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Idaho pilot becomes first woman to fly F-35 jet for Marine Corps
Fox News ^ | 8/15/19 | Stephen Sorace

Posted on 08/16/2019 9:03:33 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

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To: same old song

“Do you really think he cares about a wife’s opinion? :)”

Nah.


41 posted on 08/16/2019 11:40:06 AM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: DesertRhino

I’m sure that Marine pilot doesn’t give a shit about what you think about her life choices. Neither do I. Neither does anyone else.


42 posted on 08/16/2019 11:42:46 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: yldstrk
Does your wife approve of your putting anecdotes about all your former girlfriends on the site?

Well darn sweetheart I’m touched that you’re concerned about the state of my marriage...I’m getting a little misty typing here

All my ex girl friends would be a damn long list..but the reality is I have fond memories of all of them and look back with kindness and good memories for the most part. I’ve only been truly in love twice prior to my wife and both those women are deceased now ...died pretty young in their 50s ...one pancreatic cancer and one ovarian cancer...both southern girls

Now contrast that with how most women have venom for their exes....not all women...but most. I love women probably more than anything but my kids and I’ve lived for women and yes intimacy since I was around 20...

That said I don’t like bossy chinny women or any feminists even if gorgeous and above all women who don’t paint their toe nails

I’ll pass on to my wife that a complete stranger was concerned for her welfare....there’s not much of that anymore in today’s world

oh I almost forgot...yes....the answer is yes...I keep no secrets from my rib and she controls the money......money I make btw.....given that you’re trying to be helpful about my marriage I thought I should disclose that nugget

43 posted on 08/16/2019 11:51:04 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: wardaddy; yldstrk

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“... I’m glad you came along, I dedicate this song...”
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44 posted on 08/16/2019 11:56:09 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

I can definitely relate to that song

But unlike Julio and Willie

I’ve been monogamous for 23 years


45 posted on 08/16/2019 11:59:27 AM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: yldstrk

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He has to extoll his achievements, no one else thinks they are achievements.


46 posted on 08/16/2019 12:09:18 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: BatGuano

I had to read that “by yourself” sentence before it finally dawned on me that there are no two-seater F-35s. Duh.

Maybe she was just simplifying “solo” for the journalist writing the article. I suppose you could argue “solo” implies you’ve been in two-seater training.

F84-F — wow! That’s going way back. The first swept-wing version of the F84. If you can call that “swept.” Did you have the nose- or wing root-inlet?


47 posted on 08/16/2019 12:12:26 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It must be easy to fly.


48 posted on 08/16/2019 12:14:41 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Prov 24: Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not associate with those given to change.)
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To: wardaddy

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Similarly, I was monogamous for 31 years to a woman 18 years my junior, but she left this world prematurely in January, and I have found myself unable to learn how to live without her.


49 posted on 08/16/2019 12:15:59 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

I lost a fiancee to breast cancer
and best friend to suicide. They
are still in my thoughts many years
later.


50 posted on 08/16/2019 12:19:35 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Are we supposed to be happy about this? Turns out the first female Navy combat pilot was not well trained and died in a crash. Diversity strikes again.


51 posted on 08/16/2019 12:32:49 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: pfflier

Never underestimate the ability of a service ruled by the Secretary of the Navy to put diversity ahead of training and common sense. (Ret Army Officer)


52 posted on 08/16/2019 12:34:21 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: PLMerite

You sure that’s a woman?


53 posted on 08/16/2019 12:34:52 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: thefactor

Ditto.


54 posted on 08/16/2019 12:48:11 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~ There needs to be a quieting of the screaming lambs.)
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To: thefactor

Ditto.


55 posted on 08/16/2019 12:48:12 PM PDT by Gator113 ( ~~Trump 2020~~ There needs to be a quieting of the screaming lambs.)
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To: Midwesterner53

The remarks at Fox are about 2/3 in agreement with yours. There are very few kudos to this young woman accomplishing this.

The pioneers frequently die. Lots of men died developing heavier-than-air aircraft 120 years ago. I’m sure we will have inordinately high deaths of women for a while, too.

But, on balance, I’m happy to see women can pursue these flight combat dreams of theirs and I doubt it will seriously degrade our combat ability. Given the difficulties of recruiting top-notch fighter pilots, this may improve our abilities.

Women in front-line combat roles is an entirely different matter, of course.


56 posted on 08/16/2019 1:05:22 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Midwesterner53
Maneuvering a fighter jet can be hell on the body!

Possible that it is too strenuous for a woman?
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57 posted on 08/16/2019 1:06:06 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: PLMerite

This doesn’t look like the same woman. The pictures with her wearing the helmet shows she has a blonde braid. This woman has dark hair and a different nose. Or am I missing something?


58 posted on 08/16/2019 1:07:09 PM PDT by cactusflower
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Engine inlet in the nose. The RF-84F has wing root inlets.
The nose had the cameras. When I was flying them, they were 14 years old. The F-100 replaced them, by then I had left the unit.


59 posted on 08/16/2019 1:07:12 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

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You’re very politically correct anyway!
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60 posted on 08/16/2019 1:08:18 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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