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what in the fuck? got enough buzz words in there?

Maybe he hacked HVI haji's phone, sent a dick pic to haji's 4th wife and her sister in a group text. Said wife killed HVI haji. I'd give him an EKIA for that.

The story may be real, but that picture is a shitty photoshop.

41 words, oh shIt I'm out. Ain't no one have that kinda time. *Too Long, Didn't Read* ~Bendy

I apologize for commenting nearly a month after your post, but that was not the 'outrage'. The issue was that the movie omitted planting the flag on the moon. A simple google search will explain in further detail.

I have an issue with this. If the engine was "secured" and feathered and it says not to turn into a shut engine in the -1 and he did, that's completely on him. If he just flew straight ahead and gained flying airspeed they wouldn't have stalled. The most important part of an any EP is to maintain aircraft control. It was less than 2 minutes to impact. He destroyed a completely flyable airplane. This doesn't mitigate other factors, but that crew crashed the airplane.

Oh.. you're the guy on the X-C wearing white Nike's. Got it. Not to worry... I'll buy you another drink.

@17D_guy, since AMRDEC just bit it, are there any AF solutions out there which can be leveraged to share large files across to users around the world securely? Also, someone needs to un-fuck the PII tool so that it doesn't think attached emails have SSNs in them! It also keys on aircraft part numbers with long strings of alpha-numeric characters. When the tool runs, there needs to be a way for us to tell said tool that no, those part numbers are NOT PII. This is a huge issue now that AMRDEC is down and may never come back up.

Thanks haha, I can be a little dense sometimes, after 1 or 12 of those 16 ounce cans

That’s the oddest PRF I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen 100s How long ago was this??

I’ll repeat myself...I’m not saying a board doesn’t value your combat time. They do. What I’m saying is don’t think that your combat time is what’s going to get you promoted, or not promoted for that matter. You’re absolutely right, it does paint a picture but it’s a picture that thousands of your peers are also painting around the AF. What a board values and what will set you apart from your peers is leadership, period. Simply deploying for XX days or having ### hours of combat time does not = leadership in the eyes of the AF. It’s almost like being the best pilot in your unit or wing....no board will ever see your FEF. Yes, they see combat experience in your paperwork (and yes they want to see it) but that alone doesn’t equal leadership to them. Deployment experience is checking a box when it comes to a board (with my previously stated exceptions). Not at all saying it isn’t valuable, or that I agree with it, I’m saying all of us should have eyes wide open and no illusions about what really matters when it comes to promotions and your career.

They won't tell you to remove the line, but they also won't tell you it's worthless. One of the guys with the most combat time in my community was the guy who got RIFed. Meanwhile, my OG/CC had about 100 combat hours... In an aircraft where the average combat sortie is 12-16 hours.

Damn, you are correct! I guess my attention to detail is fading in my old age. The jet was from Ft Wayne, and not a FT bird at KAF with a live load! Fucking fake news!

You may be late My general recommended timeline: (Times back from when you want to get your first paycheck from an airline) -Start networking, reading forums, paying attention to peers getting hired, considering a run at the airlines: start of last assignment or two, no less than 3-4 years out Hit publish on the 50% solution app: > 1 year out. -Have app polished and refined to the 90% solution: 1 year out. -Start interview prep in earnest: 1 year out -Feel fully prepared, app at 99%, suit ready, resume ready: 6-9 months out -Start “practice” interviews, lock down backup jobs at airlines that aren’t #1 or 2 on your list, regionals: 6 months out

I also thought it was odd when they said the WG/CC and WG/CV were not available when the board was asking questions. Is that unusual? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

^ Holy fuck dude, start attaching TLDRs to your posts. Not even sure what the point of that was, but it could just be the copious amounts of water and barley talking.

Overlord was excellent. Take your significant other, it’s a knee spreader.

Ah yes, the convertible mod. Perfect for those VFR sunny days whilst out sending jihadists VFR direct to Allah. Just make everything is strapped down before releasing the brakes.

Nothing you need to know about on here.

Maybe we improve the situation for everyone? Crazy i know.

I can tell you this is not true. Everyone has been notified on where they stood about a week ago and nobody is coming back for a second round. We had one slot for UPT this year and all interviewees was extremely competitive and made it a very difficult choice to make. I'm not sure if the final decision has been released, but all interviewees know where they stacked up and have received feedback by this point. If you have not, then let me know your name by PM and I'll follow up with the member of the interview board that was supposed to call you.

As long as the American public allows themselves to believe that the current conflicts cost them nothing more than an occasional “thank you for your service”, nothing will change.

In my mind you try to win a war. There is no timeline. When all you’re doing is maintaining the status quo...I’m not sure what the hell you call that.

Same reason the US is still in Afghanistan, with no end state in mind and zero incentive to ever win. ForeverWar feeds the jobs program that is the Defense Industrial Complex. As another poster pointed out- once you realize the purpose of the DoD is to spend taxpayer money, everything starts to make sense.

Bro, you're already the Ultimate Fighter Pilot... Why do you care about ANG openings?

Always a crapshoot. It probably depends as much on your classmates' preferences as anything else. You could easily be the only one looking for helos in a class that drops a couple of them, or you could be the #2/4 in a class that drops one. Just boils down to luck and timing, like everything else. That said, finishing highly in the rack-and-stack can only help.

Not disagreeing with the overall content/message of your post, but that said I've seen many solid "mission hacking"/never-worn-a-knee-pad dudes have a decent career and command a squadron and a few gone to OG+. It absolutely can be done. You may face an uphill battle if you stay mission focused, but doing so does not inherently close doors. My recommendation to any young guy is put mission first at work, don't neglect your family, and overall just do the right thing. It'll all work out...maybe you become a CC, maybe you fly for Delta after 11 years, maybe you do both in the ARC...it'll all be good no matter how it works out. As soon as you start prioritizing the rat race and neglecting the mission and your family, you're losing.

So that’s the reason why the pacaf commander and amc commander got picked not because of their merits? Diversity.

It's a good thing that I serve in a professional organization that only judges people on their merit and not the color of their skin...

They really are this stupid.

Ah, a life of meaning and purpose, felt so strongly by C-130 pilots dropping off and picking up the same pallets of water around the AOR for 4 months in a row, or by a fighter pilot starting their 4th hour of orbiting supporting a JTAR that the army forgot existed 9 months ago, or by the major spending 365 days away from his family building powerpoint slides that people glance at for seconds at a time, or the captain right in the middle of the IPUG who spent a weekend finishing up OPRs on his guys that don't even end up going in front of a board. This whole thread is a testament to the meaning and purpose the Air Force provides.

not a whole lot evidently

You missed the point. It wasn't that DLF was a bustling town with plenty of options. It was that even then, without technological wizardry, Huggy didn't have to resort to banging students. No reason someone in the modern era should feel the need to put their own career at risk for a piece of ass.

NSFW for topic

Yes - this is the epitome of the AF SNAP. The fighter references in the other posts I sadly didn't comprehend but this is a great list of the general qualities that we can all agree on. We've got a guy or two at the squadron that I like to call CP/IPs...still a copilot but thinks that they have the right to GK ACs and above on minutia. And, with all due respect to the original posted list, going to church and encouraging others to do the same is not a SNAP quality. There's nothing sensitive or new age about faith.

Big time revival. Just found this gem in some old files, written by (I believe) a Wing Weapons Officer. SNAP INTERVENTION Over the last few early morning MPC tours, when all you can do is sit around and wait for the MCOs to drop, I have had a couple of revelations. First, I hate SNAPs. Second, I find great pleasure in SNAP intervention. Prior to having all of this idle time, I thought that the source of all of my anger was stress. Now I realize that the catalyst for my ever-increasing “Case-Of-The-Ass” (COTA) is unavoidable, daily interaction with an unprecedented number of that scum of the fighter pilot breed – the SNAP. These parasites are infiltrating our ranks and disrupting our time honored traditions and customs. On a personal level, some of them can be all right. However, they don’t have a clue about what it means to be a fighter pilot. Many erroneously assume that only lieutenants qualify for SNAP-hood. Sadly, nothing could be further from the truth! Over the last few years I have noticed that this fraternity, disregard – this sorority’s membership consists of many different ranks. Frankly, I’m not sure if any rank can be excluded from its pledge pool. In times past, the strong crushed these weak links like June Bugs under Oklahoma streetlights. (You might have to be from Oklahoma to understand this analogy). I believe that almost everyone begins UPT with unlimited potential. Some rise to the challenge. They take full advantage of this dedicated education and learn from their mistakes. Others, namely the SNAPs, simply fuck it up. Traditionally, the strong were identified during the early phases of training and were targeted for a future in fighters. Today, the bar has been significantly lowered. The initial ID has slid to the right, sometimes as far as the first Ops squadron. Foul! I realize that it takes effort to build a fighter pilot from the ground up. Just like a father enthusiastically teaches his son to play baseball, older fighter pilots (at every level – not just IPs) are charged with the honorable task of educating the next generation. Historically, a focused RTU/MQT program combined with follow-on mentoring during the critical cocoon year, ensured a 90% success rate of transforming the amoebae into a full-up United States Air Force fighter pilot…the Austin Powers of pilots worldwide! The other 10% seemed to get stuck in an endless “OODA loop” of Blind, Stripe, making excuses & embracing radio calls, and then demanding an explanation. Eventually these folks riding the short bus were sent to “Other Jobs” where they could do no harm. But, instead of withering away they usually end up getting promoted early…so there’s still hope…I’m getting a big COTA just sitting here. Today the SNAP population has increased exponentially! Where has the system failed? Why are there so many SNAPs? The system has failed because we have allowed it to fail. We can only blame ourselves for neglecting to nut-punch each and every SNAP as they popped up. The SNAP pop-up report criterion is ASAP. The shot doctrine is Rpi BVR weapons free. A little Frat while in hot pursuit of a maneuvering SNAP is acceptable. It usually takes more than one shots to achieve a 100% Pks (Probability of killing the SNAP). IPs, if in the past 5 years you have passed a STUD when you know you shouldn’t have, for whatever reason, you bought SNAP stock. If you have not taken the time to adequately debrief a sortie, you’ve bought stock. If you are now a majority stockholder, shame on you! Do us all a favor and find another job. We will all be better off without the likes of you. I’ll concede that even the strongest instructor has moments of weakness. If and when this happens, confess ASAP to the nearest weapons officer – you need to be exorcised. I think there are many reasons why the SNAP population is exploding. First, as I previously stated, the bar has been lowered across the board in UPT/RTU and within upgrades in the squadron. KIO-KIO-KIO! It will take time to reverse this trend; therefore it is essential that immediate action be taken. We need to work at retaining our identity through our actions – our tactical prowess. I think we all know that paying lip service to chaff and flare is a bad habit. Let’s not pay lip service to our profession. If you are not capable of kicking ass, anytime, anywhere, you need to work toward that goal! Over the past few years, I have heard over and over again that we are too busy. I agree that we are shorthanded, but that is the hand we have been dealt. Quit whining (defined as bitching without a solution) and figure out how best to solve the problem. The only forum in which bitching without a solution is permissible is the Elbow. Barring that arena, do not pass up the opportunity to keep your SNAP-hole shut. Whining is a sure indicator that you have been infected with the SNAP! It is an insidious disease and most SNAPs do not even realize that they one until it is too late. How do we fix this problem? We need to prioritize and focus on how to become better fighter pilots. The MQT/FLUG/IPUG programs need to resemble their purpose – i.e. combat capability, rather than just coming and going. The officers who subscribe to this “coming and going upgrade philosophy” will drag us into a state of unrecognized and unrecoverable mediocrity. We are the best Air Force the world has ever seen. Don’t let it slip through our fingers on our watch. This doesn’t mean that we should fly only 4v4s. This means that we need to teach the building blocks and hold their little SNAP feet to the fire. They will either sink or swim. Those who sink are better off flying something else. What good is a “Combat Mission Ready” pilot or flight lead that is not qualified or ready to go to war? No one is perfect, but we can definitely do a better job than we have done lately. Our Pks is at an all time low across the CAF. If you can’t debrief a CT sortie in excruciating detail in 2.5 hours, then you should never have made it through the FLUG. It all boils down to education, training, and attitude. If any of these areas are not in line, you need an adjustment. Most SNAPs are SNAPs because they lack adequate training and/or were never taught how to be a fighter pilot. Flying fighters in the USAF should be a privilege, not a right. Old dudes get up and start working! Your duty is to teach the punks how to act, walk and talk fighter pilot. Never pass up an opportunity to bitch-slap a SNAP. SNAP intervention is everyone’s duty. If someone is acting suspicious go offensive early – SNAP attack is the only mission where fratricide is acceptable. I have found that it gives me great personal and professional pleasure hunting these vermin. Give it a try and I think you’ll like it too – unless you are one. Symptoms exhibited by SNAPs and recommended corrective actions: (Feel free to add your own techniques) Minor Dose: Notify him of his SNAP status and administer psychotherapy. Use friendly voice inflection and body language so as to not to alarm or cause undue stress. 1. Whines about his schedule…”I can’t show 5 hours earlier tomorrow” 2. Whines about the having to mission plan 3. Whines about the need to work 4. Any Lieutenant that demands an explanation for anything, from anybody 5. Expects leave during X-Mas without prior coordination…then whines when it doesn’t happen 6. Wears socks with his sandals 7. Asks for food over the radio “ C/S is on the deck Code 1 – please bring food” 8. Any Lt that is too lazy to take off that damn reflector belt indoors. Medium Dose: Slap his ass back on track. Aggressive but non-threatening behavior works best with this dumb ass. He needs to know his conduct is unbecoming of an USAF fighter pilot. 1. Needs an explanation before he’ll get off his ass to work 2. He worries more about his investments than his BFM skills 3. Feels compelled to share all his petty problems 4. The dreaded 500 hr Know-it-all…SHUT THE FUCK UP – JACK ASS 5. He will not make color copies of the map because he wants to save money 6. Afraid to frat during an Elbow…WTF!!!! 7. Any scheduler that schedules his own up-grade with Santa’s/0-5s and above 8. Any Capt too lazy to remove his reflector belt indoors Heavy Dose: Needs immediate treatment. Start with a swift kick in the Jimmy and a week’s worth of shit details. However, he’ll need follow-on treatment, so be aggressive popping this zit 1. Writing in the Doofer book and not having the balls to sign your name 2. Fl CC or above that thinks the FLUG is all about coming and going 3. Cares more about his career than his flying skills 4. Doesn’t log bad deal sorties (i.e. instrument) on TAR and then whines about his sortie count 5. The all mouth and no action dude 6. Any O-4/higher that doesn’t have enough SA to remove the reflector belt indoors 7. Whines more than bitches 8. Tries to do everyone’s job but his own He’s a goner: Send him to a job that restricts his access or influence over fighter operations. 1. Writes in Doofer and signs some else’s name 2. If he’s a Democrat 3. A patch-wearer that whines about MPC duty 4. Any officer that thinks he’s setting a good example wearing the reflector belt in FPCON B, C, or D 5. If you feel compelled to make this article gender neutral - you’ve missed the point

Because generally speaking, people who are not of your faith want to hear about your faith about as much as they want to be regaled by tales of the last time you clipped your toe nails. That in and of itself it probably not snapish; however, "I cant do that because I'm religious" and especially "i can't go out, i've got church in the morning" definitely is snapish.

I like this discussion. I feel like love and sexual relationships are a personal issue. Serving in the military is a professional thing. It is unfair to punish someone for their actions in their personal life. Just because people are married doesn't mean they love each other. Not all men can stay in love with one woman for the rest of their life. As long as their personal relationships are not affecting their military competency, I think military personnel should not be punished. But what do I know?