billy pilgrim
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On 10/11/2018 at 5:06 AM, HU&W said:
Looks like 48 hours + parts.
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Well no IPZ luck here. 11F on third ops tour. Not stellar records but not bad either (strats, OEF, DG, awards etc..). Time to get smart on the guard and airlines - glad I had enough SA to avoid the bonus.
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Saw the obligatory AFPC U2 email. Not my cup of tea to fly around in the bozosphere for long missions in a pressure suit... but what's the b-course / tx like for that?
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Also looking for the list... thanks!
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I'm curious how a T-6 would do in a race like that... probably not competitive against an L-39, but maybe against the piston engine planes.
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Where I'm at we finally got a bunch of contract support in the squadron, which really frees up the time of the younger guys. We have WDO / Scheduling / Training and basically a mini CSS again (completely bragging). So I would say the quality of life of first assignment guys is higher, but it doesn't really matter because they are really excited to be in an ops unit and they don't know any different.
There is a ton of real world operational experience on this board. AD USAF gives you a lot of opportunities that are not available anywhere else, but also it is highly variable and your results will vary significantly with your peers. The bottom line is that AD has a lot better deals and a lot worse deals than ANG.
I think if you're the type of person that wants to fly in combat, you'll probably be drawn to AD - and good on you. The frustration here on the board is because AD could be so much better than it is. It's not that people don't like AD, it's all the surrounding BS that gets in the way.
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Is there any work around to get media off of itunes (mostly music) on your andriod?
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57 minutes ago, Craftsman said:
What’s the opinion on target date mutual funds? I.e. vanguard target date retirement fund? Vs spreading that out over other mutual funds investments? Specifically, only Roth IRA contributions, Not other 401k, IRA spread out over growth, international, ETF’s etc. you can insert any other company for vanguard, although from my public school education vanguard has been one of the best.
I am no expert investor, but everything I've read* on the subject has basically said to avoid mutual funds and just invest in an index fund. (You can also do bonds and real estate funds to balance your portfolio). I think Buffet has the same opinion.
*Random walk down wall street, a couple of Nassim Taleb's books.
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18 hours ago, MooseAg03 said:
I’m wondering if the rate of unprofessional relationships is higher at Laughlin than it is at Vance or Columbus (both are much closer proximity to university campuses). If so, too bad we didn’t keep Reese instead of Laughlin.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThat would be awesome, but I don't think I would've graduated if I went through Reese....
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Anyone on here have any F-4 time? I kept trying to get a flight at WSEP but it never panned out...
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The "snake skin" game whereby downtown you stealthily unwrap a condom and drape it across the shoulder / back of one of the bros you're out with. Bonus points the longer it is unnoticed.
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On 9/1/2018 at 6:02 AM, HuggyU2 said:
Really? For "hours"?
Sounds... impressive.
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Prof advanced seaplane rating.
2nd on the F-117, talked to some dudes that flew them it wasn't all that awesome to fly.
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My assignments started to get a lot better once I became a free agent. Also found out the other day that I am one of two in my AFSC and year group in the CAF. So maybe there's just no one left. Not sure.
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7 hours ago, di1630 said:
Good point. French were smart on that one. The Raphael is much better than the Eurofighter.It's like the tree falling in the forest. If the Europeans make a good fighter does anyone care?
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Does anyone have any info on when the O-5 board results will be released? Last I heard was September.
I hope I don't fall off of the AFPC career pyramid.
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On 7/12/2018 at 2:27 AM, M2 said:
If you're in the mudhen you don't have a hair on your ass if you don't dual wield while the other guy works the radio.
As a light grey guy I think this will only marginally improve my strafe Pk.
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It sucks to be one of those studs during the this surge. They are going to have less training and fierce competition through their years AD.
A lot more weight of effort has to be placed on retention rather than production. Period... and I'm not talking about getting rid of a CBT or two or pen tab patches.
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On 7/4/2018 at 6:38 PM, dream big said:
My preworkout triggered an explosive warning on one of their machines. Caused a huge fuss and almost caused me to miss the flight. Clowns.
What preworkout are you using? I think I am using the wrong stuff.
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On 7/2/2018 at 2:08 AM, raimius said:
The AF is transferring BASIC aircrew training to the ops units, and still lying to itself that the products are going to be the same. Eventually, this will get people killed.
Take a look at the USAF mishap rate this year. Cutting corners is expensive.
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There already is a safe place at roll call.
You know you're headed there when everyone starts chanting "outside" and you go stand outside and think about what you did.
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14 hours ago, Homestar said:
Has anyone else had their base migrate to Office 365 for email? My 100 MB inbox is now a 100 GB inbox.
This is going to ruin my technique of sending myself a ginormous powerpoint file every time I want to shut off my Outlook queep for a few days.
... just remember to also delete it out of your sent items when ready to go again...
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On 6/1/2018 at 2:37 AM, matmacwc said:
Well, ClearedHot must be happy....
Synopsis: Admiral Mitchell gives commanders call to disillusioned CG's / FGOs about how bad life is on the outside of AD. Later pulled over by base SF after going expired on his MSF course. *spoiler* Gets fired after non-green dot approved statement outside empty O-club.
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Scheduled to fly a USAFA cadet next week. Ops Air Force I think.
Flying with an automatic watch
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Does anyone fly with an automatic (mechanical) watch? Specifically in a high-g airframe? Did the timing get thrown off?
Usually I fly with a quartz watch but it’s in for servicing and looking to fly with a Bremont instead.
First world problems...