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Uh, probably because the gear malfunction checklist says that all-up is preferable to whatever configuration is available at that point.

Dude, this shit sneaks up on you... like a freight train... that's on fire... at night.

Except, she should have taken her shirt off. ETA: WTF is she doing out of the kitchen anyway?

Just like BQZips mom

A woman adding a quart of oil to her car...

Good. Servicemembers should get that sort of stuff from the internet, like normal people.

My favorite quote (this is a paraphrase) from "American Patriot" is after a reporter asked about why he wouldn't particpate in the program to return to Vietnam to meet former captors, see the prisons, etc like John McCain was doing. She asked something along the lines of "so you would never go back to Vietnam?" His response was "actually yes I would go back to Vietnam...leading a 4 ship of F-100s full of napalm."

Flying from the Black Hole: The B-52 Navigator-Bombardiers of Vietnam

"We were Crewdogs" I-V "Riding Rockets" mainly about his time as a Shuttle mission crew, but some about his RF-4C backseat time "MAGNUM! The Wild Weasels in Desert Storm" has stories from both front and back seaters - note: I wrote this so mods can delete if too self-promoting There are more; will edit/add as I remember them

I think your intent was pretty obvious. I think SA was pretty low and sensitivity was high on the post you just replied to.

So my father taking a SA-2 to the left cockpit, and finishing the bomb run with his AC's head splattered all over his flight suit, the EWO getting killed in the inevitable ejection, and the tail gunner getting blown from the back of the plane and losing his legs, followed by all of them going to Hanoi as guests charged with "Littering and trespassing" isn't brass balls kinda stuff huh? Glad the BUFF guys of today totally remember their heritage, or stop to think of what they could be called on to do again...Enjoy your chicken wings. /Rant to your tangent

Great E-Mail from the CSAF regarding this. Good on him for taking the time to send it out and educate people on this hero.

It's very possible, particularly if the Democrats make gains in 2014. Not all Congressmen and Senators are keen on saving mil jobs if the perception among the general public is that those mil jobs and iron stand between them and more govt bennies. And outside of mil social circles, that's exactly what many people think- cut the military, save the budget. Remember, facts aren't the truth. What people believe is.

It's cool, she's using cooking oil.

That's an assumption. Hopefully it is, but like I said before, not many gear problems in the T-38.

Breakin' the law. Breakin' the law.

I'm sorry that's the case for you (and--from what many dudes say here--other young CGOs around the CAF/MAF). My experience has been VERY different. With the exception of one SQ/CC years ago, I've been mentored/taught/given feedback from every commander I've ever had. The SQ/CC in any unit is a busy dude. Hopefully, he's spending a lot of time trying to screen his pilots from the inevitable queep stream that rolls downhill in any wing. Once he's done that, attended the meetings that seem SO important, and taken the time to write/edit the 14-ish OPRs/EPRs that cross his desk weekly, he doesn't have much extra time. This is where the Flt/CCs and other senior captains need to play a role in officer development. Think about it: Aside from the "community involvement" bullets your average CGOC produces in their self-licking ice cream cone of douchery, their original intent is fairly sound. They exist for the non-ops CGOs to provide informal mentoring, advice, cross communication, and growth that you simply can't get as the one CGO in a shop of 50 other SNCOs/NCOs/junior airmen. The mentoring and involvement the CGOC offers is EXACTLY what you get in a fighter squadron of 20 captains. The CGOC might not understand (and probably would be shocked to see) the "feedback" given during a roll call, but those young CGOs would KILL to have that kind of group CGO involvement and growth opportunity. We ops CGOs take it for granted, and the bad senior captains/majors we have ignore (or don't realize) the role they need to play. Flt/CCs, IPs, senior 4FLs/ACs, and junior majors need to realize that they have a HUGE role in developing the young pups. These are the guys who need to give feedback (mostly informal), motivate, and steer the younger guys. Since the senior captains/young majors can't do the things their SQ/CC does (see above), they need to focus their efforts on the developmental time the SQ/CC wishes he could do (but is stuck queeping in his office or at a meeting instead). "But the SQ/CC and the OG/CC should be doing XXXX and YYYY to develop the younger dudes!" <----- IPs and Flt/CCs I've heard in real life and here on BO.net ^To that I say "WTF do you think YOUR job is now that you've spent 8 years flying jets and completing your upgrade "normal development" ???

Ok, where to begin...1st, Offut is not a fighter base, it's an ISR base. It sounds like some guys there may have the wrong idea of a fighter squadron roll call...I've been in a few fighter squadrons and all but two (out of hundreds) of the bros call signs had nothing to do with sex stories. One that did was changed shortly after we shook off our hangovers, and the other the guy liked (and was about himself, no one else) so it stuck. Nearly all of them had to do with flying-related buffoonery or a clever pun on someone's last name. The Nellis test always applied. (i.e. "Good morning, I'm Capt XXXXXXX and I am the mission commander." If XXXXXX didn't immediately make him lose all credibility or wasn't obviously racist/sexist/offensive, pass. If not, new name. Alternatively, CNN test applied: "Capt John XXXXX Doe's aircraft was destroyed today after his successful ejection.") If your wife is feeling like the culture in her squadron is unacceptable, she has a right and a duty to say so to the commander. If he tells her to pound sand, thats exactly what the IG is for, especially if there are career implications from her voicing her discomfort (deployments, Q2/3, etc). That is the culture that, to me, is patently unacceptable in the USAF. Also, her commander would be an idiot not to immediately and aggressively address it, especially given the current climate. I am lucky that I haven't been in a scenario like the shitty one you describe. I recognize that it would be socially difficult and require a lot of moral courage to do that. However, there are mechanisms in place to fix this if she wants. Not using these mechanisms is part of the frustration for some people with the TSgt Smith story, she never told anyone at the time she was offended, she waited 16 years and sold her story to huffpo. (Not the assualts part of her story, the Korea / Shaw parts, obviously the assault parts are horrible and should've been addressed regardless of time delay) My point is, there is a slim possibility that people are too oblivious to read into her social signs and recognize they've crossed a line. That being said, from your end, the line to avoid crossing is to force her or your lifestyle choices onto others the way she feels theirs are forced onto her. So, maybe a mandatory binge drinking fest every Friday isn't the big one but neither is removing all booze from the squadrons and shutting down call signs and roll calls, in my opinion. A roll call / naming / first friday is supposed to build esprit de corps in a squadron by providing a closed venue to sport-bitch about support agencies, complain about how no one understands, and tell funny stories about each other. It is supposed to be a good time, and let everyone blow off some steam. About half the time I don't drink, and I still love hearing my friends' stories. We work hard, we spend a lot of time together, there needs to be a controlled environment to air grievances. If that's not what those social events are in her squadron then the mayor (and by default) sq cc are fucking it up wholesale.

Except for the fact that 11-202V2 says the Evaluator's judgment is the final grade. I've personally seen an EP tell a Sq/CC that he wasn't changing the grade for check ride when the Sq/CC disagreed with him on the grade.

This very much, and it pains me to say that. Neither my wife or myself imbibe. My wife is also very conservative, religious, and a hard worker (strat'd 2/19). She loves flying, being an Airman, and being an Officer. She is very disturbed with how... accepted many of these things are in a professional environment. This includes offices during duty hours, and the Sq bar on (mandatory) Friday calls and other times. Very often she'll come home and complain about this. That dudes are saying very sexist stuff at work, but if she says anything that she'll be labeled and ostracized even more than she is simply as a woman in a flight suit. Some things she can't let pass (out right disrespect/name calling of women) and worries how this will effect the next assignments of deployments, etc. Naming ceremonies are a particular hate of hers. Apparently in her Sq all names are derived from some sexual scenario/failing. I don't know how vital these traditions are to your culture, I'm not in it. I don't get to communicate with pilots/aircrew as much as I'd like, but the few times I've head the head/box thing come up it's frustrating more than offensive. It's more "Really? we stopped doing this in middle school" vs. "OMG so offensive!" I joined this board because I realized that I'm missing out on a very important part of what the AF does and I needed to hear it from the folks that do it. Thanks for that. I agree with you guys for a lot of the things you've lost had stolen (tabs/Friday shirts), but this one I live with first order negative effects of it and I can't agree with. When there's only 3~4 women in your whole Sq you might not be getting the honest feedback you think you're getting.

53AS was always shutting down. Now the inactivation will occur Sep 14 and not Sep 13 as previously rumored. The TFI squadron hasn't been formally announced but it's likely going to be the 50th with a smaller footprint (same as 52AS at Peterson).