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AFE never buying a beer again.

Fucking miracle. Nice to see our "allies" are prepared and trained to use all that fancy equipment they buy from us.

More than 40 years in the making. About damn time.

Kuwait will be buying 6 of these, And 3 of these

Huge screw up by the armed forces of Kuwait but if you have spent anytime there they still remember we came to help in 1991. Crazy footage of a local helping one of the downed aircrew. AQPptBFZfFsqf2ZHbYpb9V7qHpW1-JsI53iyUMhoQSXUDo5xmSeP6u2yxdp4efHy-SQSIOmF-O6ICHrQSIkbkUbtEtWaKNapNJQnuF7TutDcyA.mp4

70K offload at Xnm. Going to purposely be vague on the distance... We broke the INDOPACOM model using shuttles back and forth to the IP...nearly three times the available offload at the IP. Big-Wings carry a lot more gas but it takes them a LONG time to get there. Also, being able to refuel all with on plane changed the requirements math as well. In one scenario a KC-390 was able to support a F-35B strike package, top off F-22 DCA and service an impromptu CV-22 SOF mission. Getting outside of our established TTPs really opened the aperture.

Recent Vance T-38 class patch.

Apparently, Israel whacked this asshole too. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad killed

My wife and Khamenei have something in common, today was their last day working for their respective governments. Wife retires from the USAF tomorrow, Khamenei retired from life.

A group of MIG-29's met their end against F-35s.

Khamenei is dead. The Jerusalem Post | JPost.comIranian officials, Ali Khamenei killed in Israeli strikes...Israeli officials informed of Khamenei's assasination • Netanyahu says objective to end Ayatollah's regime • Trump confirms US operation in Iran, tells IRGC to lay down arms

So he was a Loadmaster? Now I'm confused.

From AFPC this morning: Unfortunately, that rumor has some truth to it. The single UPT scheduler that works UFT Board also works all the UPT training for the USAF (number varies but normally 1200 to 1500 per year). Recently she has been bombarded by AETC taskers regarding short notices to UPT at Laughlin; I am sure you have heard that rumor as well. Bottomline is that although there is a training plan for everyone in out UPT select list, the scheduler has not been able to load everyone yet. Loading is done based primarily on expected RNLTD dates, therefore those with earlier planned dates will see the training loaded more quickly than those planned towards the end of the year. You can pass on that ENJJPT and UHT are unlikely to move before Q3 (training pipeline delays), therefore they may see their training loaded later in March. Everyone else, just hang in there, it will get done. No one expected what is going on with Laughlin short notices…

Wow. I don't have a dog in this fight, but damn. Pulling CSO and RPA LTs off of casual status en masse to go to UPT? That's pretty unprecedented if true (not doubting these posters, just questioning the second hand nature of the info).

Yeah... But.... She's pretty hot.

At this point I just want to move. If I still don't have an assignment by 28 Feb, I will probably reach out to the assignments team and let them know that I can move ASAP. Not worried about UPT base preference at this point. Ready to go where there is an open slot.

It seems like the issues are with filling the earlier class dates at Laughlin, hence the “pick up and move now” offers people are getting. Similar to what was mentioned in this thread where people are getting offered to go with a March RNLTD. Curious if those of us who put Laughlin first and are still waiting for dates are also going to have an earlier class date. Will let y’all know

Received a response after leadership reached out on my behalf. A delay of a "couple more weeks" is likely as those short-term training gaps are being filled by others.