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For those of us that didn't, what was the theme of the SWA commercial?

Millennials just might be the next "greatest generation". They are brave. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/14/university-florida-offers-counseling-for-students-troubled-by-halloween-costumes.html# Im sure Hillary will weigh in on this. Our country is so f'd.

You're asking a lot of questions. I'll be more direct... - I find it incredible that you're "seriously" considering this, yet you haven't called the ROTC Det at a major university to get first-hand answers. Why not? They may be 100 miles away... but I'm guessing you have a phone. Maybe a car. Invest in your future and go find out in person. - much of what you're asking has been posted here already. Many times. Try reading through the forums and doing your due diligence in discovering what's there. You'll find answers to things you might not even have considered asking.

FIFY.

Is there any info that has been publicly released in the Thunderbird mishap?

"Still debating" sounds like this has been going on for some time. What has the ROTC officer cadre at your school told you?

I'm not smart in Rand's issues. Is there another thread that covers this?

http://www.businessinsider.com/cbs-explains-nfl-ratings-2016-10 Wow... such a surprise. Maybe people are beginning to have enough of the NFL, and their uneducated, prima donna asshats. Including Goodell.

http://www.mauldineconomics.com/outsidethebox/the-islamic-hatred-of-modernity Which Presidential candidate will more effectively counter this?

- Call AFPC. Look up Adriana Bazan on the Global. - Who has a lot of inter service transfer folks flying USAF aircraft? The U-2 Program. Call them and ask for recent first-hand xperiemce

Any former U-2 Drivers on this forum:. If you're coming to the memorial, drop me a note. I'm gathering names of alumni for the squadron. Details went out on the Chuck Wilson emails.

Just spend some time looking at the threads on this website.

Are they having you do this in the squadron bar? Or the OClub?

ATIS, you guys really do impress the ladies in Singapore and Thailand with those whites. And your bar act. But, I've got bad news for you... They look like hot chicks, but they are really guys. Sorry.

Was it worth my 28 years of service? Yes. Would I do it again? Yes.

After last year, Thom cannot get a break! He must have nine lives too. That wing clobbered his hand. Not sure what he can do for an encore after 2015 and 2016. Holy shit.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/09/19/air-force-names-futuristic-long-range-bomber-b-21-raider.html I'm just glad they didn't go for "Liberator II" or some other rehashed name.

Our Box shirt for this year.

Reno Races 2016. Once again, epic times. Steve Hinton Jr. took the Unlimited Championship back. Five destroyed airplanes, but no injuries. Pete Zaccagnino crashed in his beautiful DeHavilland Vampire Friday. Today, it seems two bi-planes got tangled up on the runway and both were totalled. See pic I took below late today. Near pefect WX all week. Was there for the two-ship F-4 arrival... Probably the last time I'll see them fly since Nellis Airshow in November closes the U.S. military's Phantom history. Blue Angel pilots were spot on with the timing maneuvers... but the actual routine seems to have a lot more dead time than we had ever seen. For all you current or former U-2 guys, join us next year. We have the best party at our location in the Box Seats. And we had a U-2 flyover Thurday. One of our newer U-2 pilots ran his RV-4 to 2nd place in the Medallion Sport Class. He hit around 230 mph... yes, in an RV-4. Lots of racers wanted to see it up close, to see what he had done to make it that fast. p.s. An RQ-4 and an MQ-9 pilot came by and hung out with us. They endured a lot of ribbing, but the large quantities of beer eased the blows. Good guys!

I would disagree with you. It is so much more than just a trainer. Designed in the 1950s, it has done a fantastic job for 50 years in transitioning pilots to supersonic fighters, and a myriad of high-performance heavies and bombers. NASA astronaut trainers, USAF and Navy TPS usage, test squadron aircraft for chasing cruise missiles on low levels. And most recently, a jet used to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in its F-22 adversary support role. Versatile... and impressive. Did you know it briefly held the time to climb record in 1963? And be thankful: had the T-38 not been selected, it would have been an F-100 variant. I'd bet we wouldn't be flying those anymore. When it came to getting out of Del Rio, Randolph, or Beale on the weekend, the "two-engine, twin-turbine, JP-8 slurpin', dual afterburnin', supersonic bar hopping machine" was the perfect steed. I met a lot of people as a result of the T-38. Even flew six sorties with Steve Ritchie. I got 5 rides in the T-38 in college; solo'd it in 1985; flew it all over the U.S. in some very challenging conditions, and on gorgeous VFR legs through the Sierra and the Rockies; flew my fini flight on 24 Sept 2014. Some trips were solo, some were with my favorite people. Loved it every time I got in it. And I am a substantially better pilot today because of all the sorties I flew in that jet. I've got over 100 types of aircraft in my logbook, including 8 sorties in the Viper (one from the front seat), a smattering in the Eagle, two in the T-45, three in the A-4,... F-18B, F-18F... and plenty more. From my perspective, looking at those other 100 types I've gotten stick time in, the T-38 is pretty impressive. F16 capabilities? Nope. But just because you're married to a Brazilian supermodel doesn't mean every other woman is a let down. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Whoa! Are you a drug addict?

Well... as long as Obama isn't on this forum.

You are exactly spot on. Good point.

Call and make an appointment. They won't see you without one. I'd recommend you bring in the Form 8 that qualified you initially as an IP, as well as your last three check rides. I also brought them my flying time summary. Fill out an FAA Form 8710. If you live a long way from the FSDO, I'd give thought to just signing up for the American Flyers test, and knocking it out that way. One time fee... and for about $25 extra, they will process it all for you, and you never have to go to the FSDO.

I was 1.5 years into my airline job, sitting sideways as a 727 second officer, on a flight between MCI and ORD. I was a 2nd Officer Line Check Airman and was giving a new guy a checkout. We got a few odd messages from the crew scheduler on our ACARS unit, and thought there had been a power failure in the North East US. Landed in ORD, and nothing was moving. That was when we knew something very unusual was happening. Sat on the tarmac a few hours. I tuned in a news broadcast on the radio, and literally gave the passengers a play by play for 90 minutes. I remember walking back through the cabin to check on the pax, and a women stopped me and said "my brother works in the twin towers.". After a few hours, we were able to get permission to drop the rear stairway of the 727, and off-load everyone. Once I was inside Ops, people were in shock. I recall the staff ladies crying, and the pilots watching the TV. I figured out where my hotel was, and headed out of O'Hare. What was very eerie was going through that tunnel between the two United terminals: middle of at the day, and I'm the only person in it. Came up to the main ticket area of O'Hare, and the only other people there were National Guard with automatic weapons. Surreal. Spent 5 days in Chicago, and was on the first plane that went into San Antonio. I had decided 6 weeks earlier to go back onto Active Duty, and return to the U-2. I'd also called the U-2 SQ/CC at that time, and he supported my decision. I had completed all of the paperwork for AFPC, and that stack was sitting on my desk at home when I left to fly that trip on 10 Sept. Once I arrived back home, I waited about 2 days, and made the 15 minute drive out to AFPC at Randolph, and hand-walked my Return to Active Duty application in to Adriana Bazan. Couldn't wait to get back in uniform. I was back on Active Duty on 19 Nov 2001.