I would assume that Federal jobs and jobs that require a security clearance are allowed to ask your nationality and about any drug use.

Ha, one of my pilot co-workers is a Black Jewish guy. His call sign is Dre. At first, I thought it was because he was black, and I was like "real original...". Then I found out that he is Jewish and his callsign is short for dreidel.

It was done on purpose. It was the only weapon it had.

My XOne connects to my WD mycloud hard drive. Just use the media player app to play any movie on the drive. Or to look at any pictures.

Ha, us E-2 guys take a lot of crap from the fighter guys in the air wing...even though we got the same grades as them in flight school.

Shameless plug...

They broke the Gerald Stanley McCrystal story that got him fired. So, I would say their reporting was considered top notch only a little time ago.

Daytona USA - Arcade Version.

Your original argument centered on the fact that electric cars did not have enough range to be practical. I argue that current electric cars are practical as part of a 2 car family.

Or families that have 2 or more cars. I don't think its elitists to say that most families (since both parents work) have at least two cars.

I used to think that the drug dealers outran us all the time, until my surface Navy brothers set me straight.

Actually, over in Iraq right now, the Harriers did a lot of good work. They couldn't carry a lot, but they had a quicker transit and thus much higher sortie rate than the USN and USAF aircraft.

I don't have an issue with them. It's just good natured ribbing. I have an issue with you saying its not called TOP GUN, when it most assuredly is.

I was just saying that its still called TOP GUN. It

Well, I'm a graduate of CAEWWS, was an instructor at the East Coast Weapon school, and I just sent one of my junior officers to the TOP GUN controller course. (e2 NFOs can go as controllers).

The British officers I knew were all hoping the RN would buy the USN version of the F-35 too. The RN publicly funded the F-35B, but they were hoping that Parliament would fund 2 conventional carriers. If Parliament did, they would then change and buy the F-35C. Unfortunately, the UK ultimately bought 2 STOVL…

TOP GUN (notice all caps, 2 words...it's important) is still alive and well. Yes, it's part of a larger command now (NSAWC), but the class and purpose remain the same.

I re-read my post and I don't see how it could be construed as being a PR piece.

It's not all terrible. It's a perfect fit for USAF. It's an ok fit for the USN. It's a crucial fit for the USMC and Royal Navy. Now, you can argue that the USMC does not need a 5th gen STOVL fighter-bomber, that is a valid argument. However, if you subscribe to the theory that it does, then I would argue the USMC…

The survivability over the A-10 is due to the fact that the F-35's signature severely decreases the range of enemy sensors. Thus it can deploy a 500lb LJDAM from outside the enemy WEZ, but within the LJDAMs glide range.