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21-02 WSO was 4x F-15 3x B-52 21-03 WSO was 2x F-15 2x B-52 1x B-1 Reserves 21-04 WSO was 4x F-15 3x B-52 1x B-1 Reserves 21-05 WSO was 4x F-15 2x B-52 2x B-1
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/magazine/navy-captain-crozier-positive-coronavirus.html
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They did have it parked on the ramp outside the weapons lab which would have been entertaining had Russia chosen to do an Open Skies flight that particular day.
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Probably their take on Aurora/SR-72. I watched them film that scene while I was leaving work. They did a few passes with Blue Angel #2 and of course nobody was actually standing there. They had a full-size mock-up of the bird pictured in my hangar. China Lake definitely does not have a guard shack right at the departure end of 14.
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Did you care about cars once you became a (fighter) pilot?
dotonfire replied to Desk Jobs Suck's topic in General Discussion
@StoleIt I'd love know know how the Vipers and the Z compare. -
Did you care about cars once you became a (fighter) pilot?
dotonfire replied to Desk Jobs Suck's topic in General Discussion
Guess this is the car thread now? Here I'm running my daily driver stock Z06 at the Lone Pine Time Trials on Manzanar Airfield in California. It's kind of like autocross, only with speeds well into the 100's. -
2020 Air Force Active Duty UPT Board
dotonfire replied to Bob Uecker's topic in Pilot Selection Process
@Zachv95 are you going reserve CSO? If so, you should get them fitted and issued during inprocessing at JBSA. Otherwise, you should PCS to Pensacola before you go to IFT and get fitted/issued there. Also, that's an Aerospace Physiology course at Peterson (chamber training, spacial disorientation, etc) right before your IFT. -
Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT
dotonfire replied to a topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
@BlueSkyz, it took me about a year and nine months from interview to UFT dates coming from Navy. This included flight phys, waivers, and IFT. Sans those, it would be about nine months from flight physical stamp to UFT. Feel free to PM with any Q's about the process. Are you AD? Are you applying to units? -
Commanders are dropping like flies this year
dotonfire replied to MDDieselPilot's topic in General Discussion
"Integrity First" goes both ways: the integrity of the officer executing the test and his testimony, the integrity of the test itself, the integrity of the evidence against the accused, the integrity of the state bringing the charges, the integrity of the jury and their decision, the integrity of the prosecutor, etc. -
Navy Jet Attrite to ANG? AF Reserves?
dotonfire replied to AIM2013's topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
@OZZ I attrited from Navy Maritime right at the NATOPS checkride in advanced. Tried to go WSO but CNATRA said no slots. Tried to redes at a POCR board but RIF'ed. Got put in the IRR as a General Aviation officer (most useless desginator, let me tell you) and got a contractor job as a flight test engineer on Hornets, so I totally understand that feeling of being so close, but not flying. I started applying to ANG and AFRC units and got picked up for WSO in a reserve unit. If you really want to fly commercially, WSO probably isn't the way to go, though. I have heard of guys who attrited get -
Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT
dotonfire replied to a topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
Thanks, it was quite a fight to get it approved by the Navy with that Navadmin, even though I have the most useless desginator in the service. It really set my timeline back a ways, too. -
Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT
dotonfire replied to a topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
@Targeteer sounds about right!. I tried to contact Personnel and Readiness when the Navy stonewalled my conditional release, but was eventually able to get it resolved backchannel by posting on the Navy equivalent of this board. I'm surprised you had the scrolling hangup since I promoted to O-3 while Navy IRR as well and didn't have that issue. Was it a recent promotion? It seems lots of processes here are broken and nobody is working with any sense of urgency (and in some cases, competency). -
Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT
dotonfire replied to a topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
MEPS: 01 Mar 2018 Package submitted: 08 Mar 2018 FOIA request for certain military records (at squadron's request): 16 Mar 2018 MEPS redux (to correct missing documentation): 03 Apr 2018 FOIA received: 06 Apr 2018 Interview: 27 Apr 2018 Hired: 1 May 2018 DD368 (Navy IRR > USAFR) rejected: 21 May 2018 DD368 reconsidered and approved: 02 July 2018 ETP (TFCS) approved: Sep 2018 Board: Nov 2018 missed due to another required waiver (signed Nov 2018) Board: package resubmitted for Jan 2019 board Scrolled: Jan 2019 IFC 1A : 16 Jan 2019 Squadron notified of selection 16 -
Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT
dotonfire replied to a topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
@Insert name, I'm in a similar boat as you - waiting on my med to get stamped so I can swear in, sign my DD368 and send that in, and then finally get dates. How long ago did your phys get sent in? Also, anybody know if you've completed IFT for another branch but don't yet have your PPL, can you get USAF IFT waivered? -
Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT
dotonfire replied to a topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
@FlyArmy how long did the scrolling process take? I was thinking I could only scroll after AFRC selection, FC1 (req'd for swearing in), and swear-in. I'm IRR, so not having a break in service might have affected my timeline.