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Those were the days...

AMC does not have a pulse, yes this article has a lot to do with our recent buffoonery, and thank you for cleaning up some of that buffoonery. Fly safe tomorrow... Oh, and just because you have to fly a jet with holes in it across the country, gear down, unpressurized, does not mean I am buying you a fucking beer next time you are in town. OK, I will buy you 2 beers and I will let you drive the boat.

Anyone looking for the barracks lawyer discussions that have been cluttering up this my favorite thread, they've been moved to the 'Liberty, Rights, and The Constitution' thread as HeloDude suggested. That endless debate can continue there, this thread is focused on more interesting topics such as actual firearms, ammo and accessories...

Halting ops for the remainder of the day and the next day is common (if not entirely standard). If there's some obvious smoking gun (like...say...a nose section well separated from the rest of the aircraft), the SPO will usually step in and ground the whole fleet of a MDS.

During a C-17 Airshow Demo profile is not the best time to declare yourself a test pilot, which is what he essentially did. He was a really good pilot with a great reputation in the community (certainly no Bud Holland as he is often wrongfully compared to), but he should have known better. Not to mention the fact that the several pilots who flew with him NEVER should have let him get away with it. What sucks is that it most likely would have been prevented if just one of those guys (not just the ones killed on that crew) had just said during one of his briefings, "Hey Bro, we don't ever fly the jet like that... why would we do that now?" Knowing the kind of pilot he was I'm betting he may have tried to explain why it was OK, but in the end would probably say, "Yeah, you're probably right." Unfortunately his name and reputation for the most part will always be associated with this crash (and I'd say that a good 90% of this is laid correctly at his feet) and we'll never know why he thought it was OK to fly the jet like he did, but those who were his friends and Squadron mates knew him as a great pilot, a great Dad and a great friend.

Or just a shoe clerk or E-9 jealous he doesn't get to wear flightsuits so no one can wear flight suits.

Because everyone wants to roll 60-90 degrees AOB doing AR!

Cost saving? WTF...we don't get new flightsuits anyways, so the AF doesn't lose any money by me wearing flightsuits every day at work. Not to mention the fact most dudes in the squadron are flying/in the sim near every day, or at the minimum could easily be thrown into either with short notice...which actually happens pretty regularly. I hope this absolutely stupid idea does not permeate amongst AF management.

Was Tanker scheduling to blame?

M2 doesn't even need a boat right now. https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/25/us/texas-san-antonio-flooding/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 I'm sorry to hear about the loss of his most recent firearm purchases during the Great Flood of 2013. However, I do hope that he and his family have stayed safe (and dry).