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Whatever you do. Don't live anywhere where you have to take the parking lot they call Hwy 91. When I was there I lived in the old base housing. It backs right up to the base. The city took it over after the base closed. It was supposed to be Section 8 housing. But the city don't put impose income limits. So most of the housing is filled with people from the base. They had a cypher gate by 4th Air Force when I was there. So most days I rode a bicycle to work. The other side of the housing is where the Commisary and BX is at.

Maybe the same reason the also are the only ones with a CMSP panel installed.

You could pick up some bodies if AETC and AFMC went WG or Contractor. That's what they announced for Luke and the F-35. All Lockheed Martin. https://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/02/27/air-force-cut-18-a10s-from-inventory/24126079/ In addition, the service will contract maintenance for F-35s at the main operational training base, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. This move "helps ensure enough Air Force maintainers are trained and in place to support the F-35 at initial operational capability and beyond," James said in the release.

At the end of the last link posted. They have a Boeing Engineer commenting on the KC-46. And it's issues Ah, the KC-46. The airplane I ended my career at Boeing with. What a train-wreck that thing is. If you only knew the half of it, you would be shocked. Boeing will never make a single penny on that program. Not one. First thing is that the major airframe structure is actually based on the 767-400 freighter. What is that you ask? I know that's not an actual thing, yet, but it's in the engineering database... Oh, and did you know that the first major hick-up was that someone forgot to actually calculate the volume of the cargo deck to see if it could actually hold the required amount of fuel per contract? Yeah, it was too small. Solution? Take your already-engineered airplane and throw the majority of the drawings away and start over! Lower the cargo floor, revise the stanchion locations, push out the sidewalls, come up with thinner designs for the main deck, fittings, etc. Then we can just barely squeeze those tanks in there! Oh, you mean we have to actually have enough room for a man to bolt those tanks in place in the factory? Crap! And I suppose you are going to require us to have enough room for an airman in arctic gear to be able to unbolt them and remove all the tanks in under an hour? Good news! If we have floor panels that flip up on the main deck, we can then grab that airman by his ankles and lower him/her head first to the locking bolts. Oh, and we're going to save tons of money by reusing pre-engineered systems too! Wait, those "engineered" systems that have non-conforming hand-drawn sketches and are rife with errors? Oh, I guess we need to update those! Don't worry, we've been building the derivative that those systems exist on for decades! We'll make it up by reusing the installation plans the factory has successfully been using without error! Yeah, the plans that say "install per drawing" and references the already mentioned poor engineering and don't meet any Boeing process specification in existence. Guess we'll have to work our Manufacturing Engineers 7 days a week for 8 months straight! Don't worry, we'll lay them off when we're done with them! I can go on...and on...and on...super panels, panoramic fairings, promising work to Japan for cost-sharing, then undercutting them and stealing it back, fuel lines that don't conform to spec, center hose pressure bulkhead...oh wait, that actually worked out really well. Oh, want to know why there isn't a man laying in a pod looking out a window? Because there's no room once the lower 46/47 is stuffed with fuel in order to meet requirements. So, spit shine it with some high-tech razzle dazzle and talk of "better teaming on the flight deck" and call it good.

I left the Air Guard in 1999. So im not sure how they are today. But since September of 2007 when the Air Reserve decided to mandate the wearing of the uniform for all ARTs during the week. The Reserve has been on a tear to decimate the ART program. Between absolute adherence to Active Duty F2F and the TFI program. All of the old time ARTS I have worked with have retired. Transferred to DCMA or went straight civilian like I did.

Can you imagine what would happen if there wasn't the concrete dividers the last 100 feet before the gate? You already have road rage incidents going on. When there is only one lane open. And a car will drive past the mile long back up. And try to sneak in at the last minute.

Its been nice having more than one lane open on the west gate before 6am. But with the UEI over. It will probably go back to one lane open and 5 SF inside the building till 7.

The 64th and 65th AGRS had Traditional and ART Reservists from the 926th Group the two years I was there. My first and only TFI unit.

Didn't FedEx move out of Cubi Point down at Subic Bay?

Todays National Commision on the Air Force hearing is now online. https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/14-04-29-national-commission-on-the-structure-of-the-air-force

Looks like you get another chance. https://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20140326/BENEFITS/303260035/AF-civilians-another-shot-early-retirement-separation

Hopefully they will a few bucks set aside to have a Civilian VERA.

Around the 18th of December I got the email asking for volunteers. It was part of the Air Force getting rid of 900 people by February 28th. www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/467714/af-officials-announce-fy14-civilian-workforce-shaping.aspx I went to the Edwards civilian personnel the next day. And it was only for admin types. No aircraft mechanics.

They just did this to the Civilians at my base. The sent email to everyone asking for volunteers for VERA/VSIP. After a day of flight-line guys showing up with filled out applications. They sent another email saying only Admin types can apply.

You mean the same Union that told all the Technicians to wear the uniform till we work it out in court? Then was mad at the local unions that hired their own lawyers to get out of them.

Having worked in a TFI unit as an ART for 3 years. This new I-Wing cant be worse for an ART. Working as a civilian and pretending to be Active Duty. And living by the most restrictive rules of all 3 agency's.

Palmdale California and Moss Point Mississippi.

A nice looking report with no specifics. These are the only things I found. Base Restructure Typically, Air Reserve Component mobility squadrons have eight aircraft compared to Active Component squadrons of 12, while Air Reserve Component combat squadrons have 18 aircraft compared to Active Component squadrons of 24. This presents an opportunity to realize efficiencies by shutting down or warm basing an Active Component base and increasing the footprint at nearby Reserve Component bases. For example, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, has shrunk to only two Active Component F-15E squadrons with a total of 45 aircraft. Nearby Boise ANGB currently has one squadron of 18 A-10s. A divestiture of the A-10s would present an opportunity to move up to 24 F-15Es to the Boise ANGB base in an integrated wing construct. The remaining F-15Es at Mountain Home could be moved to another location. Air Reserve Technician Savings Compared to the Army, the Air Force has a greater proportion of its Air Reserve Component personnel on full-time duty. This level of full-time manning merits further analysis for the potential of additional cost savings.

Looks like Deborah James the new Secretary of the Air Force. Will have her first briefing in front of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force tomorrow. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/12/27/2013-31003/meeting-of-the-national-commission-on-the-structure-of-the-air-force#h-4

Working on the C-17 we called it Going Black or Global Reset.

Found this on the DFAS web page. We cannot change previously issued 1099R forms, nor can we recover any funds sent to the Internal Revenue Service to cover the taxes on the payments already made to you. When we recoup VSI/SSB payments, we treat it like a pre-tax deduction. That is, we reduce your taxable income by the amount we deduct for the recoupment each month. For Example: If you received a gross separation payment for $60,000 less Federal Income Tax Withholding of $12,000, you would have received a net check for $48,000. We will recoup the gross amount of $60,000. If you become eligible for $2,500 per month from retired pay, less a VA waiver of $200 you would have an adjusted gross taxable income of $2,300. We recoup at the rate of 40% of gross income, which would be $920. Your adjusted gross taxable income will be reduced by the amount being recouped ($2,300 less $920) leaving a new taxable income amount of $1380. https://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/plan/separation-payments/vsi-ssb-recoupment.html

Not trying to be a smart ass. The point I was making is the Air Force never learns. Its rinse and repeat on the MC-12s just like the C-27J. I haven’t read anywhere that the Air Force wants to transfer 8 of them from ACC to AFSOC. I just read the news and the NDAA that was just signed. 17 SEC. 144. MC–12 LIBERTY INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, 18 AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT. 19 (a) AUTHORITY.—Beginning on the date that is 60 20 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense sub 21mits the report under subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may 22 transfer MC–12 Liberty intelligence, surveillance, and re 23connaissance aircraft from the Air Force to the Army in 24 accordance with the plan developed under subsection 25 (b)(1). Anyways this is very good news. I need a job at Sierra Nevada when I retire from my Air Force civilian servant job next year. Hopefully I will be going to Duke.

Makes perfect Air Force sense. Transfer the aircraft to AFSOC. Spool up logistics and maintenance at the new locations. Then once its up and running. Transfer them to the Army. Fiscal 2014 defense authorization bill requires the Defense Secretary to draft a plan for the “potential” transfer of MC-12 Liberty to the Army,

I thought the Air Force Restructure Commission was an Air Force only BRAC? The Commission, pursuant to Section 363(a)(1) of Public Law 112-239, is studying the structure of the Air Force to determine whether, and how, the structure should be modified to best fulfill current and anticipated mission requirements for the Air Force, in a manner consistent with available resources. The Commission, no later than February 1, 2014, will submit a report containing a detailed statement of the findings and recommendations to the President and the Congressional Oversight Committees. The report will be prepared in accordance with Section 363(a)(2) of Public Law 112-239.