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oh good, this threads getting political too.

Passing students who meet standards? That's horrible! Or did you mean to write something different?

I think it has something to do with general work ethic. We have had the same lady work at the front of the simulator building for probably 20 years and she generally has a pretty decent read on all the students. She was talking to a few IPs and mentioned how she's noticed a significant decrease in practice time that studs are putting in when they're not hard scheduled when compared with just five and ten years ago. That being said, I do think the students have more to learn than I did only seven years ago. Most of my A/A syllabus was notch-to-defend with a brief into into drag. For PGMs I had one flight devoted to GBU-12s and 38s. They're introduced to significantly more than I was at the same point in my career.

CAFB 18-06 Drop T-1: C-17 McChord C-130J Little Rock CV-22 Cannon KC-135 AL ANG C-130J Yokota U-28 Hurlurt KC-135 Kadena KC-135 McConnell T-6 FAIP Columbus C-130J Ramstein KC-135 Fairchild WC-130J Keesler C-21 Ramstein B-52 Barksdale T-38: F-16 TBD B-52 Barksdale F-15C Kingsley Field T-6 FAIP Columbus EC-130H Davis-Monthan F-16 TBD F-16 TBD

Up hill BOTH WAYS!

Great what could possibly go wrong? I can’t get out of T-6 land soon enough.

New audio clips apparently uncovered from the Russian mercenaries that attacked US troops in Syria. http://www.newsweek.com/total-f-russian-mercenaries-syria-lament-us-strike-killed-dozens-818073 Best quote, “We got our fucking asses beat rough, the Yankees made their point.”

IMHO, CNX the parade idea. Here's a few "non-parade" options for the President to consider. These type events will showcase the US military and he can simultaneously get his rocks off/send a message to our adversaries:>) The President should attend some already scheduled DoD events (might save $$$$?) and bring lots of media along to help showcase these U.S. military capabilities. Non-Parade Options for the POTUS:<) - Attend a massive firepower demo like this previous President; The media can even use the same Headline with some minor changes; "Air Power - President Trump Sees Bigly Display". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-F9f84F_a4 - IMHO, If the POTUS wants to better comprehend those pointy things tethered to the Nuclear Football then I would suggest the following; -- Make a surprise stop at one of our bases during a scheduled NSI; He should visit a ICBM Silo, WSA, flight line, bombers/crews, and maybe the POTUS could go thru a "SIMULATED" PRP Cert process. -- Visit Vandenberg AFB during the next scheduled LGM-30G (Minuteman III) JTA test launch. - Visit Vandenberg or Alaska during the next THAAD ABM test. - etc. Sent from Outlook

Government funded/sponsored? Hell no...

Wouldn’t hold your breath...joint spouse

barron gets it wrong still unfortunately ;\

I’ll be there!

Students have always been terrible. The difference is whether or not you can wash them out. That pendulum swings. And the quality of the end product swings with it

This thread is really funny to me for the simple fact that you know new guys sucking isn’t a new phenomenon, right? When we were going through, I’m sure the IP’s were saying how terrible we were compared to them and how easy we had it.

Someone get your boy in check. The parade is on, boys. Gotta stroke that ego. Fiscally responsible my ass. The wasted money in manhours and logistics alone... https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/23/trump-military-parade-veterans-day-423405

I thought that program was called IFT (Initial flight training). When DOSS took over, it went back to being called IFS (initial flight screening).

Had a bit closer look at the stats, and if I'm reading them right, the AF has given up on trying to retain 11Ms. Running the numbers paints a pretty dismal picture: - Per CH's posted slide deck, the AF projects losing 933 11Ms from their inventory over the next 5 years (from substantial surplus to substantial deficit)--an average loss of 187/yr - IAW the 1400/yr plan, apparently 640 UPT grads/yr will go to mobility cockpits - If we produce 640/yr, but the inventory drops 187/yr, that means 827/yr (11Ms alone) will separate, retire, get promoted to O-6, or be grounded/die/etc. -- From FYs 15-17, the 11M community only lost about 440/yr to seps/retirements/O-6 promotion/grounding/etc (with just 215 of those being folks who separated) - Problem is, there ain't that many 11Ms approaching retirement/their O-6 boards (force shaping & a-word hiring took care of that), and it's unlikely there'll be a huge spike in folks getting grounded/dying off (one hopes) - The upshot is this: the Air Force seems to be planning on three times more 11Ms separating (not staying to retirement/not competing for O-6) than in the prior three years. This is going to decimate a mobility pilot community that's already on the ropes. I'd say 11Ms are very aware of their marketability. The weird thing is, the Air Force is tacitly acknowledging this, yet is doing nothing to stop the hemorrhaging. Crappy quality of life, plus AF leadership that doesn't seem to care about their plight--seems like a winning combination. TT

Oh yes Gen Grosso's genius I forgot about the missing retention survey... That girl's a real gem.

Jimmy Kimmel crying does.

You can be cool with abortion and gay marriage and still think that safe-spaces are retarded. Nothing inherently binds you to blindly follow a single party's doctrine.

I like to post this "fact checker" whenever the real gray beards start opining about their "50% washout rates when I went through UPT in (insert timeframe here)."

Cool, no more lawyers please.

LOL. Don't forget, "Thank you for your service." This killed me.

Reminds me when Larry got fatwa'ed: NSFW

I much preferred the days when Academy staff used macroaggressions to show cadets what worthless maggots they were enroute to earning a commission and respect.

I can already picture someone half-heartedly chanting this at a CC call

To win a war against Russia, we must first win the war against Earth's climate. Sounds reasonable.

I found a problem with your plan.

Second time someone has asked if said dude is from Dyess, seeing a pattern here..

Let’s wait for the conclusion of the Mueller investigation to make any final judgments. Today’s announcement was not the first indictment and my prediction is that it will not be the last. Re: faith in institutions. I’m for letting the FBI and DOJ do their work without disparaging or discrediting what they’re doing. If the President and his administration officials are totally innocent as they claim they should be happy to do the same. Strong law enforcement institutions do their work on the level, indict the guilty and exonerate the innocent, and people believe their conclusions. When judging today’s actors, ask yourself, “Is this how an innocent person would act?” Nixon and his folks discredited the special counsel at the time and obstructed congressional and DOJ investigstions because they were guilty of knowing about and trying to cover up the watergate break-in. Clinton lied to the investigators and the American people because he DID in fact have sexual relations with that woman. Time will hopefully reveal the truth and even though I’m somewhat impatient, I’m willing to wait and let the chips fall where they may. If Mueller concludes that POTUS is innocent of all crimes I plan on accepting that.

I know y'all won't believe this, but there is the idea that these kinds of things shouldn't be political bomb-shells dropped right before an election. I think that's what Casey is getting at, and would also note that he has absolutely no say in what Mueller does or when he does it whatsoever. Not dropping what can appear like partisan bombshells goes for the original Russia hacking when Obama was in the seat. As soon as McConnell said he wouldn't sign on to a joint statement that sealed the deal. Think back to how you would have reacted if the Obama admin put out an intel report saying that the Russians were running an influence campaign trying to elect Trump while the GOP leaders in Congress said that they disagreed. "Politicizing intel!! It's a brazen move against Trump!!" And like, it would have seemed that way even if the report was a very straight-laced accounting of the facts as the IC knew them. I somewhat feel the same way about the Mueller investigation now. It would be better if it wasn't an October surprise right before the midterms, assuming it'll be nearing conclusion by then. I think that's what Senator Casey is getting at...anything released right before an election will inevitably influence it, and that's generally not what you want even if some of those bombshell thing help your side. That being said, I'd default to letting the special counsel be on whatever timetable the investigation requires, because even saying anything at this point gets politicized, as evidenced by your questions about Sen. Casey's motives. Let the investigation play out and let the chips fall where they may. None of us in the peanut gallery can do anything else anyways.

I'm not a constitutional law professor (let's elect more of those!), but the article below was written by one is the first result on google. TL;DR - yes, because long-held SCOTUS legal precedent says so https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/t-he-constitutional-rights-of-noncitizens/