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@bs98 Are you gate complete? If you need to take a break from flying, find a staff job or IMA job. I left Active Duty last summer and my mind is boggled by all the ways to serve/get paid as a Reservist. Should be way smoother to get back in a cockpit going that route than by switching to RPAs.

Today in Aviation History: Captain Richard S. “Steve” Ritchie Becomes the First U.S. Air Force Ace of the Vietnam War - Vintage Aviation News https://share.google/mGDasOaduiy8LFP53

CH with his Blackstone: https://www.facebook.com/reel/726060502848031?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V&mibextid=0NULKw

Essentially the hydraulic fluid that was used to service the struts was about 1/4 water. The dumbest of the dumb are put in charge of the tool crib which is normally responsible for the HAZMAT program that monitors the oil and hydro carts and barrels. One of the first times I've seen the direct result of putting your problem kids in the tool crib.

Vanderbilt.

You're being generous, I'd give FSU a 5% chance at best. I would say 0%, but there's always a chance!

Inside 48 hours to OSU-UT. FSU-Alabama at 1230 (PST), Clemson-LSU (1630), Miami-ND Sunday... Made a mistake - My classes are next weekend! I'll be watching it all. I give FSU a 25% shot. Several Alabama players out, 80% chance of rain... But I have no idea what we have.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN2fYjI5Dez/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== The most Australian thing that could ever happen. Thanks Instagram.

? There are other rounds than just 5.56. 300BLK with a good can won't even wake up the kids. Then again, sometimes I'm pretty sure a 155mm howitzer wouldn't wake up the kids either 🤣😂

Glad the tradition carried on Huggy. The first one was '85 just as I was leaving the AF.

Curiosity here based on a few reddit threads and from talking to a few acquaintances on the Navy's NFO side. Fighters from what I was told are the least competitive to be assigned as an NFO, whereas P-8s are the most competitive. On the CSO side of the house are the trends similar where fighters are least competitve and other platforms are more?

That explains things somewhat! Back around '97, D-M hosted an ACC Crud tournament. It was sponsored by Hiram Walker and the winning team got $10,000. Every ACC base but one sent a team. It was awesome. When we got there, the Wing CC Colonel gave a talk to all of the teams in the Club. Cynical me was waiting to hear the usual spiel, blah blah blah. Instead, he gave a great but short talk about keeping the traditions alive and to make the most of the weekend. I don't remember the specific worlds but it was so refreshing to hear someone tell us to push it up hard and leave exhausted. I have no idea how he got promoted keeping those old school values, but I'm glad he did. https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104647/general-john-dw-corley/ We proceeded to have a pretty epic 3-days. I guess it was in D-M's DNA.

Probably goes a long ways to explain why we as a country can't win wars, build roads in a reasonable amount of time, why our biggest manufacturers (Boeing, Ford, etc.) have lost their way, etc.

Figured this thread was the best place for this... Air National Guard Tests F-15 Fighter Against Helicopters An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter deploys countermeasure flares as an F-15D Eagle maneuvers overhead during a joint over-water test flight, Aug. 20, 2025. (U.S. Air Force) Two helicopters faced off against an F-15D Eagle fighter aircraft above water in an unprecedented combat defense test conducted by the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and U.S. Navy. The test saw an HH-60W Jolly Green and an HH-60G Pave Hawk defend against attacks by an F-15D in a maritime setting. The attacks were staged to simulate real-world scenarios in which U.S. rescue helicopters were fired upon at sea. “The HH-60W has never undergone this type of evaluation. This test data will help us determine how effective U.S. countermeasures are against fighter aircraft over water,” U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Don Smith, AATC HH-60 Division deputy director, said in a service release... (Full article at title link)

Long but worth the time, a good explanation of why managerialism is everywhere and growing unfortunately https://tomklingenstein.com/managerialism-means-the-end-of-democracy/?utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=6831201731268&utm_content=6831201731468&utm_term=6831201731068&utm_campaign=6831201731268 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yet another “oh that can’t happen, it’s impossible” LM engineer statement proven wrong in time.

I have nothing to add other than I toured the F-35 production line in Fort Worth a few weeks ago, and it's pretty cool.

F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before fighter jet crashed in Alaska "An Air Force investigation blamed the crash on ice in the hydraulic lines in the nose and main landing gears of the F-35, which prevented them from deploying properly." "At that point, the F-35’s sensors indicated it was on the ground and the jet’s computer systems transitioned to “automated ground-operation mode,” the report said." "This caused the fighter jet to become “uncontrollable” because it was “operat(ing) as though it was on the ground when flying,” forcing the pilot to eject." Thanks HAL!

Bot fo sho

Gen. Fogleman is a first class act. I had just left the AF out of DMAFB when he came in as the new 1 star ADO. Moral was bad. First thing he did was to host Crud tournaments at the O'Club.

From what they told us in RPP, the LOR should be coming from someone that has firsthand experience of your character and leadership. I understood this as it could be anyone in your CoC or someone who you worked closely with. My LOR from an O-6 I worked with had a lot of statistics of things I've done for my career field and the wing but I'm worried it sounds too robotic or just not personal enough if that makes sense? Like it sounds genuine but not heartfelt? I honestly am not sure what the board is looking for but my buddy who got picked up last year told me to avoid general, broad statements (fluff) for both my LOR and rater comments.

Hal?

just connecting to the base 🙂