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https://mobile.twitter.com/48FighterWing/status/1272828085285593088 Pilot identified. Kage taught my 9 year old’s Sunday school class while he was a student. Such a wonderful person. Always smiling and always happy. Lost too soon.

Like others said, work on your scan game. Figure out how to trim that airplane so that it only requires a light touch on the controls. If your airspeed is changing you should be trimming. I fought the jet hard in tweets and the jet always won so I tamed that bitch by trimming her. Like a big old bush. Trying to muscle the airplane around is a massive SA sapper. All of your focus is on keeping the airplane where you want it. That should become second nature just like driving a car. Build SA by chair flying the shit out of your sorties with a bud pressing you as others have said. You should have a good idea of what is coming up and what you’re going to say/do at every point in the sortie. When you get the inevitable curveballs they will be easier to handle if you know what normal looks and feels like. Imagine if you were in a fight but you knew what and when 80% of the other guy’s moves were going to be. You would destroy him. Right now you can’t control your limbs and have no clue what the hell is going to happen when the other guy gets to swinging. Most of your battle can be won before you set foot in the airplane. Probably my best piece of advice: If you’re sitting there in the airplane and not doing anything you’re probably fvcking up. Always ask yourself “what am I missing?” That’s how you catch and correct your mistakes. Don’t be a frantic spaz about it, but just coolly recognize that you fvcked/are fvcking/are about to fvck something up and need to figure out what it is and how to fix it. Good luck! -Retired tanker guy, GP chief of training, Schoolhouse EP, Southwest, FedEx. Hooked T-37 solo, T-37 instrument check, T-1 phase check, T-1 mission fam check.

Glad I never sold my equipment even after 3 moves. Since The Rona hit, my House of Gainz has remained open for business. I do miss the SCIF gym at the squadron though...nothing like getting a quick workout in while I’m on shift. Supposedly that’s opening back up soon 🤷‍♂️ Carport + tarps + horse stall mats + rogue bar + Wright Equipment bumper plates + adjustable squat rack and bench from Amazon + various smaller pieces. I also have a C2 rower that I keep inside...one day I’ll build out the carport into a real garage so I can row out there too. Only thing missing is a pull-up bar, but I’m finally installing one this week in the rafters after Rogue got the one I wanted back in stock. BL: after about 9 years of slowly buying things, I can do almost every workout I’d care to do without leaving home. #winning

This has quickly become one of the most useful threads in this forum. So much wisdom here. Should be required reading for new studs. Except the AOB/VSI thing.

I'll add this too. Don't be afraid to speak up and ask questions, even seemingly stupid ones. For some reason a lot of people in UPT, myself included, get weird there. We forget it's supposed to be a training environment and focus more on the competitive aspects. Then we get this weird idea that we don't want the IP to know that we aren't sure of something or we might be making a mistake so we just stay silent about it and hope it goes away or works itself out. If that's you dude, speak up. You might get lambasted once or twice for weak GK but often you will find the concepts you struggle with, or the things you have difficulty retaining, so did many others. Even something simple like an ops limit, speak up. Maybe that IP also struggled memorizing that number and he will tell you a stupid limric or story that will make you laugh, but guess what, you'll never forget it again . Furthermore, better to nip those lose ends in the bud when they expose themselves to you early, than to let them build until the end of a block or a check ride. If you get to the end of a phase and still have basic questions you are never going to catch up. Ask questions early and often. People have way more patience for stupid questions with a week 3-4 trainee than with a week 20-21 trainee. I dunno. Maybe that's common sense but for me it took like 6 years in my career to figure that out and I looked like an ass every flying training program i went through.

Just get your green boots that are super comfy dusty as shit and you should be good to go. I don't think i've seen two boots that look the same color yet.

I’m still waiting for the person in AFPC that deals with common sense...if anyone knows someone or has a contact let me know...

nbkc can go to 1.5 million for VA