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The "renting it from the bank" argument is nonsense. Buying a house offers many benefits (and risks), but paying a mortgage allows you to build equity and claim a large tax deduction. Hanging on to property as an investment can be beneficial to your taxes as well, but there are a few things to be aware of. As an example, I purchased a house in South Carolina in 1991. I left in 1994 and rented it out. On my taxes I was able to deduct not only the mortgage interest and property taxes, but a depreciation value. By deprecating the house I got another large tax deduction. HOWEVER, there is a catch. If you depreciate you may have to pay capital gains on the profit if you sell the house in the future. The tax code used to say that if you lived in the house two out of the last five years you could recapture the depreciation and not pay capital gains. As I recall the law recently changed and M2 posted about this not to long ago, I think the time period has extended especially for military. It is a bit of a risk, as in my case I have no intention of returning to South Carolina so when I sell the house I will have a large capital gain penalty to pay (a great problem to have). Bottomline, if you are in a weapon system where you think you might have multiple assignments at the same base, then I would buy a house and rent it while I was away. Each time you return you will be able to “recapture the depreciation” and basically enjoy an extra tax break each year.

I bought a house as a 2Lt and it has paid HUGE dividends. I had a roommate and it worked great. Yes it is a commitment you might not feel ready for. Yes it is a pain when something breaks and you have to pay for it. More importantly, Yes it is a huge tax break and if you get lucky like I did, one day you will wake up and realize the 15 year mortgage is almost paid off and the house is suddenly worth $300,000, when you only paid $92,000 in 1991.

Nope, it will fly again.

The Refueling probe on the prowler is fixed. the probe on the Typhoon is hydraulically actuated and is "stowed" when not refueling to reduce drag. I wonder if is has to do with inerting the fuel system. In the Block 10-15 Viper certain emergencies related to hydraulics called for the refueling door to be opened prior to landing.

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I work on the Airstaff in Long Range Plans, so I have plnety of time for this stuff... Actually I have to come up with this stuff almost on a daily basis, usually on very short notice, ...Did you happen to read QDR? [ 07. February 2006, 16:32: Message edited by: Clearedhot ]

SECRET NO SNAP (S/NS) AFTTP 3-1.69, 7 February 2006 1-1 CHAPTER 1 (U) INTRODUCTION 1.1 (S/NS) PURPOSE. This volume contains specifics about Roof-Stomp (RS) capabilities and limitations, specific RS mission planning responsibilities, and tactics for accomplishing the RS mission. (See the RS capabilities and Limitations video). This volume concentrates on the roles of the flight lead and wingmen in planning and executing specific RS missions and discusses tested tactics that can be employed. Chapter 4, “Surface to Roof Mission Planning,” goes to the heart of the issue: the role of the flight lead in developing appropriate tactics that can be applied during various phases of the mission. Chapter 5, “RS Interdiction”; Chapter 7, “Suppression of Roof Defenses”; Chapter 8, “Close Roof Operations”; Chapter 9, “Night Roof Operations”; Chapter 10, “ Combat Search and Roof Operations; and Chapter 12, “Specialized Surface to Roof Operations” contain specific examples of how to apply those tactical options to particular RS missions. It is assumed the users of this volume are familiar with AFTTP 3-1.2. General Planning and Employment Considerations; and AFTTP3-3.69 Roof Stomp Reference Guide and Countertactics ; and AFTTP 3-3.3 Combat Roof Stomp Fundamentals . 1.2 (S/NS) Tactics Usage and Feedback. The tactics presented in this volume are effective ways to employ the RS but are not the “only way” to perform the mission. Rather, this volume is a discussion of tested, successful, and approved tactics and serves as a base line from which new tactics can be developed to improve RS employment. New ideas are encouraged and may be investigated at the unit level. The tactics improvement proposal (TIP) and unit level tactics review board (TRB) are methods for forwarding lessons learned to MAJCOM for review and inclusion in AFTTP3-1.69, Tactical Employment-Roof Stomp 1.3 (S/NS) General. The RS is a tactical level asset highly flexible in day and night force application roles. The Primary RS mission, Close Roof Support (CRS), is performed with a variety of alcohol laced, inebriation inducing, low cost can or bottle dispensed munitions. All of these operations are conducted in low roof environments, day or night. 1.4 (S/NS) Close Roof Operations. CRO is an action against friendly forces to encourage moral and camaraderie within an organization in close proximity to friendly forces which require detailed integration of each mission with the fire and movement forces. 1.5 (S/NS) Combat Search and Roof Operations. CSRO are employed to effectively recover distressed personnel during RS operations. CSRO are essential to ensuring safe employment of RS operations.

I am not into skydiving, but this video is impressive. Looks like a lot of practice to get this thing together. 81 Skydivers

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A-5 Vigilante

A-7 Corsair II

A-1E Skyraider

It's just principle. I don't want to stand there while some chucklehead has to memorize my career and spout a bunch of nonsense about me.

How did you know? Sorry man, I didn't know she was your mom

Tried that and and failed.

M2...that is what my research has shown and I was hoping someone would know something I don't.

Anyone know of an actual statement in the regulations that says promotion ceremonies are up to the individual? I want to dispense with the nonsense and just wear it to work, but I am getting some pushback.

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I disagree...shoe clerks are increasingly running the USAF. While some of our senior leaders are warriors, a large number have a number of Exceutive Officer or Aide de Camp assignments to match their operational tours. We just had a four star retire who had ZERO combat experiance. Additionally, if you look at the latest O-5 Promotion Board Results you will see a disturbing trend; High selection rate = Shoe Clerk Support Officers Next to lowest selection rate = Pilots Despite the fact that the C-Model Mafia is and has been running the USAF for a while, changes are on the way.

Or the USAF guy that gave space dorks green flight suits and leather jackets.

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