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This is a good article on what happened to all those Dornier's that used to fly for the regionals: https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/check-out-the-us-department-of-state-air-wings-shadowy-1634123990

That's always been a bone of contention with the E's in many reserve flying squadrons, more Ltcol. than you can shake a stick at, but when it comes time to promote an E they act like it's going to break the bank. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

If memory serves me, the Convairs were some of the fastest pax jets prior to the Concord. They had special fairings on the wings to deal with compression issues at high mach numbers since they could not "area rule" the fuselage. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

Convair 880? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

Also the kid might have crawled up in the wheelwell when the aircraft was waiting on the taxiway before TO. Alot of those airports in Africa have people running all over the runways and taxiways. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

Even though it might be mandated by Congress it might not be FUNDED by Guard and Reserve units. The only time our folks get the TAP and Boots to Business classes is if we have been on orders for more than 180 days. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

And I thought they were going to close Ramstein after KMCC sinks into the sand that it was built on! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

Meanwhile in Sweden: https://m.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141437/ivar-ekman/stockholm-syndrome Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

I can't testify to the entire base but I did track down one of the crew members who was transiting Dover. They were supposed to download and fuel then return to their home base after coming from overseas. They ended up crewresting at Dover because it took so long to test the entire crew and others. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

The shear logistics and cost to perform a mass urinalysis just to catch less than .1% defies any cost benefit analysis. Big Blue is really desperate to get rid of people. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

Did anybody hear about the mass piss test they did at Dover to include transit aircrews coming from overseas? Full disclosure this was beer talk at Ramstein with other aircrews so it might have been exaggerated. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

The Joint Base Elemdorf/whatever had a pretty nice BX and they sell guns! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

You can download this and other photos as .tiff's from the Library of Congress FSA (Farm Security Administration) these are 4x5 color slides shot with a large format camera using Kodachrome. I have one picture of B-24 that I downloaded and you can zoom in and read the serial numbers on the fuselage ribs! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

Check out the art work of Mike Shampine. He's a C-17 ART pilot and former loadmaster who does artwork as well: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MikeShampine Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk

It seems that overseas Air Force bases is less about a place to support aircraft and their missions, and more about checking the box for a 2 year overseas assignment. If I had it my way I would turn over places like Ramstein to the Germans and have them run the day to day operations and have 90 day rotations for the maintenance and trans alert. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I497 using Tapatalk 2

Yea, it looks like the damage is all the way up to the demarcation of the old radome. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2

So far our unit has not put any restrictions on UTA's for traditional's in fact I can make up all the ones I missed being on TACC orders. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

I wonder which picture they would pick if it was between Trevon Martin or George Zimmerman. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

Yea, no kidding. And that link is kinda wrong, it takes you to the end of the process, you have to start the process in VP-CRG. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

I don't have the pics, only saw them, they haven't been released to the public. Check with your safety office they might have them. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

I finally saw pictures of the damage and it looks like the visor is gone! I don't know if a visor can be replaced with one from another aircraft or not but I don't think the crews have to worry about being put in bravo! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

I found the answer, you go to this web site and upload your qualifing orders: https://gum-crm.csd.disa.mil/app/processes/form/fn/hrrpp

Supposedly the wingtip of one C-5 cut through the visor of the other one. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

I heard some rumors at the KMC sports bar that two C-5M's collided during taxi and another C-17 landed short at Dover. There might have been some beers consumed by various crew members at said bar so I don't know how true either of these incidents are.

vMPF does show in your points summary a breakdown of AD, IDT, etc. but as far as I know it doesn't track the type of AD you did to qualify for the rollback. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2