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No, it's because you have a metric f*ckload of stuff to learn in UPT and if you're going to try to commit something to memory prior to UPT, the IFG is not where you want to waste your brain bites. The IFG deals with local procedures like airspace, departures, recoveries, and local EP standards. This is stuff you're not going to get into until Phase II. Learn the systems of your aircraft first, then worry about the lateral confines of your airspace.Originally posted by Av8rCadet:is it because the IFG is updated often enough that you might study the wrong material?
The only thing Study the Dash 1 - particularly, Chapters 1 and 3.
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Concur with ENJJPT and Hacker.
Regards to some specifics - key the mic and talk over the dude if he's blabbing will you're trying to make radio calls.
I try to minimize my instruction during task saturating portions of flight like the VFR pattern, but I will tell a guy in the crew coordination brief that if I'm talking to much to tell me to be quiet. Unless the dude is a pr!ck, he shouldn't be offended be you telling him the same.
Back to your original question - as a former T-38 IP and a current F-15 IP, I can tell you that as long as you have a concrete reason for wanting to not fly with this guy. It sounds like your problem is something you may be able to present to the IP. Again, if a student had come to me and presented the problem, I wouldn't be offended. We would sit down and review what he had been taught, what was procedure (things he would have to do) and what was technique (things he could choose to do if he wanted). If, as Snake mentioned, it was a personality problem, I would bypass the IP and go to your flight commander.
What sucks is that now - and for the rest of your career - you're going to get more 'techniques' than you care for and it's a matter of determing which ones work for you and learning how to nod when an IP tells you that his technique is better...then continue using your own.
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By "lock all topics" do you mean lock 3 topics of 154 posted over the last month? That's a whopping two percent - not quite what I would quantify as "all topics".
Relating to the Muslim thread, I specifically stated that I locked the thread because it didn't belong here.
The same could be said of numerous topics, none of which belong on a military aviation forum. All I asked was that you take your topic across the street to the Socio Political forum. It's more appropriate for that forum.I believe this is a relevant topic...and is important to be discussed, EXPECIALLY because it has to do with the war we are fighting!
It had nothing to do with making anyone angry - I actually thought the post was somewhat interesting, but it got long (seriously...your post was quite possibly the longest ever) and it was degenerating into a political bickering match - appropriate for the other forum, not here.Ya it may make someone angry...oh well!
Actually, as a moderator I kind of am forced to read the topic.No one is forced to read the topic...no one is forced to reply.
Fine. If it's not military aviation, go vent 'across the street.'99% of my posts on here are related to flying...but sometimes I want to vent my frustrations with the enemy...and the topic gets locked cuz someone got upset, and because we got into "religion or politics."Regarding the other two threads that have been locked in this forum, there were;
Honorable discharge - From the get go, it was a repeated topic that degenerated into bickering and bashing which was recognized by people as they posted.
The Falcon 4.0 thread which became CypherX777's personal toilet and grounds from him being banned from the site.
This topic serves no further purpose and I will now lock it.
Okay, maybe not.
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It's been eight years since I did water training, but I thought it was pretty straight forward. Spend a couple days at Pensacola - first few days hanging out in the classroom and the final day was in the water riding behind the boat in the parachute, jumping into a raft and chewing on a power bar while you waited for the boat to come back and pick you up.Originally posted by RWaller52:what is included in water survival training? Did any of you train for that stuff?
Other than knowing how to swim, there is no real 'prep' prior to starting the course.
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Urban legend is that spouses used to be able to get flights. I've never gotten confirmation of these, but we do routinely (usually once a year) do spouse taxi rides. I've seen this in T-38s and Strike Eagles. We taxi them out to the runway, light the burners, accelerate to about 69 knots, then clear the runway and taxi back to the chocks. It's usually done in conjunction with a spouse appreciation day and if we can work it into the schedule (since we have the 916th ARW right here) we try to get them rides on the tanker to watch us refuel.
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Yeah, but I think I must be one of the few who didn't mind PIT. My instructors there were very cool, very big picture. They actually liked that I was a FAIP because they could proficiency advance me through about 1/4 of my rides. Pretty much a six week paid vacation to San Antonio.Originally posted by Vetter:Toro, weren't you a T-38 FAIP?
All I was getting at is that most of those terms are fairly common place in the fighter community - if they bug you now, they're really going to be annoying you 6-9 years from now.
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You will not swim during UPT. Once you are done, you will do water survival training. Once you are operational, you may have to do water survival training as a recurring item. Since we fly over the water at Seymour Johnson, we have to do a refresher course every year.
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I think you'll be largely offended by the fighter community. Better steer clear.Originally posted by Vetter:At PIT, a buddy and I compiled a list of every gay cliches that the instructors used on a regular basis.
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Are you kidding me? We don't let that beast into our car. It's bad enough that he $hits all over the main briefing room.Originally posted by Dupe:The "Hoopty" in Toro's pic is a '78 Olds 88 with a 450 in it. It may be old, but it least it doesn't have bulldog crap in it.
Red dawg.
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JAWS and CWDS are key to our planning for the Strike Eagle. Hacker got at the main points, the only thing I'll piggyback on is that we figure out what our target is, how to kill it (JAWS/CWDS) and work everything back from there (Weaponeering 101). I've had students come up with a stellar attack plan and have all kinds of pretty lines drawn on a 1:50 map only to realize that for all their planning, the weapon isn't going to do d!ck because they hit it at the wrong angle / low airspeed / wrong munition.
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The litho is a great idea - most classes usually have something done collectively. If not, the frame shop will surely have many templates to choose from. I had one done for my UPT class and my FTU class. The UPT class had our class patch, and both flight patches along the side, class photo and 'hero shot' in the middle, and both trainers flown along the right side along with my wings and a plaque with my name and class dates.
You can PM me as well if you'd like to see a pic.
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Do not study the IFG prior to UPT.
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It happens because some O-6 wants to become an O-7. Gotta leave their mark somehow.Originally posted by CrewDawg1: -
Second the Belleville - we had a guy who couldn't fit into anything supply had (I think he had like size 14 feet) so he had to order his online through Belleville.
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I would recommend calling the nearest AF base with deployable flyers (when in doubt, Seymour will do) and talk to their supply guys. If they don't have the names and NSN's, they can surely steer you in the right direction.
If you have trouble doing that, PM me and I can try to hunt them down.
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Ahhh...the f***ing 'Died reflector belts. We'd wear them below the survival vest so it wasn't visible and just wait for some safety geek to call us on.Originally posted by Hollywood:"Sir, I am writing you up for a safety violation. These passengers are on the airfield unescorted and none of them have on reflective belts."
"What? We're wearing the belt" (lifts survival vest) "See?"
The sad thing was that apparently the war had become so second priority to us at that point that the WG/CC drove around base threatening to pick up anybody spotted without their safety belts at night.
Great story, Hollywood.
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My B course bought an ambulance and painted the thing up like the A-Team van. Since our squadron was the Lancers, it become the Ambulancer. Here's our class photo with the vehicle.
It was totally souped up - PA system that could blare not only the horn, but whatever music we popped in the deck (somebody downloaded the A-Team theme song...that was always good). We rigged up an alternator to power a TV, VCR, and Playstation in the back (I recall Animal watching porn in the O'Club parking lot when the WG/CC walked out one Friday night). Also, there was a hatch near the back that was conveniently about the size of a cooler. It was not without incident, however - here's my crewed WSO after drinking a couple bottles of wine and several shots of Scotch (that's wine-laden vomit on the floor as everybody tries to escape the frag pattern). If you look past Jimmy the Wino you can see the entertainment center.
The other F-15E FTU (334th FS "Eagles") has a car as well. We got into a little rivalry with them and some thievery occurred. They finally called a knock it off when we stole their car, drove it down to EOR, removed all the wheels, and left it with this sign.
The first person to see it was the Eagles squadron commander when he led a four ship to EOR the next morning.
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Interesting, didn't realize that. That seems to contradict the definition of Type 2 (from JP 3-09.3.
The way I read it, and the way we've always been briefed is that the JTAC has to either be able to see me or the target. So you're saying that his method of 'seeing the target' is through some sort of relay?Type 1 control will be used when the risk assessment requires them to visually acquire the attacking aircraft and the target under attack.Type 2 control will be used when the JTAC desires control of individual attacks but assesses that either visual acquisition of the attacking aircraft or target at weapons release is not possible or when attacking aircraft are not in a position to acquire the mark/target prior to weapons release/launch.
Type 3 control may be used when the tactical risk assessment indicates that CAS attack imposes low risk of fratricide.
We did a good deal of Type 3 (which I guess may have been Type 2) with guys who were obviously going off some sort of chart for our talk on. One of the scariest experiences was when a two ship from our squadron was being told they were cleared to drop on what appeared to be a couple of no-threat huts in the middle of nowhere. The radios were totally trashed - pilot talking to CAOC on the main, WSO talking to JTAC in the aux - and neither sources were apparently talking to each other because the aircrew were getting conflicting clearances. In the end, they seem to have everything sorted when two A-10s flew through their targeting pod field of view at low altitude - turns out the A-10s were talking to a totally different JTAC for the same target. KIO KIO KIO - what a clusterf*ck.
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Are you kidding me? Go back and read the first post again - my exact statement wasOriginally posted by flychick:Didn't it start out "let's tell horror stories of annoying wives who talk shop?"
I'd like to open this thread for flyers to not bash on wives 'shop talk', but to give specific examples of when it has happened and why it is not a good thing....I ask right now that we refrain from name calling and mud slinging. Let's try to keep this somewhat professional
If this thread has made just one wife 'see the light', then it's worth it.Originally posted by flychick:which means there is small percentage of wives that do, in which case, maybe there isn't really a need for a topic like this?
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They're qualed to teach everything.Originally posted by NSFW:are they qual'd to teach all the stuff, or just the stuff from the jet they came from?
Not sure what you mean by 'schoolhouse' but PIT is for UPT. The IFF guys have an internal upgrade program.if you're not already an IP and you go back to the schoolhouse to be an IP, do you have to go to PIT? -
Went to MacDill a couple weeks back for an RON. Seven of us went looking for a Hooters for lunch which was supposedly somewhere on Dale Mabry Blvd, but couldn't find it. What we did find was a decent BBQ place so we stopped in (all still in flight suits). We sat down and when the waitress walked up she told us that a gentleman who was leaving as we were entering had put $50 towards our tab to thank us for the jobs we do. When we ordered, they forgot to throw one guys burger on the grill - they got it cooked up a little later than ours, apologized profusely, and told him it would be free. By the time the check came, the place actually owed each of us 12 cents. The waitress got a $35 tip for that lunch.
Also went to Mons for the first time - wasn't a planned trip: we were coming home from dinner, saw the neon sign and all decided "What the heck." I haven't been to a whole lot of gentlemen's establishments in my life, but I must say that they've got some spectacular employees in there. Highlight of the night was one of our female aviators getting a lap dance - and loving every second of it.
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For all the peace protestors out there -
Peace Activist Etiquette
With all of this talk of impending war, many of us will encounter "Peace Activists" who will try and convince us that we must refrain from retaliating against the ones who terrorized us all on September 11, 2001, and those who support terror. These activists may be alone or in a gathering.....most of us don't know how to react to them. When you come upon one of these people, or one of their rallies, here are the proper rules of etiquette:
1. Listen politely while this person explains their views. Strike up a conversation if necessary and look very interested in their ideas. They will tell you how revenge is immoral, and that by attacking the people who did this to us, we will only bring on more violence. They will probably use many arguments, ranging from political to religious to humanitarian.
2. In the middle of their remarks, without any warning, punch them in the nose.
3. When the person gets up off of the ground, they will be very angry and they may try to hit you, so be careful.
4. Very quickly and calmly remind the person that violence only brings about more violence and remind them of their stand on this matter. Tell them if they are really committed to a nonviolent approach to undeserved attacks, they will turn the other cheek and negotiate a solution. Tell them they must lead by example if they really believe what they are saying.
5. Most of them will think for a moment and then agree that you are correct.
6. As soon as they do that, hit them again. Only this time hit them much harder. Square in the nose.
7. Repeat steps 3 to 5 times until the desired results are obtained and the idiot realizes how stupid his/her argument is.
8. There is no difference in an individual attacking an unsuspecting victim or a group of terrorists attacking a nation of people. It is unacceptable and must be dealt with. Perhaps at a high cost.
We owe our military a huge debt for what they are doing for us and our children. We must support them and our leaders at times like these. We have no choice. We either strike back, VERY HARD, or we will keep getting hit in the nose.
Lesson over, class dismissed. GOD BLESS AMERICA !!
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Look here for all your answers on the Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP...bonus). My commitment ended in June of this year, so I signed for the bonus. Around January or so, I went to the ACP website and started checking things out. I completed the application and sent it in - it was actually very easy and I got updates e-mailed to my .mil account every so often. The info on the ACP site is only good through the end of the fiscal year.
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In a couple past threads, the subject of wives' opinions on their (pilot) husbands work issues was brought up. Some people (who I believe to be non-flyers) seem to think we (flyers( disregard our wives opinions; nothing could be further from the truth. I value my wife's thoughts 110% and feel that on many issues she has more rationale and insight than I do. However, I absolutely cannot stand when I hear a wife "talk shop" with regards to the details of her husbands work. Why? Because the wives are not in the squadron 12 hours a day to see the details of what goes on and experience the soap-opera BS of AF politics. All they get is what they hear second hand from their husbands or from other spouses, yet they talk with such confidence that you'd think they were the source of the info.
Example - I've got a bud whose wife loves to talk about what's going on with him. If I had a dime for every time I heard about how he was "screwed out of" a certain opportunity because "the squadron commander was an idiot", or he "got looked over" for a good deal because "the DO was playing favorites," I'd like to tell her that she has no idea what she's talking about - that I know what's going on, that her husband isn't being screwed by anybody, but rather he just isn't quite as good as she would like to believe.
This thread is not to bash on wives 'shop talk', but to give specific examples of when it has happened and why it is not a good thing. My point is that while the spouses are dearly loved, they generally don't have enough information to "talk shop."
Spouse Orientation Flights
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For one, most fighters are single seat. There are a couple 'family model' Viper and F-15Cs with two seats for instructors, but not many.
Besides it being risky, it's too difficult to arrange on a non-interference basis. Wives who ride along on the tanker do so on a non-interference basis: the aircrew are able to get a full-up training mission accomplished. Flights in fighters would require dedicated sorties, which draws away from training timelines.