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Who said anything about PACAF or him being a Chief? He was an AMC SE boom, E-7 I believe. Seems messed up to me too. The A code was a brand new AC, with 2 other brand new ACs. Probably the reason they were targeted.

Heard a funny WTF story from a bro flying Tankers on a Pacific AE (TFI unit, mixed AD and ANG crew). They got met in Hawaii by a HHQ Stan/Eval Boom Operator who had decided to do a no notice spot check for the two A1C boomers (fresh out of Altus) on the return leg of the mission. At base ops he says to the A code, "I see you have 3 pilots on this mission. That's good because you can still get home if I hook one of you guys." Dude decides after landing in Travis to Q-3 both booms for not having a fully charged iPads but after calling back to his Stan/Eval finds out he couldn't legally give either boom a checkride without giving the ANG OG/CC two weeks notice. Didn't know his own damn reg but flew commercial airlines to Honolulu for a free vacation on the Governments dime and gives an illegal checkride. Winning. Dude was apparently a huge flapping douche-bag about everything. I encouraged my buddy to do one of those Fraud Waste and Abuse things but his leadership back home was already worried about highlighting themselves.

I think the real kicker is that these Commander policies are getting so stupid that even some of the shoe clerks are saying "really? You want me to enforce that?" And that is when we went full retard.

Take a pair of silver wings and pin them on there and Go trolling for Chiefs.

But... But... It has so many more places to put your pens!!!

Not soon enough brother. Cheers Day Man, hate to see the Air Force falling apart like it is.

Lies! All lies! People, yes, but very egotistical people. Some of them think they are God and hold your puny, pathetic future in their massive thunderbolt wielding hands. But YMMV! Kidding of course. Cheers and good luck.

I know of a certain OG that not only looks at PT scores but BMI... Just saying, the wheels are off the bike.

This isn't actually due to the 65 rule, but actually 1) AirTran guys who chose not to transfer and instead are retiring, 2) Southwest guys who don't want to deal with international/overseas flights and are retiring instead before age 65. Hence the 200 pilots being hired this year. No boom yet guys, sorry.

Has anyone gotten any report dates for T-6/T-38 White Jets yet? (Fall VML) I got notified months ago but still no dates! Thanks brosephs! Headin' back to Sheppard.

Or just don't screw up things the first time and you won't have anything to fix. Technique only.

I totally copy why we only sent 2 dudes to fighters, but eventually that will catch up too. They should have thought of doing the whole TFI squadrons way earlier. Great way to get AD hands on Guard Iron and it saves a ton of money. It's definitely not the perfect answer but it could have smoothed out the full AB/ idle boards that we see all the freaking time.

Craftsman, I feel the frustration. I too worked my butt off and made it to ENJJPT, just to see a class of 20 students get 2 fighters. Pretty demoralizing. Then I got to hear how overmanned 11Ms were and how undermanned 11Fs were. When I offered to get out and fly fighters with the Guard, as a recent graduate, I was told not to even try as it would tag me as a non-team player and get me a one way ticket to Cannon. So I bloomed where I was planted and made the most of it, being thankful to be flying but always realizing in the back of my mind how bad the Air Force handled this thing. I also got a bad taste in my mouth(sts) from senior leaders who really didnt seem to care as they seemed to be too busy taking care of themselves. A lot of the pain would have been easier to take with just some more transparency from the higher ups. Thanks General Chang for actually explaining some of the perceived madness!

Wow. So I guess this thread is evidence that money does make the difference on whether you stay or go. Big Blue would be proud!

Do I understand correctly that PYB/CPC is the same guy who runs w@ntscheck.com?

Maybe this is a reach and maybe it has been touched on before, but who's to say it wasn't mutual until the moment the wife walked in and flipped out? Prompting some serious CYA from the "victim".

Thanks! Bought them!

Not at shoe flag, but I heard other senior leaders saying pretty much the same thing. Rather than dealing with the problem, they see stop loss as their answer.

Thanks! All the shelves here are empty except for some of the less common ammo. I will keep checking back. Appreciate the info!

Just bought a Taurus 738 TCP (.380) for the wife to carry, however I still can't find .380 ammo around here. When it does come back in stock, does anyone know what a fair price is? All my other handguns are 9mm and .40. Thanks!

Best gouge EVER! Completely serious, no joking!

Getting to the party a little late on this one, but I was surprised to hear a rep from AFPC state that AFSC shortages/overages have ZERO weight in promotion. So even though many of our fighter brethren are only 40% manned, once the Major's board meets again, they will compete like everyone else.

http://www.tricare.mil/psazip Full disclosure. I am not 100% sure what this all means, but here is the link that my squadron sent out. I know it affected a lot of our soon to be retiring members and their enrollment in Tricare Prime.

But General Allardice said that it didn't matter how low the morale got or if we chose to get out, that he would find other people to replace us! Douche.

Thanks pcola, that was what I was trying to get across. That is the leadership that I have seen from the guys who became pilots just to get to the top, versus the guys who became pilots, dedicated their careers to making lives/ops better and then got promoted because of it.