Rich "Corky" Erie
@RSE_VB
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Constitutionalist, conservationist, eternal skeptic & turning into my Dad (and proud of it). Former Tomcat driver, current curmudgeon.
Joined April 2013
I can remember like it was yesterday the first time I climbed on top of a Tomcat to preflight my first flight in the jet (VF-124, Miramar, 1990). I had just passed my final FAM (familiarization) simulator where the instructor is another pilot who signs off on me being able to
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Facts.
@RSE_VB One thing, the hook and a large part of the sled's structure is built in unobtanium, a secret metal alloy used only by Santa and the 3 wise man who also distribute toys on January 6th The alloy's formula is a tightly held secret
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At the speeds that Santa and his sleigh have to move to visit every household in the world, he absolutely needs the ability to stop very quickly. The only way that’s possible is a tail hook system much like the Navy uses to arrest jets on a carrier. Here you see a replica of
@RSE_VB @TexSandlin I'm sitting here with my son, he's 11. He wants me to ask some F14 guys if Santa's sleigh might have a tail hook. Personally, I'm inclined to think yes but need a SME.
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Everyone talks about the perverted ideologies pushed by American schools… but did you know where they come from? Germany in the 1920’s. The “Frankfurt School,” & by the 1960s it had completely infiltrated the American university system.
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Because if there must be any clearer explanation for me to unequivocally state — 🇺🇸 🦅 ⚔️ 🤌🏽 GO Navy! BEAT Army! 🤘🏽 ⚓️ 🦅 🇺🇸 — I present the Elite of the Elite defining Navy as truly tip of spear with superhuman capabilities: @TexSandlin @WMcluskey @RSE_VB @thestinkeye
American F-18 landing on Aircraft Carrier with no visibility and extreme winds 🇺🇸
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Chisel this in marble and hang it in the White House.
We should never fight a war long enough to justify building fast food restaurants in theater.
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Sometimes you move the mountain one shovel full at a time.
Hugely demotivated today. I’m going to try to advance one single objective today. Feel like if I can do that I’ll feel better.
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The perfect name for Minnesota!
“Snowgadishu” I’m dead
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When Law Enforcement abrogates their responsibilities, every crime is a capital crime. We’re approaching that.
Sweden: 4 brothers who lured and kiIIed a sexual predator migrant taxi driver last year (and were convicted of it), who raped their 15-year-old sister, have been Acquitted on appeal for "hanging him until dead", as revenge for their sister's brutal assault. The court of appeals
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It was self contained within the squadron and you could even drag the rag off the boat. I did that once. And yes there are TONS of funny stories about aerial gunnery with the tow banner. Yes, the tractor has been hit. I think one got shot down many years ago. Could be a
@RSE_VB I can't believe they were still using towed banners for gunnery practice at that time. You'd think a firebee drone would be preferable! They'd have to give me a two kilometer long cable if they wanted me flying that tow!
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Mini #TomcatTail about dragging things behind the jet. In Fighters, we often tow a gunnery banner behind the jet on a cable attached to the tail hook lowering mechanism. It's rather complicated, as is the gunnery pattern so I won't dive deep into those. The point of this Tale
Yesterday, over Ft. Worth (Texas): USAF B-52 had his braking parachute accidentally deploy in midair. Crew got loose of it and landed safely. (In fact, hadn´t this been caught on video, nobody would have noticed it) 📹Eric Kilpatrick/X
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I wish!
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Casa de Corky lit for Christmas! Thousands of individual bulbs, all on a timer.
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Interesting story I heard recently in contrast to today's "in your cockpit/fox hole" Flag and General Officers. Here's a quick Wikipedia bio of Fleet Admiral Nimitz: "Chester William Nimitz was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval
@RSE_VB Long time ago, the local CINC was complaining about the old data in the briefs provided by his staff. So we put together Live Slides that did database pulls as the slide was brought up. CINC loved it. Staff hated it. Talk about people who hated surprises.
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Self-help books for women vs. men aren’t selling the same story. If you walk through the self-help section and compare the books marketed to men with those aimed at women, the contrast is striking. The books for men tend to emphasize stoicism, discipline, and self-sufficiency:
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Obviously not his first solo jump.
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The grand jury didn’t think so, nor do Texans. I’m with you to a point, though. But consider: 1. In these situations of high adrenaline, the guidance is to shoot until the assailant stops moving. That’s what he did. 2. More broadly, most people recognize that criminals have
@SteveInmanUIC I didn’t have to kill him, he shot him while he was lying wounded on the floor. This is murder!
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Don’t get me started! Technology let a Flag Officer into my cockpit via FTI (Fast Tactical Imagery) back in the mid-90’s. We could beam our FLIR image back to the ship real time to presumably QA our target selection. That never happened, but we did beam back real time BDA.
@RSE_VB We should be concerned about any military operation being micromanaged, often in real time, by politicians.
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So it is written, so it is done!
God’s perfectly designed flying machine has swing wings. Just saying.
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Remember when the US Navy would launch some ships to go kick ass off the Barbary Coast captained by men like Stephen Decatur, and tell him to get it done and report back in three months?
I more concerned w/ the micro-management of ship's officers via SATCOM links to flag officers on dry land. Give those on the boat more opportunity to lead their charges than answer 100 questions every hour and see where that leads.
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