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8 hours ago, Magellan said:
Selection, non-selection, or both?
I would assume both
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11 hours ago, Shakermaker said:
As met records now in PRDA
Heard rumors notifications are starting
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6 hours ago, pawnman said:
It's a good thing JASSM shooters don't have to worry about LARs, timing, shot containers, spacing between shots, retargeting in flight...just push the pickle button and the weapon does the rest.
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To get everyone back on the same page, I don’t think he is saying AMC guys couldn’t do it, just that it’s more than taking an airdrop qual’d crew and saying airdrop this here. You’d probably need some additional training.
I think the idea has merit, but it definitely needs a hard look to see if it’s actually feasible for lots of different reasons, many of them already stated. But if I can throw more shit down range at the right time to get an intended effect, why wouldn’t I at least look into it?
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55 minutes ago, Lawman said:
Yeah let’s be honest but the C-130 is the turboprop timeline version of the same shit we did with the 707.
It wasn’t that there was a perfection of that airframe to do a role, it was that there were literally so many of them nobody cared that somebody wanted to take one and try something with it.
Sent from my iPad using TapatalkBS the C-130 is perfect in every way
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15 hours ago, brabus said:
I’m tracking what Joe’s saying, and he’s right for the most part, our frustration mostly lies with entities well above an ARW level. But, dream’s quote above is still very applicable. I am rightly frustrated with tanker crews when they show negative desire to make the mission happen...not flexible at all, outright don’t want to be “tactically” involved in a mission (because excuses), flip out at the smallest of changes airborne (I guess that’s a double hit on inflexibility), etc. In general, the perception is those crews are checking the box for the airlines/can’t or aren’t willing to do something outside of their super low-risk comfort zone driven by a career of CENTCOM ALR low. I’m not talking scheduling at all, but the planning and execution part. Now, I also know some of that is because some OG’s are giant pussies and the FGOs/CGOs can’t do anything about that. If that’s your case in life right now, then at least resolve to not throw in the towel, wait that guy out, and be ready to win harder when the next guy (who hopefully isn’t a pussy) takes command.
Now, I have also worked with phenomenal tanker crews, both AD and ARC. Same MWS as the shitty ones, but a whole new world attitude-wise. One real world example...Niagara lost their -130s, but they clearly brought the more tactical mindset to the -135 world. Those guys have their shit together and are willing to “push the envelope” to make the mission not only happen, but be more effective. I appreciate their openness to “non-standard” things and their flexibility. My perception is they care about the bigger picture and doing their damndest to make the team more effective within their means. There are other great units in the region as well, but I think the Niagara example is one that shows perspective/attitude can be the sole thing that makes a tanker unit awesome, or dog shit.
But that’s just one fighter guy’s opinion. I do truly feel for all my AMC bros who have to deal with monumental bullshit and candy-ass leadership on a daily basis. I know many of you would be doing things a whole lot differently if the careerist weren’t on your backs 24/7.
To your point, most of the tanker crossovers I’ve seen come into the Herk are usually surprised/terrified by the Herk culture of pushing the envelope to make the mission happen. Especially deployed making decisions on the fly without C2 blessing because you can’t get ahold of them.
For the most part, you adopt the culture you grow up in, and a lot of the MAF culture is more of an airline business model than a fighting force.
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4 hours ago, HeloDude said:
My quick bar napkin math tells me that it’s nearly impossible to be a ‘graduated’ sq cc and then have your first look. Even if you’re early to command, I’m pretty sure your first look would still be while being a sitting commander.
I had a recent Sq commander who was not a BTZ O-5, but was a school select on his O-5 board, who then was picked up his first look while being a commander. Interestingly enough he turned it down.
As a flyer commanding an ops squadron it’s possible but you would have to be a commander as you pinned on O-5. I’ve seen it but it’s rare. Otherwise your bar napkin math checks.
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1 hour ago, FLEA said:
The nuanced question here is who's life has more value?
It seems like the answer for most Americans when it comes to all COVID decisions is “my families and mine”.
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15 hours ago, Guardian said:
Just another Eagle? Then why name the E Strike Eagle? Are you aware of the Eagle’s capabilities verses the EX? F was already spoken for. It was supposed to be the two seat and the E was a single seat originally. Also they jumped around with the others. S, I, J, SE, DJ, N, K, SG, and now EX.
Got it, and I assumed so which is why I said like F-15F, but it’s not a new airframe, it’s just the next iteration of an old airframe. Hence give it a new letter. Or call it the Eagle II and pretend like you developed it from scratch.
Edit to add, I don’t really care, it was just more of an eye roll when I saw it.
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1 hour ago, SurelySerious said:
Eagle II? It’s just another Eagle. If we bought Block 69 vipers to meet 4+ needs, are they going to seriously call it the FF II?
Yeah, how is it not just the next letter in the series? Like F-15F?
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4 hours ago, so.it.goes said:
Just for clarification, the ACSC "top-up" is only required if you do the Leadership/O-3 track, and you get full credit for ACSC if you do the Joint Warfare/O-4 track, correct?
Correct
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11 hours ago, pawnman said:
It's certainly a weird way of phrasing it...isn't everyone in the right year group "eligible" for promotion at every board?
I agree. They are just saying all 100% can be promoted instead of saying maximum is x% that can promote on a given board. Wording is a little weird.
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5 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
Have you had COVID?
Not sure. I had pneumonia for a couple weeks in Feb 2020 while stationed in Asia that was unresponsive to antibiotics, but they wouldn’t test me because I hadn’t been in China.
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4 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
I hope that's the case...I had a rebound yesterday and spent another 20 hours in bed with a fever, chills, and body aches. That SUCKED!
That was my reaction to the first shot. I had almost no reaction to the second shot except for being tired for a couple days.
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1 hour ago, Tiger said:
For example, if a commander DNP’s a 1Lt for promo to Captain on his first eligible look, will he then be ABZ on the next go around?
Yes. His IPZ was a DNP. Next year up is APZ
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On 3/2/2021 at 6:29 AM, Toro said:
MyCS is in time out.
He went down voting my old posts again today, all 26 of my down votes are him, lol
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Those airports or Sanford if you are trying to save some money. I’ve been a few times but flew in GA so haven’t stayed there. If you can make a friend or know someone, watching the airshow/aircraft flying in and out under the wing of someone’s plane is the best spot. Not sure what covid rules have affected though.
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38 minutes ago, jazzdude said:
Redirect fire...DoD implemented that policy, AF just executed the policy. Plus, several other flags are still authorized as well.I stand corrected! Maybe I just assumed it seemed like something the Air Force would do when the guidance came down.
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2 hours ago, fueL2Fight said:
You can see why people would make the connection though right...? Capitol rioters carried a rebel flag with them onto the Senate floor and every tenth car that comes through Hurlburt has a rebel flag.... I mean even Archer stopped using "ISIS" after it became associated with extremism.
By that logic we can’t fly 13 star American flags because kaepernick and Nike say it’s a symbol of extremism and hate. It seems today it doesn’t matter what you intend with your symbol, words, or opinions, only what the person most offended by them thinks you meant.
And I’m not advocating flying confederate flags everywhere.
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1 hour ago, jazzdude said:
The Marine Corps has banned it from their installations, so there's already precedent for doing so.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/06/06/marine-corps-bars-public-display-of-confederate-flag-on-installations/
Air Force did the same, but in standard Air Force fashion instead of just banning that flag they banned all flags except American flags and Air Force flags.
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38 minutes ago, congressman said:
Thanks fellas. Fear is really all over politics and its corrosive. Im at total peace. Put the above video out yesterday on Fear to begin that convo on what is driving our politics and what is the next generation learning, besides be crazy=get famous.
It’s refreshing seeing you talk over the last month and you’re actually saying what I’m thinking.
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2 hours ago, MyCS said:
I don't understand why your parents took the paper bag off your face either. I get it, they wanted you to feel ”normal" and the bag was your safe space. Nobody wants to see a kid with a face that resembles like a Hot Wheels track.
Classy.
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I don’t understand why everyone keeps interacting with the troll.
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Top 3 guys in my class had 200+ hours and their commercial. Top guy had 200 hours of formation time on top of that in jets. I saw other guys with a thousand hours struggle.
the key is to have the hours as a baseline but attack UPT like you haven’t flown before to build military habit patterns. The air sense you already have from hours will show through. If your set in your ways though it will get ugly, and those are the guys you usually hear about. Finally, some guys just can’t think quickly and having 1000 hours won’t fix that and they will struggle.
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5 hours ago, Champ Kind said:
I haven't posted in a while, but this thread got my attention.
Define "many", please. I can't think of a single current sitting CC in the AD Herk community that didn't do residence IDE. I know of enough in other MAF communities to be able to confidently say that a vast majority of sitting CCs completed IDE in residence. I don't mean to call you out, but I think we owe it to the OP and anyone reading now and in the future to keep the conversation based on fact.
A year and a half ago 2 of the 6 C130 flying squadrons had commanders that didn’t attend IDE. One of them took over as a major with 4 months left until pinning on Lt Col. Granted still a lower percentage but not unheard of.
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Without seeing the rest of your record or the full OPRs and just going off those strats, the result doesn’t make sense.