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"Conservative" is the mantra of so many USAF leaders these days. IMHO that desire to be the most conservative leader, so as to not in any way possible even tempt making a decision your boss disagrees with, is one of the cancers killing USAF leadership. If a boss can pin the toughest possible punishment on his subordinate, then he's never putting himself into question from his own chain of command. It's like the SEFE who is getting the NAF STAN/EVAL over-the-shoulder treatment, and decides he needs to be Mr Hardass so as to not appear weak.

The AF was going for both a Court Martial and FEB.

There were 4 guys in the airplanes.

Awww, now, I've seen it posted twice...

He all ready regularly posts his AF Times cover shot here (which has his name on it)...I don't think he's all that concerned about it.

I'll simply reply this way: - If you know Maj Kopacek and believe this, then call him and get his side of what occurred. - If you don't know him, then you are seriously mis-assessing him as an individual based on a very small sliver of info you've been given. - NJP cases rarely tell the "true" story...especially for a guy who was days away from separating from the AF (and the AF knew they didn't have a career to wreck, yet still had a message to send to the rank-and-file) BL: There's a lot about this story that you don't know, and your "assessment" of the situation reflects this. It's not any of my business to discuss those details, but it's important to know that this punishment was more for the benefit of the "Rest of the AF" than it was punishing Kopacek's actions.

I love how anything turns into an excuse to tear things up.

How'd you figure that math?

When turbine wheels let go big enough to blow big holes in the top of the engine compartment, I'm thinking the chances are pretty good.

It did not count as O-1 time, no.

You talking about the slutty Arab and Persian women, or do you mean "locales"? Fact: I have scored a month of tax free for flying a training sortie in a specific MOA. I think that MOA's inclusion in CTZE has since been removed, but pilots at a certain USAFE base (used to) make about $10K more per year than the rest of us because they ensure they make monthly sorties to tag that MOA, ensuring the maximum amount of annual CTZE.

At least someone took up my idea of going back to the white jet paint scheme in the name of "heritage", heh heh. Next: smurf paint on IFF jets!

How can you guys even chase those unimportant rabbit trails when the evil spectre of aircrew failure to comply with reflective belt wear is out there?

He's welcome to feel however he wants with respect to earning his pay. If he wants to make decisions as to if others deserve their combat zone tax exclusion and hostile fire pay, his opinions are woefully out of line without walking a mile in their shoes.

Initials JW, circa 2006?

Is the 711 SOS an FTU? If not, how is he a "trainee"? Do they mean that he is not CMR, or hasn't completed MQT?

Not close to the first I've heard. In fact, a good number of long-time USAA clients have departed for other companies over the erosion of support and benefits over the last 6-9 years. Used to be that USAA had the best overall package (sts) in pretty much every area of finance/banking/insurance for an active duty military officer. USAA definitely isn't the same bastion today that it was in the 90s.

LogbookPro is considered somewhat of the 'gold standard' of electronic logbooks. https://www.nc-software.com/ I don't use it, so I can't point-for-point reference if it has all of the things you are looking for, but many professional pilots use it. Personally, I use an Excel spreadsheet that does everything I need it to at this point in my career (like math!).

Who cares if she was in porn? Can she teach? When did we get to the point where anyone with a public job is required to have a completely squeaky-clean life?

Does that mostly have to do with the (lack of) flying time that most guys in the BONE are (were?) getting?

I don't understand why so many Americans like this strategy to "blend in" in Europe. Doesn't work.

That was the correct decision, without question.

Remember, that was a BRAC-mandated decision that the USAF had no option in executing.

Your humor detector is INOP.

#1 Thank God it's not being called the KC-767 #2 Hopefully Boeing learned their lesson on outsourcing with the 787 and they'll keep this more in-house (in country, at least) as the 767 was originally #3 Here's to 50 more years of USAF tanker toads getting type ratings in airplanes the airlines no longer fly.