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On 3/25/2022 at 12:06 PM, M2 said:
Interesting...but glad he's OK!
(source)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet piloted by the son of a candidate to be the Oklahoma attorney general crashed in rural Louisiana on Wednesday during a training exercise.
Gentner Drummond, a former Air Force captain and Republican seeking the top law office in the Sooner State, said in a Facebook post that the plane was flown by his son, Alexander, a
captainmajor in the Oklahoma Air National Guard 138th Fighter Wing who ejected prior to the crash... (source)The photo the article used is from the 2017 ejection at EFD, not this particular accident.
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3 hours ago, Prozac said:
So if the DOD produced some vials with the “right” label on them, would you roll up your sleeve?
Have they? Until they do, it’s a moot point. SecDef has only instructed that Fully FDA Licensed shots can be “forced.” Until there is one in hand, a service member must volunteer to take an EUA.
I won’t argue your hypothetical as in this case it is a false dilemma.
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20 minutes ago, CaptainMorgan said:
No they don’t. From the FDA website:
“On August 23, 2021, FDA announced the first approval of a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older”
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkIs Comirnaty interchangeable with other COVID-19 vaccines?
Comirnaty has the same formulation as the FDA-authorized Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and can be used interchangeably to provide the COVID-19 vaccination series without presenting any safety or effectiveness concerns. The products are legally distinct with certain differences that do not impact safety or effectiveness.
https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/qa-comirnaty-covid-19-vaccine-mrna
current as of 10/20/21
“safety and effectiveness the same” but still “legally distinct”
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10 minutes ago, CaptainMorgan said:
You want to press to test? I guarantee your “words mean things” argument won’t stop your admin discharge.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkStanding by for discharge papers, but just like a fully FDA licensed shot, they haven’t appeared.
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5 minutes ago, MCO said:
Like I’ve said, people have made decent arguments against the shot, but the Pfizer vs generic argument seems like it’s grasping for any loophole and lacks understanding of how they name vaccines and drugs. Good luck to the guys that make that their hill though.
Except this isn’t a generic vs name brand battle. You’re misunderstanding, which is okay.
Emergency Use Authorization vs FDA Fully Licensed
The SecDef memo isn’t just words on a sheet, the actual instruction piece is only one sentence. Summarized: “mandatory vaccinations will use FDA fully licensed shots”
”SMs can volunteer to take EUA shots”
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2 minutes ago, MCO said:
It leads to semantics.
Words mean things. Semantics are important when dealing with legal ramifications of volunteering for a shot vs being legally ordered to receive a shot.
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5 minutes ago, MCO said:
Good luck fighting that one
That’s the whole point. Who can legally order that service members receive EUA shots?
Hint: it’s not SecDef.
The person that legally can, hasn’t, because the events that are required for that order haven’t happened.
Once FDA fully licensed shots become available in the US, EUA shots can no longer be provided (that’s a lot of money, I mean doses). Do you see where this trail leads?
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6 minutes ago, MCO said:
No he just named the generic name of the shot. Its the same shot. Its like saying you wont take advil but you’ll take ibprufin because they are different.
The FDA labels them legally distinct.
They may be chemically similar (or even the same), but there is more to full FDA licensure than chemicals: manufacture, storage, transportation.
Legally distinct.
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SecDef’s order was only for FDA fully licensed shots which are currently unavailable. Service members are welcome to volunteer for EUA shots. The order cannot currently be fulfilled. The devil is in the details, as they say.
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Unless you have a bunch of them in the air at once, you’ll run into a problem with the intercept timeline.
An AT-6 can’t go from one side of the TFR to the other fast enough. If you expand the TFR to give more time, you just make the problem worse.
I suppose you could have 4 in the CAP at once all 90 out from each other, but now you’re somewhat defeating the purpose of cost benefits depending on what the replacement cost is.
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4 hours ago, brabus said:
I’ve asked tanker units about this exact thing several times and have always been told not possible from multiple units. Good to know it is possible, I’ll push harder next time and provide that reference.
Don’t know the validity, but when I’ve asked tanker squadrons to do this, they’ve said they can’t file for a random specifically, but if we meet them in the MOA they would be happy to drag us as far as they could. Never had a center deny it once we were airborne.
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2 hours ago, Duck said:
Help me out here, new to the Guard game.
ADOS? AvB? Which one is a better bonus the 4 year DSG or AvB?
Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile appADOS is/used to be used for part time dudes (or technicians) looking to go sit ACA in a title 32 status.
ANG AvB (Aviation Bonus) started a new tier last year that allowed DSGs who were on continuous 1-year sets of orders in support of ACA get a 15k bonus. You’re still technically a DSG (not an AGR, not a tech, but on 365 days of orders).
The DSG bonus is for no-joke part time officers (though you can be on continuous orders for it as well). Only some AFSCs can get it (11*) can. It’s for four-years of being a DSG, 20k up front.
I tried to max perform and sign the 1-year DSG AvB and the DSG bonus at/around the same time. Was denied (“no stairway?”) when Change 2 of the DSG bonus said AvB guys were ineligible.
cant tell you which one is better for you. You might be able to get both if you work it differently. DSG bonus has a TIS limitation where as to get the DSG AvB you just have to be done with your initial UPT commitment.
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1 hour ago, af15eflyguy said:
Also, you are non-eligible if you are a permanent AGR. You have to be a part timer (but can take TAGR/ADOS/seasoning orders) to be eligible.
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if you take 1+year of ADOS orders (still a DSG) and sign the 1-year AvB, you are unable to sign the 4-year DSG bonus (as of Change 2). Dumb.
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Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.
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Stalling still has nothing to do with AOB or airspeed right? I went to public school.
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Real estate investing
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I center the bug then throw it off a few degrees just to make the captain squirm
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Pile on to Smokin;
Only let Tower, Departure/Arrival, Link-16, my brother's kids, etc talk in the debrief if there is something to actually talk about. If >80% success rate for your AOR just go find the flight(s) that were the problem and debrief them individually.
Ive been in RF debriefs where I've had to leave for crew rest not even knowing if we "won" or not, let alone some form of a tactical lesson learned or how we'll win next time. But I knew that we nailed our taxi time and that we had 96.69% of players on the net.
If Red has physical access to my MPC printer(s) then debrief SF and the contract security at RF-N building, not the MSN/CC in the mass debrief.
Integration of the "fake-Flag" and the real Flag can't carry over. If I knew we had 69 TLAMs and CALCMs then I wouldn't rage into satan's asshole alone and unafraid so don't bitch when I don't ALR-abort and 4th-gen dies whole-sale.
White force needs more authority/willingness to stop the paintrain of a barely-out-of-4FLUG MPC if it's going completely off track when an A1C doesn't pass a paragraph-long "note" regarding an Intel piece that changes the cluster-F'd vul of putting C-130s, B-52s, and other non-raptor formations well within MRIR of every SAM on the planet. Having the "academic situation" before the execution and debrief to save the entire vul from a complete waste of time to something we can learn from brings it out of Fraud Waste and Abuse land.
Less players is great. Ability to threat react would be awesome
Im 4th gen. I would learn a lot more from just watching the MPC, execution, and debrief than needlessly shoving every MDS the Air Force and our partners have to offer in the NTTR in a 1.5hr range time and losing whole-sale just because somebody thought we absolutely had to have a C-130 air drop on Stonewall at vul start with every 4.5Gen threat and medium range advance SAM on range awake. Dumb.
And stop sending units to the Palace Station. Nobody likes that place.
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Whenever - generally 9-10 is good so you can get in on a lunch push and stay for a few hours after. Generally the bar will be a good place to meet folks after drill ends.
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10 minutes ago, matmacwc said:
Or an O-6, who hasn't flown in years, and sucked when he retired anyway. Lets be honest, most O-6's are lucky to find the gear handle.
I'm trying to "+1" this more.
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2 hours ago, ImNotARobot said:
Anyone able to explain "Rule 44" or "44 leave" to me like I'm 5? Not exactly on topic with the alert thread, but certainly in line with maximizing ART pay. I understand the concept of using the most restrictive rule first, but not familiar with this 44 leave (with respect to overseas military orders). Thanks.
You get paid for your technician weekly hours and holidays as you would normally - whatever your normal work schedule is.
You're title 10 for points only, no pay during the week.
Then, on holidays and weekends you get paid normal military and orders.
So, if your tech normal week is 4x10s, you get that civilian pay plus 3 days of military pay. You also get TriCare the whole time.
You can only do that for 44-days in a CY, but that's at the rate of 8-hour work days so you have to "prorate" for 4x10s.
It it can be a good deal if you work it right. You can still double dip like normal too.
Its a paperwork nightmare as your coming on and off (pay and non pay orders) a lot.
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The new airline thread
in Squadron Bar
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Bid periods are how many bid periods are in a calendar year. Assume 12, but every contract is different.
percentage can be used for whatever you want - if you wanted to include 401k (16-18%) then make it say 1.16