ThreeHoler

Because they lowered the crew ratio.

My understanding is that the retention payments would replace all career specific bonuses, but they might have changed it.

Troll level: extreme.

For my year group the first year eligible was offered at $25k/5 years and if you didn't take it that year you could later sign up for $15/3 years. I know people who didn't take the initial offer and took the $45k after getting a school slot. I'll happily keep my $125k. All number before taxes.

You sure you're not confusing him with Harry Bishop from NJ, who was fined and placed in jail, are you?

The TCAS Fairy.

Some C-17s show up on the plane finder websites which usually get fed from ADS-B.

Holy crap, we got something before the rest of the MAF? That's new.

KC-10 is getting it now. KC-135 has it.

We already are seeing it in places.

Unless things have changed, the "plan" is for the current purchase of KC-46, an as yet unannounced KC-Y competition to replace the rest of the KC-135s, and the KC-Z program even farther in the future to replace the KC-10. Although RUMINT has it that as an operational KC-46 comes online a KC-10 will go to the boneyard. So, who knows?

Six pallets at a time is even less efficient than the flight hour cost of a C-17.

Why? The 46 is a shitty trash hauler.

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

This man is ready to DG ACSC.

LHD-3 did a pretty bang up job kicking off Libya and rescuing a downed crewmember. As I recall, SEAD didn't happen until day 3, and there were still viable SAM and aircraft threats for months.

I know people who took the bonus and received the survey link.

"The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."

Seems legit.

Good to see Fidel on his way home. Great dude!

1:1 is gone 180 days get 180 days "home." 1:2 is 180:360. And so on. Some communities have been playing well with others. And other communities have AFRC dwell times approaching 1:30 when AD is <1:2.

False. In my experience, I have many more deployments from being a KC-10 bubba than a safety dude. Did I deploy once for a wing safety position? Yep, but it is still only about 20% of my total deployed time. YMMV.

https://www.trainwithcae.com/business-aviation/atp-course https://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/atp-certification-training-program-atp-ctp.html https://academy.aerosim.com/PilotTraining/AerosimATPCTP Google is your friend.

Gen Welsh recently gave remarks about considering enlisted RPA pilots (ETA 1 Oct 16 if they decide to try it).

Apparently comparing the accused to 10,000 drunk <insert race> is not cool.