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    Accepted a CSO slot

    in Combat Systems Officer (CSO)

    Posted · Edited by Mike Honcho

    On April 26, 2018 at 5:41 PM, Duck said:


    We call Navs in the fighter community helmet bag carriers. So just ask are you a Nav or are you a helmet bag carrier? It’s less offensive to those guys.

    Negative. Who is "we"?  Navs in the fighter community are WSOs. Each man, front or back seat, carries his own helmet.

    Everyone asking questions about another community probably shouldn't get advice from someone outside said community. 

    Leather Flight Jacket

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Coolest thing I've seen was a dude give his to his son on retirement.  His wife and daughter got the standard flowers and gifts. He said "I don't have flowers for you. But I do have this."  Assuming kids are part of the equation of course. 

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    LICW TDY

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Mike Honcho

    You're starting travel from lhr, so it going to infer that you're talking to CTOs with British accents.  

    Stop.

    like others have said, LIC clears you to self procure.  Talk to Finance when you file the voucher.  If you want defense in depth, put in the remarks (you're probably doing your own orders in DTS) that self procurement and LIC are approved per your commander. 

    Just be sure and book on an American flagged carrier. I've seen dudes get refused reimbursement when they booked on Virgin, etc.  City pairs are your friend, and back me up with the JTR.  I left the Heath about 3 years ago.

    SECDEF Ashton Carter

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The only name and affiliation not (inaudible) is the guy asking the transsexual question? Who's apparently a noted LGBT advocate? WTFO?

    I know the secretary is a political post, but for shit's sake. "I came here to say thank you". Bullshit.

    POV Shipping woes

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    So we've got 2 POVs we're going to ship back to CONUS here in a few months. Suffice to say all the people moving right now have put me off of using the company the gubment's contracted with. I've dug through the JFTR, but just looking to see if I can double up with a personally contracted company and be reimbursed for the cost of the single car. Similar to personal procurement of tickets.

    Thanks.

    Booze Talk

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Speaking of Speyside scotch, Aberlour's A'bunadh is spectacular. Not sure what it's bringing in the states, but in the UK it's £35. If you can find it, Glenmorrangie has a run called Quinta Ruban that's also reasonable and great.

    An Irish and more expensive but should be under $100: Yellow Spot. The Green Spot was mentioned earlier in the thread. Google it and go find it. You're welcome.

    Flyover/flyby Q&A

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    So nosed around at work, airshows are back on. We have a few requests for our aircraft from other AF bases. Saw the F-22 demo team is doing shows, anyone know if the other demo teams are back up and running?

    Do you have a source? Pm me if required for a .mil address.

    Promotion and PRF Information

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Mike Honcho

    Hush. Line of the AF would do with at least a look to who is included in that definition.

    Edited to add, I can only speak from my experience and outlook, but if senior leadership can:

    1. Quantify combat capability (for purposes of measurement, we can discuss the extent of said capability later..I get that some points could go past unclass but still)

    and

    2. Prove the manning (personning? Did a kitten just get assaulted?) and culture decisions improved that capability, we'll all shut up and either color or get out.

    Promotion and PRF Information

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    You have mentioned your story in some form or another a few times...

    I hope you realize just how lucky you are, and that your story is definitely an anomaly.

    Don't shit on him for that. While it may be an anomaly, it exists. You can't blame a man for appreciating what he has/had and trying to show others that hope is still alive.

    I've never written my own OPR and my flight at SOS couldn't believe it. But I wasn't ball walking.

    National Air Cargo 747 Crash at Bagram

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    You really should go talk to someone about it (if you never want to fly an airplane again).

    Easy. My bad for not being clear, I had no intention of recommending running to public health/mental health/ MFLAC/resiliency coordinator/whatever they're calling it now.

    I meant next time you're in the bar with the bros, mention it. Shit dude, watching the tape a few times has helped folks so if YouTube is it, do that.

    Just hug your kids and don't let it ###### you up is what I meant.

    What the ######? I can't say ######? I'm going to talk to someone.

    Spielberg and Hanks secure rights for HBO WW2 series on 8th AF

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    What's weirder to me is that people were jumping on 'combat' sorties in the desert so they could knock out RAP requirements. My grandpa made it through 28 combat sorties in the tail of a B-17 and was lucky to have made it through every one of them. I appreciate the extra pay that a combat sortie provides, but when I think of what he went through, it makes me embarrassed to qualify for an Air Medal.

    I don't want to take anything away from your grandpa or your contribution, but in where in the wild world of ###### can you log both RAP and a sortie counting for an Air Medal?

    Home Brewing Beer

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Need a big pot? Snag one of those kegs laying around base, take a grinder with a cutting wheel to it and cut the top out.

    Done. Just be sure and grind down the sharp edges and wash the hell out of it.

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