herkbum
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Robins AFB, GA. In an Army building...surprise surprise....run by L-3. Place has been a non stop rumor mill for two months.
Can you PM me some contact info for L3 down there? Need to ask questions about syllabi and simulators.
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Where is the C-27 FTU?
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Got the brief today from the 559 and 560. PA is still an option, but not used very often. And when it is, it may only cut-off 1 or 2 weeks at the most.
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You made a very good one herkbum! Hopefully I will be over to the greener grass soon.
Only greener in certain aspects. We are struggling thru a mission change now that takes our airplanes away which blows, but the PME situation is definitely better.
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He needs to retire and go coah at his Alma Mater. Pronto.
We wouldn't argue with that!
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Looks like Schwartz has been taking Arthur Murray lessons
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Hell, in my unit there are guys straight out of UPT that are already working on their worthless TUI and Riddle Masters. I am about a year and a half from majors board and have not even started mine. That's how bad AD is now. I hope all you Guard/ Reserve guys know how good you got it!
We do, that is why we made the choice.
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From today's Early Bird. I thought the highlighted section was a bad choice of words by Schwartz.
http://ebird.osd.mil/ebfiles/e20120306873845.html
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
March 6, 2012
Top Air Force Commander, Oklahoma Senator Defend Views On U.S. Defense Cuts
By Steve Lackmeyer
Oklahoma's military installations are well-positioned to survive upcoming defense cuts, though pain is almost inevitable, Oklahoma City and state civic leaders were advised Monday.
At the same time, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, warned that cuts proposed by President Barack Obama go too far and are crippling the nation's ability to fend off potential future threats.
Inhofe was joined by Gen. Norton Schwartz, U.S. Air Force chief of staff, along with Gov. Mary Fallin and Maj. Gen. Bruce Litchfield, commander at Tinker Air Force Base, in providing a report about changes faced by the aerospace defense industry.
The sold-out luncheon, hosted by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, follows an Air Force budget proposal released last month that proposes cutting $487 billion in spending in the next decade.
The cuts, if approved by Congress, would include elimination of the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program, which in turn would jeopardize about half of 550 jobs being transferred to Oklahoma City from Boeing's operation in Long Beach, Calif.
Schwartz said the C-130 is an example of weapons systems that must be cut if the Air Force is to become more efficient moving forward.
The presentation began with an attack by Inhofe on the budget proposal and military spending under Obama's watch. Inhofe argued Obama's cuts have left the United States in a weakened position against its enemies, specifically Iran.
"We have a real serious problem," Inhofe said. "I know the military can't talk about this, but what's happening to the military right now is unconscionable."
Inhofe added he is for cutting federal spending -- except for infrastructure and defense.
"That's what we're supposed to be doing," Inhofe said. He added the federal debt has more than doubled under Obama's watch.
"Where is it going? Everywhere but defense and infrastructure," he said. "We can't sit around and be nice and act like it's not going on. It is going on."
Schwartz called out the C-130 program as an example of aircraft that need to be phased out because they are either less capable than other aircraft for the intended mission or more expensive to maintain.
"We favored multi-role systems over those that are more specialized," Schwartz said. "We emphasized more common configurations among assets we retained. We sought to retire aircraft types where possible."
Schwartz also dismissed a complaint by an audience member over the planned phasing out of the F-22 fighters.
"The U.S. Air Force invested an enormous amount of capital to keep that weapons system going," Schwartz said. "It sucked up all the oxygen for other things the Air Force needed to do."
Schwartz called Tinker Air Force Base a critical component to the nation's defense and said he believes the military can meet its objective of maintaining preparedness with a "smaller force."
"We hold no illusions -- the road ahead will be in no way easy," Schwartz said. "This is a period for best efforts. This is a period for heavy lifting. This is a period for all of us to work together."
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Absolutely, as well as pointing out to other readers of the "When is a Masters degree needed for Guard officer?" thread that, while the ARC may require PME and a masters for promotion, the lack of practice bleeding and a bit more control over your degree choices is a big difference from AD.
I have never heard the discussion in my squadron of needing a Master's degree for promotion. A few folks have them (I would guess less than half), but it has never been an issue that anyone has talked about.
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Drink a beer or three before posting. Your grades will go up. At least mine do...
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Everytime I wrote a paper or responded to a DQ under the influence, my scores went up. It got to be habit to write whatever had to be written after a "social event". This made the entire program so much smoother and I thank God that it is over. What sucks now is that I have started AWC.
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All flying positions in my unit are Major positions. I am willing to bet that is pretty much true for most Guard units. So you will make Major unless you totally screw the pooch. SOS is supposed to be required, but I know a few that made it without. A few made O-5 without ACSC.
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Yep.
Great company he hangs around with
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Buy an Xbox....It's slooooow
My goal is to travel home on a regular basis, so it sounds like the schedule may be conducive.
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Is that Rob Blogoevich on the right?
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Paying the just retired ANG/DO $10k/mo of taxpayer dollars to lobby the ANGB to make changes to the BRAC outcome is not using the state's politicians.
Do tell
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Without getting into specifics, what is the basic schedule like during the 4 month school at Holloman? Particularly looking for the average duty day/class length. Thanks.
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Here's for you Guard folks:
National Guard News - Air Force announces force structure and mission changes
"The Air National Guard’s changes include:
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force Base, Alaska – Retire four C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft.
Dannelly Airfield, Ala. – Retire one RC-26 Metroliner military transport aircraft (planned in the 2015 fiscal year).
Ft. Smith, Ark. –Retire 20 A-10 Thunderbolt jet aircraft; Add one MQ-1/9 Reaper Remote Split Operations unit.
Little Rock, Ark. – Retire one C-130H2 (planned in the 2017 fiscal year).
Sky Harbor Air Guard Station, Ariz. – Retire one KC-135 Stratotanker military transport aircraft.
Tucson, Ariz. – Retire one RC-26 aircraft (planned in the 2015 fiscal year).
Fresno Air National Guard Base, Calif. – Retire one RC-26 aircraft.
Bradley ANGB, Conn. – C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft squadron will not open (loss of four future aircraft); add nine to 11 MC-12W Liberty aircraft (planned for the 2014 fiscal year).
Jacksonville, Fla. – Retire one RC-26 aircraft (planned for the 2015 fiscal year).
Savannah, Ga. – Retire eight C-130H2 aircraft (planned for the 2016 fiscal year); add eight C-130H3 (planned for the 2016 fiscal year).
Robins, Ga. – Retire one E-8 Joint STARS battle management aircraft.
Des Moines, Iowa - Retire 21 F-16 Fighting Falcon jet aircraft; add one MQ-1/9 RSO unit.
Sioux City AGS, Iowa – Retire one KC-135 aircraft.
Ft Wayne, Ind. – Retire 20 A-10 aircraft; add nine to 11 MC-12W aircraft (planned for the 2014 fiscal year).
Louisville, Ky. – Transfer one C-130H2.5 aircraft.
Warfield AGS, Martin State, Md. – C-27J squadron will not open (loss of four future aircraft) ; add ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) Group and expand Net Warfare Squadron.
Selfridge, Mich. – Retire 21 A-10 aircraft; add four KC-135Rs.
Kellogg AGS, Mich. – Retire four C-27J aircraft; add one MQ-1/9 RSO unit.
Meridian, Miss. – Retire six C-27J aircraft; retire one RC-26 aircraft (planned for the 2015 fiscal year); add nine to 11 MC-12W aircraft (planned for the 2014 fiscal year).
Rosecrans AGS, Mo. –Retire eight C-130H2.5s; transfer two C-130H2.5s aircraft; add eight C-130H3s (planned for the 2014 fiscal year).
Great Falls, Mont. – C-27J squadron will not open (loss of four future aircraft); add eight C-130sH2 (planned in the 2014 fiscal year).
Charlotte, N.C. – Transfer two C-130 (planned for the 2017 fiscal year).
Fargo, N.D. – C-27J squadron will not open (loss of four future aircraft).
Kirtland AFB, N.M. – Retire one RC-26 aircraft (planned for the 2015 fiscal year).
(Stratton AGS) Schenectady, N.Y. – Retire four C-130H2 aircraft.
(Hancock Field AGS) Syracuse, N.Y. – Retire one RC-26 aircraft (planned in the 2015 fiscal year).
Mansfield, Ohio – Retire four C-27J aircraft.
Rickenbacker, Ohio – Retire six KC-135 aircraft.
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Retire four KC-135 aircraft.
Willow Grove, Pa. – Add one MQ-1/9 RSO unit.
McGhee-Tyson, Tenn. – Transfer two KC-135 aircraft.
Carswell, Texas – Transfer eight C-130H2 (planned for the 2014 fiscal year);
add nine to 11 MC-12W aircraft (planned for the 2014 fiscal year).
Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Texas – Retire one RC-26 aircraft (planned for the 2015 fiscal year).
Fairchild AFB, Wash. – Retire one RC-26 aircraft (planned for FY15).
(Shepherd Field AGS) Martinsburg, W. Va. – Retire 11 C-5A Galaxy military transport aircraft (planned for the 2015 fiscal year); add eight C-17 aircraft (planned for the 2015 fiscal year).
Charleston, W. Va. – Retire one RC-26 aircraft (planned for the 2015 fiscal year); transfer one C-130.
Truax AGS, Wisc. – Retire one RC-26 aircraft.
Gen Mitchell, Wisc. -- Transfer two KC-135 aircraft.
Cheyenne, Wyo. – Transfer one C-130H2.5; Add one C-130H3."
Not a comprehensive list. Doesn't mention the 8 C-17's to Memphis or Nashville losing the Herk and gaining Reapers.
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Today's announcement is the first time I have heard this. Are both operated within the same squadron? I thought they were two different quals? Can you be dual qualed?
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I think they hire rated Lts that no longer have a plane to fly.
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Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said the service plans to send proposals to Capitol Hill that would cause the Reserve and Guard components to take measures similar to those used in the active-duty force over the past few years. The breakdown for fiscal 2013 totals 5,100 guardsmen and 900 reservists, Donley said.
Ouch
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For all of the airdroppers out there, here's a USA Today article about precision airdrops, http://www.usatoday....rops/52902982/1. I was in the Tactics shop in Bagram back in 2006 when this was introduced into Afghanistan. Good to see it is still successful and getting the guys the stuff they need to kick ass and survive!
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Tebow 3:16! That's 316 yards passing... an obvious indication of the second coming of the Savior... and yes, this is solely to piss off Butters.
From only "10" completions, just like the Commandments!
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Focus totally lost! F*** them and the high horse they rode in on. Just call him Chief, like every other E-9 out there.
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