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    IFF (Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals) info

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    Heading to Sheppard in a few months for IFF; what's the policy on living off-base? I currently live off-base now with the GF and we were planning on her heading up there and getting rid of the apartment. I've heard mixed things about this being possible. Anyone know what the deal is?

    As a student or instructor? If you're a student, why would you want to live off base? IFF isn't that long.

    Issues with "View New Content"

    in AFTO-781

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    When you bring the page up on your browser, make sure that it is checked for "Forums" then "New Content since my last visit", and for some reason, the last one likes to check itself randomly for "Only topics I follow". Make sure that this, the last filter on the lefthand side of the page is unchecked.

    This was not the exact fix, but close. It does default to "New content since my last visit" (which shows nothing), but I needed to select "Content I have not read" which displays the info I'm looking for.

    Issues with "View New Content"

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    Anybody else having issues with the "View New Content' option? It's hit or miss for me - checked on both Mozilla (v31.0) and IE11. Cookies are enabled and this is a factor when signed in. When I hit "View New Content" I generally get a "Sorry, no new content found." message. However, when I click to the forums, there are plenty of unread threads. Occasionally it will turn up threads with the New Content option, but generally not all of the unread messages. After selecting the function and receiving the "no new content" message, I can go to the BO app and have it successfully return all the unread messages.

    Sheppard AFB Questions

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    Where do most of the IPs live? Is it true (as stated earlier in this thread) that you should stay away from the triangle formed by the highways (44 Seymore and Kell)?

    I think the "triangle" concept is something old that has been around (I heard it when I was getting ready to show up), but is no longer valid. Tanglewood was mentioned, and there is another relatively new housing division called Lake Wellington that is between the two roads just north of the Memorial stadium (see below). Not only is Wellington a nice area with a lot of IPs, it's extremely close to the #1 rated elementary school in town (West Foundation).

    Forget base housing... You get a lot bigger house and a lot nicer house in town. The better rentals go quickly. Look in the neighborhoods around memorial stadium (where I live/20 min drive) or just off of Kell behind Market Street.

    Ditto - this is the same area where I live and they're just finishing up an entire street of brand new houses in our neighborhood. It's a very nice neighborhood, and I would say just under 50% military. It's walking distance to the stadiums (plenty of high school and local college games) and it's a 10 minute drive to just about anywhere in the downtown area. The only drawback is that it's close to a 30 minute drive to the work from door-to-door. If you want to get an idea for the area, go to "Wichita Falls Memorial Stadium" on Google maps and look at the houses that are west, south, and in the southeast corner of the stadium.

    Checkride Scoring

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    I remember this. Most of the guys who were competing for something were all within the margin of error for "Flight Commander's Ranking" or whatever it's officially called. This is where the "don't be a douchebag" technique pays off. It also pays off if you're at the bottom of your T-1 class like I was. I and one other student vied for the lowest ranking with ever escalating checkride buffoonery. I'm not sure which of us was last, but I'm sure we were the last two. I was always on time, stuck with customs and courtesies and took my extensive debriefings without quibbling. The other person ... not so much. You get one guess which one of us was smiling on assignment night.

    This.

    And don't be a dick to your bros. We have guys summarize/rank the others in their class and have found some interesting results with guys who may have good hands but are noted by a majority of their classmates to not be team players. That doesn't fare well for Flt/CC ranking.

    What's wrong with the Air Force?

    in General Discussion

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    From John Q public's Facebook page: "Why treat a bunch of adults like overgrown children? Because by the power of undergoing the senior leader deification process, you can.

    This will of course alienate those who behave and do nothing to stop those who won't. But it'll make a bunch of people feel better because they "did something."

    Christ - can we make this guy CSAF when Welsh retires?

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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    They do because the club doesn't charge for the venue, setup, projector/sound system checking, and tear down when everyone is inebriated. Students are free to go whereever, but paying $18/pizza when everything else is free doesn't look that bad when you explain that they will be responsible for everything for setup AND tear down at the end of the night.

    Please tell me you're not serious

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    Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate

    in General Discussion

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    Warning....it's been a few months since anyone I know has been able to get ahold of him. Not 100% sure he is in business still.

    I've heard several stories of an East Coast ATP being shut down by the FAA, and certificates being revoked due to failure to comply with FAA standards during the checkrides. In addition to the random peeps, I was also told this by our local FSDO. Anybody heard about this?

    Spinning Baseops tabs in Mozilla

    in AFTO-781

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    At some point over the past few weeks (maybe even months), for any Baseops page I open, the top tab continues to spin as if the page is still trying to load. The page is fully functional, but it's as if it's still trying to load up. It only happens with Baseops (forums and main pages), no other pages. It only happens with Mozilla (29.0), I'm using Windows 7.

    I've looked at the Mozilla FAQs and nothing seems to fit (it addresses the spinning, but only for websites that don't open or completely lock up).

    Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate

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    Save yourself a grand by taking two days of leave and driving over to Downtown Aviation at General Dewitt Spain Airport in Memphis. You'll have to go during the week, but I highly recommend it. I just did it over there two weeks ago, so I can send you some current gouge if you PM me your .mil address. It cost me $1750 including the $300 cash to the examiner. They were booked through September when I called so google them and book it ASAP. I recommend taking a friend to defray some of the cost and to get some extra time learning the plane (they let you sit in the back seat and watch).

    Second this - just finished and I would highly recommend it. It's a pretty push-it-up profile and studying ahead of time will pay off with both the ground and flight portions. I plan on updating the current gouge with some updated cockpit pictures and expanding on the GK info - will try to get it posted here in the next week or so.

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