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Can confirm. Masses of locals inside the fence. Source: Flew to Africa once.

E's eat their own. Often beyond reasonable and legal limits.

Lesson learned? I learned that an airman's immediate supervisor will post details on bo.net. IG yourself.

Cops are good at "hamming" it up when it comes to police reports. Also, due to Oklahoma's implied consent law, you must test, or you are ff'd on the spot.

Headline: old fart who mysteriously made LTC while a reservist fully behind cutting benefits for the younger generation coming home from Afghanistan. Feelings of guilt for his sham of a career he deflects onto other people.

$1B. Small scale cost, big returns.

on the west coast, Whidbey and Beale. last I checked.

My unit had a wingman today. I didn't go due to flying requirements. From the feedback, it was mostly a gripe session where an O-6 (unit SRO) defended his retirement in the face of the stress our airmen are facing in being cut at any moment. Still not getting it.

pay day loans? "hey, check your inbox (rater) got a good deal for you that I don't care about in 3 years"

Really? Pretty sorry BX to start with. I expected aafes to continue dumping cash into that and the many other fine establishments at Altus.

How many times is "unmanned/manned" going to be said?

some links for official travel. Help you find your favorite airline by choosing the right airport first. http://www.gsa.gov/citypairs http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/27228?utm_source=FAS&utm_medium=print-radio&utm_term=citypair&utm_campaign=shortcuts I'm pretty sure Ramstein knows how to ticket people back to the USA.

like this one? http://youtu.be/BLhpoRP8VkE?t=3m14s

"Rip-It!" is a required call on the C-17 as a step on the Combat Entry Check.

"In addition, the monthly BAH check provided to about 1 million service members will be cut further by eliminating the stipend for renters insurance that for years has been a key component in calculating BAH." -af times http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/Docs/perdiem/BAH-Primer.pdf

ummmm thumbnails?

VSP results are potentially late summer, with separation at end of Sep 14. Take a big check in FY14 after getting 9 months of salary. Hello 33% income tax bracket. RIF results are Aug 14, and 31 Jan 15 separation. Extra time, extra pay, "reduced severance" that is actually paid in the next year when you're taking a pay cut. ('03 would see $20K reduction before taxes, but also get paid $26K in base pay alone to languish for 4 months and then take the severance in FY15).

Pajaro: 15.5 years to $700K. Maybe 50% of what you've been paid has gone into this stockpile. http://youtu.be/8kZg_ALxEz0?t=4m As for determining peer status: how many kids?

Let's not get into the nuts and bolts of the incident. I quoted the item about the glideslope to express that in an air force that demands perfection, they need to change the culture and accept that small errors will be made. TACC takes you right up to the edge without batting an eye. And they rationalize some of that through perceived mitigation: For TACC, a AF Base with an ILS is a no-brainer. Long legs over the ocean are regarded as rest. I keep seeing the ORM pop up, but what was the mission detail that would've raised a red flag under the present criteria? The circumstances were pretty mundane up until the last minute. Which secondly comes to the crew complement. Were they ready to do this, or not? Question for other MWS: What is an augmenting pilot's qualification? On the C-130, I've heard its another AC. True?

Lament about ORM. It'll be 2 pages of fine print covering every possible mission detail. But the mission will change faster. Stabilized approaches? It will be a page long in the v3 and be so imposing it will be a distraction and desensitize pilots from ever complying with the numerous criteria. Try this: Does AMC's upgrade program reek of stupidity? Is there any mission that really requires stretching it out towards 24 hours? The first two words of that article are: Crew Inexperience.

Let's review from the article:

A 2.5 degree glide-slope angle was the catalyst. One non-standard item that wasn't recognized in advance is all it took.

Way too alert? Giant couldnt even get his callsign correct once.

Perfect example. In this case, you have probably zero familiarity with twin turboprops, but that wouldn't be much different when they would've handed you the A-code either I bet. If the auto-pilot is trimming along with the decreasing airspeed, the recovery is going to be tasty. Is there not enough rudder authority to counteract the P-factor? -At a low enough airspeed...no... but if the pilot has his feet on the floor, it doesn't matter.

It's a little over a magical 4 hours from LRCK into Afghanistan. Good hub with sea and rail. Tanker units trying to figure out how to squeeze in?