lloyd christmas

The dude in question is wearing wings with a wreath around a star. I'm pretty sure the Marines dont have a star or wreath above jump wings to signify experience or a certain amount of jumps. I could be wrong though.

Looks to me like it may have been a formation landing judging by the other viper in the background.

Good ole Scoobs. It is hard to believe you have been around here since 2004! Good on ya. You actually didnt have "one last question". You had two. The answer to your first question depends on the 1000 variables that make up someone's personal situation. The answer to your second question is about the same. Guard/Reserve squadrons have hired people with over 15 years before and some will in the future. Again, it depends on about a 1000 variables that the squadron takes into account. Everybody's situation is different.

Does the AF only use time in the AOR to determine the amount of reconstitution leave or do they use all time spent away from your home of record? I am deployed as guest help with another unit. I will have over 90 days deployed and will get another week of reconstitution if they consider time spent at the other unit (which is out of my State) as well as travel time getting to the AOR and back. Our Log Plans guy back home is telling me that they only use time in the AOR to calculate the leave while the unit I am with says they count all time away from home. Which is it and can someone point me to a specific reg?

I'll lend my opinion in a week or so when I go back to good ole Trashcanistan.

Great read and very true.

Hell yeah I was being serious. I want to be so bright and reflective that bus drivers, the enemy, chiefs or a fucking satellite can see me. Day or night. Isnt that the only way to stay safe?

Anybody else notice those sweet lightsuits the dancers had on in yesterdays Super Bowl halftime show? I bet those are a required deployment item within 5 years.

https://airforcemedicine.afms.mil/sg_newswire/apr_04/LeadStoryAPRIL.htm "During vehicle maneuvers in the midst of the firefight, Parsons' elbow was dislocated and he sustained bruises to his ribs and hip." There is the purple heart and bronze star with valor.

I printed a copy of the letter written by the E-9 for our section. It is now properly displayed under the glass of the biggest table in our section. It is there to remind us of how rediculous this so called leadership has become in todays Air Force. Hopefully this letter will serve as a reminder of how not to treat your people.

and then I simple say "I am not sure if you are really an Airmen if you do not know how to wear your uniform properly." Now they are bragging about treating people like fucking children. Could this douchebag be any more condescending? This is why the average hard working dude in the AF hates the current leadership errrr people in charge.

Infuckingcredible. There is a huge difference in a chief and a E-9. Welcome to the party E-9 whoever you are.

Is that why every active duty person here at Little Rock is wearing reflective belts?

I am a member of an AETC unit so I have no deployment requirements. With that said, I am working this process right now for the 5th time. I have found it best to get permission from the boss to contact other units to see if they need help. If you are in Guard unit you can find out which units are in the AEF bucket for the time you want to be gone through your logistics plans office. Call the units directly once you have that info. They will use your help, just remember that there are alot of folks making the same phone calls right now because there are no man days out there other than deployments.

That really is too bad. He was funny as hell in Airplane and the Naked Gun movies.

I have to put a positive story out there. Our Wing Commander is the complete opposite. He is easily one of the best aircraft commanders I have ever flown with. Rank doesn't mean much to him on the airplane. He just wants to fly. As a matter of fact, I can't count the times I have been on a weekend trip with him hauling trash somewhere. He is a guy who is approaching the 10K hour mark in military aircraft. He is old school and very respected. They are out there but I realize they are not the norm anymore.

Cant speak directly for tanker guys. Our 130 unit says there are days for rotations to the AOR. I would ask you Log Plans office for clarification.

The word I got from our Log Plans folks is that there are days for rotations supporting the war effort. There are not days supporting channel missions, exercises, student training, etc...

Does the policy of not letting ANG/AFRC people deploy with the AD apply to just KC-135 folks? We are getting conflicting rumors here in the 130 community.

Sounds like Boeing or Airbus wrote that article. I bet it is really because there are no man days to support the Guard/Reserve tanker missions. https://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/11/111110-Tanker.aspx

Doesn't that response belong over on the gays in the military thread?

Everything else is support.

Bottom line is that UTAs are used for our drill weekends and FTPs are for currency and local flight training. If big daddy AF wants the Guard and Reserves help he is going to have to pay for it with man days. The AF apparently thinks they can do it all on their own for now. What sucks is my section alone basically laid off 6 or 7 bums. These guys had actually been working and not scamming the system. They are instructors who were training students in an active duty FTU squadron as well as our squadron.

Does anyone know what the deal is with the Guard/Reserve man days? I read an article today about the tanker units in the northeast having to cancel their support of the tanker bridge over the Atlantic because they do not have man days. Our unit (AETC) has been told there are absolutely no MPA days available in the foreseeable future. This affects our part time guys who are wanting to bum with us or go fly with our active duty counterparts here in the C-130 FTU at Little Rock. It seems to be an issue across the board.

Ahhh the period. Women losing their sanity one red drip at a time.