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Hearing rumors that the T-6 is grounded AF-wide. Anyone know what's going on?

Vid: http://gizmodo.com/5825544/watch-the-screaming-first-ever-catapult-launch-of-the-killer-f+35 Also relevant: http://gizmodo.com/5825544/watch-the-screaming-first-ever-catapult-launch-of-the-killer-f+35 http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123264068

If you're going in two weeks, you should already have your orders and tickets and so forth. You fly into Dayton. Also, since you're asking that question, I'm guessing you haven't done the online questionnaire, which means you might be a little screwed since that was supposed to have been done 30+ days before your exam.

Haha, seems to be the only thing in the Air Force actually set up specifically for ROTC. I don't know how many times in the past four years I've felt like ROTC was the red-headed stepchild of the Air Force. I had a SF dude (A1C, I think) at McGuire look at me like I had two heads when I said I was in college, but also in the Air Force. He had never heard of ROTC.

Huh? The FCI "Welcome Letter" says: Did that not happen for you? When do you find out where you're staying? Do you just show up at the Wright Patt Inn and then maybe get a non-A letter?

The version of #10 in the OP I've always heard was "Skid not thy turns, lest the ground rise up and smite thee." My flight instructor had that printed out and taped right above the pilot's head in the Citabria. Also, I've been in airliners doing intersection takeoffs, in direct violation of #1. Was really surprised when we taxied onto the runway at Charlie instead of Alpha...

And 90 of those come from a single airline (Emirates).

Agreed. $30-something a day isn't bad. Slightly OT, but for those that didn't know, military folks get roughly 25% off car rentals at Hertz and Avis, and I know at least Hertz waives the "under 25" fee.

I was thinking about getting a rental...my girlfriend is a couple hours drive away from Wright Patt. ;) Buffalo Wild Wings is the s**t. Good to know there's one nearby...definitely hitting that up.

What did you guys do in the evenings? I know there's the museum...anything else to do to kill time between 1700 (or whenever you finish for the day) and bed?

If you come in with some logged hours, do you add all your mil time to your civilian logbook? Or does everyone start with a new logbook at IFS?

Thanks for the update, lbzrider14...two quick questions: 1. Do you have to bring your entire medical record? I don't remember seeing anything where it said I have to bring all my records. Just asking cause it's a PITA to collect all my stuff cause it's scattered at various clinics across the country due to moves. I'm not scheduled until mid July, but I need heads up if I need to get all my stuff together. I have a pretty clean slate medically though...most "extreme" thing on my record is getting a cavity removed. 2. Your exam was only 3 days, including the LASIK tests? I haven't gotten LASIK (just contacts), but I'm scheduled to fly out on Sunday and back on Friday. Can I expect to be done early and fly home on Wed or something?

Maybe this is a dumb question, but what I don't understand is why these people at the top aren't doing anything about how f'ed up big blue has gotten. It's not like (completely valid) rants like this aren't being heard all the way at the top. Sure, they've got their retirement all lined up, but you don't spend 30 years in the AF without caring at least a little about the service and what'll happen to it after you get out...I can't imagine money is the only thing motivating 4 stars at this point. Like the OP said, if you used people efficiently, instead of constantly retraining them in stuff they've already learned but never got to use properly, you could easily save huge $$$. Cut out 66 hours of unnecessary training and you just saved $1,000,000 per pilot (at the $15k/hour quoted in the OP). That'll make any Excel sheet turn green. They can't have gotten a few stars on their shoulders without realizing implementing broad changes in the right places will always save more in the long run than a quick knee-jerk reaction. I'd like to hope that's not just naivety/inexperience talking... There's all this talk about how great it was back in 90's, '80's, whatever, how much less BS there was, especially in the fighter community. But who are all the top brass now? Guys that were fighter pilots in the 80's. At least one of them has got to be thinking, "wow, my 18 year old self would never have joined this air force."

Hey, that sounds nifty...do you have to pay for that card?

Holy crap! I just opened that up and my eyes just about popped out of my head. I can imagine doing it at 90 knots in the Citabria, but 200? That's nuts. No wonder it takes so long to figure it out.

Anyone know how long it is between ROTC cadets getting notified of Pilot/Nav/ABM/UAV selection and then getting a date for their FCI? The 2011 ROTC board results are released in 2 weeks, so sometime after that we should have a few people here getting dates to go to W-P.

Those flashcards were awesome and helped a ton. I highly recommend them.

Waiver guide: http://airforcemedicine.afms.mil/idc/groups/public/documents/afms/ctb_071808.pdf p707.

FCI + MFS is WAY more intense than the DODMERB. DODMERB was just like a routine checkup. FCI is like 4 days long at Wright-Patt (previously Brooks). Blood tests (like they said above, it's a s**tload of blood), tons of eye tests, checking your physical dimensions to make sure you fit in an ejection seat, etc.

Makes sense, thanks. On the other hand (and this is purely hypothetical, I've never broken a bone or had a concussion in my life), if you did have a broken bone, and it fully healed and there's no trace of the injury ever happening, might it be easier just to say it never happened, just from a paperwork point of view? You know it's fine, your doc knows it's fine, so why let Wright-Patt worry about it? I know "lying" on medical forms is a big no-no, but if it makes everyone's lives easier...Again, just curious.

Just curious, do you bring any forms or records or anything like that from civilian doctors, or do they basically start from scratch? My records are scattered at several different doctors in several different states (and before age 10, several countries), and it would be a massive PITA to have to collect them all.

I tried to mention as few details as possible while still getting the point across...maybe someone who's already taken it can shoot me a PM?

IMPORTANT QUESTION! I just took the TBAS and I think my testing station was faulty. When I got to the Emergency Procedures section, the screen turned red and I heard the emergency, so I typed in the code...and nothing happened. The screen was still red and the emergency wasn't cleared. I tried several times and nothing happened. Finally the screen turned blue, but it didn't go back to "normal," it went to the status which meant I typed the code in wrong or too slow...I know the code was right though. I even tried all the codes at one point, and still nothing happened. Tried caps lock too. The keyboard was working fine at the beginning where I typed in my name and stuff...any ideas? Was it supposed to respond, or was I only supposed to type the code in once and then leave it, or what? The administrator said he'd send a note along when he passed up my score saying there might have been a problem with my test...but I don't have time to retake it before big week in February... [EDIT] Edited slightly to align more accurately with the info on the TBAS page on wantscheck [/EDIT]

So what's the deal with now being able to track heavies out of ENJJPT, or any T-38? I know a guy who just finished -38s at Columbus and got -135s. Another friend just started T-6s at ENJJPT and got a briefing where they basically said "ENJJPT is no longer just fighter/bomber or UAV." Dunno the details though...can anyone enlighten me? What's the reasoning? Doesn't make much sense to me...

New student orientation is designed to give brand new freshman that have no idea about the military a quick taste of ROTC. Usually, it's mostly fun "retention" stuff (we did paintballing, ropes course, etc). There's some reg somewhere that specifically states that orientation cannot be super intense, boot camp style. Bottom line: don't worry about it.