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They asked if I lived there and wanted to talk to me. When my answers weren’t really forthcoming, they kind of looked at each other like, “what’s this guy’s problem?” Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they said, “Look, your neighbor applied for a .Gov job and we need to do a clearance...” Immediately, I was like, “Oh... why didn’t you just say so?” Without identifying myself, I told them I’d never met him and didn’t know a thing about him. They looked at each other with a look of, “This fool is just a waste of our time, let’s go..” Fast forward about six months and who do I run into in an office walking down the hall? It’s Frick and Frack.. “****ing figures...” one of them mutters under his breath. |
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I like soup.
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OK Data. Tell us if you will how even the Air Force turns a pair of 400 million dollar 747s into a 5.3 BILLION dollar new Air Force 1 contract? Shit, Boeing wants something like 83 million for the ****ing owner's manual!
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Not your average 747. |
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The purchase of the new AF1's included the optional software for the dual angle of attack sensors that Lion Air failed to pay for, resulting in a crash.
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Someone should be KITB.
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Got away from that shit - got tired of the neighbors asking me WTF?
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Do you even SCI bro?
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Unless the contract includes a lifetime warranty and "free" maintenance forever I cannot see where the money might be spent; especially since computers and satellite communication and the like have become so much less expensive than they were 30 years ago. Hell, the Air Force could buy an entire compliment of F-35s for that kind of money! |
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The communications platform is very, very different.
It isn't anything commercially available. |
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So the final figure is for the service life of both aircraft? THAT sounds better... I wish those sorry assholes in the MSM had researched the story deeply enough to include that tidbit of info. Link to your "lifetime" claim please.
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BTW.
It was a 5.3B cost plus contract and was changed to a 3.9B fixed price contract. |
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The existing planes have never used the in flight refueling option.
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