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News18
08-05-2025
- Politics
- News18
Ex-US Air Force Pilot Backs India Over Pakistan If Tensions Escalate
Last Updated: Dale Stark, a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the US Air Force and an expert A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, said his 'money is on the Indians.' A day after India launched Operation Sindoor, targeting nine terrorist launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a former US Air Force pilot said his 'money is on the Indians" if tensions escalate. 'I've flown with both Indian and Pakistani fighter pilots during my career. I'll just say my money's on the Indians if this continues to escalate," Dale Stark, a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the US Air Force and an expert A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, wrote on X on Thursday. I've flown with both Indian and Pakistani fighter pilots during my career. I'll just say my money's on the Indians if this continues to escalate.— Dale Stark (@DaleStarkA10) May 7, 2025 Responding to a comment, he said the Indian army 'was way better." They were way better. Stark, who served three combat tours in Afghanistan in 2006, 2010, and 2014, began his career as an aircraft mechanic before climbing the ranks to officer status. His post went viral in no time. A user commented on X, 'Indian Air Force pilots are rock stars." Indian Air Force pilots are rock stars. At par with RAF. @IAF_MCC — Jai Hind (@kannandelhi) May 7, 2025 Another agreed, saying, 'Indian pilots are thorough professionals. They know what to do and they will do without any religious fervour or over-enthusiasm. Moreover, India has a vast and diverse terrain to train them. They are the best." Someone wrote, 'I was there in '98. Fully agree. Both fierce fighters, but the Indian military is vastly more disciplined." I was there in 98. Fully agree. Both fierce fighters, but the Indian military is vastly more disciplined. — C/SAR Diver 'I've always heard that the Indian Air Force is top notch," a comment read. I've always heard that the Indian Air Force is top notch. — Chuck (@StilltheWarlord) May 8, 2025 India's pre-dawn offensive on Wednesday reportedly killed around 100 terrorists and destroyed key terror infrastructure across the LoC. The operation was in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people. Operation Sindoor has been described by defence experts as a 'calibrated pre-emptive response" aimed at dismantling terror launchpads before they could become operational. The situation intensified quickly. Later that day, at least 13 people, including a soldier and women and children, were killed and 59 others injured in heavy cross-border shelling by Pakistani forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. Hours later, the Indian armed forces thwarted a major retaliation attempt by the Pakistani military, which tried to strike multiple military targets across 15 cities in northern and western India using drones and missiles. According to the Defence Ministry, Indian forces managed to intercept the attacks and destroyed a Pakistani air defence system in Lahore. Pakistan's attempted targets included key strategic locations such as Awantipora, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj. 'The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks," the ministry said in a statement. First Published:
Hindustan Times
08-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Former US Air Force pilot says his ‘money is on Indians' as India-Pak tensions escalate
A former fighter pilot who served in the US Air Force for more than 20 years says he has flown with both Indian and Pakistani pilots. If asked to pick between the two, he would put his money on Indians. Dale Stark is a distinguished former US Air Force pilot renowned for his expertise with the A-10 Thunderbolt II, commonly known as the "Warthog." He has been deployed to Afghanistan three times - in 2006, 2010, and 2014. Stark joined the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and rose through the ranks to become a Lieutenant Colonel. In a post shared on the social media platform X this morning, the US Air Force veteran said that having flown with both Indian and Pakistani fighter pilots, he would put his money on Indians if tensions between the two countries were to escalate further. 'I've flown with both Indian and Pakistani fighter pilots during my career. I'll just say my money's on the Indians if this continues to escalate,' he wrote. Responding to one surprised comment, Stark wrote: 'They [Indians] were way better.' His post comes after several pro-Pakistani social media handles falsely claimed that its forces downed five Indian jets – including Rafales – during Operation Sindoor on Wednesday. (Also read: Pak minister schooled by CNN anchor for absurd 'social media' reply as proof of downing Indian jets) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has clarified that a misleading image being circulated online is from a previous incident involving an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 fighter jet that crashed in Barmer, Rajasthan, in September 2024. The crash was not related to the ongoing operations and occurred due to a technical issue. The pilot involved in the crash survived the incident. PIB emphasized that the image has no connection to the current military activities or events linked to Operation Sindoor. (With inputs from PTI)
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
X Post About Boomers, Classic Muscle Cars, And Younger Generations Sparks Debate
Read the full story on The Auto Wire There's nothing like a little bit of intergenerational friction over the value of classic muscle cars. That was the topic of a guy's recent post on social media site X (you know, the one that used to be called Twitter). It exposes a lot of tension underneath the surface that most people probably don't think too much about, but we definitely post was made by a guy named Dale Stark, who according to his profile is a retired A-10 pilot for the United States Air Force. He's also a rancher and outdoorsman, plus hosts The Dale Stark Show. We feel like we should know who he is, but we honestly don't. Anyway, Stark posted about how his friend who's 'into classic muscle cars' claims the market for them is 'crashing as Boomers age out.' That's all because the young whipper snappers (like us) from Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z apparently don't appreciate or want them. Or at least we don't want 'to pay big' for a '60s clunker.' (We've included a screenshot of the post, just in case). That touched off a huge debate where some agreed, others bristled at the guy disrespecting younger generations, and others posted their own classic rides. There were even a few expressing excitement at being able to afford their dream machine (we can identify with the feeling – more on that later). One of the top replies was from a guy saying his Kia minivan can outrun a 70s muscle car, is safer, and more practical. He asked why he would ever want a classic over that. We guess for a daily driver he and most people wouldn't. But he misses the entire point. He's also not an enthusiast, so we honestly don't value his opinion much. We as enthusiasts love classic American muscle cars. At the same time, to see a Plymouth Road Runner, a car that was known as the blue collar muscle car easily afforded by anyone who wanted one back in the day, auction for well into the six digits is just too much for us. We guess in some Boomers' minds that means we don't appreciate these machines. We don't feel it does but instead think it indicates we don't believe they should be selling for supercar prices. After all, one of the hallmarks of muscle cars has historically been accessibility. You didn't need to be rich to buy and play with one. That's been destroyed, including with modern models like the Shelby GT500 and Dodge Hellcats pushing well into luxury car prices. If this means muscle cars become affordable, everyday man rides again, so be it. We could blame Boomers for pushing prices into the stratosphere, kind of like how Stark's friend is trashing younger generations, but we also know a lot of Boomer enthusiasts who are just as dismayed as we are, if not even more, about how ridiculously overpriced they are these days. Image via Shukhrat Umarov/Pexels Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
