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Debunking Close Air Support Myths, 2nd Edition: Part 7
Sourcing ‘AF Hates A-10’ Nonsense We tackled the ‘big’ myths in a while back Parts 1-6. This post, at the root of things, is about the little myth that if the Air Force retires the A-10, that somehow...
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CUDA Update: More Revelations
More PossibilitiesI missed this AFA Symposium news in the wake of all the buzz and tears being shed over the possible retirement of the A-10. Bill Sweetman kinda’ buries the lede in a story about the...
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DD-1000 Update: Wow! Indeed
Great pics HERE.(Note: Still working on next installment of the CAS Series, but this couldn't wait)The USS Zumwalt now looks like a real ship. I tried to leave a comment in response to first commenter...
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"Using Slave Labor is Never a Good Idea"
An interesting and illuminating convergence of my interests and hobbies occurred this week...Today, I was visiting X-Ray Delta One's Flikr archive to see what was new, and found this very powerful...
View ArticleAvoiding the Evil Eye
I normally don’t go into my personal life beyond whatever public behavior I advocate, enjoy or regret, but this is a private behavior ‘regret’ post. The only thing that makes it suitable for...
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Debunking Close Air Support Myths, 2nd Edition: Part 8a,8b,8c…
The AF "had to" buy a CAS plane? I confess. I wanted to do this post first in this “2nd Edition” series to keep things in chronological order, but I believed at the time that this myth required some...
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Kahr PM40 Review
I’ve been wanting to post a short ‘practical’ (versus esoteric) review of my current ‘first choice’ among my carry weapons for bit, but as regular visitors know I have been ‘busy’. During the latest...
View ArticleF-35 Math is Hard. Analysis is Harder
Apparently Too Hard for Bill Sweetman AnywayBill Sweetman takes exception with Loren Thompson’s ‘math’. Let’s take a look at the complaint for any validity, shall we? (Note: I’m not a big fan of...
View ArticleJournalists Who [Apparently] Have no Critical Reading Skills Either
(Formerly Titled 'Oddest Thing')I was invited (challenged?) to comment on Ares concerning my last posting where I covered Bill Sweetman's latest assault on 'all things F-35'. I commented, leaving a...
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8th Blogiversary
To all of you who have e-mailed, commented, or just visited 'Elements of Power' over these past 8 years...Thank You!
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Moronic Convergence at Defense Aerospace
Mmmmm. BACON! I usually like to fry mine so it is somewhat less crispy, but tonight? ‘Carbonized’ is just fine. AKA 'Blogiversary Over'Don Bacon & DeBriganti. What could go wrong?Defense Aerospace...
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Air-to-Air Combat Over Southeast Asia: 20(+/-) Questions That Resonate Today
Question 1 thru -A Q&A series on things you probably know but your friends probably don’t.I’ll update the subtitle and bump the post every time I add a question. The number of questions in the end...
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Guest Post at Op-For
Many thanks to 'DaveO' and 'LtColP' at Op-For for the opportunity to give a guest commentary today, to explain and expand upon a comment I made in an earlier thread on Op-For . This is particularly...
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Concurrency and the F-35: A CBS 60 Minutes (Re-Run) Viewers Guide
Courtesy of F-16.net yesterday, I got a late head’s up on one of the Anti-JSF (politico, journolista, and ‘reformer’) memes that 60 Minutes is going pick up in their JSF segment tonight: “There’s been...
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F-35 and the "Crack"-pots of Doom...Again.
They never learn. At least it seems that way.If the F-35 is 'plagued' by anything, it is plagued by critics who haven't a clue as to how Airframe Durability testing is conducted, what its objectives...
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The Joint Strike Fighter/F-35 Program: A Canadian Technology Policy...
More Like An Unguided Analytical 'Bomb'I checked my inbox at work today and had a link to the latest Air & Space Power Journal pop up. Some good stuff in there as usual but there was one piece...
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F-35 "price sinks to US$80-85m" in FY2019 Dollars?
Some H8ters H8, Others are (Apparently?) 'Gobsmacked'Hat Tip:'Spazsinbad' over on F-16.netF-35 Numbers Growing, Prices Falling? Courtesy of 'Spazsinbad', I first read this at the Sydney Morning Herald...
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Operation Allied Force: 15 Years After
I have no real time to do any substantive postings right now, and I want to get back to the '20 questions series' in that regard before I move onto other topics. But I could not let this anniversary...
View ArticleDown for Maintenance
As I mentioned in the comments of a previous post, a 'Trojan' hit my primary computer almost two weeks ago and it has been in the shop since. I back up all my data, but unfortunately the d%#*! thing...
View ArticleDavid Axe on the F-35: Still Making S**T Up…
Because He Can!This is not the first time I’ve 'Fisked' the poster boy for Punk Journalism. I’m sure it won’t be the last. His 'piece'here reeks royally, but not to worry-- I take it all apart below...
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