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  1. Question for the security pros of Baseops:

    I have a completed and adjudicated TS background investigation, but my clearance is "inactive"(correct term?) since, according to the AF, I don't have a need to use it and haven't been given the proper security training..

    I've never heard of a situation like this (or an "inactive" clearance), but I can tell you that your clearance has nothing to do with training. It's strictly a background check. If he doesn't respond, you may want to PM M2 and see if he has words.

  2. On 6/6/2016 at 7:25 AM, pawnman said:

    Time for that entire state to fall into the ocean, and I'm from there.  This gem from the article....

    "It's about the terror that they cause in people when they strafe neighborhoods. That's something I hear about all the time when Blue Angels fly overhead," Supervisor John Avalos told the SF Gate.

    I think somebody needs to buy that dickbag a dictionary.

    So demonstration teams should be cancelled because there is a rare chance that they might crash and cause injury or loss of life?  I guess we need to shut down SFO.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_214.  Asshole.

  3. 15 hours ago, sparkdiggety said:

    The picture with the ACC patch, I can     almost guarantee that pic was at an air show or an exercise and he traded away his NATO wing patch to an ACC guy. 

    15 hours ago, sparkdiggety said:

    The helmet, we used to get fam rides with fighters from time to time.  Maybe he just had one that day.

    Wait....so he happened to have a helmet from a fam ride that he took with him to an air show and basically took a glamour shot with it?  Does not compute.

     

    14 hours ago, sparkdiggety said:

     Maybe try getting some facts before opening your mouth and save yourself the embarrassment.  

    Well, thanks for clearing up our confusion with your "almost guarantee" facts that don't add up.  

  4. More proof this country is f'd. 

     

    The guy interviewing is an asshole. Instead of educating folks who don't what it means, he's just condescending. There was at least one guy who was on the right track when he started talking about remembering those who died, and this jack hole leads him astray.

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  5. The EN patch isn't on the velcro.  It's sitting on the middle of his arm, held up by the crease of the flightsuit.  

    It looks like it, but it is on Velcro. The Euro flight suits at ENJJPT have two patches on the sleeve that allow non US flyers to sport a nation flag with the ENJJPT patch, but I've never seen Americans wear it. Regardless, it makes no sense - as previously mentioned - why he's wearing that patch with his ACC patches. Wearing a morale or other patch is one thing while overseas, but I don't know why an ABMer would wear that, even if (or especially if) he washed out of UPT.

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    13 hours ago, sorryforpartying said:

    Somebody had once told me that if you were a current and qualified military pilot, that your ATP written didn't expire so I went digging and found some pretty clear verbiage that essentially allows any current/qualified guy to extend their expiration date (references to 8900.1 and 61.39 are below).

    They did keep mentioning the SFAR 100-2, which, to me, doesn't seem to apply to these regs in any way...just amplifies it.

    (c) An applicant for an airline transport pilot certificate with a rating other than those ratings set forth in paragraph (b) of this section may take the practical test for that certificate or rating with an expired knowledge test report, provided that the applicant is employed:

    (2) By the U.S. Armed Forces as a flight crewmember in U.S. military air transport operations at the time of the practical test and has completed the pilot in command aircraft qualification training program that is appropriate to the pilot certificate and rating sought.

     

    SFAR 100-2 specifically allows for extension of the written test deadline if you were deployed overseas - It doesn't help you.

    I've never seen the other portion you quotes, but I think that it is in reference to getting a civilian type rating for a similarly typed Air Force aircraft.  It doesn't make a whole lot of sense since there is no practical test to have a type added to an existing license if you are USAF qualified, but that's the only thing I can think of.

  7. On 4/21/2016 at 9:18 PM, Motofalcon said:
    Short answer - You are eligible to be back on the VML and can move after 2 years time on station. The IFF IP training doesn't affect that. 

    Long answer - you are eligible to be somewhere new - "boots on the ground" - after you have 2 years time on station at your current base. So let's say you show up to SPS 15 Oct this year - you can PCS out of there 15 Oct 2018.  Your training to become an IFF IP doesn't affect that. If you were doing something like go through training at Randolph, then go to Sheppard, then it would be two years after showing up to Sheppard. But all the reg/afpc uses is time on station, not time on station as a full up contributor to the sq ops (i.e. Done with all upgrades/training).  />

    I don't know that this is true. Sheppard does their training (PIT, IFF IPUG) in house vice sending dudes to Randolph. I'm not 100% certain about IFF, but when I went through PIT, my TOS did not begin until I was done with PIT. I was the first in my class to finish, but between in processing and the fact that PIT took the lowest scheduling priority, it ended up being five months.

  8. Sounds like there are a lot of miserly squadron commanders.  A better question would be 'of everyone on this forum, how many have been officially recalled for a no-kidding non-exercise, non-training scenario where a specific leave distance was a factor?'  I can only think of two instances where I've heard of this over my decade in fighters.  And even then, neither were really that much of a surprise.  Maybe more common in other airframes, but perhaps commanders should look at opening it up a bit rather than tightening the restrictions.

    Here's what any commander/supervisor worth a shit does:

    Make you go on leave if you "only slightly" exceed the leave area restrictions. If there is a recall, or you get hurt, everybody is covered.

    When you return safe and sound, he allows you to cancel the leave request. I've done it for my folks and had commanders do it for me.

  9. This board has a spam prevention control which groups all newly registered users into the group "User on Probation." This status lasts for for 48 hours after you confirm your account and while you are a member of this group, all posts must be approved by a moderator and you cannot start any new topics.  This is primarily a spam prevention effort, but it also serves to let the noobs hang out and look through the forums for a while before asking a potentially dumb or previously answered question.  If you are newly registered and would like to bypass this waiting period, send me a PM and I will unlock it.  Do not reply to this thread, as that won't necessarily alert me.

  10. On 2/17/2016 at 7:57 PM, 12xu2a3x3 said:

    our unit was going to give one to an rotc cadet but he had a problem with his harness and the second go needed the d for a spare. the part of me that loves flying couldn't help but feel bad for him but the part that busted my ass to make that line could care less.

    Why? They're different lines.

    On 8/21/2012 at 0:13 PM, matmacwc said:

    Where's Toro on this subject? I hear he is an expert.

    Damn - how did I miss this the first time around?  No incentive rides...for any cadets....ever.

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  11. On 1/24/2016 at 4:16 AM, BADFNZ said:

    Anyone planning on using the 6-month deployment extension?  I'm currently downrange and it looks like this might be my only option if places are booked solid through July.  Anyone specifically asked any of the ATP outfits if there will be any issues using the extension?

    Here's the source reg (SFAR 100-12) https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2012-title14-vol2/pdf/CFR-2012-title14-vol2-part61-appNo-.pdf

    It allows military members who took the ATP written test while stationed overseas to use an expired test up to six months after they return back stateside.  I don't think any ATP school would refuse you, it's just a matter of making sure you get it done in time.  The only other issue is that some places do ATP in small groups, so if you're going solo it might be slightly more expensive.

    CFR-2012-title14-vol2-part61-appNo-.pdf

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