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No. While you have passed the instrument check, there are two problems (notwithstanding your lack of hours): 1. You are not a military pilot. You are a student. No wings, not qualified. 2. Having T-6 time does not mean you are T-6 qualified. Having a T-6 Form 8 would show you are qualified. Purely my opinion. Call your FSDO for the answer that matters. Or just wait and get your wings.

https://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2016/10/bob-hoover-one-of-nations-greatest-pilots-dead-at-94/ ATIS sends.

THREAD REVIVAL! For those who haven't read this, it's worth the time and effort... https://www.jhuapl.edu/ourwork/nsa/papers/ARIS_LittleGreenMen.pdf Cheers! M2

Staff Officer, Pentagon 1. Ops Tempo/Deployment M-F, 0730-1630. Deployments aren’t too common…mainly because they are good deal to Staff Officers as they get them out of the building for months at a time. 2. Lifestyle/ Family Stability Stable. You can expect to be home every night, as well as most weekends. That is unless you work in the Engine Room or Joint Staff, then you can expect to work 0630-1930 M-F, and sometimes on weekends. You’ll find yourself making unnecessary dental appointments just to get out of the office 3. Community morale You work behind a desk in a small cubicle, far removed from anything with wings or rotors. 4. Advancements & Future of the airframe You’re well on your way to your next rank, especially if you’ve mastered TMT. The future of the Staff Officer is bright…they’ll always needs someone to write pointless bullet background papers, and recycle power point briefings. 5. Preferred PCS locations N/A

we are over obsessed with promotions and school in the air force i've never looked up to a combat leader and thought "god damn look at that mother er right there he went to school!" maybe i just don't get the bigger picture.

Yep, here ya go. From the "how to run pilot training" reg AETCI 36-2605v4 6.14. Civilian Flight Training. To maintain the integrity of the AETC training system, students rated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (private pilot, commercial pilot, etc.) may fly civilian aircraft once they enter into UPT, but they may not pursue additional ratings or qualifications. Students not rated by the FAA will not fly civilian aircraft after entering into UPT. *edited to update proper title of the reg Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Adding on that you are not a military pilot yet, legally. Literally thousands of students have done this before you. Upon graduation, you will get the appropriate paperwork to take to the FSDO (along with your Mil Comp exam certificate.) Let the process play out, moving at the speed of government.

I pin on Maj in 7 days and I'm at 19 yrs 6 months of service. For officer purposes I'm still considered in my zone and on-time. What you did in the past as an E is in the past. For pay purposes you'll get the O-1E if you have at least 4 yrs worth of active duty points. Check the containers and you'll make Maj, but who knows what the mil will look like then wrt manning. Good luck in your endeavors.

A TR will be included in your ROP just like any OPR is. There's nothing against duplicating verbiage (since your OPR will encompass the same time period as your TR but it's not going to do much for you unless you're really struggling to fill the space on your OPR) That being said, you mentioned you were at training for 5 months....a TR from formal training that is 20 weeks or greater should reset your reporting date IAW AFI 36-2406. If you were there for 5 months sitting DNIF for surgery for a large portion of that time that may not apply though--how long was the course supposed to be? If you're struggling to fill an OPR with good stuff I would explore this option. A DG is always good but some DG's are better than others. DG from UPT or SOS is held in higher regard than an FTU DG (in a class that sometimes only has 2-3 people). In addition, DG's have more weight on some boards more than others. (i.e., maybe important on an O-3 or O-4 board, not so much on an O-5 board)

AC-130W 1. Ops Tempo/Deployment - We just rotate crews in and out year round for a few months at a time. Expect to go once a year, some folks go twice. It's not too long and some folks even say it's too short because once you are fully used to everything and settled in, it's time to start outprocessing to go home. 2. Lifestyle/ Family Stability - As for TDYs, it was slow going this summer but that was only because of the addition of the 105. Half the airplanes are fully functional (with the 105) and the rest are either being upgraded or will be soon enough. The entire squadron has to get qualified with it too. Some crew positions go much faster than others. The nav/CSO types take the longest because they have to accomplish a checkride in addition to their training sorties. The TDYs are just now starting to come back though. It's normal for us to be gone all the time on TDYs and in 2017, I expect it'll be back in full force. As for family stability, if you get the W don't expect to move anywhere anytime soon for at least 5-7 years. That's normal around here. I've seen this strengthen marriages and destroy marriages though. 3. Community morale - this is Clovis so... You probably won't find me in town on the weekends. You'll probably find me hiking on a mountain a few hours away or at an event of some sort in a big city. Because there's not much to do in Clovis itself, we definitely do have really strong friendships and it forces us to check out some really awesome places. Driving 3-4 hours one way sucks but oh well, we have to work with what we have and many of these places are worth it. 4. Advancements & Future of the airframe - The W was initially a stop gap and then the J has been taking much longer than anticipated. We all expect to fly the J eventually (if we stick around long enough). Many of our guys have already PCS'd to the J squadron. Until the J is fully operational, I expect the W will be here at least until then. When will that be? I don't know. 2020 maybe? In the mean time, this aircraft is a testbed for all sorts of crazy things. One FTU instructor was telling me that back when it was still an MC-130W, for a little bit they would air drop troops and then provide CAS for those same troops. That honestly blew my mind. The W constantly evolves which I think is pretty cool. It never gets boring. 5. Preferred PCS locations - Hurlburt to fly the J? I don't think I've ever seen any of our guys go to the U. They only come from the U. Maybe I'm wrong on that but from what I've seen, they all have gone to the J (or the 14th Weapons Squadron also at Hurlburt). If you've been in long enough, expect a staff gig in AFSOC or SOCOM instead. Some of the guys in the staff gigs do come back to Cannon to fly every now and then though.

More good news. https://warontherocks.com/2016/04/outnumbered-outranged-and-outgunned-how-russia-defeats-nato/ While not likely (IMO) still food for thought. What is more likely is what they did / are doing in Eastern Ukraine, a new Hybrid War using "little green men", info, cyber, and lawfare while the West dithers on what to do, they establish facts on the ground and it is done with no real chance of it being reversed anytime soon. BBC on the "little green men" in Ukraine. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26532154 Why not establish a policy like Kennedy did during the Cuban Missile Crisis Except this time establish it as the policy of NATO, the EU, US and as many allies as we could sign up to regard the use of destabilizing clandestine action either leading to military conflict or not as attack requiring escalating responses to include direct military action. Establish that it will be the sole prerogative of Allied Nations to determine when they or their Allies are under attack and use escalating diplomatic, economic, informational, electronic retaliation all while increasing your readiness and posture for direct action. On the next aggressive flyby or intercept, do a show of force with a suspension of commercial air & naval activity for 2 weeks, give travelers 72 hours to get out of dodge. If that is not loud enough, take the amp to 11, and seize assets. The West wants to avoid war and not be bullied then it needs to use what it can short of going to war to get the bully to respect them