mmkk111

I'm getting cut short on my good deal, but oh well. I haven't heard anything about Yokota or Ramstein. It sounds pretty official around our squadron. The CC and DO have us putting in for our assignments and getting ready for the shutdown. MK

Looks like we'll be closing down the C-21's at Wright-Patt. It could be as soon as this Sept/Oct timeframe. It's going to be a$$holes and elbows around here for assignments! First assignment guys (like myself) will be going straight to MWS's as opposed to finishing out our 21 tours somewhere else. Scott and Andrews are staying open; I'm not sure what's happening to C-Springs??? C21Cowboy, what's going on over there? This is going to be fun MK

Sweet! Us Wright-Patt boys spend too much time on the eastcoast, and as you know, they never let us go higher :rolleyes: . MK

C21 Cowboy- Are you for real? They're going to let us get above 28,000! Yeah....no more T-Storms MK

Yep, Everybody is flying about the same right now. As a new co-pilot, you can expect to fly about 30-40 hours a month. When you upgrade to AC, that will increase (which takes about a year, depending on how many people have to upgrade in front of you). You'll be home every night (sometimes late). You'll get plenty of time off. Deploy for 60 days once in your three years in the jet (unless you volunteer for other deployments). You'll go to a lot of cool airfields all over the US. You'll get very good at smiling when the General's aide keeps asking you to turn up the heat...oh, now it's to hot...oh wait, can you turn up the heat again. As for the MWS to IP tour, from what I hear, the AF expects you to do back-to-back MWS's after the -21. I have no factual information to back that up, just what I've heard around the squadron. MK

I was waiting for you to say something.... MK [ 29. November 2005, 20:13: Message edited by: mmkk111 ]

And with winter here, the shakes only get better. MK

It's not rocket science, just study hard, keep a good attitude, and help out your classmates. No experience needed, most studs have no flying time except IFT time. Time or no time, you'll all end up at the same point come graduation day. MK

I got a 05 YZ 250 about a year ago. I love that thing. It's my first 250. I've been riding 125's since I was about 12. And 80's before that. I miss the racing side of things, but I can't afford to kill myself and I'm not fearless like I used to be ! MK

Just when the gas prices were coming back down a little . I feel for those who are in the path of this thing. MK

Yea...dirt bikes are definitely not any safer then riding on the road. It was tough, because I had to really try not to overdue it while I was riding. The last thing I needed was another broken bone! MK

All this talk about street bikes, do any of you guys ride on the dirt? Just curious about how many motocrossers we have around here. Vance had some good tracks for MX riding near Stillwater and OKC. MK [ 21. September 2005, 08:15: Message edited by: mmkk111 ]

It depends on the injury. If it is something that the board (or whoever looks at your condition) thinks should be compensated for, you will receive a payment for it. Now, if it won't let you fly, but isn't considered a disability, I'm not sure what would come out of that? My wife gets some coin for acid reflux. Since it was stress induced due to her job, they give her money. She hurt her back pretty good doing augmentee duty, and they wouldn't give her anything for that… go figure. MK

You want to hear something funny... I was working on the flight line one day at Offutt guarding the E-4. From those guard shacks you can see across the way over to where the E-6's park for their alerts. Well, this one guy (who was the dumbest cop I'd ever met in my SF career) was working the E-6's that day. The one he was working was getting ready to taxi out for the day and normally we get in our little truck and drive out of the way as it taxi's out. For whatever reason, he was on the other side of the plane and tried to make it to the truck as the plane left the chocks. Well as they pushed up the throttles, I'm watching in disbelief as this retard gets thrown about 15-20 feet (I'm exaggerating a little, but it makes the story better!) from the jet wash. He didn't fly through the air, he got knocked down and then rolled for a while, but his beret and M-16 went flying....all the way to the blast shield. He never lived that one down! How the marshaller didn't see him and stop the plane, I don't know, but that was some funny shizzle! MK [ 18. September 2005, 15:47: Message edited by: mmkk111 ]

ENJJPT IP, Thanks. It was the majority that drove me mad and that was why I had to get out of that career field. It's a dead-end, go no-where type career field. There are a lot of bitter people in SF. When I applied for my ROTC package, my very own supervisor (who happened to be one of those 18 year SSgt's) told me he wanted nothing to do with it and that I could basically go watch paint dry. I said F-You and did it all on my own. That was another reason why I hated that career field. Nobody wants to see you succeed. It's a bad place to be, which is why you hear about all of these shitty cop stories. Lots of A-Holes to go around, with a few cool dudes here and there. MK

I used to be in SF when I was enlisted, and the stories thus far are what I had to endure "from the inside" everyday, and what ultimately led to me pursuing a commission. I actually asked for a SF slot and now know why my recruiter thought I was crazy. (I thought I'd be jumping out of airplanes and blowing stuff up, instead I stood at a gate for 12 hours a day. Not quite what I had in mind!) I must admit, I made some good friends, and there are "some" good dudes out there, just not many. Case in point, when I was learning the ropes for patrolman, I had to ride along with more experienced guys for a while. Well I was with this Navy dude (this took place at Offutt AFB) and we had to do a selective in base housing and watch for the typical speeders and stop sign runners. Well I hated doing this stuff, because I'm guilty of doing both and I have hard time pulling someone over for it. Well this Navy prick (I didn't like him to begin with) would pull over every person who did not come to a "complete" stop. I mean if you still had a 1/2 MPH of momentum going, he was on you like white on rice. And guess who had to go up to the these people and feel like a complete ass for pulling them over..ding..ding..ding...you guessed right, me! Oh, and did I mention that this was at 7:00 in the morning, when everybody is trying to get to work. This was also the guy who would pull you over for doing 1-2 and I repeat 1-2 MPH over the speed limit! I straight up refused to go up and talk to someone after he pulled them over for that. I let him make an ass of himself on those. Needless to say, I didn’t get a lot of patrols, but I was the cool cop when I did. Once I got out on my own, you had to be making a sonic boom before I would even look your way. My only pet peeve was school zones. Some people do drive like complete retards and deserve a ticket from time to time. I was running radar in a school zone (15 MPH) and clocked an asshole doing 45, with kids crossing the street. And this happened more times than not. I’d also get the go-home-itis crowd blazing for the gate at mach 2. The speed limit was 25 coming out of the Flag/Kenny gate at Offutt (for those of you who have been there) and I would be bored so I’d chill at the gate facing the traffic coming out and I would get people doing upwards of 45-50 MPH some times. Did I stop them, no, but my point is, some people do deserve a ticket here and there. Like I said, the job sucks, most SF guys and gals are power hungry with low IQ’s (and guns with lots of ammo!), which is why I am now a pilot! I just laugh when I see cops doing stupid shit nowadays. And I give them shit when they try to give me shit. I don’t miss that job AT ALL! MK

Lucky bastard.... ;) Have a beer on me. MK

Nate, I almost spit out my drink when I read that! MK

It depends on what you want to do in your off time. I lived right in the middle, more towards the northwest side of town, and it took me about 30 minutes to get to either base (granted this was back in 2003, before the hurricane hit, so I'm not sure how the drive is now. All though, most of the roads should be back up and running by now???). Some guys lived by the beach in P-cola and made the longer commute to Whiting, while others did the opposite. There's not much to do in Milton, so your wife will be bored if she likes to go out and do things. My wife was going to the University of West Florida at the time, so we chose to live right down the street from there. P-Cola is a fun town and you’ll enjoy your time there. Keep yourself motivated, because it’s very easy to get lazy and go to the beach all the time! I’m speaking from experience…but hey, I knew I wanted T-1’s and my tan was top-notch MK

I paid ~$70 for my commissioning certificate in a silver frame, blue mats with silver matting in between, and glare resistant glass. I paid ~$80 for the same set-up for my pilot certificate. Hobby Lobby wanted to charge me $200 for the same thing (for both certificates). MK [ 28. August 2005, 17:53: Message edited by: mmkk111 ]

I got mine done on base at the hobby shop. They can make whatever you need and they are usually cheaper than going off base. MK [ 27. August 2005, 19:02: Message edited by: mmkk111 ]

I wear "Geek Goggles" when I fly. I don't wear the black frame aviators that are issued. I have a better-looking pair, thank goodness. The only thing I hate about wearing glasses is you can see the edges of them and it can screw up your peripheral vision a little when you’re yanking and banking. Another one is when you pull G's, sometimes they can slide down your nose a little. I only had to deal with that during T-34's. Not a problem in the C-21 :cool: . I think I'm going to try the contact deal. If you're worried about your eyes getting worse, just wear your glasses when you fly. That's how I do it. My vision is 20/40ish. Unless you absolutely need them, be selective about wearing them. Your eyes shouldn't get too lazy that way. MK [ 25. August 2005, 19:32: Message edited by: mmkk111 ]

Callahan's was my favorite. The food is always great and as mentioned, the beer selection is good. Pastimes is good eating too. And Scooter's, watch out.....

You make me laugh Kinz... :cool: MK

Nate- I'll have to give that a go sometime. I might even break out my pencil for the fix-to-fix ! MK P.S. My IP laughed at me when I did that on my first ride in the C-21. At least I shacked it ! I guess it's a good thing I didn't pull out my E-6B, huh?