Track Selects and Assignment Nights

[PlanePhlyer 32]

What was the DLF drop?

[Inertia17 39]

XL 17-13

T-38

T-38 ADAIR

2 x F-16

B-1

T-6 FAIP

T-1

2 x C-17 (Hickham/Charleston)

AC-130W

MC-130

T-1 FAIP

T-6 FAIP

C-130J Yokota

HC-130

RC-135

 

I might have missed a few, but that it most of the AD drop.

[Badger_Flyboy 0]

KEND

T38

F15C Kingsley Field (guard)

F15C Kingsley Field

F15E Seymour Johnson

F16 Luke

F35 Luke (B2 fakeout)

B2 Whiteman

T6 FAIP

 

T1

C130J Channel Islands (guard)

C5 Dover (guard)

C130H Wyoming (guard)

C130J McGuire (guard)

2xRC135 Offutt

C130J Little Rock

C146 Duke

T1 FAIP

CV22 Hurlburt

AC130W Cannon

C17 Charleston

 

[Fish_burger 0]

KCBM 17-13

T38

F35, Luke

T6 FAIP x2

F16, Luke

A10, Davis-Monthon

 

T1

C130H, Patrick (Reserve)

C130H, Illinois ANG

RC-135

C130J, Little Rock

C130J, Yokota

C17, Travis

C17, Hickam

C21, Ramstein

HC130J, Moody

E3, Tinker

T1 FAIP

C17, Dover

C146, Duke

[Vimix22 7]

On 8/5/2017 at 10:26 AM, Fish_burger said:

KCBM 17-13

T38

F35, Luke

T6 FAIP x2

F16, Luke

A10, Davis-Monthon

 

T1

C130H, Patrick (Reserve)

C130H, Illinois ANG

RC-135

C130J, Little Rock

C130J, Yokota

C17, Travis

C17, Hickam

C21, Ramstein

HC130J, Moody

E3, Tinker

T1 FAIP

C17, Dover

C146, Duke

Is getting T-6 FAIP'd from T-38s a normal thing? Seems like they would want all T-38 grads to go straight to the CAF. 

Edited August 9 by Vimix22
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[FishBowl 54]

7 minutes ago, Vimix22 said:

Is getting T-6 FAIP'd from T-38s a normal thing? Seems like they would want all T-38 grads to go straight to the CAF. 

They have to have instructors. Try can't only pulling from the CAF to have T-38 instructors. It's a balancing act way above my pay grade. "Robbing Peter to pay Paul" type of situation. 

[euser 1]

26 minutes ago, Vimix22 said:

Is getting T-6 FAIP'd from T-38s a normal thing? Seems like they would want all T-38 grads to go straight to the CAF. 

I've heard from one of my 38 buddies that getting faip'd to T-6s as a T-38 stud isn't good for the fighter career. From what I understand it's sort of a derail from fighters. I have yet to seen a fighter bros as an IP in T-6s. The few I've seen around are in T-38s, but there's a healthy number of bombers bros as 38 IPs. 

I'm no expert on how FAIPing works by any means, but that seems to be the gist of what I'm hearing around. But not everyone who gets 38s is meant for fighters. 

Edited August 9 by euser

[Inertia17 39]

4 minutes ago, euser said:

I've heard from one of my 38 buddies that getting faip'd to T-6s as a T-38 stud isn't good for the fighter career. From what I understand it's sort of a derail from fighters.

Getting FAIP'd in general apparently closes a few doors (Weapons School for example, or at least makes it more difficult), but it seems most of the T-6 FAIP's who flew T-38s in UPT are heading to fighters now. As for T-38 vs T-6 FAIP, as with anything it is a bit of luck and timing as well. There could be a dude who would be a great FAIP, but there isn't a slot for T-38 PIT available to the Sq at the time, so they end up in the T-6 instead.

[Danger41 322]

Previous 2 posts are wrong. In my WIC class, there were at least 2 T-6 FAIPs going through fighter courses.

Being a T-6 vs T-38 FAIP has no bearing on follow on assignments. 

[Inertia17 39]

23 minutes ago, Danger41 said:

Previous 2 posts are wrong. In my WIC class, there were at least 2 T-6 FAIPs going through fighter courses.

Being a T-6 vs T-38 FAIP has no bearing on follow on assignments. 

Definitely glad to hear that FAIP doesn't make it impossible to go to Weapons School. A number of people had mentioned it is much more difficult being 4 years 'behind' as far as time in your MWS goes, is this true?

Edited August 9 by Inertia17
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[skosh 4]

48 minutes ago, Danger41 said:

Previous 2 posts are wrong. In my WIC class, there were at least 2 T-6 FAIPs going through fighter courses.

Being a T-6 vs T-38 FAIP has no bearing on follow on assignments. 

There are also 3 FAIPs in my TPS class... F-16, B-1, and C-130 backgrounds.  I think they were all T-6 FAIPs.  Definitely didn't hurt their applications to have 1000+ instructor hours in a different airframe than their primary MWS.

[Runr6730 7]

On 8/5/2017 at 4:26 PM, Fish_burger said:

KCBM 17-13

T38

F35, Luke

T6 FAIP x2

F16, Luke

A10, Davis-Monthon

 

T1

C130H, Patrick (Reserve)

C130H, Illinois ANG

RC-135

C130J, Little Rock

C130J, Yokota

C17, Travis

C17, Hickam

C21, Ramstein

HC130J, Moody

E3, Tinker

T1 FAIP

C17, Dover

C146, Duke

No tankers dropped at any of those three bases?  I don't think I've ever seen that happen.

[brabus 519]

7 hours ago, Inertia17 said:

Definitely glad to hear that FAIP doesn't make it impossible to go to Weapons School. A number of people had mentioned it is much more difficult being 4 years 'behind' as far as time in your MWS goes, is this true?

Significantly more difficult, but as danger pointed out, not impossible. For those who have a realstic chance, the general hurdle is not skill/potential, it's time line and getting to the required level before time runs out. 

Edited August 9 by brabus

[Lord Ratner 381]

Don't worry, the opportunity for these types of qualifications will increase greatly as the applicant pool shrinks

[LiquidSky 2]

XL 18-06 Track

7 T-38 (1 International)

1 TH-1

Remainder T-1s

Edited August 13 by LiquidSky

[FishBowl 54]

XL 17-14 T-38s

F-16 - Holloman

F-15C - Klamath Falls

T-6 FAIP

B-52 - Barksdale

F-35 - Luke

F-16 - Luke

[zachtx 0]

KEND 17-14

T-6 FAIP
T-38 FAIP
B-1 Dyess
B-52 Barksdale
A-10 Davis Monthan
F-16 Luke
F-15C (x2) Klamath Falls
F-15E Seymour Johnson
KC-10 Travis
C-17 Elmendorf
C-17 Charleston
MC-130J Kadena
C-146 Duke
EC-130H Davis Monthan
U-28 (x2) Cannon
C-21 Scott
C-130H (x2) ANG

 

I think that's it...might have missed one or two.

 

[YoungnDumb 24]

Vance T-38

x1 T-38 FAIP

x1 F-15E

x1 F-16

x2 F-15C

x1 A-10

x1 B-1

x1 B-52

T-1's

x1 T-6 FAIP

x1 C-17 Elmo

x1 MC-130 Kadena

x2 U-28

x1 C-146 (Reservist)

x1 C-130 Puerto Rico (Guard)

x1 C-17 Charleston

Can't remember the rest as I was fairly inebriated

[Thor 5]

Columbus T-38

x1 T-38 FAIP

x1 F-15E

x1 B-52

x2 F-16

x1 A-10

Columbus T-1

x2 U-28

x1 MC-130

x1 E-3

x1 E-8

x2 C-17 (maybe more)

x2 C-130 (maybe more)

x3 KC-135

x1 T-1 FAIP

x1 T-6 FAIP

x1 LC-130

I don't remember the rest

[Sparkle 4]

EN 17-08

Active
F-35A x 2 
F-15E x 2 
A-10C x 1
F-15C x 1
T-38C FAIP x 1
B-52 x 2 
B-1B x 1

Guard/Reserve
A-10C x 1
F-22A x 1

Foreign
Danish F-16 x 3
Norwegian F-16 x 5
Italian Tornado x 1

[172 wannabe 0]

Apparently some of the T-1 studs who recently tracked were told that they should expect bombers in their drop. Has anyone else heard anything similar?

[YoungnDumb 24]

42 minutes ago, 172 wannabe said:

Apparently some of the T-1 studs who recently tracked were told that they should expect bombers in their drop. Has anyone else heard anything similar?

That's been the rumor for as long as I've been a FAIP, seen it once and it was a joint spouse setup.

Also a good rumor is that the KC-46 is gonna drop soon (been hearing that one since I was a stud).

Edited September 10 by YoungnDumb

[Vito 33]

 Quick question, and please refrain from the " Jersey jokes". I notice that over the past few years there are very few McGuire C-17 assignments dropped.  I know other bases have more airframes, but I'm just curious why.

[nsplayr 599]

18 hours ago, Vito said:

 Quick question, and please refrain from the " Jersey jokes". I notice that over the past few years there are very few McGuire C-17 assignments dropped.  I know other bases have more airframes, but I'm just curious why.

You've got to look into that Situation ASAP 😎

[Termy 59]

Solid!