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At an all-call yesterday, our OG said there might not be an O-4 board for the 16YG. I was tracking that the board would likely move to February to accommodate the SCOD. But no board whatsoever? Anybody have the inside scoop on this?

On point #3 though, if one of the Bros is not enjoying his or her service, for whatever reason, surely the right answer isn’t ‘gtfo we are better off without you.’ In some cases, the institution has to be to blame for turning good officers into jaded salt monsters.

As an exec right now, it’s more do all of this AND maintain “administrative excellence.” If that means crush an MPC and then come back to the office for bullet wizardry, then so be it.

Oh it’s legit, it was sent out in a mass email most of AMC received.

The mission is in flux. We are shifting to be relevant in the Pacific, and our training is modulating to accommodate, but the Bobs still needs their crap moved. Everybody wants their piece of airlift, and the crews are left whiplashed between planning some high end near peer exercise one day, and then flying the garbage runs on their 6 month deployment to the Died the next. Both can be great or sucky in their different ways. Family life is #airforceanswer ...it depends. We have three different crew qualification levels here between Airland, Airdrop, and SOLL II - and as you move to the right on this spectrum the home life tends to get better IMO, but you pay your dues in upgrades and trips to the FTU. Send me a DM if you are looking for more specifics.

As much as I don’t want to underestimate the power of a ambitious captain to “accelerate change.” What we really need is the MAF to get on board to give us the tools to actually participate in the high end fight. You know what the next C-17 block adds to the jet? Better VNAV to help comply with STARs, a HUD whose primary addition is to make those ILSs even easier, a software improvement to eek out a little more efficiency in the autothrottles. You know what it doesn’t have? the ability to build a threat ring on the glass with less than 36 keystrokes, the ability to display the jets bullseye location without mental gymnastics. RWR? Pleaze. Any datalink? Forget about it. So I have to tell our enterprising young copilots that training to fight near peer adversary means improving techniques to mark up their crappy bullseye chart. I can understand why some get skeptical and want to primarily train in the jets core competency that AMC actually invests in.

I think it’s starting to happen earlier in the first ops assignment than we’d like to admit, at least among my peers. We see that most older guys are set on getting out and naturally less involved in the squadron than they would be otherwise. This pushes more work/burnout on the younger guys which only exacerbates the issue. I would estimate that 60-75% of the JrCGOs are planning on the airlines at the end of their commitment, given a similar hiring environment.

I didn’t put FAIP high and I’m glad I didn’t get it, but I think anyone who gives 10 good years to the Cause is one of the good guys even if he isn’t a spec ops fighter pilot. All of us choose our assignments on differing criteria, and being good officer/pilot/powepoint god while maitaining a cognizance of outside opportunities are surely not mutually exclusive. But then again, as an FNG, my millennial might be showing.

1806 at CBM definitely has MQ1 and RQ4 on its dream sheet on the T1 side (along with a B52). Only saw the list in passing, so maybe there is a deeper story but it wouldn't surprise me for AFPC to say one thing and do another or for someone to get inexplicably screwed due to poor timing.

CBM 17-15 Drop T-38 F22 T6 F16 NJ Guard 2x International F15 and Typhoon T-1 AD KC135 McConnell U28 Cannon Mc130 Cannon C130 Little Rock C130 Yokota C5 Travis 2x Kc10 McGuire & Travis C17 Charleston T6 UH-60 International T1 Guard and Reserve C130 Maxwell Kc135 Niagra Falls, Pittsburg, Topeka C17 Jackson

KCBM 17-15 Track Select: 6- T38 (1 Guard 3 International 2 AD) 16- T1s 0 Helos

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Wow that's an impressive image. Im glad both pilots made it back safe.

I never heard back from the 190th at all either. Glad I am not the only one. Congrats on the selection for an interview!

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Me too. If there is anybody on here who got an interview I would be intrested to hear your quals to get a better idea what they were looking for.

^^^ Congrats!

Thanks for the recap. Congrats again buddy.

The 123rd is pretty awesome. But being forced to be that much closer to Rick Pitino and crew on a regular basis kinda spoils it for me. UK guy here

Yes I got to talk to the ops commander when I was up there and he said that being from the local area was something he focused on. Which is a shame because I am from Kentucky. Decidedly not close to SD.

Also got the no-go from the 114th so I'd be equally interested in hearing from the selects. I went up to visit the squadron and they have an awesome facility and the guys were great to talk to. Oh well, on to the next one gentlemen.