Alternate theory: Sheridan decided, based on what he knew, to make an educated guess, thinking that the reward for being right would more than make up for the risk in getting it wrong.

Seriously, that's some crazy Fascist bullshit. Thank god he only wants to make fast plane fly fast and make big kaboomie on the ground!

Ah. Yes. All those important strategic dog fights against the Taliban and Iraqi Air force. Oh. Wait.

"I was with the F-22 for a few years trying to make it an alternative to the F-35."

I don't think this F-16 pilot has seen the ball since kickoff.

What an interesting commentary on the utter uselessness of the military nowadays. We would be better off spending that $800 billion a year on cancer research, or space exploration, or just flushing it down the toilet. Our in-your-face intimidation foreign policy is what caused 9/11. But of course the military…

"We are always at war, whether declared or not, whether the public is aware of it or not. When that mentality dominates, the correct priorities are made for weapons, aircraft and research, and the correct folks take command because they have to."

This guy is a militaristic dickhead who won't be happy until the nukes start flying. However, as someone outside of the military the USAF generally has a reputation of not actually flying very much and a disproportionate number of officers sitting at desks doing nothing, which leads to an even worse-than-usual…

I wasn't talking to you. I only wish that a good site run by intelligent people wouldn't fall into the trap of all LeBron, all the time. That's what ESPN is for.

Please stop with the LeBron posts. If we wanted the latest on a guy who went to a place that could pay him the most money (which is what he did-that place just happened to be Cleveland), we'd watch SportsCenter.

Active duty Air Force here. He's got a cool story that is definitely part of the rich history of the USAF, but he couldn't have been more wrong about the UAV's. They are all over the fucking place in theater and they are doing the work that these won't or can't do. There will always be a place for manned aircraft,…

Thanks for highlighting this - I clicked this link (having never been on this site before) wondering what interesting thing a fighter pilot was going to say about women and found out that it wasn't about women at all but how easy it is to get laid. Disappointing.

The fact that he was a great pilot aside, this guy kind of sounds like a douche-bag.

This should be filed under lolknicks.

Which line did you see as a jab at Lebron?

poor is probably the wrong word to use when describing carmelo

He took a subtle jab at LeBron's actions in 2010, no?