Kenny Powers
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I know multiple people that this has happened to. I know it probably doesn't seem like it now, but this is a good thing. The people I know who didnt get Fighter qual'd wouldn't have been successful in fighters but are successful and enjoying flying other USAF airframes.
My best advice to you, pick the unit closest to where you want to live. I don't think you'll have any problem finding a Squadron to fly with.
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28 minutes ago, Day Man said:
Is that confirmed?
No.
I'm assuming the lost confidence to lead thing implied that it wasn't flying related.
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If it was an aviation related incident, I'd understand the curiosity. But it's not, and this effectively just gossiping. Why does anyone here care?
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So if a Guard guy went Reserves, is he increasing his ALR with respect to getting tasked with an involuntary mobilization?
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So I've read this thread but I am not at all familiar with the process of how invol IA stuff works (if that's even the correct wording). I am all for going downrange to rain hate with the bros in my SQ. However, I'm not so sure I'd be cool with getting tasked to deploy individually and do some non-flying related job. Again, I am pretty ignorant on what kind of jobs people are getting tasked for.
My main question is, does it differ from AFRC/AD/ANG. I thought this wasn't a thing in the ANG but, after reading this thread, it sounds like that is not 100% true.
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Just now, SurelySerious said:
I believe he’s referring to pictures so he can properly judge the cost/benefit of your endeavor.
It's the only way to actually give any advice backed by science...
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5 minutes ago, brabus said:
Why are you opposed to VLPAD? 3 years to start (probably can add more if you want later), all the benefits (pay, retirement years, etc.), and no prison sentence (AKA ADSC) from AD. I'm curious what a "full transition" to AD buys you over VLPAD.
I agree with this. My game plan would be consecutive VLPAD tours. Each tour is your negotiation, accepted by you, eligible for the bonus, and only 3 years long. Do that until you get your active duty retirement.
I dont see the AF solving the pilot crisis anytime soon, so I think VLPAD is here to stay for the foreseeable future.
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4 hours ago, HuggyU2 said:
A lot gets lost in the translation when it comes to making a post. However, this statement significantly stood out to me. And I thoroughly disagree with the implication it brings with respect to flight disciplined operations.
Certainly not what you meant... but not the best choice of words.
Maybe not the best choice of words but it certainly sounds worse when you clip the sentence immediately following it, where I mention using lessons learned to become better and safer, out of your quote.
Point was that guys should not be blindly applying someone else's technique to their jet without putting some thought into it. Teaching techniques to a young guy in the B-course is a slippery slope and, for the most part, they should just be teaching from the books. Techniques are for people with experience to understand the assumptions behind them.
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1 hour ago, Standby said:
Priceless comment dude. Allow me to paraphrase...”you’re an idiot if you don’t read, but I’m too lazy to read the whole AIB.”
WTF are you talking about? I read all I needed to read to know what happened.
Please, enlighten me about your prestigious comment.
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To follow up; if, as a fighter pilot, you say "well someone told me this and I dont know/remember why", then you're full of shit and lack credibility. Everything we need to do to execute well /safely is written in our pubs.
Everything else is technique
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Just now, LiquidSky said:
Sounded to me more like a community wide issue based off the charts presented in P.16 of the AIB and end of the article. Not just one guy.
I didn't read the whole thing but, what I will say, is that as a single seat fighter pilot you're the Mayor of Cockpit City. I do what I want in my jet. I am more than happy to take lessons learned from others and apply them to my jet to make me better/safer.
This is just a dumbass mistake, nothing more. We all make mistakes at some point, this dude made an expensive one.
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Copy, guy cant read the TOLD on his line up card, even though it was wrong.
I do this crazy thing in the jet where, I circle the important TOLD data on the line up card in the brief, then I takeoff IAW my TOLD data and feel out what the jet wants to do. I also wait to put the gear up until I'm comfortably climbing away from the ground...
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3 minutes ago, hawkswin11 said:
Cant Understand Not Taxi. And it was done with multiple civilian family members present in the room since it was also a drop night 🤦♂️
That's f-ucking bullshit that some ass clown wannabe ruined such a sacred tradition and a significant moment for a stud who has earned the right to be there. I don't know the details, but it sounds like it's also bullshit that some dudes lost their careers over it.
Seriously, what kind of idiot would ever think that is ok? A naming ceremony is about welcoming a new fighter pilot into the pack. It's about having fun and giving them a proper name which they've earned. It's not about letting someone, who has no idea what they're doing, berate subordinates.
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On 10/16/2018 at 8:49 PM, DFRESH said:
Hey guys, let's refrain from publishing numbers of damaged aircraft, rumint or otherwise, until the DOD releases that information publicly. Thanks!
5 minutes ago, Majestik Møøse said:I heard the number is now up to 46 damaged Raptors.
Not sure if serious or...
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2 hours ago, torqued said:
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Any cash I use to buy anything is money I cannot put into the market.
If I can borrow your money for damn near nothing and invest all mine, I will.
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12 minutes ago, HeloDude said:
No, I'm suggesting then suggesting that you don't buy a new car.
Why? Because you wouldn't spend your money on it?
I bet most people spend more every month on Starbucks and fast food than I do on a car payment.
The math is simple. If you cant understand it or if you aren't the type of person that is ok with debt, then fine. But you're crazy if you think I should use my money to buy a car vs borrowing money for super cheap, when my investments can out perform the interest of the loan by a significant amount.
Regardless of the price of the car, the math doesnt change. Even if I was buying a car for $5k, I'm still better off borrowing that money.
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32 minutes ago, HeloDude said:
No...it makes no damn sense to spend money you don't have on a luxury item. What other luxury items (especially those that depreciate) are you ok with purchasing that requires a loan with interest?
Explain. Define "money you dont have." As in, are you suggesting I should pull money out of investments or emergency funds when it's time to buy a new car?
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2 hours ago, otsap said:
It's comical that anyone would try to assert their financial savvy while simultaneously arguing to buy a $58k vehicle. All the arguments above become moot when compared to a $12k-14k vehicle that is about 4 years old and has around 40k miles on it. What you could do with that extra $44k (!!!) is the real question. Bubububut, reliability! First, 4 year old vehicles with low miles do not lack reliability. Second, even if they did, how many engines/transmissions/exhausts would you have to go through to burn up $44k? Way more than you ever will. Worried about being stuck on the side of the road once or twice during the life of the vehicle? Don't be a baby; it's still not worth $44k.
You're now arguing that people are dumb because they choose to spend their money differently than you?
Should I save every dollar until retirement? Should I always just drive an old car that I maintain? Hell, let's grow our own food and make our own clothes.
It's entirely possible to be financially savvy and have a $60k car. Just because I may choose to spend my money on different things than you, doesnt make it wrong. Especially when interest rates are so cheap. I'm a car guy, so I like spending money on cars. You might like to fish, hunt, fly, travel, etc.. should I argue that you're "comical" for spending money on those things? Or that it obviously makes you not financially savvy?
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4 minutes ago, waveshaper said:
LoL, I'm a Nazi when it comes to this stuff. The last interest payment I made on anything was in 1978 when I was 21 years old (that was my last car payment, which I paid off in full). This includes paying no interest on a credit card (I only have one credit card), cars/motorcycles, boats, homes (2ea), etc, etc. There's a certain comforting feeling that comes with not owing $$$$$ (crap) to anyone/any bank/business/etc. Also, I've have never personally seen my credit score or needed one for anything that I can think of.
That's a good point. People do what's comfortable for them, the "good feeling of not owing anyone anything", which is totally valid for the group of people who like that.
Same for the guy who borrows $60k for a car @ 3% while leaving $60k in his investments averaging returns higher than that.
I think the borrow vs not borrow mentality was a much different arguement 30 years ago when interest rates were much higher. But when I'm looking for a new car and the dealer is offering incentives plus 0.9% interest, that's difficult to argue. I spend more on alcohol every month than that 0.9% interest would cost me
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Have an emergency fund in savings that you're comfortable with, have your 15-20% or whatever you contribute to TSP/401k automatically come out of your check, and have healthcare and insurance.
Take your net income after savings/investing, subtract your bills and basic needs to live the way you like, then spend what's left over how ever you want.
I am a fan of borrowing money if it's cheap while leaving my money in the market. It's all a balance of living life while you're young and able and still having a solid retirement plan for when that time comes.
Edit: my mindset on borrowing money for cars and what not might change if I didnt have the financial security of getting a paycheck every 2 weeks for as long as I decide in the military.
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1 hour ago, viper154 said:
I have flown in many AORs with no E-3s, but I get your point, it would wipe out a majority of the E-3s. Same outcome to pretty much any of the ACC C2ISR fleet, every airframe is pretty much at one place. Loosing Hurlburt would have been a big blow to AFSOC.
I vote we give Cannon back to ACC, all that great airspace right next to the base to conserve fuel in those F-22s.
Your vote is automatically thrown out because you can't spell losing...
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28 minutes ago, Clark Griswold said:
As for AR in IFF, wouldn’t you want to fight tank fight or do you need the break between sorties for debrief?
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkNever been an IFF IP, but I would say no. You're probably at the point of diminishing returns after the first sortie for a student at that point in their training.
Also, tanking takes time. Fight tank fight is great in the CAF (almost as good as a fight tank fight tank fight) but that would reduce the number of students you could fly in one day, as opposed to getting the jets back to mx and throwing another stud in.
Plus, you probably need at least 1 dedicated AR sortie in the syllabus. I guess there's always an IP in the back that can take the jet and get gas if the stud is struggling, but I dont think that's desirable.
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We have guys who get to the CAF that never tanked in the B-course and it works out fine. I'm not sure why they would waste time teaching it in IFF.
Having the option to AR would be awesome though for all the other gigs we are currently using T-38s for.
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I remember seeing something posted a while back stating that Pilots that go VLPAD could be eligible for the bonus, but I have not been able to find anything about it. Anyone smart on that? For example, a Guard bubba that wants to do VLPAD . He is released from the Guard and isn't under any kind of contract with AD until he accepts the VLPAD offer. Does he get the bonus?
I am also curious about consecutive tours. My assumptions is that, after your 3 year ADSC is up, you could just do another one. So, only accept a job living where you want to live and then every 3 years sign another 3 year deal. As long as the airlines are hiring like they are, the AF is going to have an experience problem, so I can't imagine them telling an IP who wants to sign up for another 3 years and stay at the same base no, but the AF has proven to do dumber things in the past.
Anyone know of any verbiage stating you couldn't do consecutive tours?
VLPAD
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Posted · Edited by Kenny Powers
If selected for VLPAD and released from the ANG, does that mean my UPT service commitment is complete? I have a few years left but, if I remember correctly, I signed a commitment to the ANG. If they released me, my new commitment would be the ADSC that comes along with the VLPAD assignment obviously. What I am wondering is, do I all of the sudden become eligible for the bonus when I accept the VLPAD tour?
Seems like it wouldn't work that way but it's worth a shot.