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Truman08

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  1. Shocking but true... however as Azimuth said this is on Boeing to eat (sts)

    Question if anyone has heard this discussed or can comment on an open forum about it: has it been discussed to buy more 46s as the 17s are retired? A friend who flies the 135 seems to think that is the going to be be the case as the 17s reach the end of their service life. Seems reasonable but wondered if this idea is circulating...

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  2. Dear Air Force Times,

    YOU SUCK!

    I'd agree. I thought that the article was written with poor tact. Yes, it's important that aircrews study this mishap and learn from the mistakes that were made, but the AF Times article was horribly written. Another reason why anything I read from them, I always take it with a grain of salt. It's almost like they're purposely making an attempt to lay blame in this accident. Yes, the public accident report clearly states the circumstances as to how and why the mishap occurred, but when AF Times takes it to the "next level" as to make it a point to say exactly who sat where, I think that it was unnecessary. Just my $0.02

    Truman08

  3. Mexican aerial drone crashes in backyard of El Paso home

    EL PASO (AP) — An unmanned drone belonging to the Mexican government crash landed Tuesday in El Paso's Lower Valley, officials confirmed today.

    "I was told that it crashed in somebody's back yard, and that no one was injured. I was paged at 6:28 p.m. on Tuesday, so it happened shortly before that. We were told it was not a police matter," said Detective Mike Baranyay, a spokesman for the El Paso Police Department.

    The crash occurred at Yarbrough and Loop 375.

    Police said the U.S. Border Patrol seized the aircraft, which was to be transported back to one of the international bridges so that Mexican officials could recover the drone.

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    So it's really been Mexico all this time...

  4. This is how I feel. First time I took the new PT test, I failed on the push ups alone. The PTL I had was a jack-$#% and didn't count 30+ of my total pushups. Took the test on a Monday, failed, and re-took the test on the following Friday and scored a 95+ (wasn't attempting to brag, just making a point). Honestly, I believe that hiring out contractor PTLs is crap because apparently they go "by the books" and don't take into account that what they're grading you on could have a very positive or negative impact on your future career.

  5. In terms of watches, I bought the Casio Pathfinder for myself about halfway through UPT and I love it. It's got a bunch of great features that I hardly use on a day-to-day basis, but when I do need them, they're get. It's a rather large watch, but for all of the different features that it has, I think that it's worth it.

  6. Is there something contractually that states you HAVE to have your drop at the Club? Why not rent out Rudy's or Club Arriba, pay the AV dude to hook up his projector, and buy a couple kegs at a normal price?

    EDIT: Grammar

    It may not be written in a contract somewhere that the drop has to be at the O'Club, but higher-up leadership states that you must have it there. They also mandate that you buy at least 2 kegs directly from the Club at a crazy expensive price as opposed to buying it at the Class 6 and bringing it over. Our class got hosed with ''mandatory'' graduation expenses that were required for us to purchase from the club.

  7. I'm getting ready to fill out my dream sheet here in a few weeks for the T-1 drop in early July. I know it differs from base to base, but I was wondering if anybody knew a rough estimate of the current ops tempos on the heavy side. If you could throw in specific examples (ie specific base deployment rates) that would help out a bunch. Just want to make an informed decision of what jet I put down and I have a feeling that those out there actually doing the mission could give me more accurate info than the brief we're going to receive from those who have been around the training squadron for a while. Thanks.

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