McFlyTG

Practical and tactical

I have a new proposal for our Halls and Walls committee.

You could set your watch to that haircut

Soviet MiG-23ML. Note the visible vortices coming of the leading edge at the wing roots and dog-tooth vortex generators.

MiG-23 high AoA aerodynamics🧵

Most books & articles will tell you that the early MiG-23s had poor handling at high angles of attack (AoA), limiting manoeuvrability, and that the MiG-23MLD improved this by, among other things, the addition of dog-tooth vortex generators at the wing-root.

Four Type 071 LPD and two Type 075 LHD on a joint cruise. Coincidentally or not exactly half of each types overall numbers active in the PLAN fleet. Via "by78"/SDF.

I also like using the animation feature to only add text and visual aids to slides when I want my audience to see them. That keeps your audience focused

Therefore, be ruthless about trimming words from your slides. Three, even better than words are maps, graphs, charts, and photos. They can often tell the story more effectively that text. Just make sure that you explain to your audience what they’re looking for at (“on the X axis you see…”)

Second, in that vein, your slides should contain minimal text. Our natural instinct when we see text on a slide is to read it. If your audience is reading your slide, they’re not listening to you… you know, the whole point of presentations.

How do you properly use PPT? Here are some tips. First, when building your slides, remember that they are build as a visual cue to help your audience follow along. Your slides should only contain what they need to achieve that.

PowerPoint is simply a presentation tool. That’s it. The majority of people who wank about it either aren’t good presenters or are subject to bad presenters. At TOPGUN we obsessed about our lectures and had three plus month murderboard processes to ensure they were damn near flawless.

Satellite imagery shows China upgrading aircraft carrier base China has built two naval bases for hosting its aircraft carriers, CNS Liaoning and CNS Shandong.

I am quoted in another piece by @kakiuchan.bsky.social on the matter of Chinese naval infrastructure. As I point out, it remains a somewhat underappreciated gauge measuring the scale of transforming PLAN into a significant blue water force.

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Level bombing against jungle targets seems less than ideal

I was out in Miramar providing academics, including intel support to CSAR, when this happened. It certainly helped me drive the point home. I’m glad Muath is getting a little justice.

Ah, man, I was off Twitter before she went that way. Wouldn’t have immediately guessed.

Oh, lots. Iranian F-14s, Iran-Iraq Air War, the Iran-Iraq War 1/2, Arab MiGs, Modern Chinese Air Power, F-15 vs MiG-23/25, IRIAF 2010,

I’ve been a big Civil War history nerd since 5th Grade. I always found myself frustrated Union officer ineptitude in the early years. It’s only been relatively recently that I realized that an early Union victory would have been terrible for the country. If anything, I wish victory had come later.

Yep. “Congrats, you just massacred the slavers at Bull Run. Game over.” Would be fun for a second, but lame in afterward

It’s a fantastic battle as you crack the CSA’s left, destroy their reinforcements as they appear, and finally crush their right.

I’ve read a lot of Tom Cooper over the years and appreciate that he and his co-authors cover a lot of topics no one else ever has, but it would be super helpful if he could cite a source.

Vought accuses Fed of ‘fiscal mismanagement’ Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought accused the Federal Reserve on Sunday of “fiscal mismanagement” amid tensions between the White House and the Fed. “The President has b…

Well.

So.

Who’s gonna tell the…sorry, just checking my notes…director of he OMB, that fiscal management isn’t the Fed’s job it’s…checking again…his.

The gaslighting will continue until forever, I guess

Doesn’t flatter? The Economist had an article calling him out for changing his opinions to fit the new administration. The dude is a windsock.

I spent all week grading papers and this hit hard.

I’m making the call. The Browns are wining the Super Bowl.

Nobody tell Tankie James, but they typically don't use either CCP or CPC in China...

Typically, they use 中共 (Zhōnggòng), an abbreviation of 中国共产党 (Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng) which... if you were to translate it word-for-world, right out of the box, goes:

中国 - ℂhina
共产 - ℂommunist
党 - ℙarty

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“Dropping the beat, aye.”

Won’t someone think of the children… who work in the mines?

You and your logic…