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If you look hard enough you can find a pattern to claim just about anything. Don’t fall for the propaganda. I know well-educated successful upper middle class minorities who have it better than 90% of Americans that have been convinced they are victims in a systematically racist country. Because they’ve found a “pattern” and they can justifiably compare 2018 New England to 1968 Mississippi. Some people just want to complain and be victims. Most of us are tired of it.

“Are you serious? That sounds like a duffel blog article.” - My wife.

Honestly CAF/AFGSC assets should generally stick to sniper-like pods. Of course we should continue to improve capes, but keep in mind the mission of said assets. We are not here to read license plates or PID douche69 in a bazaar, there are many assets who are meant for that/good at it. We need a TGP to PID larger targets, self target weapons, get BHA, etc. The Army trying to use every AF asset as if it has a MTS-B has been nothing short of idiocy/FWA.

Just to give you some inspiration as to what a better AFOQT pilot score and TBAS can do, I got an 81 on the pilot portion of my first test. With that and my flight hours in the 21-40 bracket, I had a PCSM of 65. After studying my ass off, I took the AFOQT a second time and scored a 98 in the pilot section while still in the same bracket for flight hours. With my score going from 81 to 98, it raised by PCSM from 65 to 77. So, 17 higher points on my AFOQT pilot section equated to an additional 12 points in the PCSM calculation. Now I doubt that this calculation is linear but it does give you a glimpse into what is possible if you do really well on your retake. After bumping my PCSM to 77, I then retook the TBAS and raised my PCSM to 83 while still in the 21-40 flight hours bracket. Since then, I've gotten my PPL and my PCSM sits at 87 (41.3 hours) and 98 if you're looking at the 201+ column. I hope this helps. Good luck with the studying and let me know if you have any questions.

I agree Clark. The authors overall point was that USAF self-imposed limitations, some might say outdated and arbitrary limitations, on how to utilize their pilot force is an obstacle to mission success. On that point I agree; I fully expect AFSOC to acquire OA-X if the CAF does and it would be dumb not to use U-28/AC-130 folks for initial cadre. That cadre would be valuable, assuming they were good in their SOF platform, because of their experience not the trainer they flew in UPT. We put way to much emphasis on track select. Prepare to be triggered T-38 students & FAIPs: you still don't know shit about fighting! That said, the author failed to convince me on his more specific recommendations. Good conversation starter, and good on him for publishing his thoughts.

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Can’t you always fund traditional Ira and tsp? Reguardless of income?

Another interesting perspective. I know there are a lot of MC-12 turned UPT instructor (T-6/T-38) about to start over in wide body ISR (and not happy about it, virtually guaranteeing they will punch at first opportunity....a large portion will be able to 7-day opt out of it I think). Not to mention most of them have experience standing up a squadron from nothing. I’d expect nothing less from AFPC, zero concern for career desires of these guys....Pilot crisis will get worse before getting better, but that’s a different thread. https://warontherocks.com/2018/01/an-unconventional-proposal-for-bringing-the-oa-x-to-life/

Is this the claims department at TMM Jacksonville? I’ve heard recently about claims taking a while, but that is ridiculous. We already had to pay to fix our washing machine that was broken during the move and come spring time I have to buy my kids a new trampoline because they trashed it. We shouldn’t have to fight for years to get compensated for losses. Reason 2,469,569 dudes are tripping over each other on the way out the door.

Yep.. sniper/litening is better coordinate accuracy than most of the ISR type pods. Which is why the assertions above (previous pages, not your post) about a sniper equipped aircraft not being suitable for BOT are a little strange.

First commander of the Space Shuttle flew west 5 Jan 2018. Fast facts: Naval Aviator, flew F-9 Cougars & F-8 Crusaders on fleet tours aboard USS Coral Sea & USS Forrestal, Navy TPS Grad, 42 year career with NASA, Flew on Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle missions. From his Wiki page: John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Young enjoyed the longest career of any astronaut, becoming the first person to fly six space missions (with seven launches, counting his lunar liftoff) over the course of 42 years of active NASA service. He was the only person to have piloted, and been commander of, four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. We don’t make guys like this anymore. Thoughts and prayers to family and friends. Whole Wiki page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_(astronaut)

I didn't realize until I was away at college that his house was less than 1/4 mile from our house. One of the greats that is directly responsible for making America what it is. Bergman: trying to catch him. But I think it’s futile

This is a publicity stunt, not a real run for office. Senator Ben Cardin, the 2-term incumbent of that seat, has literally 50 years of electoral success in Maryland and has never lost a race. Not worth even mentioning other than she is a terrible person and an attention-seeking douche. My prediction is Cardin wins the primary with basically no effort by 50+ points. Lucky for me, when my party has lunatics run for office they are typically defeated handily in primaries by distinguished public servants. Can’t quite say the same for my friends on the right...Senator Doug Jones sends his regards to the GOP primary voters of Alabama

Wow, what a crock of shit. This one is on Big Blue 100%. Congress authorized more and they choose not to pay it. And what’s worse is the authorized changes would benefit the exact demographic the AF desperately needs to retain (aviators at ~10 years of aviation service), i.e. the guys contemplating seriously whether or not to punch at the end of their commitment. I’m in it to win it at this point (in the Guard), but man a $300 per month raise (from 700 up to 1K for moving up a tier) starting in Feb would have been sweet. The max tier being at 12 (formerly 14) years rather than 10 never made any damn sense to me.

Can confirm, studying the AFOQT study guides (Barron’s/Peterson’s or AFPCs) for a week and absolutely hammering the 4 sections that matter can create a huge jump in scores. Pilot score went from 49 to 98, resulting in a PCSM of 99. Looks like AFOQT retake improvement drives higher scores than TBAS. Just hope it’s enough for the AD board!

Original PCSM (49 Pilot): 23 30hours and TBAS retake: 62 (est. 77 when PPL complete) Studying pretty hard for those four Pilot sections of the AFOQT, need a decent bump to feel a little better and hopefully break 90 PCSM.

Hey fellas, I apologize for taking so long to reply. Another person here was able to get the information I requested. I now have a class date of April 2018!! I really do appreciate your replies.

@bronxbomber ... yes it was miserable especially having all 4 out at the same time....