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Kudos to Boeing on the artist's rendition. I'm pretty sure I dodged those buldings in the Tweet sim in UPT.

Looks like the Boeing folks have a new cruise missile up their sleeves...no, not literally http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/10/25/boeing-successfully-tests-microwave-missile-that-takes-out-electronic-targets/

Never mind. Forget I said anything about being an EWO. I have no idea what he's talking about.

I'll feed the troll, and maybe we can turn this into an introduction and credibility thread. I'm Pete HOSS Harris, an Aggressor at Nellis. I've been flying vipers since 2002, to include lots of FMS experience. I was a T38 FAIP at Columbus prior, and casual at Andrews prior to SUPT. I personally know several regulars here, and professionally know of quite a few more. And you are? ... (edited to remove some stupid from the quote)

I think they make radio calls as well so the pilot can concentrate on flying that non single-seat aircraft.

Levels of nerdiness?

Show me where I've given promotion advice. All I've done was shed some light on the promotion PROCESS, as I've seen some things thrown out in this thread that were not factual.

Just when I thought this thread couldn't get any better... In comes the 1Lt "wing exec" spouting off promotion advice! You can't script this shit!

Background: Current UPT instructor (FAIP) Don't worry about the Boldface/Ops limits. You will have plenty of time in phase 1 (about 6 weeks) to learn it cold. In fact, don't worry about much before phase one starts. Most of it won't make sense anyways. Once phase one starts, use that time to get ahead in three key areas. These areas will be much easier to work on once you have had the initial simulators, since they will give you some perspective. The three key areas: Checklists: in the T-6 there is a single-page document (often folded in half to have two sides) called the Consolidated Checklist or something like that. It starts at the cockpit check and ends with the Engine Shutdown checklist. Memorize it. Know every checklist, item by item, cold. Use your cockpit poster to help you memorize it, and when you are taught about the "flow and verify" method of running a checklist, use it. Radio calls: they are listed out, generally put together in some sort of gouge document the Simulator Instructors hand out. Memorize them. Be able to spit the radio calls out, and know when to say them. Every single one for the various Contact profiles. Departure Procedures. At CBM there are four you use in the Contact Phase. Memorize them. Cold. They are simple, and short. Know them like the back of your hand. When you are first starting in UPT, every time you have to think or read anything, the plane takes an immediate vector into an UNSAT. Minimize the time you have to think and read by learning those three things before C4001. It will let you focus on more important things, like being pointed in the right direction, and staying on altitude. When you hit the flight line, you will have the opportunity to go to the UTDs on your own and practice checklists. Do this, many times. When I was a student I went about 3 times a week to the UTD. It helps, and not only does it help you fly better, it makes your instructor a lot happier when he/she doesn't have to spend 25 minutes melting in the summer heat waiting for you to fumble-###### through the checklists. Caveat: There are other things you are responsible for learning. Those things should be made clear to you, and you will still need to know them. But don't neglect the three things above. IMHO, they will affect your flying more than anything else, other than raw skill. Caveat II: Just my opinion. I am by no means the most experienced IP.

Which one: 1. U-2s on a carrier? 2. Or keeping an eye on the French?

I wish someone had told me that sentence before I started UPT.

We could spin that wheel and I'd be at a loss to figure out which sins require what in prostration/penance/payment. More about the "I'm a faithful Catholic" in one area and holding it up as a reason she couldn't "fix" the problem. But.. if she'd been that devout in the first place there wouldn't have been this situation. Is she married now? I didn't see it in the article, but I was skimming. Where's the faith? Don't throw your faith out there as a reason you can't do something, when you've already done something your faith is against. That being said, I'm glad she didn't boot the kiddo.

http://www.wantscheck.com/UPTPrep/UPTGouge/tabid/306/Default.aspx http://www.baseops.net/militarypilot/ http://www.milpilot.net/gouge.php There used to be an old church converted into a printing shop in Enid, OK (Vance AFB) where two older ladies reproduced JSUPT gouge. Not sure if they're still around. Notes, warning and cautions and Boldface/ops limits. Familiarization of anything you can get your hands on, even slightly out-dated. Good luck at UPT.

This one was a gem - Pick and choose much do we? Should have stayed a technical virgin. As Rainman would say, "Burger King."

The part about this that kills me is that sweet I'm SOF seems to think it's bad form to ask advice from the old guys. Surely their experience means nothing, and I should only look to the guys that made rank. Fuck the mission, successful promotion is all that matters.

My friend Keith nailed a pretty good shot of the U-2 at the Sacramento airshow. Though some might appreciate... He's at www.kbvp.com