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how do you apply to the AFRC for UPT? The inservice recruiter said that I could not enter in enlisted and go for a commission. He said I had to enlist in the reserves, wait 6 months, then apply for a commission. Is this right?
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Yea that's a shitty situation right there.
I imagine I would have put it down on the runway also. Probably would give the crew a lot more time to destroy equipment also.
If the plane was ditched (in one piece) the Chinese would just raise it and have it all intact (yet water logged). At least this way the crew probably had a good extra 30 minutes to bash shit to pieces in the back.
That being said, I would like to think I would have kept that door closed as long as possible. So basically until everything on the inside was useless or they physically forced themselves on. I would be willing to bet they weren't going to open fire and murder me. But I wasn't there, and hindsight is 20/20.
A lot has been said about this and yes you are right none of us know what we would have done. I do know that IF ditching were ever an idea, the P-3 is probably one of the plane with the best chance of staying intact (for those types of missions). Also many of the crew members had poor SA and were not informed of the decision and thus did not get to destroying everything until after having an AK-47 pointing in their faces.
Anywho, thanks to the front end all of those persons can share their "vacation" experiences with us today
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10 years ago this month (April 1-11) this happened. I work with the only AF guy on that plane (now a Capt) and he is a really cool guy. A couple of gee whiz stuff about that:
The Chinese Pilot's name is Wang Wei which when pronounced sounds like wong way
The pilot got a DFC for landing safely (and handing over tons of secretes to the Chinese) while the crew got AMs.
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Ok this is not the standard "will I get BAH/S in OTS" question, it is a little different.
I am currently an Airborne Linguist (1A8) and from what I understand I will retain that AFSC through OTS, untill I graduate. My question is, if I retain my current AFSC, then do I still get my Language Incentive pay and Flight Pay? I ask because for 3 months that is about 1k in extra pay and I dont want to lose it because no one asked the question. Thank in advance for any advice given to me.
Also, I am going up for a rated board and I was wondering if my time on AOs will carry over to my new rated career field? Thanks again.
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Where is the info for this. I am AD and I talked to the in service Reserve recruiter and he said nothing about a board. Thanks guys
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I Know these are dumb questions but here I go:
1) Pcola water survival is Parachute compared to non parachute given at Fairchild (I am a former RC-135 Linguist) right?
2) I will not get the "opportunity" to attend survival school again will I?
Thanks, I am a CSO select and will be in Pcola sometime mid July (I got bumped to BOT 12-06).