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My wife is an RN and had a GS job as a nurse at Lakenheath. I don't remember the office that put out the job openings (I want to say family support center), but she applied through them and got a job fairly easily. There are all kinds of GS jobs - if you see a civilian who works in an AF building (not AAFES or DeCA), they're probably a GS. When I think GS, I primarily think clerical clerical kinds of jobs.
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Once you are rated and fail to meet standards in any formal training, you aren't automatically kicked out - you will face a Flying Evaluation Board. We had one guy (former T-37 FAIP) wash out of my FTU class and is now flying C-17s. We had another guy (also a T-37 FAIP) wash out of the MQ program at my Ops unit and is now flying B-52s. We had two WSOs wash out of the instructor unit here at Seymour and they also faced an FEB - both are still flying.Originally posted by SoNotToSpeak:We are told that we can wash out of IFF but if we wash out of RTU we are done (that was included for the prior captains and the likes).
Hey now...I learned to drink Weed and liberally incorporate "Container" "so to speak" and "69" into everyday conversation.Originally posted by Hacker:No, the moral of the story is that FAIPs with fighter follow-ons, no matter how hard they wanna believe it, don't know a f*cking thing about being a fighter pilot.
[ 21. July 2005, 02:21: Message edited by: Toro ]
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It is indeed a Viper D model.Originally posted by ENJJPTorBust:I was under the impression that the poop bandit was a WSO in a strike eagle but I guess the two pilots could be in a F-16D.
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NoOriginally posted by Jetjock19:These guys aren't going to be allowed back to pilot training are they?
NoOriginally posted by Goin2UPT:Were all of the studs and the IP in question from the Academy?
Shack.Originally posted by Hacker:So, IMHO, we had an IP with some poor judgment and a group of students who had some really poor mentorship.
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Front page story of the Air Force times is this story. The only real new news is that the instructor in the 'scandal', Capt. Richard Brimer, will be charged with an Article 32. Since you may not be able to view the story, I've cut and pasted the first couple paragraphs below.
One instructor charged, 11 punished for cheating at Columbus AFB
COLUMBUS, Miss. — An instructor pilot at Columbus Air Force Base has been formally charged for his role in a test-cheating scheme, officials said.
Eleven other officers have been have been removed from pilot training as a result of their involvement in the scheme last fall, according to a CAFB statement released Monday.
The statement said Capt. Richard Brimer, of the 41st Flying Training Squadron, has been charged with failure to obey a lawful regulation, making a false official statement and conduct unbecoming an officer by distributing controlled test answers.
The CAFB statement said the 11 officers, varying in rank from second lieutenant to captain, have received non-judicial punishment for cheating on weekly emergency procedure quizzes, known as EPQs, during the T-37 phase of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training.
The 11 will not be reinstated and punishment will include forfeitures of pay ranging from $250 to $1,675 per month for two months, officials said.
Additionally, the officers have been reprimanded for unacceptable conduct offenses including conduct unbecoming an officer, dereliction of duty and making a false statement, according to the CAFB statement.
The next step for Brimer is an Article 32 investigation expected to occur in August, the military equivalent of a civilian grand jury.
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A lot more similar stories here.
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Correct, you have to have them made. I had mine done by an alteration shop at Columbus (can't remember the name, but as you start heading down out of town towards base, it was a place on the left next to a video store). You'll go buy a specified amount of whatever fabric you want for the sleeves and back and they'll sew it up. I would think alteration places in most military towns would know how to do it for you, supposedly lots of people get theirs done in Korea.
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Although that's how it's done, I don't think it's right -- for fighters or heavies. That's the point I was getting at.Originally posted by Baseops.Net:Example: A C-17 takes off from Ramstein or Frankfurt.....and LOGS 16 HOURS OF O-1 TIME
Thoughts?
True, but it's exactly bragging rights that most guys are looking for.Originally posted by johannagain:The only time that'd come into play, is if someone wanted to have bragging rights to "x" amount of O-1 hours.
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This brings up a good point - it seems like things are done incorrectly. If I take off 30 minutes prior to sunset and fly a 2.0, I log 1.5 of night time. If I have my nogs on for 30 minutes of that time, I log 0.5 of NVG. Eventhough it was a night and NVG sortie sortie (granted that's an AFORMS thing and not reflected in the 781 or flight records) I don't log the entire amount of time as night or NVG.
By the same rational, just because a sortie is logged as combat doesn't necessarily mean all the time is O-1. If it takes me 45 minutes to get to Iraq from base X and 45 minutes to get back, my 6.0 sortie should actually only be 4.5 of O-1 time.
That's not the way I've ever seen it done, though. Thoughts?
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Right, all I was getting at is that if you never reach the AOR, the entire sortie is logged as O-2. If you touch the AOR, air abort, then RTB, the entire sortie is logged as combat time. Regardless, it's sortie count (not sortie time) that counts towards an air medal.
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I'm not airlift, but I don't see why the policy would be different. For us, O-1 (combat) time is logged anytime you cross into the AOR. We fighters obviously don't land but we all log combat time. O-2 (combat support) is logged when you takeoff but don't make it out there (air abort, mission CNX, etc.)
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From MacRae's letter-
And he's complaining about a couple jets flying low over the mall? Sounds like a good deal of back-peddling to me. Apology accepted, you're still a douchebag.I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran. I love my country and respect the jobs that the service organizations are doing. -
I'll buy a six-pack for the first person to find and post Mr. MacRae's e-mail.Originally posted by viper-dude:The guy's name is Tom MacRae from Peoria, AZ. He is unlisted and can't find an email address. So, those of you who have time or are better at searches than i am, feel free to post it if the moderators allow it.
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Eeyore Malachowski - he's a WSO with the 492 (across the hall from Fifi's squadron).Originally posted by Rainman A-10:Who is her husband?
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Awesome. I'd love to see the WG/CC's response.
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True...true. We've had guys over-G on LASDT rides on more than one occasion.
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Not so much of a problem for the Strike Eagle. We can pull 7.5 for about 6-9 seconds, then we're done.Originally posted by EvilEagle:it's the long sustained g's that most fighters can do -- 7.5 for about 60 seconds
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Pulling 9Gs feels like pulling 3Gs...just three times worse.
Check out this thread for a pretty decent discussion on the matter.
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I think 'she' was just some Falcon 4.0 geek with a good deal of knowledge about the Viper (could have come from Jane's or any other numerous sources). 'She' had some technical knowledge, but 'her' practical application of everything was out to lunch.
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Not me, I would have still been in England last Spring.Originally posted by Bergman:Toro...that's not you, is it? Somewhere over Oklahoma enroute to Nellis last spring.
Here's a couple - I didn't take any of them, but I'm somewhere in each of them.
Our six-ship arrival to Al Udeid AB in mid 2003 - I'm #5. This shot and the next one were taken by an AF combat photographer.
Same six-ship a little closer.
Refueling with an Aviano Viper prior to some DACM over the East England coast.
After I landed at the RAF Waddington airshow, some dude with a huge camera said he snapped a picture of me landing and the following Monday, e-mailed me this one.
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That's surprising. He mandated that he be put through an abbreviated (like week long) Strike Eagle program so he could fly one and land - from the front seat. Despite the fact that everyone said it was stupid, nobody told him no. We get O-6s and above that come back to fly the aircraft after a 2-3 year break and we still put them through a month long spin up. Foglesong is a self-serving no-talent ass clown.Originally posted by Bergman:In stark contrast to my expectation, however, he didn't try to snag the landing.
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I'm not sure exactly what you're question, but it sounds like you're unsure whether you have to do 10 of each exercise or 50. The answer is both -- kind of.
As the AETCI says, you have to do 10 reps of the strength portion and 50 reps of the endurance portion. So when they load up the heavy weight, you need to do 10 reps of those. Then you'll decrease the weight significantly and do 50 reps. It's been so long since I took it that I don't remember specific numbers, but I remember doing my somewhere close to my body weight for the leg press. It doesn't seem like much, but after 50 it starts to burn.
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If I were enlisted I would be absolutely offended by that quote. I'm sure there is some sort of spin on this thing, but I can't understand why they would do this. I do not know of one officer who has ever said one kind thing about Foglesong, the way he ran USAFE, or his idiotic combat programs.“We can take any one of the 15 Combat and Special Interest Programs he’s instituted within this command and see that they embody the development of the enlisted force. -
Well, as long as it's back up...
Rainmain made mention of the BBPOS in the B-2 post - Big Black Piece of Sh!t
That of course is a spin off from the LGPOS - Little Gray Piece of Sh!t - Viper
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No. She would have a decent chance, but there would be no guarantee.