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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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After you follow Rule 3 but don't find exactly what you're looking for, revive one of the old threads instead of starting a brand new one. In other words, if you're trying to find information on housing at Del Rio and you find lots of old posts with Del Rio info, but nothing specifically answers your question - post your question at the end of one of those threads. This makes it easier for future searches so that 690 threads don't pop up when they try to search for "Del Rio Housing"
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Not sure if this is already common knowledge but it's the first I've heard of it. So for those of you who are just dieing to write OPRs and EPRs on their home macbook. I found a couple of mediocre options. IBM Forms Workplace Viewer: - This is pretty simple. You need to download macfuse first. I haven't been able to use the next page button though. But it at least lets me make sure my bullets have the right number of characters in each line. Citrix ICA Client: - This one will open up some windows 98 looking screen. I haven't been able to open EPRs/OPRs but the award package forms works like a champ (I don't get it). Good luck. Let me know if it works…
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https://wqad.com/2012...-city-air-show/
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Hey guys, Apolitical question about our rules - I noticed a part-time Guard officer running for office who consistently criticizes the president. She has said some pretty inflammatory stuff about President Trump. Regardless of which side of the political aisle you are on, isn’t this completely illegal? Do Guard members fall under different rules?
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A couple of days ago we lost Hervey Stockman. Sixty-eight missions flying Mustangs during WWII, one of the first handful of U-2 pilots including the very first flight over the Soviet Union, and later six years as a POW after his Phantom was lost over Vietnam. Salute, Colonel! From the POW Network website (who I'd guess won't mind being quoted...)
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/6145334/RAF-asks-for-beer-money-donations.html
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Was hunting for porn on YouTube, and stumbled across this. Couldn't embed the video, so here's the link... Funny shit! Cheers! M2
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We are all anxiously awaiting # 5000! Make it a good one! We all appreciate your past words, serious professional guidance, humorous, mostly sober, topical and "telling lt like it is"!
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Crashing Hueys just wasn't enough I guess... https://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=1t28f4&s=2 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtokflMV8Lg Safe for work in either case.
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Gents, As I sit here from my whiskey fueled perch, pondering the state of the nation, and pissed that the pats didn't lose, I'd like to ask your opinion. What if someone was to run for office on the following premise, accountability. "You all voted in to office people who got this business, our government and country, into mass debt, and continued war spending, monetary, and physical." (it's cumbersome wording, whatever, you get it, human cost) Those elected representatives (for the most part) have not served, their children do not serve, their peers do not serve, they do not know the cost of war. In order to get our country to be a solvent business, and our r…
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Saw this drop on twitter. Don't think it fits on a different thread so I made this one. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA388-1.html The Air War Against The Islamic State The Role of Airpower in Operation Inherent Resolve
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If you're a Cheetah or an IFF instructor at Randolph, will you drop me a DM please? Thanks. Huggy
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https://neveryetmelted.com/2009/08/28/cbs-knew-george-w-bush-volunteered-for-vietnam/ CBS Knew George W. Bush Volunteered for Vietnam CBS, Dan Rather, George W. Bush, Mary Mapes, Media Bias, The Mainstream Media line Bernard Goldberg reveals a major detail disclosed by CBS’s investigation of Rathergate which the mainstream media for some mysterious reason has never considered worth reporting. Dan Rather is suing the network that employed him for 44 years, asking for $70 million dollars in damages. Technically, the lawsuit is about a dry legal issue — breach of contract. But it is also about something much more personal to Rather: his legacy. It is…
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Friends, If you do not have an e-mail account associated with your login, you may miss this bulk e-mail, so here are the contents of the e-mail. Please feel free to ask questions. Hello! There will be another update to the Baseops Forums this Friday, 14 August. One of the major changes is that you must log in with your "display name". This is the name that shows up to the left on all of your posts. Your previously selected "user name" will no longer work. Please jot down your "display name" so that you can log in once the upgrade is complete. Additionally, there will be some associated down time with the forum app for iphone and android, and it may take a day or s…
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Story here "Mumbai attack plotter David Coleman Headley told a federal court in Chicago this week that al-Qaida commander Ilyas Kashmiri directed him to dig up info on the CEO of Lockheed Martin for an assassination plot."
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So I'm looking into purchasing some acreage up in New Mexico. I found a company that is willing to work a raw land mortgage. Their standard mortgage for this is "5 year Balloon Note (fixed rate for 5 years, balloon payment due upon maturity) at 5.75% (approx. APR 6.434%) amortized for 15 or 20 years." I'm not very educated in this department. Can some explain this to me? Also "Maximum Loan to Value 70%, 30% down payment required". Does this mean if I get appraised for more than my purchase price I can take the difference from the down payment or is it still 30% regardless? For example land value is $100,000 and I purchase for $90,000. Will I still need $30,000 down…
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Hundreds, maybe thousands, of these videos around. My ex had a case dropped when dash cam showed a completely different story than the cop wrote up. I don't necessarily believe in "defunding" cops but I do believe in reform.
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https://news.yahoo.com/record-seeking-skydiver-makes-13-mile-test-jump-233204849.html Apparently the current record holder, Col. Joe Kettinger, is advising him. Pretty cool stuff.
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I love these races, looking forward to my first one in person this year. Anyways, seen a few pylons clipped, canopies come undone, ect. But this guy takes first prize in the crash your plane into the water race. Lucky SOB! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaJEDl7HwII
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Refueling goes bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGMlriUTab4...feature=related
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Maybe there’s already a thread on here that someone can point me to, but those who left for the airlines/other jobs…do you regret leaving?
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https://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/loca...servist06m.html "This is a contract. I don't like the way his property looks. This clown gets to do what he wants, and I'm as mad as hell ..." Can someone please find this douchenozzle's email or mailing address! I think Chick Edwards needs to understand the errors of his ways ... and the internet geniuses around here need a project.
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Not sure this has been addressed directly in another thread. After seeing a lot of reluctance to address religious convictions in other threads I figured we should have a place to discuss those separately if so desired. How does religion affect your views on your profession? On international terrorism? On DADT? On working with others who's views differ? Open forum for direct discussions of religion. Ask and you shall receive...
