current system with an manned aircraft without the mission crew that would be capable of performing the same mission, but without the potential of losing 35 or so crew members to a crash. not an E-8 or E-10 system.

14 years ago @ Defense Tech - Air Force Won't Replac... · 0 replies · +2 points

Personally, even though you would lose flight crew, I would replace the current system with an manned aircraft without the mission crew that would be capable of performing the same mission, but without the potential of losing 18 or more mission crew members to a crash. a global hawk or similar not an E-8 or E-10 system.

16 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - The 2nd Amendment · 0 replies · +1 points

Great idea! My son did just that. There is strength in numbers.

The NRA has come out against the Supreme Court nominee, Sotomayor. They waited to make a comment on her until after she spoke. Early this am they said.

"Unfortunately, Judge Sotomayor's judicial record and testimony clearly demonstrate a hostile view of the Second Amendment and the fundamental right of self-defense guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution. It is only by ignoring history that any judge can say that the Second Amendment is not a fundamental right and does not apply to the states. The one part of the Bill of Rights that Congress clearly intended to apply to all Americans in passing the Fourteenth Amendment was the Second Amendment. History and congressional debate are clear on this point. Yet Judge Sotomayor seems to believe that the Second Amendment is limited only to the residents of federal enclaves such as Washington, D.C. and does not protect all Americans living in every corner of this nation."

( http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx...

We all need to call and email our senators to stop her before she gets confirmed. The 2nd amendment most certainly "applies to the states".

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - 4/17/09: President Oba... · 2 replies · +4 points

The Obama administration is gifted at using multi-pronged attacks and diversions to accomplish their mission. Watch Obama's other hand too....

Beware of Blair Holt (introduced by IL congressman) a scary gun registration bill.

Beware of "backdoor bans" including ammo bans, bullet serialization, and excessive taxes on ammo. Ammunition is currently extremely difficult to obtain. My order (common handgun ammo) has been extended numerous times. It's now been more than six months and still being extended.

Please support the Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 (Introduced in House), HR 17 and vote out all anti 2nd amendment politicians.

Saw this on a blog somewhere...

"If you can read this, thank a teacher, if its in English, thank a soldier."

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - America's Wish List Pt. I · 0 replies · +1 points

Sorry, but I do not know exactly how it is determined. This is a good question for the site administrator.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - America's Wish List Pt. I · 0 replies · +1 points

Well. maybe my cat ....(kidding)

As I fellow military retiree, thank you for serving.

I agree that a DRAFT is not the FIRST solution. I too remember Vietnam. But I do expect our government to ensure that the force is of sufficient size to limit extended combat tours for those who volunteer to serve. STOP LOSS (although contractually valid) is forcing them to serve, and similar to a DRAFT in its intent, i.e. non-voluntary. Even though they are now paying them a bonus, it is not what our country should be doing.

To meet their quotas, the Army has increasingly used recruitment bonuses. I believe a better way is just to put more people in uniform. A secondary benefit of this is a lower unemployment rate and a stronger America. Under certain circumstances, I do believe a DRAFT will be the only way to get a sufficiently large force. The very existence of the country may be at stake. A DRAFT must always be an option, but never the FIRST option.

17 years ago @ Glenn Beck - The 912 P... - America's Wish List Pt. I · 3 replies · +1 points

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