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    Promotion and PRF Information

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    3 hours ago, Chicken said:

    Not sure about what you're looking at specifically, but when it says MAJCOM I believe it's referring to the promotion rate for that MAJCOM.  For example, a P in AFSOC got you what was really a 22% promotion rate (or close to it).  Other MAJCOMs do better.  Some worse.  AFSOC doesn't take care of people and if you are new to the command and not an AFSOC baby you are f'd.  

    I believe there will be quite the reckoning in the next two years for "mother" AFSOC.  A1 has no idea what is about to happen when ADSCs run out for the bulk of their "experience".  They aren't even planning for the level of attrition that "might" occur.  If manning is bad now....just wait, it'll be a bad day over Hanoi for the clerks.  I'm sure other MAJCOMs will suffer the same fate but the above quoted mentality in AFSOC will be their demise.  IMO.

    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

    in General Discussion

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    I was being serious.  That is a good buddy of mine that chose AWACS

    You guys are right.... That type in a four engine Boeing heavy is terrible.  Oak City is a terrible shithole to live on, and I would hate for my three MDS PCS options to be Alaska, Japan, and Germany.  You got me.  

     and I'm stoked for him.

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    AC-130 AFSOC Questions

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Winchester

    That checks, and I'm not sure I would disagree from that standpoint. From the pilot seat there isnt any way I'd chose a W over a U though

    That's totally fine and not that it really matters but I know plenty of people (let's just use a minimum of 12) who have turned down the opportunity to leave in order to stay in the 4th...different people have different experiences. My time in the 4th has been awesome, both the MWS and the unit in general.

    AC-130 AFSOC Questions

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    I'd like to think it will be sooner than that, but who knows with the way things have been goingHonest question, why did you want to stay on the W with a chance to go to the U? I can't, while admittedly biased, can't see any reason to do so

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    . Nice snow globe you live in. I know at a minimum 12 people at Cannon that refused to touch the 4th with a ten foot pole. Now guys are getting forced to. Weird. The U must be so awesome...

    At least it may soon be with a new commander....

    AC-130 Gunship info

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Winchester

    And there are dozens of videos I'd love to post to demonstrate how "precise" grandpa's 105 musket is. The SMEs claiming the 105 is the cure for AIDS are mostly geezers whose last engagement was Panama. I'm neither for nor against the 105, but to claim that it is a must at the detriment of progress or logical engineering is stupid as shit.

    People like you and so called SMEs will search for any excuse to discredit the W and the PSP. Good thing you aren't who we work for and requests our abilities. That mindset is decades behind and only slows progress. Your mentality is what will eventually cost lives if we end up with a H++ gunship.

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    AC-130 Gunship info

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    Credit to Heithold for this.

    I wonder how much time/money could have been saved if his predecessors had listened to every SME who had an opinion on the J having a large bore cannon from the start so that Heithold didn't have to un###### it.

    It's not the kind of thing that can be proven (because you can't subject different platforms to identical scenarios and compare the outcome), but the Stinger configuration costs lives in the long run.

    you are on crack.

    AC-130 AFSOC Questions

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    FWIW, I've never gone more than a week without shooting. Granted there can be dry spells and some boring missions but everyone has those days/nights. Bottom line check the scoreboard, there is always somebody that needs some killing in the world and gunships do it more than any other platform.

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    Eagle Driver Proposes to Cardinals Cheerleader

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by Winchester

    I am super stoked for the guy. When I was a kid a neighbor of ours was dating a Buffalo Jill and I was absolutely floored. At 10 yrs old I thought she was the most beautiful woman on the planet.

    For the record, many of those girls are really smart; working on law degrees, med school, etc.

    Edit...okay sounds like most strippers but for real though.

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