Azimuth
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The first military version flight happened today.
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Not in DC, my friend, that makes you a bigger criminal than the crackheads that attack you!
It happened in Washington state, which is pretty easy for military to obtain a CCW.
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From the article...
Given the climate of things, my bet is it will be one of these two.Pray for Robinson then.
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They can open those careerfields if they adhere to the male fitness standards.
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Nah, they'll probably just call them late to the IP.
Said very few ever.
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I just got a AFPC robot email at work talking about a new SNCO only commissioning program to rated officer. Dunno if they're waiving the age thing because I don't know too many SNCO's under 30 years old.
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yes they will. At a flag a couple years back, a jet pancaked between the runways and burned. It sat there for the entire flag. That's one hell of a visual reminder.
The Aug 2009 Red Flag an AWACS crashed on the inside runway after shearing off the nose gear on landing.
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In the summer of 2004 we could still wear civilian clothes, the mandatory PT gear didn't start until I think 2006 timeframe. My 2005 tour was great, no Chiefings and ladies in Juicy sweat suits
I was there from April to August 2004. Mid way through my tour the base implemented a "PT gear like" civilian clothes policy. I could no longer wear sandals in the DFAC. Most people just wore their flight suit/DCU brown or black t-shirts and basketball shorts. They even made us wear (or buy a shirt that had) a collar to actually fly home on the rotator. UFB
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I'm not saying you're wrong, but ...
4. May 1982 - December 1982, student, F-16 Replacement Training Unit, MacDill AFB, Fla.
5. January 1983 - August 1985, F-16 instructor pilot and squadron scheduler, 50th Fighter Wing, Hahn Air Base, West Germany
6. August 1985 - December 1985, student, F-16 Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
7. January 1986 - December 1986, squadron and wing weapons officer, and F-16 instructor pilot, 50th Fighter Wing, Hahn AB, West Germany
8. January 1987 - July 1989, fighter weapons instructor, assistant operations officer, nuclear weapons and avionics academic instructor, assistant Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev.
9. August 1989 - July 1991, advanced program manager, Tactical Fighter Weapons Center, Nellis AFB, Nev.
10. August 1991 - July 1992, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
The point you missed was he didn't have a lot, if at all CENTCOM deployment experience until he became the 379 AEW Wing King. This is the guy who allowed NCO's to be posted outside of the DFAC in the summer of 2004 to do proper shoe and clothing checks on people.
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Ft Benning is just above Ft Polk in terms of shit holes.
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This guy was the one that start all the bullshit at the Deid back in 2004.
If you read his sweet assignment history, he went from AETC Wing King, to Exec for the CSAF, to being the Wing King of largest AEW in the AOR a year after OIF kicked off and OEF was still young. All he knew was reflective belts, CGOC meetings at the Green Bean, etc.
The argument that I've heard is that current Group/Wing CC's are the ones who were Sq/CC's back when Egg was Wing King and got tired of their policies that were bullshit and those now Group/Wing CC's have war fighting credibility, whereas a lot of leadership in the 2003-2006 did not.
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I would like to think that when Gen Welsh gives us his word, his successor will honor that. Only time will tell.
Maybe, maybe not. Look how the Masters requirement for promotion keeps changing almost every CSAF.
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I feel bad for him in that regard, but they are telling us that they will get a fixed wing after they are done with the RPA tour. He will be okay.
So they're promising something they have 0% control of? Copy.
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I just dropped A-10s. Could anyone shed some light on the state of the community these days? (F-35 Politics aside) I'm curious about the B-Course timeline, deployment cycles, and location details. I'm married, no kids and we love the outdoors. How are they doing Korean assignments these days? Accompanied/Remote? I Also heard that Spang is no longer A PCS. Thanks in advance.
Spang no longer has A-10's.
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Schwartz was given the task of fixing the RPA system that his predecessor didn't give a shit about and was one of the reasons he was fired per Gates' book. It was a giant mess when he took over the USAF.Is the "they" not really ACC but the Fighter General / Mafia ? Not throwing 11F's under the bus but is that leadership caste the problem? Not passive-aggressive and not sure what background is the alternative as Schwartz was underwhelming.
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KC-10 is getting it now. KC-135 has it.
Yep, the KC-135 has had it for a few years with Block 40. Crossing the ocean is pretty sweet without making position reports.
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How's AFSOC RPA training compare to ACC's? If RPA's leave ACC, who should own them?
Who is "they"?
ACC
I could see a squadron comprised mainly of E's doing the flying, and O's running the squadron. Like Os for Sq/CC, DO, and maybe ADOs/Flight CCs, while the enlisted did the majority of the line flying. Everyone would be flight qual'd, but the roles in the squadron would be very different.
So like now? I'm in charge of Stan Eval, as a MSgt, because my Flt/CC is deployed for six months to the CAOC, all of my SELO's are deployed, Red Flag, AC upgrade, etc. I walk into the Scheduling office and it's completely ran by Enlisted with an occasionally Copilot, their Flt/CC is deployed as well. I walk into Training Flight and it's the same story.
A majority of squadron's in AMC are ran by Enlisted because most of the Officers are gone. The only Officers I routinely see are the Sq/CC and one ADO who's filling in until October when we get our DO in.
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Buddy of mine is the Super there and said the Sq/CC is awesome. They had some 8010 issues a few months ago, however they're good now. I'd still go to March over Macdill since that's "AMC lite" for Active Duty. Fairchild owns March ADCON wise.
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Because the Air Force will always have a complex towards Enlisted employing weapons that aren't mini-guns.
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Because 99.69% (maybe more) of the cargo that those operators move in their 767s is in ULD containers that have already been packed, weighed, and sorted for best aircraft CG. They're not dealing with pallets of randomly-shaped HHG crates with fucked-up nets, T2s without proper restraint, pallets contoured incorrectly, and other oddball shit that shows up late to the jet.
Their entire air freight organization is dedicated to loading and dispatching the jets as quickly and efficiently as possible, to maximize profits and make their delivery schedules. They're not closed for "training" every Thursday afternoon, bending over backwards to accommodate the latest hot-button social issue, or continually trying to define their identity by systematically destroying any sense of identity they once had.
They will. The loadmaster will be called a Boom Operator, and he/she will be just as trained on the specific cargo handling procedures for the KC-46 as any other loadsmasher is on their jet.
edit: words
He's a tanker pilot, he knows. He was referring to using a 767.
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The KC-46 can only haul six pallets? Or is someone engaging in hyperbole since the 767 freighter hauls much more. Some of the FedEx guys chime in here.
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Uh no, the KC-135 holds six pallets.
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You will always need an airlifter that can haul more than six pallets, oversized Army equipment that can't be rotated via a side cargo door, and land in austere locations.
The -46, or really any tanker, will never replace that requirement.
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Except it's a fixed pricing contract, so Boeing is eating up all the delays and budget overruns.
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Question: A person in that situation, do they have to go through Enlisted Basic Training at Lackland or do they just ship em off to Tech School as an Airman Basic and then their their first base?
There's a guy who works for me who quit USAFA his third year. They come in as SrA.
KC-46A Candidate Bases Announced
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they had too, th -141 wings were about to fall off.