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If you don't have anything constructive to say, keep your mouth shut. Opinions are great, constructive criticism is encouraged, third grade retorts are right out. Threads that devolve into pissing contents will be locked. If your post starts to drag a thread in that direction, it will be removed. If you continue to instigate, you may face suspension of your posting abilities.
2 - Listen before you speak
A wise man once said, "You have two ears and one mouth, so you ought to listen twice as much as you talk."
Fighter squadrons have a rule that you can’t speak until you’ve had been there a year, and there's some wisdom to this; don't just show up here spouting your wisdom to dudes who are not only veterans to this board, but veterans to the Air Force. Hang out a while, read the posts, and be a fly on the wall. You'll see who's legit and who is generally clueless. This will prevent you from a severe case in foot-in-mouth-itis when you try to tell a combat proven pilot that he knows nothing while you sit at home waiting to see if your UPT package has been approved.
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4 - If it's been talked about before, keep it in the same thread.
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CBS has a little poll out that lets you rate the President. They are actually showing what appears to be the real results.
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I have been following the "poser" thread. While it has been interesting, I thought I would try and balance that with the story of a real hero: Mike Monsoor, Navy Seal, MOH, Silver Star, Bronze Star, purple heart. https://www.navyseals.com/michael-monsoor Excerpt from the citation: Navy Narrative: “On 29 September (2006), Monsoor was part of a sniper overwatch security position in eastern Ramadi, Iraq, with three other SEALs and eight Iraqi soldiers. They were providing overwatch security while joint and combined forces were conducting missions in the area. Ramadi had been a violent and intense area for a very strong and aggressive insurgency for some time. All…
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Distinguished Baseops community, Wanted to post a "Get the word out" thread for not only these two individuals, but for anyone in the future who wanted to help Military members running for office. There was that one "Guest for Congress?" (not me) thread from a while back, but that was about that guy in particular. This is intended to be one in general for people running to help spread the word, potentially get advice, and anything else that may help them in their goal to continue to serve our nation, now as an elected official. I think we can all agree that if Congress had more members who wore a uniform at some point, our country would be better off. I know these …
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Apparently the Army is looking to relocate the Pentagon to western Kansas. "The move will take place in three primary phases," said Johnson. "Initially we will use a giant crane to lift the building onto a barge in the Potomac River. From there we will float the barge down the Atlantic Coast and into the Gulf of Mexico. Then, we will sail the Pentagon up the Mississippi River to just south of St. Louis. In the final stage, we will place the building on large flat-bed trucks and drive it the rest of the way." "We have sought the advice of the Navy and determined that we can just treat the building like a big ship as we move. All of the employees will basically be exp…
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Alright, take two. Guess I should step it up a little bit and find a more mature topic to discuss than what Doug Masters likes to do in his "off time". Well, here's what I'd like to know more about, and the perfect forum of people to discuss it with, at that. I'm quite the fan of the "fighter pilot attitude", as I figure it. Pieced together from various places, books, movies, and forum posts, and mixed in with a hell of a lot of my own attitude and experiences, I've ended up imagining what I think is the greatest "attitude" of anyone that really wants to get sh*t done. Not so much "checking off my to-do list", than being accomplished in life and feeling like the king o…
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This is hilarious, my wife is crushed by the news; but I am laughing my ass off! Latin singer Ricky Martin says he is gay What's great for us guys is that when a hot woman announces she's a lesbo, it's totally cool! For example: I don't care if Ellen nailed it before me, I still would!
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Link As usual, no details released yet. There's bound to be a ton of information from your local safety shop about this one, folks, so stay tuned...
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Horrible accident, absolute terrible odds. Miles of beach and this jogger gets killed by a dead-stick kit-plane whose windshield is obscured by oil. Beach jogger killed by plane likely never heard it
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Thought some of you fellow history buffs might enjoy reading this... Cheers! M2 B17-Logbook.pdf
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Just curious if this is the same guy that crashed as a Thunderbird at Mt Home? CSAF Individual Safety Award - Lt. Col. Christopher Stricklin, 14th Flying Training Wing, Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. Colonel Stricklin led and managed flight, ground, and weapon safety programs for 3,000 personnel, including 20 essential safety personnel who provided over 3,120 annual hours of on-call service. As a direct result of his efforts, flight mishaps were reduced in nearly every category; down 50 percent in Class A, 70 percent in Class C, 44 percent in Class E, and 50 percent in Controlled Movement Area Violations. Article here. https://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=1231940…
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Story FIH? MEA? AVE F? Bueller? ...Epic clown show on behalf of the C-17 pilots, or classic case of an overzelous civilian pilot/PA dorks?
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A few things come to mind here: 1 - Why did he wait until he slowed down to 50mph before he decided it might be a good idea to turn the vehicle off? Is there not a neutral on hybrids? 2 - HOLY SHIT! This guy got a damn PRIUS to go 94 mph! Kudos for the top speed attempt, but you still drive a Prius. I award you no points.
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Linkie Supposedly a photo of the area-
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From an undisclosed secret comm facility somewhere in the NCR: To: All HAF customers Recently, there has been buzz (bzzzzzzzzzzzz) concerning new DOD guidance allowing USB removable media devices (i.e., thumb drives) back into the network environment. The Air Force is studying the rules and information contained in the guidance regarding mandatory training, accountability, documentation, checks, auditing, and other constraints. For now, the existing policy stands: Personnel cannot use thumb drives on the HAF network. AFSPC is diligently working with the communications experts from 24th Air Force and SAF/XC staff to develop new standardized policies, procedures a…
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Not much info yet. This plane doesn't seem to like PGUA.
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I tried searching "archery" and didn't get the answers I was looking for. If there's something I missed or if this should be part of another thread, please let me know. I'm wondering if anyone knows the rules for having a compound bow and equipment on base (or who I could contact to find out). Do I have to store it at the Armory like I would a gun? I'm at Columbus if that helps. Thanks!
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My name is Vincent, I lived in Mayenne (France). I doing some research about all the american soldiers killed in Action to free my country during the World War II. I'm request your to help me in my resarch about the 2nd Lt. Montgomery A Coddington. He was a pilot of the 474th Figthing Group-428 Fighters Squadron-9th TAC. His plane serial number : 5864 was hit by the flack on the 7th june 1944 near Montsûrs in Mayenne. I would like to know more about this heroe, and why not find members of his family. I'm sorry to my poor english and i hope i have this subject on the good topic. Best Regards, Vincent (France)
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I realize we don't want this to become an ad forum, but the Baseops CINC gave me the thumbs up on this one. Two buds opened a logo/embroidery shop 2 years ago and they do great work at great prices, and are not busy enough in this economy. They can provide great work on squadron hats, jackets, softball shirts, luggage tags, etc. They have any color thread and any color ball cap combo. The prices and service are hard to pass up. [They don't do patches, but they sew just about anyting else (and print t-shirts, too)]. The websites are JustSew and Mary Lou's Monogramming
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Sad story. Weather at the time was winds calm 1/8-1/4 SM vis and VV001. They hit high tension power lines estimated to be ~100' AGL. Parts of the a/c crashed into a daycare and some other things...no one on the ground injured fortunately. Knocked out power for the entire city pretty much all day. No idea what would possess someone to t/o with that weather in a Cessna 310. Are civilian pilots even required to meet IFR climb gradients OEI? Three Die; Plane Crashes In East Palo Alto Neighborhood
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Obviously the Air Force has the ability to be more "mission centric" vice the sister services which have a tendency to be "jack of all trades, master of none." Knowing this full well I'm curious about what experience/training Strike Eagle crews get on BFM/ACM. Do you all concentrate on A/G all the time and totally forgo BFM or am I missing something. This question is loaded but asked politely. Word.
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Story is that the guy left some fishing bait in the plane...and a bear 'found' it. Not only do I love the duct tape job, but he still had the presence in mind to write his N number with a pen...you know...for legal sh*t and all that.
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https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100211/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_wilson Certainly an interesting character, and who knows where we'd be with Afghanistan if more people listened to his point of view after the Soviet-Afghan War. RIP.
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https://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=457410 Jack White upset with Air Force Reserve over Super Bowl ad Feb. 8, 2010, 9:38 PM EST WENN -- White Stripes star Jack White has taken exception to a TV ad which aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday -- because he feels it ripped off his "Fell In Love With A Girl" hit. The rocker and executives at his Third Man Records have complained about the U.S. Air Force Reserve's apparent "re-recording" of the tune. In an online post, White and the record label bosses write, "We believe our song was re-recorded and used without permission of the White Stripes, our publishers, label or management. "The White Strip…
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