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Did the post say whether the sortie was dual or solo? If it was dual the ISS should have punched out both pilots.
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PM me your .mil and I'll give you the RA information that bought it for the B-52 FTU.
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It's out of date anyways.
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Tough shit.
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Requesting Status of Medical Waiver - FC1
LookieRookie replied to MrPhysicsGuy's topic in Aviation Medicine
Call a flight medicine clinic, give them your social and ask to look it up in AIMWTS.- 4 replies
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1,000 Retired Pilots Can Be Recalled to Active Duty
LookieRookie replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
Yup for sure. If you PM your .mil I can give you the snowflake package to send to the NAF/A1C. -
1,000 Retired Pilots Can Be Recalled to Active Duty
LookieRookie replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
Yea I'm talking about ARTs. The WG/CC just had to certify every year for the continued need for the Retention Incentive. As for the new GS-2181-XX SSR, AFRC sent that to OPM early this year with AFRC/CCs signature so who knows where that is. -
1,000 Retired Pilots Can Be Recalled to Active Duty
LookieRookie replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
Why did they only do 1 year? Bomber guys do 4 years. -
1,000 Retired Pilots Can Be Recalled to Active Duty
LookieRookie replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
Ah yes, the selfie-queen herself. -
1,000 Retired Pilots Can Be Recalled to Active Duty
LookieRookie replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
Identify as an attack helicopter? -
1,000 Retired Pilots Can Be Recalled to Active Duty
LookieRookie replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
That's the real reason he wanted line up cards. Needed to make them for requal. -
1,000 Retired Pilots Can Be Recalled to Active Duty
LookieRookie replied to LookieRookie's topic in General Discussion
There's a bottleneck in UPT/FTU. -
"We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Navy Cdr. Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. @HuggyU2 @Hacker @ClearedHot et al, back in the game! Although I think just means the VRRAD will be expanded. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/air-force-recall-many-1-000-retired-pilots-address-serious-shortage/785344001/ Text: WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to active duty to address a shortage in combat fliers, the White House and Pentagon announced. By law, only 25 retired officers can be brought back to serve in any one branch. Trump's order removes those caps by expanding a state of national emergency declared by President George W. Bush after 9/11, signaling what could be a significant escalation in the 16-year-old global war on terror. "We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Navy Cdr. Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement. But the executive order itself is not specific to the Air Force, and could conceivably be used in the future to call up more officers and in other branches. The Air Force needs about 1,500 pilots more than it has. Bonus programs and other incentives have not made up the shortfall. The Air Force has been at the forefront of the Pentagon's battle against the Islamic State, flying most of the combat sorties in Iraq and Syria since 2014. In June, Sen. John McCain, D-Ariz., labeled the pilot shortage a crisis that would prevent the Air Force from fulfilling its mission. “This is a full-blown crisis, and if left unresolved, it will call into question the Air Force’s ability to accomplish its mission,” said McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee. Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst and vice president of the Teal Group, said the shortage stemmed from a number of issues. "One is competition from commercial airlines," Aboulafia said. "Another is delays and funding shortfalls in training. And, due to military operations, utilization of the aircraft and crew has been higher than expected." On Capitol Hill, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and a member of Armed Services Committee, said that the fight against Islamic State and al-Qaeda linked terrorists will be expanding. He spoke to reporters while speaking about the four U.S. soldiers killed Oct. 4 in Niger. Counter-terrorism rules under President Obama had been too restrictive and ineffective, Graham said. “The war is morphing," Graham said. "You’re going to see more actions in Africa, not less. You’re going to see more aggression by the United States toward our enemies, not less. You’re going to have decisions made not in the White House but out in the field. And I support that entire construct.” Last month, President Trump became the third president to renew the post-9/11 state of national emergency, which allows the president to call up the national guard, hire and fire officers and delay retirements. Those extraordinary powers were supposed to be temporary. But even after 16 years, there's been no congressional oversight of the emergency.
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FWIW your family are on your PCS orders not your amendment for the TDY enroute, so RND will give you a TLF if available but they say they aren't required to provide one. So no Non-A.
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Guard/Reserve timeline to UPT
LookieRookie replied to a topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
FYSA it's the 340th Flying Training Group -
Checks. It won't happen though.
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It does or at least should have started it.
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The SECAF also made comments at the AFA conference about how "We don't got this" with doing more with less. Crew rest waivers seems exactly like doing more with less.
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HAF is going to give crew rest waivers to WG/CC and possibly SQ/CC. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2017/09/19/goldfein-crew-rest-decisions-will-soon-be-made-by-wing-squadron-commanders/ On one hand, I see empowering the lower level commanders, on the other, now we can pump those rookie numbers up. "Goldfein said the Air Force doesn’t have a problem with airmen not getting enough crew rest, and he doesn’t expect the change to result in more waivers being granted." This quote makes no sense. Of course there are no issues because it has to be waived at the flag level.
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Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP - The Bonus)
LookieRookie replied to Toro's topic in General Discussion
Because you're supposed to cheat on your first wife and then shack up with a millionaire heiress to make your money. -
Static Display for Lake Havasu AirFest
LookieRookie replied to HuggyU2's topic in General Discussion
It's the OG for a one-off landing at an uncontrolled field from what I remember. -
You are confusing primary and secondary time. Until you become an aircraft commander, you do not log any time as PIC. You won't be competitive for airlines for many years because you won't have any turbine PIC. Fighters are the platform that will give you TPIC immediately.
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If only there was a search function.
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I'll give my anecdote. I went to a AFGSC/A1 mock MLR and was one of the handful of rated dudes. The non-rated O-6/O-5s asked what MDS/MWS/a lot of flying acronyms meant. So to think the O-6s are going to be the ones scoring the records that they can't comprehend. As of now, it's on rated writers to draft a PRF for the lowest common denominator.