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    1. AFTO-781

      New features / developments of the forums and Baseops.Net website will be posted here. Please post any problems you have, glitches, etc. Please click on HELP (upper right) for more info... Please do not PM your trouble calls.

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      Users post articles related to: Aviation Industry, DoD, National Security to foster serious discussion. Value-added posts ONLY, others will be deleted.

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      This forum is designed for the purchase and sale of items for and by MILITARY members.

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      This is a sub-forum where you can post product/service reviews. Please do your best to add any military specific information. For instance, if I'm reviewing Disney World, I might post a link to the Shades of Green website.

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  2. Military Aviation

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      Off-topic discussion. Keep it civil, don't abuse this forum.

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      Discuss general topics in the Military and Aviation. Please post pilot-selection & "how do I get a pilot slot" questions in their appropriate forums.

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      Aviation Medicine discussion forum. Ask the Flight Doc your questions: waivers, flight physicals, qualifications, regulations.

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      ANG & AFRES discussion area. Bums can search for flying opportunities with other units.

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  4. Road to Wings

    1. What Are My Chances?

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  5. Military Careers

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  • Posts

    • HuggyU2
      ACE 2.0

      By HuggyU2 · Posted

      i totally agree that UPT cuts are seriously degrading the quality of the product.  But don't conflate the UPT syllabus cuts with a need to create a new ACE program:  even with a robust UPT syllabus like I went through many moons ago, the ACE Program was extremely beneficial for the new co-pilots.     Story time:  I remember back in the 2005-2006 time frame, there was a Langley F-22 at Hill AFB whose crew chief lost control of the landing gear pin during ground ops, and the pin got sucked down an engine.  IIRC $6.8M in damage.   That year, at Beale, our T-38 CT Program was run on a budget of around $6M for ~3700 hours of flying time.   Think about that.  That's around 3,000 SORTIES in a T-38... for $800,000 less than the cost of a single Raptor FOD incident.   My experience in the Beale T-38 CT Program has made me such a better U-2 pilot and overall aviator than I would ever be without it.  A magnitude better.   There is so much that could be done to make our USAF aviators "that much better"... but the AF leadership will simply not invest the pennies... and I do mean "pennies"...  to make it happen.  It's no longer a priority.   I hope I am proved wrong on my last statement.      
    • ecc97
      ANG Fighters

      By ecc97 · Posted

      Oh, I've also been working on my Glider Commercial addon while at tech school.
    • ecc97
      ANG Fighters

      By ecc97 · Posted

      Currently wrapping up F-16 crew chief training, and I want to check the current ANG fighter hiring climate.   Age: 28 (turning 29 in January) F-16 ANG Crew Chief: Enlisted 9/24, shipped to BMT 4/25, heading back to home unit in about 3 weeks.  Day Job: Legacy Airline 737 FO 5600 hours E145, E175, B777, B737 Type ratings Warbird and formation time (Pilatus P-3, Nanchang CJ6, Yak 52, T-33 Shooting Star (type rating expected Q2 2026) Volunteer SAR pilot, instructor, FEMA Incident Commander qualified (CAP) Bachelor's with a 3.8 GPA Current Scores: P:99 CSO:99 ABM:97 ACAD:89 VERB:94 QUANT:76 PCSM:88   I've posted here regularly over the years, but unfortunately, I still haven't gotten any interviews.  Thank you to those who have answered in the past, and I apologize for being a broken record.  
    • ViperMan
      ACE 2.0

      By ViperMan · Posted

      That part makes sense, and I'm glad other people are recognizing and trying to solve the problem. This one is particularly frustrating though because it's so obvious what the solution is, and also so painfully obvious what the cause was. No doubt the whole circuit will get promoted. One half for "solving" a production problem. The other half for "solving" an experience problem. Everyone wins I guess. It's called UPT.
    • frog
      Russian Ukraine shenanigans

      By frog · Posted

      Watching POTUS realize that Putin is a menace in real time has been entertaining.

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