Ops Brief 022: Daily Drop - 4 April 2025 (Pixar Planes, Dumb Intel People & Fired Generals)

Send us a text It’s April 4th, and Peaches is bringing you the news that makes commanders panic and E-4s roll their eyes. Today’s drop hits everything from AFRICOM possibly getting stuffed back under EUCOM (because geography isn’t real), to a $2 billion gunship that looks like it flew straight out of Planes (2013) . Meanwhile, the Air Force is grounding pregnant aircrew, the Space Force is begging for a bigger allowance, and a fired general’s name is blasted across the DoD like a bad Yelp review. Add in NATO drama, orbital warfare threats, and a bunch of space startups flexing on legacy contractors—and you've got yourself a fully loaded episode of “what the hell are we doing?” 🔥 Key Takeaways: 💥 AFRICOM + EUCOM Merger? – 50 countries and one Chinese base next door say “probably not.” 💥 $2B Sky Raider Debuts – AFSOC’s new toy looks like Dusty with guns. Let’s hope it delivers. 💥 Intel Colonels Critiquing Combat Fitness – Ma’am, this isn’t your lane. 💥 Pregnant Pilots Grounded in First Trimester – No ejection seats for you. 💥 Space Force Says China Is Cooking Orbital Violence – Saltzman’s begging for backup. 💥 General Fired, PA Blasts It to the World – Totally necessary, right? 💥 100+ Civilians Could Be Axed at the Academy – Uniforms good, but continuity matters. 💥 NATO Needs to Pay Up – Rubio wants 5% GDP. 💥 Germany Has 47 U.S. Bases – Casual. 💥 Small Space Companies Are Eating Everyone’s Lunch – Welcome to capitalism in orbit. 💥 Nuclear-Powered AI Farms Are Coming – Because your data center’s air conditioning sucks. 📢 Call-to-Actions: ✅ Like this episode if your tax dollars funded a cartoon-looking gunship. 💬 Comment if your Space Force budget could use more than 3% of anything. ⭐ Leave a review—unless you're one of the people still emailing strike targets over Signal. 🛒 Cop fresh restocks at OnesReady.com and support the crew. 🧢 Rock some BarbellApparel.com gear before the BOGO deal ends April 28. Support the show Join this channel to get access to perks: HERE Buzzsprout Subscription page: HERE Register for our Operator Training Summit: OperatorTrainingSummit.com Collabs: Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: ONESREADY ATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLete Danger Close Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY DFND Apparel - Promo Code: ONESREADY Hoist - Promo Code: ONESREADY ...