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	  2026 ACTIVE DUTY UFT BOARDMintberry_crunch replied to rparsonsr2's topic in Pilot Selection Process Got notified, pilot select! 1st application, 84pilot, 88PCSM, 21Hours, 1/5 at wing, Wg/CD LOR, non-rated AFSC.
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	UPT select! 1st application, 95 Pilot, 93 PCSM, 150 flight hours with PPL, 1/1 at wing. LOR from O-6 at my base’s tenant wing who I worked closely with. Currently 2.5 years in as a non-rated Flt/CC.
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	UPT select. First time applying. 92 PCSM, 99 Pilot, 11 flight hours, rated preparatory program, and 1/1 at wing
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	  Commanders are dropping like flies this yearSwizzle replied to MDDieselPilot's topic in General Discussion Marines fire senior officers, top enlisted leader of Osprey squadron https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-osprey-squadron-fired/
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	Just got notified! UPT Select! 99 Pilot 98 PCSM 320 flight hours PPL/Instrument/Commercial/MultiEngine/Certified Flight Instructor. #1 at squadron/group/wing! First time applying. 11 years in the military. Prior enlisted maintainer/ Prior Flight Engineer/ Current RPA Pilot.
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	UCT select. 99 Pilot, 84 PCSM, 41 flight hours, no PPL, 1/1 at the wing, second time applying. Not the outcome I was hoping for, but there is always next year. Hopefully I’ll open up a spot for someone who really wanted CSO.
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	I'll just plant this lil gem right here because his crimes occured in the NCAA. NFL is on a roll picking the wrong people to highlight. Tardo cheater. Of the entire NFL, they picked that chump? ‐-------- Wednesday, the Chargers recognized Harbaugh for his off-field contributions, naming him their nominee for the 2025 Salute to Service Award The annual honor, with one nomination from each team, “recognizes NFL players, coaches, staff, and alumni who make exceptional efforts to honor and support military and veteran communities.”
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	Got notified yesterday. UPT select 99 Pilot, 40+ hours (no PPL), 93 PCSM, 2/6 at the WG. My boss said they cut the total selects from 100 to 70 due to delays at the FTUs post UPT.
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	Just got notified, UPT select! 96 Pilot 92 PCSM PPL and second time applying. Good luck gents!!
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	Also adding basic stats for future applicants to gauge their packages off of: 99 PCSM/94 Pilot, 80ish hours, PPL, 1/2 at Wing, med qual'ed by MFS
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	70 selects for UPT, 10 UHT, 15 URT, 20 UCT, 10 UABMT, 18 alternates
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	Congratulations! I’m waiting to hear. I’m on the west coast and so our day is just getting started
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	I'm happy to confirm you are better informed than I am. My commander received notification I was selected today. Keeping my fingers crossed for you all!!
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	  Hurricane Hunters - Extreme TurbulenceBashiChuni replied to ClearedHot's topic in General Discussion you'd have to pay me 25 mil+ tax free to do that
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	When the radar is all yellow and red (and magenta if you have turbulence detection), which way do you turn for weather avoidance?....Kermit apparently doesn't give a shit and extends the middle finger (prop?) to Melissa.
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	I'm digging the engineer's hat!! 🫡🫡🫡 And Kermit's bouncing all over the place! 😮😮😮
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	Quibbling. They DEA actually arrested 617 suspected cartel members across the U.S. between 25–29 August 2025, that number (171) was in New England only. That operation also led to the seizure of large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, counterfeit pills, firearms and millions in cash. DEA officials may have described these as “high-level arrests” and part of a broader effort to dismantle the cartel. I don't give a fuck about how these criminals are described, as long as they are concentrating on removing these individuals from our society, they can call them the Easter Bunny! And of course Massachusetts law enforcement officials will try to downplay the fact that these cartel narcotics networks are operating almost unabated in their state!
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	Too much effort is spent justifying upholding the law. Just call them criminals and keep arresting them. The people who don't want us to follow the laws are never going to be convinced no matter how many high-level whatevers you catch, and the people who are already supporters are just going to be turned off if you're caught in a lie. There's never going to be an administration in the history of the country that loses an election for upholding immigration laws. Plenty have lost elections for over-promising and under-delivering.
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	  Hurricane Hunters - Extreme TurbulenceLord Ratner replied to ClearedHot's topic in General Discussion Doesn't look extreme to me. Mmayyybeee definitely severe though. That wasn't the type of turbulence that turns flight attendants and beverage carts into missiles. Or, conversely, the inescapable gravitational pull between the Earth and that crew's gigantic nuts was keeping them from being affected by the turbulence as much.
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	I am a weather geek and always wondered what it would be like to be a Hurricane Hunter. For those who followed Hurricane Melissa which is the third strongest hurricane on record (892MB and still intensifying at landfall), the NOAA and USAFR Hurricane Hunters had a constant presence as the storm built and hit Jamaica and Cuba. USAFR flies a fleet of 10 WC-130Js and NOAA operates two PC-3's. One of the P-3s (named Kermit), was flying a mission during the rapid intensification. As they departed the eye and flew into the eyewall they encountered what looks to me like extreme turbulence. Ultimately they elected to depart the storm because of the turbulence ..something that rarely happens. Video below shows what must have been a tense ride. Note the engineer working the throttles...or trying to while getting tossed around. AQP1zLdnXrSgI_2_OBE_F0hhLxJeGO4jFK1eae_iKwtS_ust8aU-GrgMjUvsO9FJVYVRDFgG7Q7fe2AYKxCS-1egSOsuHaBH7rl8OO9TGvWqRQ.mp4
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	I wish this admin would just do the job vs making shit up. Yes, overblown headlines are as old as dirt. But it just makes the DEA look like chumps. The DEA said it arrested 171 ‘high ranking’ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found that’s not true. “They are doing anything they can to tie it to a cartel,” said one federal law enforcement official, adding that the arrests were “definitely not cartel.” A Massachusetts law enforcement official briefed by the DEA confirmed that those arrested were nearly all low-level offenders, not major dealers. “They always talk it up a little,” the official said of the DEA. “They talked this up too much.”
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	  Initial Pilot Training and Future Pilot TrainingClark Griswold replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion More on their new trainer, carrier focused with potential for light fighter https://defence-blog.com/chinas-new-combat-jet-spotted-in-test-flight/#

 
					
						 
	 
					
						 
	 
					
						 
	 
                     
					
						 
	 
	