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I’ve had one for years, I run whatever cheap .22 I have sitting around, haven’t really seen a difference with ammo. Average, probably get a malfunction once every 69-100 rounds. It’s still fun, cheap when I bought it, cheap to shoot. My kids enjoy shooting it, and it’s proven to be a great malfunction trainer for the kids learning to shoot.

Can't open the link (at "work") but if it's what I think it is, Shhhhhhhh! It's my plan to acquire a lot of liberal's guns cheaply and make them feel good about selling them to me! 😇 Seriously, every major city in Texas is Democrat-led, including my beloved San Antonio; so such crap can be expected. Just know no real Texans would sell their firearms to the government. They are the main reason we have them!!

God it’s funny to watch people froth over the Fox News guy after spending years defending the previous Ass Clown… Who was an Assclown as a COCOM commander and an Assclown as a Division commander, but somehow wasunquestionably “qUaLiFiEd” for the job. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

and Hegseth?

Ask any Ops squadron (line flyer, DOT, DO, or CC) if they're completing their mandatory AGEP surveys on revet graduates. Bet you they're like, eh-GeP...bless you you,? Or what did you just ask?

I assume (I know) that this process of feedback is being utilized, any response from AETC then? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Would love to see Schiff convicted of a federal crime and thrown in prison. Same with Swalwell. Now I just hope the FBI and the JD have the balls to follow through with prosecution. Tired of talk. I'm ready to see some action from these players.

https://bit.ly/4mGCPIY Gun buy back in Texas?! This isn’t Australia or some commie state like CA/NY, WTF is going on down there!

Every gun is different - buy several boxes of different ammo and see which one your particular gun likes best (function and accuracy). Takes a little more effort, but recommend writing down notes as you go so you can make an objective decision. Part of the fun, enjoy the range time!

Hey everybody! I just acquired an M&P 15/22, and I've noticed that it can be a bit particular about ammunition. Because of the significantly shorter nose design, several people claim that CCI Tactical 40-grain runs more consistently following the break-in time. After a few hundred rounds, has anyone else noticed an improvement in dependability or discovered an alternative ammunition that cycles better?

Aircrew Graduate Eval Program: Goal. As part of the instructional systems development continuum, feedback gathered through the AGEP is used to ensure AETC formal flying training course graduates meet customer requirements. https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/aetc/publication/aetci36-2606/aetci36-2606.pdf

Democratic whistleblower told FBI that Adam Schiff approved classified leaks to target Trump That boys and girls is a violation of the Espionage Act.

Are the B-course / Ops IPs on here that see the quality of pilots decreasing hooking more students (to include MQT rides), giving them extra rides, or kicking the can etc?

But those eyes! You can fix her.

Ahh gotcha. That's not how I feel about my current students since I started this job; to me, they have deficiencies based on the changes going on in UPT/IPT/whatever the artist formerly known as SUPT is. Most of them have good attitudes and are hungry; it's just the AF isn't training them properly and getting them right type/quality of training. And in all honesty in the 2-3 years before I retired I felt like my last squadron (anecdotal to be sure) was winning the CP lottery; we had a preponderance of strong swimmers with only 1-2 average/below average guys/girls. Changes to how communities are doing business shouldn't be surprising given the product that AF Pilot Training (and in many cases the FTUs) are producing. Students are getting less time/experience in both, which translates into more risk assumed by the line Sq/CCs. In most cases, the AF/MAJCOMs aren't giving said commanders additional resources to make up the gap, hence restrictions on certain training/maneuvers. I'm not saying that its the correct answer (at least at the AF level) but it's understandable given the shortfalls going on in the training pipelines.

Guy in my class did basically the same thing, did a Masters via AFIT civilian program then spent all of a few months at his actual first unit before coming to UPT, so it is possible. However it is ultimately up to the board if you get selected or not.

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Gotcha Kinda sorta this idea is for the MAJCOMs (heavy operators) to push back on AETC and get them to quit min running it or establish their own post-UPT programs and pre-FTU programs You (AETC) are not just gonna send us pilot with little multi engine time / training to fly a 75 million dollar Herc for example, you’re gonna put more into it sts… this list of events in a multi engine trainer, light twin if the AF is that cheap / broke… X flight hours, X landings, X GAs, X OEI approaches, X IAPs, X formation rides, etc… in a multi engine aircraft before you are accessed into an AMC, AFSOC, AFGSC, etc training program You could get granular on all the events but I’d try to keep it reasonable. Probably 10-12 tracked events / task items.

I believe that's how it was done at least once the changes to UPT started being made initially. When I went through recently, you needed an event graded to a fair/good/excellent depending on the phase you were in plus every X amount of rides you had to reaccomplish that event. If you were good at some things and worse at others, you could spend fewer rides doing the stuff you were good at and move the amount of rides for that block to a different part that you were weaker on so you could get more experience and practicing with whatever it was that you sucked at.

Yes, but most of the stories are anecdotal “new pilots suck!” Which everyone has said since forever. The change in how the slicks do business is actual change in how we operate as a result of new pilots sucking after pilot training.

Reading some of the comments above and some googling of thoughts on the 1500 hour rule for an ATP certificate, maybe what we should think about for UPT (heavy tracked mainly) is an events / proficiency demonstrated in X number of events / checkrides approach to checkmate those trying just say well, they got X number of hours, passed X number of rides and checked successfully in the T-6 and their GA training aircraft so they’re good together go. You could say that you kinda get that done now by ensuring X hours of training but it’s possible half of that is just at single ship cruise and doesn’t capture, record, track the percentage of their training hours that the student is actually training vs straight level 1 g point to point. If AMC, AFSOC, etc… is noticing training deficiencies / difficulties with new students at FTUs, this might be a more concrete way to push back on AETC’s latest iteration of flight training. Seems like there might be data out there to support what is sensed / observed about the guys that got shortchanged Events in a new multi eng trainer or training program(s)

You mean, kinda similar to my initial post on the topic quoted below? I think we’re in violent agreement here.

We can argue about the right way to teach assault landings. My point was things were mostly fine until UPT started changing, then the rash of hard landings followed by limitations placed on our new pilots. I feel like the quality of FP is linked to the UPT issues, and it’s showing in a lot of ways. This was the most obvious example I’ve seen so far.

Somebody gets it

Oldie but a goodie. On a related note and also bears repeating. I've never seen a jet get a DUI.