Redknight123

Flight suits and nomex flight jackets wear out/lose their flight retardent qualities after a certain amount of washing and use so is there a standard timeline of say an aircrew member being alloted 2 flight suits and 1 nomex flight jacket per year type of thing? To sum up, does anyone know how often and how many flight suits and nomex flight jackets you can get issued and how often for example per year/two years etc. and what reg supports this? My question is for USAF regulations.

Guys, thanks for the help. This is exactly what I was looking for and then some. Fly safe!

AFSOCK, Thanks I appreciate it. And again anyone else's help I'll take it.

I appreciate where you are coming from. I have already been there. I am looking to go back to be an IP and it has been 10+ years since I flew the pattern so again if anyone can take the time to delineate the rules of the road for the AF UPT pattern I'd appreciate it.

Hello, Could anyone post a document/answer what is the aircraft priority for the Air Force UPT pattern to include both the closed and outside pattern? For example, if an aircraft calls initial for the break can an aircraft already established in the closed pattern request closed? What determines who breaks out, pattern entry to the outside downwind, etc? I understand some of this was touched on a LITTLE in previous posts but I really need the step-by-step from pattern entry at the outside pattern to break point and then into the inside closed or entry via the st-in how the pattern works. I thought this would be in a UPT base instruction 11-250, local flying procedures, but I don't have access to one. Anyway, this question seems well suited to anyone going through UPT now or an IP. I want to be able to do some walking the pattern practice as mentioned in the above posts and really need the pattern procedures/radio calls to make that work. Thanks