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Oriana Pawlyk
@Oriana0214
@politico aviation reporter. Ex-@Militarydotcom,@AirForceTimes. @MiamiUniversity alum. The B-1 ≠ nukes. 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Chicagoan, #avgeek. Opinions mine. RT, ♥️≠E
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Nov 5, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
“On Saturday, two nuclear-capable B-1B Lancer bombers..”

Wrong, @nytimes I know this is my annoying schtick. Why? Because getting the facts right on what exactly the U.S. is flexing here (or not) matters

military.com/daily-news/201…
Jan 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The word Неминуче most closely corresponds to "no matter what" or "inevitable," which are close synonyms to "imminent." But it’s not quite the same, and we’re told there isn’t a single Ukrainian word that conveys the meaning as it does in English. >

politi.co/3rSWr1q Seriously, we checked with native Ukrainian speakers. (✋).

So when Biden’s team might genuinely mean “soon,” Zelenskyy hears U.S. officials effectively say “there will be an invasion regardless of what we do.”
Aug 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
“Medical support personnel from the 86th Medical Group help an Afghan mother and family off a U.S. Air Force C-17, call sign Reach 828, moments after she delivered a child aboard the aircraft upon landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 21” (Air Force photo/@AirMobilityCmd) She was on an evacuation flight from another base in the Middle East when she went into labor and began experiencing “complications due to low blood pressure,” @AirMobilityCmd says.
Aug 20, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
UPDATE: following an interview on @CNN with the crew and a new statement from @AirMobilityCmd, the total amount of evacuees the Air Force flew out of Kabul on a C-17, call sign REACH871, is *823* It has set the record for most people flown on a C-17, surpassing a flight in 2013 that carried 670 people
May 15, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: A commander of a U.S. Space Force unit tasked with detecting ballistic missile launches has been fired for comments made during a podcast promoting his new book, which claims Marxist ideologies are becoming prevalent in the U.S. military
military.com/daily-news/202… Lt Col. Matthew Lohmeier, commander of 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, was relieved from his post Friday based on public comments made Lohmeier in a recent podcast, a Space Force spokesperson told @Militarydotcom.
Oct 15, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
NEW TODAY: It's Almost Impossible to Get COVID-19 on an Airplane, New Military Study Suggests military.com/daily-news/202… Researchers concluded that because of sophisticated air particle filtration and ventilation systems on board the Boeing 767-300 and 777-200 aircraft -- the planes tested for the study -- airborne particles within the cabin have a very short lifespan.
Oct 2, 2020 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
RT @laraseligman: Joint Staff spox on POTUS testing+ for Covid:

"There’s been no change to our alert levels. The US military stands ready to defend our country and its citizens. There’s no change to the readiness or capability of our armed forces."

ICYM the discussion re: E-6 More importantly >
Sep 28, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
"It's a moot point," Vantiger said of what it would cost, or what it would take to make the B-1 nuclear capable again.

But is it impossible?

"Anything is possible with money and time," he said. "But it's nothing the U.S. government is looking to do."
military.com/daily-news/201… You've got 20 B-2 Spirits, and: The Air Force maintains 66 nuclear-capable B-52H aircraft of 75 aircraft total at Barksdale & Minot AFBs, according to the Congressional Research Service. Only 44 are assigned to nuclear missions on a daily basis, per CRS news.yahoo.com/face-us-b-52s-…
Sep 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
These are.... the Navy Blue Angels!

Guys, just get a proofreader Also looks like.... the Blue Angels again!
Sep 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
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@SecAFOfficial
announces that those aircraft that are using digital engineering -- allowing developers to simulate parts via computer models --will be branded with an E designation; the E-series.

So, ladies and gentlemen, the T-7A Redhawk is actually the E-T7A Redhawk
Sep 2, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Senators to Esper: Reverse Your Decision to Kill Stars and Stripes military.com/daily-news/202… ^^^ Wednesday

Friday:
Aug 27, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"The really good news is that [SecDef] Mark Esper this week has come around, and is now saying really harsh things about cutting off talks w the Chinese military" - Pillsbury

Esper said the following, per @Reuters: reuters.com/article/us-usa… Esper said the United States wanted to “hopefully continue to work with the People’s Republic of China to get them back on a trajectory that is more aligned with the international rules based order.”
Aug 18, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Do you fly the T-1 Jayhawk trainer? You probably won't in the next few years as the Air Force is working to downsize its fleet and put airmen through more VR simulation instead. My latest:

Air Force to Cut Use of Jayhawk Trainer, Rely More on Simulators military.com/daily-news/202… The experiment to instead use a program called UPT 2.5 comes as the service faces a number of problems as it tries to boost its pilot ranks: a yearslong pilot shortage, backlogs within some of its training pipelines, and the coronavirus pandemic.
Jul 30, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"People have [misconceptions] still about females flying or females being fighter pilots -- from little kids to adults. So that's important -- that they get to see...anything's possible."

At the same time,"the jet doesn't care if you're a male or female"

military.com/daily-news/202… There are 11 active-duty female F-35A pilots as of earlier this month, according to the Air Force. By comparison, there are 286 active-duty male pilots flying the F-35 in the service.
Jul 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Aren’t ... these some of the items that were shelved because of $ diverted to the wall effort (just a few months ago)? For reference: military.com/daily-news/202…
Jul 22, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
EXCLUSIVE: 'I Never Looked Back': Goldfein Says Trump's Joint Chiefs Chairman Pick Wasn't Personal military.com/daily-news/202… "The right thing happened, right? Which is, the president had 2 individuals he was able to interview, & he got to select the one that he wanted.

"The president has the absolute right & responsibility to pick the principal military adviser he wants. And he picked the right guy."
Jul 14, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
An improperly configured back-up parachute inadvertently opened into the wind during a jump training mission, pulling a special tactics airman out of an aircraft and causing his death, according to a new investigation.

RIP, Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff:
military.com/daily-news/202… In addition to improper parachute assembly, the head of Air Force Special Operations Command said deficiencies and lapses in judgment across the community contributed to the accident.
Jul 7, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
NEW from me: Two women who had been attempting to enter the U.S. Air Force's combat controller and pararescue career fields since last fall were recently reclassified into other jobs after not meeting the rigorous battlefield airman standards.

military.com/daily-news/202… However, there are two new women assigned to the Special Warfare Training Wing within the training pipeline, 1st Lt. Jeremy Huggins, spokesman for the wing, said Tuesday.
Jun 27, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
ICYMI, in addition to high profile intercepts.... > US Pilots' Close Calls with Russian Aircraft Are Likely to Continue military.com/daily-news/202… 10 days ago: For 8th Time This Year, US Fighters Intercept Russian Bombers off Alaska military.com/daily-news/202…
Jun 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
“Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican who is also an RC-26 pilot in the Wisconsin Air National Guard, said he flew two night missions this month in support of domestic law enforcement officials in Minneapolis, sending real-time video feeds to the authorities on the ground” Background: military.com/daily-news/201…
Jun 9, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
On Hallmark rn: Murder, She Wrote. Jessica Fletcher has been called in to investigate the crash of the “Dixie Damsel” aircraft in Alaska. (Prob riffing off the real crash in Colony Glacier in ‘52). But the families of those on board think the Air Force is hiding something.
Oh boy Jessica’s acquaintance who calls her after years of neglecting their friendship: Jessica, I need a favor. I need you to come to Alaska

Jessica, who lives *literally* on the other side of North America in Maine: OK!