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LRU-6.9

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  • Birthday 06/29/1980

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  1. Intel - we've been waiting for you.
  2. my old man made told me about it. went something like this "wear the ones you earn, crash and burn. wear the ones you buy, live to fly"
  3. Like has been said repeatedly here on the forums here, pick the mission you want to fly. If your want to come to AFSOC to make a career, and not for the mission, you are here for the wrong reasons. We are here to support our users, whether it be infil/exfil, resupply , direct action, ect. If you are good at your job and want to progress through the ranks it will happen of its own accord (mostly). You will make sacrifices when it comes to time at home just like everyone else flying in the Air Force. SOF and AFSOC seem to be in favor politically now, but I don’t personally expect that to last forever. Historically SOF leaves political favor after the conflicts are over. You will miss your kid’s birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, Christmas, and everything else the AF didn’t issue you when you joined, but, if you believe in the mission, you will come home more than satisfied, and I believe this to be true for every mission and aircraft.
  4. Garmin gps 18 for the laptop, handy for long road trips, and a garmin etrex legend for a handheld
  5. I'll back the blachawk stuff, been issued the 3 day assualt pack with the extra pouches nice for local flying and conus TDYs. Also got the their RAPTOR and its the only pack Ive used deployed
  6. The northwest is a great place, I grew up there so I’m a bit biased. As Swingin said, take advantage of the outdoors while you are there. If you fish or hunt its a great place to be, even if you don't at least go salmon fishing once. As for the people they are generally laid back and keep to them self, and friendly once you get to know them. Perhaps the best thing about the northwest is the BEER, tons of breweries and brew pubs to go to http://www.nwbrewpage.com/
  7. head coach at an all girls college
  8. If I’m not mistaken you can fly above 10k un-pressurized, ask the H-model gunship guys, they do it all the time since they can’t pressurize. Fighter guys, correct me if I’m wrong, don’t you fly partially pressurized? As for jumpers, I believe they can go to 13-14 without supplemental oxygen, I’ll look up the exact numbers if needed. I’m not defending the CV-22, just want to make sure we are all on the same page since there is a lot of discussion about the pressurization issue. But it seems the Air Force/AFSOC have been completely bassakward in getting the CV-22. We have an aircraft we are making a mission for rather than making an aircraft that fits the mission that needs to be done. When it comes to tactics, anyone that wants to spend a Friday afternoon with a few beers in a vault swapping ideas, I’m game. Rainman said it perfectly though, be open minded, flexible, and work with the bros in big blue. edit: afi 11-202v3 6.4 for oxygen requirements [ 26. November 2006, 12:56: Message edited by: LRU-6.9 ]
  9. BADLEY, JAMES LINDSAY Name: James Lindsay Badley Rank/Branch: United States Air Force/O2/Pilot Unit: Date of Birth: 16 April 1942 Home City of Record: Hermiston OR Date of Loss: 27 March 1968 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 171954 North 1061214 East Status (in 1973): Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered Category: 2 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D Missions: Other Personnel in Incident: Whitteker,James Refno: 1105 Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action Combat Casualty File. REMARKS: James Badley was a two year Air Force Veteran. CACCF notes the plane crashed. No further information available at this time. ======================= 03/04/02 Richard L. Whitteker was the aircraft commander on Jim's last mission. Jim traded into the flight with Whitteker and that story is documented in a book about Badley's life called "Angels Unknown" by Lynda Twyman Paffrath. website: www.AngelsUnknown.net Lynda Twyman Paffrath
  10. I've had great luck with the Citizen's. I own 2, a navihawk that is 10 years old and a Nighthawk I got just before my last deployment. One of the nice things about the Nighthawk is that the sliderule is enclosed so it dosent get all gummed up.
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