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Ops Brief 141: Daily Drop - 3 Apr 2026 - F-15 Shot Down, CSAR Ongoing

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Hey everybody, welcome back to The One's Ready podcast.

From the team room, this is your daily drop for the third of April and Boyo Boy would

a day. I'm sure you've been following along on Instagram if not. If you guys aren't following Aaron loves America, where Aaron gives updates, especially on a day like today. He's giving updates on what's going on down range, so be sure to check that out.

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Just like normal, we're going to kick things off with the army, we're not going to change what we're doing. Okay, we're even though there's a lot of stuff going on right now and I missed yesterday so I'm going to add in yesterday's stuff. So we'll kick things off with the army like I said.

Alright, the 101st Airborne Division Test Northup Grumman Lumberjack Autonomous Strike Drone. The army's 101st Airborne Division is incorporating Northup Grumman's new Lumberjack

one way of tax-drawn into a recent training exercise, the platforms, autonomous target detection

and strike capabilities after artificial intelligence, using artificial intelligence. We're evaluated under realistic conditions and this test advances development of AI enabled unmanned systems for future operations. Yeah, I could have told you this was coming back in 1980s when Terminator came out like,

you know, of course that that's what we're going to do because, you know, let's

hand things over to our AI overlords, but whatever, hey, listen, I use the hell out of AI too. I'm an earlier doctor, so I like it, but you also got to know there were limitations to it as well. And there was biases, obviously, because that ChetGBT came out and announced on, well, I

wouldn't ChetGBT then announced it, but a report came out on ChetGBT that shows that it's biased towards the user and it'll start to agree with you. Now, lower you into a false sense of security and all that echo chamber kind of stuff. So, all right, next Secretary Defense requests immediate retirement of Army Chief of Staff. Secretary Defense PXF asked United States Army Chief of Staff General Randy George to step

down and retire effective immediately, depending on confirm the action with Army Vice Chief of Staff General Christopher Linneve, designated as the act in chief, the change occurred as the Army supports ongoing operations in operation and epic fury. I am sure that there's a lot more to this story than just, hey, I'm asking you to step down and retire.

There must be a history of, you know, incompetence, poor decisions, maybe even DI and that kind of stuff, because we know that this administration is not about DI and so maybe there's some of that involved as well, but that's all I've got on that right now. Onto the Navy, the USS Gerald R Ford expected to set record deployment link, the United States Navy's aircraft carrier, the USS Ford Gerald Ford, is likely to reach an unprecedented

deployment of 11 months according to the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Darrell Coltty. Currently at approximately 281 days, the extended underway period reflects ongoing operational demands in a challenging strategic environment and this duration would surpass recent carrier deployment records.

Do, can you imagine being on a carrier as big as it is for 11 months straight?

No, no thanks. Sir, Sironic Technologies, Challenges Navy contract for small maritime drones, and

The Torral Combat Ship Mission Model, Modules, Geez, say that for getting fast.

Sironic Technologies filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Federal claims seeking

to halt a Navy solicitation that bundles operation and sustainment work for the Torral

Combat Ship Mission Modules and small unmanned surface vessels. The January solicitation is contested on procedural grounds in the case highlights an industry competition in unmanned maritime systems and acquisitions. Bory, I'll see, the USS Gerald R Ford again, departs port call in Croatia and returns a C, the Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, departed Split, Croatia after a five-day

port visit in return to C, the stop followed earlier maintenance in a non-combat fire related incident. The carrier part of the carrier strike group 12 continues operations amid high tempo demands in current strategic environment. But I'm glad they got that at least.

Alright, next partial evacuation of the USS Princeton Crew due to electrical fire. The hell's going on with all these fires? All electrical fires aboard the United States Navy Crews are USS Princeton on March 12th prompted a partial crew evacuation while the ship was docked at naval weapons station sealed beach in California.

The vessel has since returned to sea and the Navy provided details of the incident and a resolution as part of the routine safety report. Alright, onto the Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve Commander Issues War Readiness Safety Brief, the three-star Commander of the United States Marine Corps Reserve forces delivered a weekend address urging the troops to prepare families and assure personal readiness amid

potential combat deployments. The briefing emphasized getting equipment and affairs in a water and the message aligned with heightened operational tempo reported in the news headlines. Of course, as you can imagine, but, listen, guys, there is a lot of stuff going on in the world.

And if you thought that you missed your chance, because G-Watt is over, and we told you,

yeah, there's not much going on, but just wait, give it time, because there's always

stuff going on. And you guys are tracking what's going on today. And if you're not, then I'm about to tell you.

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You can go to operator training summits.com to register. All right. Onto the Air Force. Combat search and rescue underway after the F-15 strike, we will down over Iran.

The United States Air Force F-15 was shot down over Iran on the third of April with combat

search and rescue efforts on going for the pilot in the weapons system officer. Iranian media released unverified images of the wreckage. One crew member has been rescued according to multiple reports in the status of second remains under active recovery operations. I'm not going to go into details, the stuff that I'm tracking, just because boy, I would

be busting some serious classification issues. However, what I can't tell you, because they're reporting it now, is that there was also a 60 with shot, but not shot down. There was obviously when you have bullets flying and that kind of stuff, there's people who are definitely going to hurt, and then you also have the shown reports now that N-A-10

was also shot up, however, it was able to link its way back close to enemy or not enemy friendly territory, and instead of landing in a manual reversion, decided to punch out, which is the right answer, right?

If you're not familiar with manual reversion, famously during the beginning o...

war, Casey Campbell, she's been a guest before, she's got a book out. She got shot up pretty bad and landed back at whatever base it was, I think it might have been, now I wouldn't back down, I don't remember where it was, but she landed in a manual reversion, right? It doesn't have a great track record.

So usually you either decide to land it and you risk it, and it's a 50/50 shot on whether or not you kill yourself by crashing or you land, or you just go, hey, I'm over a friendly

territory, I'm going to do a controlled bailout, so yeah, that's what we got going on

right now, and I'm sure Aaron, like I said, follow Aaron loves America, he will definitely

be providing updates as this goes on, alright beef it to you, bombers conduct first over

land mission, over I ran with JNAMS, excuse me, Air Force beef it to two bombers flew over I ran carrying joint direct attack munitions or JNAMS, guided gravity bombs, marking a new phase in operation epic fury, the mission signal significant degradation of Iranian air defenses, and bombers previously relied on standoff munitions, this shift reflects growing United States air superiority in the campaign, which I realized saying that, and it's

a little bit of an irony considering we've gotten a 15 down, and I'm lost in a 10, and obviously 60 got shot up too, so I see the irony, but I hope everybody is alright. Next, 15 Fairchild Air Force Base Airman awarded for refueling in contested airspace,

15 Air Force Airman from Fairchild Air Force Base received the distinguished flying cross

and bronze star medal for aerial refueling missions in contested airspace during recent combat operations.

The award recognizes the same performance under threat in the ceremony highlighted critical

enabler roles in ongoing air campaigns. Iranian, next, Iranian strikes damage infrastructure supporting United States air power, you know what, that's an old one, next, EA 37B, compass call electronic attack aircraft joined Iran operations, a pair of the United States Air Force EA 37 Bravo, compass call electronic attack aircraft were observed at Royal Air Force Base Milnall in the United

Kingdom, the platforms or supporting operations against Iran, and this deployment extends electronic warfare capabilities into the theater. Next, Air Force material commands Inti 43 Alpha supports NASA Artemis 2 preparations.

If you guys didn't see the launch, was that yesterday, right, was that on the first?

Man, I'm lost, I don't remember now, I think it was two days ago, anyway, those guys

were on the way to the moon, it's pretty freaking awesome, and I love the kid that got pinged on CNN, that guys great, because we're going to the fucking moon, that's why. Great. All right, space force stuff, chief of space operations, details, guardians, integration, and Iranian operations, chief of the chief of space operations, or CSO, General Chance

Assaultsman stated that the United States Space Force capabilities are deployed inside the threat zone, and deeply integrated into joint operations against Iran, of course, like we know that, and if you didn't know that, dude, our space force guardians are a bunch of gangsters. Guardians contribute across full spectrum of space enabled support in Operation Epic Fury,

disintegration underscores the services role in high intensity conflict. The space force seeks additional testers and potential dedicated test center, the United States Space Force officials indicated that new testing approaches are accelerated equipment delivery to operators, but the service requires more testers and is considering its own space-focused test center.

Lieutenant General Douglas Shees, I'm probably saying that we're on skies, deputy chief of space operations, highlighted these needs on the first of April enhanced testing infrastructure aims to maintain rapid fueling of new technology. Nothing for the coasties, and let's see, Secretary of Defense, if you go home, yeah, this is a good one, because this came out, I saw this this morning.

Secretary of Defense directs expanded firearm access for off-duty service members, Secretary of Defense PXS, signed a directive, allowing service members to request permission to carry privately owned firearms on military installations, well-off duty, installation commanders

Must apply a presumption of approval with any denial requiring written justif...

The policy reverses prior restrictions described as making personal firearms carry virtually

impossible for most troops.

Now, this is to me, and my opinion does not go far enough, like I love that he did that,

but I can tell you right now what some of these commanders are going to do, or their staff are going to do, is make this approval process as painful as it can possibly be. I mean, there's going to be so much paperwork involved, they're going to go, oh, here's a typo, here's a typo, we don't like the formatting, they're going to make this extremely painful to try and deter anybody from actually putting in paperwork and trying to get

this approval, which is complete bullshit. Secretary of Defense, I know you don't listen to me, but if you do, great job, it's a step

forward, but I'm telling you, you gotta go, anybody, second amendment, constitutional

carry, you're allowed, whether you're on duty or off duty, you should be allowed to carry.

Next, Secretary of Defense appears to reverse Army pilot suspension, Secretary of Defense P. Hexeth, and now it's the lifting of the suspensions of the United States Army helicopter crews involved in the fly-by near Kid Rock's house. Hexeth stated there would be no punishment or ongoing investigation, the action-followed initial Army grounding of the

personnel. So, a facility, reversed it, but it didn't really talk about him reversing it.

Oh, oh, oh, yeah, never mind, I see where they're saying. He didn't go back on it. He, this

is old news and my bad. All right, let's see, what's next? Space Force stuff, let's talk about the test range. We've already talked about that. You know what, that's probably enough news for the day. Need to go out for a walk, touching grass, right? Anyway, I do appreciate you guys being here. Love that you guys are subscribed. Would love to see you guys the head over to 1dredded.com. Pick yourself up, Peach of Merch. Check out any of our partners

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