Mambo

Excellent. Glad you guys are out pushing it up. I remember many nights (mornings) at Kadena not getting home till the sun was up.

Aren't roof stomps for new commanders? If so, congrats Hoser. If not, then you guys DO know how to party!

Phucking hilarious. A Herk IP told me a story about when he was a FAIP and had a Japanese stud. Standard brief "If I say 'bail out' 3 times go ahead and eject" I guess on the recovery he was going too fast on initial and the IP told him "Break out"...nothing. Again, "Break out"....nothing. IP says "My aircraft" and lands. On the ground he asks the stud why he didn't break out. Stud says...."ahhhh, you said wait for 3 times blail out, blail out, blail out."

OK, I appreciate you guys helping out with the college info, but let an FE tell him about the flight engineer stuff... Flight Engineers are currently on C-130's (minus the J), C-5, CV-22, Helo's, E-3 AWACS, KC-10's, 707's and 747's at the 89th AW. 1. You have to be a Senior Airman to cross-train into the fixed wing FE AFSC. That is at 3 years on active duty. 2. You do not have to come from a maintenence background, but it is highly recommended. 3. They WILL be training flight engineers for quite a while unless they plan on retiring the above aircraft within the next 5 years. 4. The training flow goes something like this: Enlisted Aircrew Undergraduate Course - 2 weeks at Lackland. Survival Course - 2 weeks at Fairchild AFB. Throw water survival in there too. Basic Flight Engineer Course - 6 weeks at Altus AFB learning the basics. Flight Engineer Initial Qual - time varies from 3 months to 6 months depending on airframe. Flight Engineer Mission Qual - Depending on airframe, length and hours required varies. 5. I know many, many FE's that have completed college degrees while flying and deploying and a few who have gotten commissions and pilot slots. Being an FE is a great job. It's challenging and rewarding. If you'd like more detailed info, PM me. As these guys have said, if you really want to be a pilot then put everything you've got into it.

Foosball tournament - Players pay a small entry fee ($5-$10) to compete top honors. We created a WWF style belt that the winners got to keep. Pie in the Face - $1 a vote, top 3 vote getters can buy thier way out but others can match it to keep them there. We made around $900 on one of these. Chili cookoff - folks pay $3-$5 a bowl (with drinks and chips) and winner gets a prize.

Linda, you hit the nail on the head (yes, I said head). All those things you mentioned that the copilot should be doing, is what makes a good A/C later on.

That's funny cuz I heard that the 61st will be sending it's FE's and Nav's to the 50th and that the 61st will be a J squadron, that was from a couple of 61st loadmasters....doesn't make sense to turn the 50th into a J sq as they are a full up H3 sq. but weirder things have happened...guess only time will tell. [ 17. March 2006, 12:13: Message edited by: Mambo ]

When dealing with internet in Japan it really depends on where you live. I spent 8 years at Kadena and have had dial up on base (which sucked!) and fiber optic off base. Depending on where you live and what is available you can get everything from dial-up to DSL to Fiber Optic. Last time I was at Misawa they had DSL in the hotel, so there are at least places wired for it. Skype is definetly the way to go. I talked to my parents once a week and the sound quality was better than the phone lines, and it was free. AU had a deal where you got a 1-800 number to give to folks back in the states for them to call back Japan, at no cost to them. It was only about 10¢ a min. We had a call-back service to call the US and it ran around the same price. [ 10. March 2006, 23:53: Message edited by: Mambo ]

I've had the tab picked up for me a few times during lunch, and the other day an older lady came up and sat down next to me as I was finishing lunch to say thanks for all we do. Very nice. I thanked her and told her it was a pleasure to serve for such wonderful people as her. ...and I've picked up the tab for a group of PJ's on a few occasions....at the very least bought a round for them.

I think the jist of the thread was deployments meaning 3-4 months at a time, although there are some great TDY places mentioned here. If I have to spend 4 months somewhere, I want to be able to booze it up. Believe it or not Saudi was a decent place prior to Khobar. I did 4 rotations to Dhahran and had a blast each time. Our EWO's would drive us over to Bahrain 3 or 4 times a week to get drunk with airline stewardess's, fished under the bridge, rollerbladed all around Khobar, and went clam digging in the Gulf, partied on Dhar island. Not a bad place, if you had to be in Saudi.

Definitely Incirlik in the early 90's. The Alley was awesome and tent city was a non-stop frat party. The Ravens Roost (our bar), the Brit bar, the Twin Tails....the guys from Spang always had Bitberger and the Brits would fly in Guiness in a can. And the per diem was $56 a day! As for just TDY...had the pleasure of staying at the PIC (Pacific Island Club) in Guam for a week while we waited for an oil tank from Tinker. Awesome place.

I'm surprised nobody has jumped in here yet with the "you guys are a disgrace, that's someones daughter blah blah blah..." remark...like last time that pic was posted here. Maybe we've weeded out some of the SNAP'iness around here...

Taos would be your best bet. I've skied there a couple of times. Snow is excellent, even late in the season and the mountain is challenging. It's hard to find a bad restaraunt in Santa Fe, and the night life is pretty cool. Angel Fire is pretty scenic if you like the high desert. Didn't ski there late in the season though so wouldn't know about snow quality. Lincoln county is home to alot of old west history, Billy the Kid and all that. There is a museum in Ft Sumner with his grave and some interesting stuff you'll find just driving around. Hopefully you'll get some time off to enjoy the area...

For extra flavor add jalapeno juice to a spray bottle and mist it over the cooked popcorn.

In todays PC world of the AF you'd better leave the alkeehol out. The last Dining In I went to there was NO BOOZE in the grog. WTF!! But in the pre-PC days, I have seen some pretty nasty grog bowls. Get it a nice brownish color (Baileys and chocolate chunk ice cream) with some floating Baby Ruths and some Vodka for a kick, along with a bag of mixed vegatables mixed into some lime green jello and spread out on top (for that chunky puke effect). Mmmmmmm...grog

TPeters422....just a little acronymn list from above post TDY = Temporary Duty. In the Air Force (AF) it is usually a 4 month deployment. Heavies = C-130, C-17, C-5... TAC Airlift = flying supplies to the guys on the front line. Usually involves landing at unimproved air strips in not so friendly places. UPT = Undergraduate Pilot Training. Good luck with which ever you choose. Personally I would go with the scholarship too. But that is just because I don't think I could live on a boat for 6 months out of the year.

I'm guessing they were probably not live ordanance.

Excellent part of Air Force history...hopefully the PC police/leadership won't try to take that away too. Thanks for the read Hoser, I was just wondering about the Jeremiah Weed story yesterday. [ 30. January 2006, 20:54: Message edited by: Mambo ]

Well hell, you could tell them to show you the reg where you have to go. I'm guessing that they will have as hard a time finding one that says you have to, as you are finding one that says you don't. Of course now if your CC gives you a direct order then I'm sure all bets are off. [ 27. January 2006, 11:54: Message edited by: Mambo ]

You could always schedule some leave over the time you pin on....then just show up back at work with the new rank.

Ummmm...yes they did. [ 23. January 2006, 20:44: Message edited by: Mambo ]

F-16 HUD tape Cannon AFB...while taxiing. Anybody know this guy? Edit: Updated file on page 2

My favorite was "The Big Rig Song" as sung by Stevie and Doug in Okinawa. Count the wheels on the big rig, then even only, then odd, then in Roman Numerals! I II III IV V VI...well, you get the point.

Of all the medals/ribbons that I've collected over the years, I have only two that actually mean something to me. And they aren't even worth any points for testing....The 2 Kuwait Liberation Medals (1 from the Emirate of Kuwait and the other from Saudi). Much like the EPR system, the recognition program is in need of an overhaul! [ 29. December 2005, 18:55: Message edited by: Mambo ]

It may not be the original engine. The engine could have come from another aircraft or the engine shop.