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    Kentucky Derby 131

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Originally posted by Wxpunk:

    [QB]The way I see it is you have to fly the hours anyway, so why not pick your destination?/QB]

    Unforunately it not about the way you see it. It's about the way the press distorts it.

    Welcome to the military.

    Good military/aviation books

    in General Discussion

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    Here is a slightly different approach to professional reading. There are three advances schools available to Majors following inresidence programs like Air Command and Staff. The three programs are (USAF – School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, USA – School of Advanced Military Studies, and USMC School of Advanced Warfighting). Those selected will spend an additional year reading and studying historical and current topics related to strategy and campaign planning.

    Some of the themes we looked at this year (and things your seniors leaders want more fidelity on); insurgency, small wars, asymmetric fighting, information operations, joint/combines arms, compellence and cohersion theory, and future warfighting. Attached is a list of books we read the last two months. Some are great, others will make your eyes bleed. I found The Philippine War very interesting because of the insurgency themes that draw directly to the things we are seeing in Iraq today. Also, Palestine and the Arab Israeli Conflict is a good read that takes the Israeli/Palestinian issue from it’s origin through today.

    If anyone wants the complete list for SAW (231 books, I can’t believe I read that many in one year), PM me and I will send it.

    Linn, Brian M-The Philippine War

    Linn, Brian M-Guardians of Empire

    Miller, Edward S-War Plan Orange

    Morton, Louis-The Fall of the Philippines

    Morton, Louis-Strategy and Command: The First Two Years

    Crowl, Philip-Campaign in the Marianas

    Isley and Crowl-U.S. Marines and Amphibious War

    Morison, Samuel-The Two Ocean War

    Shaw, Nalty and Turnbladh-History of the U.S.Marine Corps Operations in WWII, Volume III Central Pacific Drive

    Cannon, M.Hamlin-Leyte: The Return to the Philippines

    Garand and Strobridge-History of the U.S.Marine Corps Operations in WWII, Volume IV Western Pacific Operations

    Smith, Robert Ross-Triumph in the Philippines

    Willoughby and Prange-Reports of General MacArthur, Volume I, The Campaign of MacArthur in the Pacific

    Blumenson, Martin-Salerno to Cassino

    Harrison, Gordon A-Cross-Channel Attack

    Hughes, Thomas-Overlord: General Pete Quesada and the Triumph of Tactical Air Power in WWII

    Van Creveld and Canby-Air Power and Maneuver Warfare

    General Staff-Reports of General MacArthur, Volume I, Supplement

    Friedman, Thomas-From Beirut to Jerusalem

    Herzog, Chaim-The Arab Israeli Wars

    Smith, Charles D-Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    United Nations-Blue Helmets

    Gordon and Trainor-The General's War

    Keaney and Cohen-Gulf War Air Power Survey Summary Report

    Swain, Richard M-Lucky War

    Allard, Kenneth-Somalia Operations

    Lyons, Terrence and Samatar, Ahmed I-Somalia - State Collapse, Multilateral Intervention, and Strategies for Political Reconstruction

    Seiple, Chris-The U.S. Military/NGO Relationship in Humanitarian Interventions

    Appleman, Roy E-South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu

    Mossman, Billy C-Ebb & Flow: November 1950-July1951

    Schnabel, James F-Policy and Direction: The First Year

    Colling, Benjamin F-Close Air Support

    Davidson, Philip B-Vietnam at War: The History, 1946-1975

    Shultz, Richard H-The Secret War Against Hanoi

    Simpson, Howard-Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot

    Tilford,-Setup: What the Air Force Did in Vietnam and Why

    Trullinger, James-Village at War

    Blumenson, Martin-Breakout and Pursuit

    Blumenson, Martin-The Battle of the Generals

    De Puy, William-Changing an Army

    Doubler, Michael D-Busting the Bocage

    Useem, Michael-Leading Up

    Coles and Weinberg-Civil Affairs: Soldiers Become Governors

    Ziemke, Earl F-The U.S. Army in the Occupation of Germany 1944-1946

    Slim-Defeat into Victory

    Clarke and Smith-Riviera to the Rhine

    Marr, Phebe-History of Iraq

    Greenberg, Lawrence-The Hukbalahap Insurrection

    General pilot lifestyle questions

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    Posted

    Originally posted by bkh0501:

    Do fighter pilots work 12+ hour days all their careers while those that fly heavies work only on weekdays?

    Are there really people that think like this? I can't speak for the airlift or tanker folks, but in AFSOC 12 hour days are the norm when you are flying the line. Typical Gunship IP day follows;

    1300 - 1330 Show 30 minutes before student to review training record and plan training events for sortie.

    1330 - 1430 Ground training session with students.

    1430 - 1530 Brief crew on mission profile, training events, munitions loads, range times, etc.

    1530 - 1545 Wx brief, file flight plan, step to the airplane.

    1600 - 1700 Start engines, taxi to Hot Cargo, upload munitions, continue ground training students.

    1700 - 2200 Fly mission, live fire, dry fire, ECM range/threat maneuvers, aerial refueling, approaches.

    2200 - 2300 Debrief maintenance/file command post report/complete 781/complete training events log.

    2300 - 0001 Debrief crew/mission.

    0001-0100 Debrief Student/ground training session.

    0100 -? Complete student training folder/checkride forms.

    0130 - 0200 Cheat death on Hwy 98 driving home.

    Most IPs fly four times a week and many go through periods flying five days a week.

    Spitting on Jane Fonda

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    Isn't is funny how Hanoi Jane and Robert Mcnamara have come out with books and movies trying to show remorse. It is so fake it makes me want to vomit. My old man cheated death through three F-4 tours in Vietnam while that beaoch posed on AAA pieces.

    Pardon my language, but that filthy whore can rot in hell.

    Univeristy of Miami pencil pocket tabs

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    Posted

    Originally posted by SoNotToSpeak:

    Piggy backing on ClearedHot UM=

    Florida State was and still is where the real party is at.

    Obviously you didn't read what I wrote so let me make it clear....FSU SUCKS, Miami Rules.............SCOREBOARD.

    That being said, even though I am a UM grad...I still married an FSU grad. lets leave it at this........anyone but the Gators.

    Help understanding Dos Gringos

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Originally posted by PAB:

    Nah. I still have 7 hours and 32 minutes till my alert is over and I can start drinking again.

    You are lucky GI, I have six more days until I can have a cold barley soup. I might mention in passing Strep throat sucks, not just for the sickness factor, but when taking antibiotics, you can't drink for ten days.

    Bathroom "emergencies"

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    My first deployment in the Gunship...we departed HRT for Taegu Korea, I was sleeping in the gun positions for the 20MM's which we removed to cross the pond. About an hour after and a half after take off, the Loadmaster (who was killed in the MC-130 crash in Albania) wakes me up and says "hey they need a pilot up there quick!" I shake the cobwebs out and as I am about to go up the ladder, the Sqd/DO comes running down the ladder headed for the honey bucket.

    After he goes by I make it to the flight deck and see our Sqdn/DOV sitting in the seat looking all green. I don't have a headset, checklist, or anything, so he just points at the left seat and starts unstrapping. As it turns out one of the wives brought in some day old Boston crème donuts...that were left out all night.

    As the story goes one of the pilots sat on the trash can for the next few hours puking and crapping at the same time. I logged my first left seat time in the gunship solo as I took us to Travis AFB.

    Help understanding Dos Gringos

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Originally posted by Bishop:

    Well, I knew somewhat what ECM was, but the line is "And the ECM pod that one’s my favorite joke"

    I dont understand why its his favorite joke, like what trouble does it cause the mechanic working on the plane if he forgets to turn it on?

    Thanks for the stuff so far guys

    the joke is that MX has to troubleshoot the pod looking for a fault, when the pilot never turned it on to start with....there is nothing worng with the pod,, but he is making the mx guy rip his knuckles to shreds trying to fix it...

    Dropping JDAM sucks because it doesn't take any skill. Plug numbers in, drive to the box, and pickle. As opposed to the fine art of level/laydown, dive, loft/toss, and dive toss deliveries. These methods took skill and a lot of practice.

    [ 19. April 2005, 17:38: Message edited by: Clearedhot ]

    AFSOC questions

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    AFSOC promotes at a rate equal to or greater than the rest of the USAF.

    In the old days there were problems because many viewed Spec Ops folks as cowboys. That stereotype is no longer true. In fact I would argue that the bureaucratic ways of the big blue USAF are firmly entrenched in AFSOC. There are a few communities within the command that have completely cracked the code and thrive at making fast-burners that are on track for general officer.

    At the risk of pissing folks off you should know point blank that the Talon II's and Pavelows run AFSOC. Many will argue and say there is no Talon or Pave mafia, but the facts speak for themselves. There are several wings in AFSOC but Hurlburt is the king daddy rabbit. Ever single 16 SOW/CC since AFSOC stood up has made O-7. That being said, every single 16 SOW/CC has been a Talon II or Pavelow dude. There is only one base that has gunships, yet they can't seem to get the top job or the Group/CC job for that matter.

    Now that AFSOC has new wings at Moody and Kirtland, and given the Gunship play in nearly every operation since Desert Storm we are seeing Gunship folks make it to the top job at those locations. It is my guess several of them will make O-7 on the next board, but outside the 16SOW job.

    I've been out of the loop for sometime, but I do get e-mails almost everyday from folks screaming about the politics. One rumor has popped up several times in the last few years about DP allocations on recent promotion boards, (100% for Talon II eligibles, while the Gunships were lucky to get one or two.) It could be folks crying over spilt milk, but there were only three gunship types at ACSC last year and only two this year.

    What does it all mean Francis? If you choose AFSOC you stand an equal chance of being promoted, but unlike any other MWS, there are politics that will be in the mix.

    Flying Scarf/Scarves

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    Posted

    Most current folks think the scarf is .

    The scarf has been rammed down our throats (sts) almost non-stop for the past 15 years. A former squadron commander I had would "fine" you if you didn't have it on at the club at nellis. A sure fire way to keep us out of the club.

    Aerial Combat Info

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    If you are going to relate your paper to decision, strategy, and economics, I would suggest you check out John Boyd's OODA loop. I will attach a few links and you can find lots more on Google.

    To summarize, John Boyd was a USAF fighter pilot who built a model called the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Action) Loop, which describes the decision making that happens in air to air combat. In the end the person who can make correct decisions faster wins (hence the phrase….”Inside his OODA Loop”).

    The great thing about the model is it can be applied to other situations, and I would think you could make a natural transition in your paper to show how it could be used in economics.

    A good primer on the OODA Loop

    Graphic of the OODA Loop

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