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Wonder if these guys had finished SOS in correspondence & their Master's in Religious Studies yet?

I would like to see a study done showing the AAD and PME completion rates for the individuals deemed causal for class A mishaps in the last couple of years.

Probably just one seaman. If even that many sailors... it'd probably explode when you got his torso in there.

You kids and your new fangled fancy flying machines.

The -10 is RVSM complaint worldwide.

He looks totally sane to me.

While I'm not "sure about that", unfortunately I've had a lot more personal experience with ADCs than that. While their experience and abilities run the gamut, they are not as experienced as the actual SJAs (theoretically, at least -- I'm sure there are outliers in both parts of the job). Think about it -- most ADCs are Captains and SJAs are Majs, Lt Cols, and up. Again, the real issue with ADCs is that they are public defenders who are many times dealing with a good number of cases simultaneously and can't dedicate all of their efforts to your case. But, the constant is that neither of them (ADCs or SJAs) can hold a match to a good civilian attorney who was formerly an SJA. Regarding Bud Day, the only experience I've had was as a recorder at an FEB for an IFF washout. His style was very aggressive and he did, indeed, completely tear apart the case and get his client reinstated in the IFF program. His understanding of how the AF training system worked -- especially with regard to how the course training standards for grading worked and his knowledge that IPs can sometimes write comments about graded maneuvers that do not directly support what the CTS says for a particular grade -- was key to his courtroom victory when I observed him. It was quite impressive. His overall style was very aggressive. That being said, my understanding from speaking to other attorneys who have worked with him (or even against him) is that his style is becoming decreasingly effective in the current AF climate. Reportedly, his opening statement usually revolved around him tossing his Medal of Honor coin on the ground in front of the board or jury, and saying "there are two sides to every coin....." It was apparently heavily reliant on the respect value he personally had as a MoH recipient rather than a cunning strategy as an attorney (combined, of course, with a very type-A aggressive style overall). Based on a good number of people I've seen in the AF these days who would potentially be board or jury members, not only would many not have any idea who Bud Day was or what he'd done, but many would also not be impressed even by those things he's done. In other words, that respect value is decreasing, EVEN amongst flight-suit wearers (such as might populate an FEB). A non-tactical background pilot I flew with last summer went on a tirade about what a rogue Joe Jackson was for landing his C-123 at a closed airstrip against orders and that he should never have been awarded a MoH for such a blatant violation of flight discipline...so you never know what some folks might find of value.

Honestly don't know if I can say, but I'm sure the info about their part in the whole thing will be in the SIB report. Like Rainmain said, won't be talking about it here. Bottom line, they did well and played a critical roll in saving a bro's life.

Everyone wants to focus on gun control, "what if" scenarios, and why someone would do such a heinous act... no one is bothering to find out what could have prevented the act in the first place. https://www.koaa.com/news/state-budget-cuts-decimate-mental-health-services/ https://www.nami.org/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm?ContentFileID=147763 https://www.pantagraph.com/blogs/erickson/erickson-state-budget-devastates-mental-health-care/article_6f263e74-90b2-11e1-9722-0019bb2963f4.html

Depending on the situation, the C-130J does not have an extra crewmember up front. In combat or with pax on board, the LMs are in the back. If you can't find the rIght airfield with all the tools you have in the J-model, you have no business flying. Of course, just like backin up the visual with the ILS, they only work if you use them.

Dude...I wish - we were either either min-turning or on Bravo for a week. Eventually we got 'er done. Break break For everybody talking about landing clearances and tower not intervening: It was probably just like it happened to me. I caught the false glideslope, declared visual, started the descent, switched to tower and got cleared to land because I was on a 6-9 mile ILS final. From tower's vantage - it would be impossible to notice anything was wrong, except for an early descent, as Knight is precisely under the ILS. I imagine some guys get tacti-cool and start an early descent just to check out the bay.

Yes but they never would... and thats the issue here, people are being allowed to use their uniform to officially promote gay pride, but not other things... this should be all or nothing.

Thus the discussion of using backup instrument approaches. With that said, the four mile difference isn't much time for a large plane to cover. Minute and a half or so.

I have been a part of VERY few coronets that were planned for night. If there were delays & the chicks would be landing at night I thought it required a waiver from their MAJCOM?

Better to be lucky than good.

Max reverse and standing on the brakes...real tough.

Post of the year on the subject.

Some pics from Red Flag 12-4

Separating in Lieu of Court Martial is not considered a felony conviction, but it is basically the same discharge rate considering it is a dismissal. If Jared wants to call me, I'll be up for a few more hours. I am OCONUS tomorrow and cannot be reached after that. He needs to hire a civilian lawyer. His ADC, no matter how good she is, cannot give him a fair shake against the government. Tell him to PM me, and I'll give him my phone number to tell him why.

Poetic justice: the crew bus driver at KMCF waited for over two hours for the jet to arrive at the spot and missed shift change. SC