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Good for him, he’s got a smokin’ hot wife and two adorable kids. He deserves to live the rest of his life doing whatever he wants and enjoying his family. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

someone is salty. @Seadogs

Just a little joke, when I was applying it seemed like they posted a call for applications every month or two, and they were just about the only heavy squadron I never heard back from.

From their promotional aircraft had the AAR-47s and two do-all flare buckets already installed. There is a high likelihood of moving to a .50 cal or a minigun with external ammunition handling. The pintle posts are already in the "prototype" promotional bird. FLIRs nowadays are pretty light and the Italians have already proven a lot of the avionics integration with their HH-139 Here is their promotional "prototype" at the Heli-Expo Again a lot of the integration work has seemingly already been done.

The sea is a salty place for a dog.

The HH-60W is not as frankensteined yet it's still going to be running into max-GW issues. Just tell GA that there are only two seats for them so they only get a 2-man team /sarc

Yes they are. One of his favorite lines: "Duck Sausage! How about you duck down and get you some sausage"! Reagan was hands down the greatest pilot, aircraft commander and officer I have ever known. He was in a league of his own. He was also a devout christian, a boxer at the Zoo, married to his high school sweetheart, master diver, foster parent, scout leader, duck hunter extraordinaire who took wounded warriors on hunts, and a weapons officer. The Herk community truly did lose one of it's finest. I will miss him. Some clarification on the news article. He was a current member of the Arkansas Guard.

No I get it but with newer tech and not frankensteined shit that we have in the 60, I think they'll be alright. At least off the bat...if they ever get it fielded.

You're likely in striking distance for fighters, finish your PPL and you'll likely be able to land some interviews provided you show up to the meet-and-greets and mesh well. But you'll be among the less well qualified candidates, at least on paper. Not insurmountable though, and potentially worth spending six months or so chasing that dream before switching to applying to heavies. Get your PPL and you should get a call back from any heavy squadron you apply to (except McDill).

Near identical scores to mine and same age... I have a package in for the active duty board and also an interview for a heavy squadron. They told me the AFRC average pcsm has historically been 82 but they've sent people in the 70's often. Good luck to ya, hopefully I'll see you at upt

Similar everything as you except one small point. Your AFOQT is way better than mine. PCSM is same as mine with 21 hours. I'm a 28 year old EE with a 3.2 gpa working as an engineer for an aerospace defense contractor. I got picked up by a heavy squadron. 1 for 1 on interviews/ offers. I was also in ROTC. If you don't mind me asking how did you leave rotc? Voluntary departure after no pilot slot?

Couldn’t have said it better myself! Nice job! Keep an eye on the 10yr treasury bond. It’s been hitting 3.10% and this time last year it was 2.1%ish. A month ago at Trident I was doing 3.875% 30yr VAs and the bond was about 2.82%. Today I’m doing 4.25% and the bond is about 3.10%. Hope that gives you some insider info. Rates are still low from a historic perspective. Marty Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We're the same age, nearly the same pilot score (i got a 96) and nearly the same PCSM relative to hours completed (at 27 hours, i'll be a 77). From what I've been reading on this site and others, you're in the game for a pilot slot. I'm not 100% sure about the fighter part but if you'd be happy flying heavies then definitely keep pressing forward! I'm going for heavies in the reserves/ANG and everyone i've talked to has been pretty optimistic.

What really matters is inflation expectations. The Fed controls short term interest rates and mortgages rates are really determined by long bonds (since your mortgage will be 15 or 30 years). The two are related and the Fed raising rates has moved up the 10 year Treasury yields and mortgage rates but it is important to remember that the Fed Funds Rate only indirectly moves those longer dated bonds. If people continue to believe that the Fed can handle inflation and keep it at or near their 2% target then long term bonds will have a natural cap. To put it into numbers, at the lows in 2016 for the year the average 30 year mortgage was 3.65% interest, last year was 3.99%, and right now is running ~4.55%. In 2011 the average rate was 4.45% and everybody thought they were getting the deal of a lifetime, mortgage rates were higher than today every year in history prior to 2011. So yes, compared to the absolute nadir of interest rates in history we are more expensive today. But in larger terms, rates are still pretty damn low. If you have a $500,000 mortgage the increase from 3.65% to 4.55% is a $261/month more in payment, not nothing but not huge either.

I have been a mortgage loan officer for 17 years, and every single year we hear the sky is falling and rates are going up… I would not let Federal Reserve rate fluctuations impact when I purchase a home. If you find the right house, by all means go for it… If the rate wasn’t what you hoped for, keep tracking them and do a refinance in the future. Particularly VA has a very kind (low fees, no appraisal requirement, etc) streamlined refinance program if and when rates go back down. You can make yourself crazy trying to time the market with rates. Buy when the timing is right for you and you find your right forever home at the right price… Good luck!

If you take one thing away from this post, make it this. Each airline may (and probably will) have different definitions of PIC time as well as how they make adjustments for military logged times. Based on my experience, there are two major parts to the mil to airline flight time puzzle. The first is what you're alluding to - making our T/O to landing times compatible with the civilian dudes applying for the same job. So, some airlines allow a conversion factor per sortie while others may allow a percentage of total time. But that's an airline specific option and not something put forth by the FAA as a method for all military pilots to "civilianize" their times in the same way. My point here is, there is no way for you to take your military times and "convert" them to civilian times once. You're going to have to figure out what kind of adjustment each airline allows (if any) and make your times specific to that airline. The other part of this is what each airline considers PIC time. They don't necessarily comply with the FAR definition of PIC. So, once again, you're going to have to scrub your sorties and make adjustments to match what Airline X had decided they want to call PIC time which may not be the same as Airline Y. One airline I applied to would only accept PIC time post UPT graduation (i.e wings on chest) when I was the one signing for the aircraft and ultimately responsible for it. That eliminated all student solo UPT time and any dual F-15B/D time during RTU, MQT, etc with an IP on board. These days, the most common criterion is PIC = you signing for the aircraft. Some may argue that dual rides in a fighter where you're flying with an IP in your trunk could count as PIC using this rule. I would counter that the IP is the one ultimately responsible for the aircraft even if you're the one who decides to sign the forms. It never hurts to be conservative and a few hours one way or the other aren't going to matter unless you get called out on them during an interview by someone who decides to nit-pick. The heavy guys run into lots more issue when it comes to figuring out what meets an particular airline's definition of PIC. I can't even begin to offer advice there. The bottom line is, scrub your mil times and make sure they're as accurate as possible. Get a sortie count so if they allow a per sortie conversion, you can easily apply that. Figure out what meets each individual airline's definition of PIC time. Put an airline specific cover sheet inside your AF flight records for each interview that provides specifics on your math and how your determined your totals. Don't waste a bunch of time trying to write them into a logbook. If you want to use a logbook program or spreadsheet to help with the math, that's your option but it's really not necessary. Airlines don't care if you have your military time in a logbook. Frankly, manual, written logbooks have gotten mil guys into trouble on occasion. One that a guy's been keeping since UPT with accuracy issues or notes about a particular sortie that raise eyebrows can create unnecessary discussion topics in the interview. I know of one guy who decided it was important to advertise his logbook as one he had been keeping since he began in the military (even though that wasn't actually the case). When questioned about that, he stuck to his guns and swore had had been keeping the logbook since he started UPT. The problem was that all logbooks have a copyright date in the front. His first sortie in UPT, dutifully logged in said book, occurred about 10 years before the printed copyright date. So, they showed him the door about 10 minutes into his interview. Keep it simple. There are enough challenges and pitfalls to the transition, so don't make it harder than it has to be.

That's not a AF directive about data drives, and there's good reason for it I can't get into on here. GTIMs...a PMO system that causes all kinds of headaches. I tried (and failed) to get GTIMs some special easy pass for changes and updates. Alas, the prior mentioned GS's and Contractors weren't see it my way, and I couldn't get higher level buy in since we had higher priority items (Win10 migration). No the Chineses aren't. For the rest of the cyber stuff, we can kick it over the to cyber thread. I'll reply there to anything here, to not further derail. If a mod wants to move a bunch of this over, that'd be cool too.

Old guys: "The AF sucks. I'm leaving." New guy: "Yes, it does. I want out." Old guys: "WTF? Snowflake! ! You're going to get yourself or someone else killed! Be positive! It's all worth it! Best job ever! Your marriage is in trouble! Seek counseling!" euser, Your experience is your experience. If you believe you are having a poor experience in the AF, then you actually are having a poor experience. Your grievances aren't anything new or unique, so why are you being blamed for them? As the new guy, you need to realize anything you post here is not a contribution for selfless intellectual discussion, but an opportunity for a few others to practice self-righteousness and judgement, but not empathy. While there are many good discussions here, just be aware that you're currently involved in one where your post is being used to feed an addiction cycle of empowerment among some of the regulars. Remember that despite what appears to be "advice", the goal here is to make you respond indignantly and emotionally, not help you. The best advice you'll ever get on this website is never, ever, come here expecting to have a serious and honest exchange, about anything. This forum is only a game. Pot stir - Complete. 😄

deployment #1= “this is awesome!” deployment #2= “cool, I got this” deployment #3 = “I’m the old pro now” deployment #4 = “well, here I am again” deployment #5+ = “ok WTF are we doing here!?”

It’s illogical, or you just don’t like it? Come on man... I’m saying that this SECAF would castrate anyone who doesn’t carry the diversity message, and old man Holmes toed the line. Questions? Right or wrong (no matter how poorly delivered) he has a point. I’ve been in homogenous MPCs and OPTs (by MWS/Service) and seen the shitshow firsthand. And I’ve been in those more diverse in background and experience and seen things get brought up that leadership was missing. That’s all the evidence I need. YMMV. You wanna get hung up on skin color or sex parts just because leadership is, that’s on you. Want diversity of background, ethnicity, wealth, education? Then grow it. In the meantime, we need to continue building the best replacements we can, regardless of who they were or are - so long as theyre the best. Nobody gives a damn about skin color when the balloon goes up. Chuck

For those that haven’t checked their email, Madison sent a courtesy message to applicants letting us know that the notifications have been pushed back a few days due to the delayed return from their TDY. They said expect decisions before the weekend and it sounds like we can expect mail either way. Thanks @BadgersUPT for the update! Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

We don't even let the recruiters touch the packets until we've decided who we're going to interview. If you are applying to the Louisiana ANG and you aren't talking to a pilot, you aren't actually applying. Recruiters don't recruit pilots.

@KingKid Don't know if its my place to say anything, but I'll do it anyway... Worrying is not going to add anything more than grey hair to you (if you don't already have some 😅). As far as personalities are concerned, from the fighter pilots (and pilots I've met in general) there is no cookie cutter type out there... just a bunch that loves flying and worked their tails off to make their dreams come true (again just from my experience). Just be yourself and really if it's meant to be, you'll find a home, even if it's not with a fighter squadron... life isn't over if you fly heavies (you're still flying AND serving your country ), they love what they fly as much as the fighter guys. **Steps off soapbox**

Wait 'till end of day

No offense but how did you get an interview and not me?