08Dawg

Here's a free piece of advice you should take- NEVER pass up the opportunity to shut the fuck up

Interview invites went out early last week.

You're reading too much into it. Active duty, AFRC and the Guard are all part of the Air Force. What it really comes down to is who's signing your paycheck at any given moment.

I get the sense all this would really do is knock the mins to be a regional FO back down to the 250-500 range and make it easier for all the poor kids coming out of ATP with $100K+ in debt to get a job. And since nobody I know has done anything but go straight to the right seat at Delta, American or United....nothing to see here, move along.

I had to write my own, as well, and I hated it. Just how it is, unfortunately. If you're already on active duty, pillage your squadron drive for other letters that other people have used, and then modify it with your information. Otherwise, Google is your friend.

The first one, no. The second one I got a letter from my RA and went to base supply and chose it myself.

The Mexican-Hawaiin love child analogy is spot on. I've actually said the exact same thing myself. I didn't mind Guam honestly, and I think being permanent party would be a better situation. My buddy out at Det 4 now has hit up Australia and New Zealand already, and he's been there less than a year, so if traveling is your thing, it could be fun if you choose to make it that way. Not a long hop to Tokyo from there, either I did start getting island fever towards the end of my six month trips. If you have family and take them, I think it'd be a better situation. All in all, not an assignment I'd actively shoot for, but not one I'd really dread either.

I got issued the same shitty type of jacket when I was an lt. Started flaking within a year. You're authorized two in your career. I opted to go ahead and get my second one, and chose one of better quality. Or, buy one from Pop's and never worry about it again.

Dunno on either the Bone of the B-2. Our next class isn't completely from the Tone side. We have a couple of ENJJPT non-fighter recommends, and the usual smattering of FAIPs. I'd guess if one bomber is getting Toners, we all are, but that's just my $.02.

Buffs are about to start dropping on the Tone side, per AFPC. Our next IQT class has both a T-1 FAIP and a newbie.

Bitch all you want about priorities....I cannot wait for the first time some E-9 with nothing better to do tries to correct me and I can pull this MFR out of my pocket. Oh, how the craniums will be explodin'!

No -135 navs, either RCs or KCs. Interesting. A good drop, though!

You sure it went out? I've seen it a couple of times in the past, but no joy yet this time around.

That would require us to have something digital in the aircraft, and that's not gonna happen!

Nope, it's all manual. That's one of the hangups with any potential plan to reengine the jet. If we go from eight to four, the rudder might not have enough control authority to counter a failed outboard, and adding a power assist is financially prohibitive.

With it being an inboard engine, I doubt he really noticed much of a difference. It's losing an outboard that makes it a sonuvabitch.

I knew at least one guy who barfed in his flight suit and used the waste straps to hold it in. Pretty sure it leaked down his leg on the way back into the building.

Interesting that that looks like it's been shot from a chase ship. Wing's flexed up too much for it to be on the ground.

Probably because they're all going to be needed for riot control when Trump is actually sworn in and half the libtards in the city lose their damn minds and start burning buildings and throwing bricks.

Holy thread revival, Batman!

Looks like the Strike Eagles are hurting for back enders...

Even further complicating the issue is that most of the 11Bs who do go reserves are min-participating TRs and fly their 737 or A320 more than a Buff or Bone. Good on them, but bad on us for not doing what's necessary to make it worth their while to stick around on a more full-time basis. I know the AFPC functional, and I trust his intentions are good. The intent isn't being met at the OG level. We had two inbound instructors picked off for other on-base assignments just recently. FTU Priority 1, right? Not so much, it seems...

The 11B exodus to fill white jet cockpits has already begun with no sign that it's getting better. Our line squadrons and FTU are already feeling the resultant pinch. All those guys were ACs six months to a year from IP upgrade, and now they're gone. The Buff FTU is getting a T-1 FAIP and a new UPT T-1 grad in our next class, so it seems Chang's nefarious plan is already in motion.

Dude, without sounding like a downer....Air Force medical has a stick up their collective asses about migraines. We just had to drop a guy from the Buff FTU for nausea-induced migraines, and even though he'd never gotten them in anything other than the Buff (nothing during IFT or UCT) they DQ'd him from ALL flying. Just be aware, you may have a hard fight on your hands, AF SG's screw up or not. Good luck!

Although, this helped two of our guys (both good dudes who should've made it before) make it one above this year. Having two boards in a calendar year tells me we're hurting for majors, so IMHO this isn't necessarily a bad thing.