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Hong Kong is too cool. fixed.

This along with the one that brought the "EABOD" acronym to the dinner table...

Yeah, he can change it all he wants, however the history is always there... Looks like some things never change! Some gems from his wikihistory... (EDIT: bonus links in the last quote...more hilarity there) Never had the displeasure of dealing with him, hope I never do.

Are they mostly puling EWOs from the RC- EC- communities? How long are you over there? Sounds like a scam to me, I'm not sure I believe them letting you return...especially if you were the first wave of folks to start it up.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/ai...ce/4273248.html Some pictures of the wreckage...for as big as the fireball was, looks like it held up pretty well considering! Also has a small timeline of the mishap.

Are the EC-130s slated for the Cyber command? What about the aircrew on those? Will all be sporting dual wings baby! From the article: 1B4X2 -- electronic warfare operations: They will integrate and sustain operations across the electromagnetic spectrum and will perform search, intercept, ID and location of sources for threat recognition and implement electronic protect and attack measures. (Operators will retrain at the three- to five-year point.) looks like they will be training their own enlisted EWO-types. It's rather funny though, the AFSCs are really really specific...with all the "do more with less" attitude, I'm rather surprised it's got this far.

Remember, only YOU can propagate conspiracies! Always request higher FL and do 360's or S turns for "timing" over some of the nutjob towns.

is this a contest to see who can fit the most blades on a prop? The drogue probe looks odd...

if you are in training I think its like $10 a month. More if you aren't a student.

Might have a doc take a look at your ears. I know mine clog up and give me problems about every 2 years, and they have to hose them out. It sucks. Fairly common I hear though.

I got hypoxic during my chamber ride, and ended up being somewhat of an inadvertant volunteer for the extreme symptoms of hypoxia. I remember just talking to people, and finally being told to put my mask on. When we got out people kept telling me "that shit in there was funny dude, were you acting?" and I had no idea what they were talking about. I had no recollection of what was 2-3 minutes of them talking to me like I was a 2 year old. In my mind I hadn't blacked out or anything, and I thought I could account for all the time in the chamber...guess not. It's all funny, I'll admit, but once you realize what it can do to you, it's pretty scary.

Nothing cosmic. Just learning how your body reacts to the lack of oxygen. Everyone's body reacts different, and you need to know what your body's "red flags" are when dealing with a lack of oxygen. They also do simple altitude changes, show you what it's like to pressure breathe, and a rapid decompression. It's neat. Drink a lot of root beer and eat some mexican before you head in and you'll be fine.

wow, the comments on that video are still raging, impressive!

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewl...22a-mishap.html Article about the Class A: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewl...orted-f22a.html Plus an interesting site with reports from the AIB http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/

The warthog: proving the PK of the ground =/ 1

Met a former airman who was from El Paso, and when asked where he wanted to be stationed, he said he wanted to be close to home, so he put Holloman, Kirtland, and DM on his top choices. The AF sent him to Cannon and he told me that was the reason he only did his initial commitment and got out. He had nothing but bad things to say about it really, and I didn't even have to fan the fire. So yeah, spot on M2.

Never forget it's a training environment, despite how intense it may get. Enjoy probably one of the best tasting meals of your life while you are at survival. Wash it down with a Moose Drool! "I am Spartacus!"

Yeah....as stated above, you cannot compare Cannon to Kirtland. Albuquerque is a large city, tons of restaurants, skiing, colleges, lots of stuff to do. Clovis, not so much. For god's sake, the "pro-clovis" video featured "Chili's" for the "Good Food!" plug. YGBFSM! Your whole reasoning of "well, look at Texas, they have shitty bases" is just ridiculous. Just because we have bases in shitty places, doesn't mean we need to fight to keep them open in shitty places. The thing that is so unnerving about this whole move is that anyone has yet to produce any valid reasons for keeping cannon open. There are plenty of other places that will provide a better environment for training and quality of life that they can choose from, if they are in such dire need for a "West coast base". (which I am still trying to figure out why they think Clovis is on the west coast, someone please help me on that) All it is, is some politician somewhere keeping it open, and some asshole skewing the numbers to sell some general that he is saving money on keeping it open, when in fact it's only going to cost the Air Force millions in retraining people because of the large retention plague that is going to hit AFSOC. Want a west coast base? Look at Fairchild for god's sake.

400 sq feet all to your lonesome. You also get a small 4'x4'x4' cage to store stuff in. Full fridge in your room. Community kitchen. You can have george foremans and stuff as well, but there are two decent grills outside, and they get a lot of use.

The dorms, while they may sound quite unappealing, are really good for single guys. I didn't like it while I was there, but looking back, it was pretty sweet socially. Stumbling distance from the O'Club with a drop party every 3 weeks, there's a party in the quad at least every 3 weeks, typically a smaller one about every weekend. When you want to go do something, you don't have to play phone tag with like 20 people, you just go down the hall and knock on all the doors you know and see who pops out, and then go out. Don't want to party on base? No problem, get 8-10 guys together, and rotate DD's and carpool. Tons of people to choose from. People always stopping by to see if you want to golf, drink, go out to eat, whatever. Yeah, your room sucks ass, but it's just motivation to get out and do something. Enjoy San Antonio, some of the best party spots and restaurants in the US.

From what I've heard, if you are planning on getting out, and not making a career of the military, you might want to put more thought/work into your degree. If you are going to put in your 20, just check the box. If/when you get hired after 20 years of experience, no one is going to bitch about a degree you got 15 years ago, and who it's by. You will be mostly banking on your experience to impress them. If you wanted to do the whole Aero science thing later, you'd have to weigh in wether you'd be able to retain all that info until you actually used it. IE get the degree now, but not apply it at a job until 10 years from now...I don't know about you, but thats a lot of time for me to forget it. It all really comes down to your future plans/goals. What are you getting the degree for, and when are you going to use it?

Listen dude, I was in your exact shoes about three years ago or whatever. Bummed about nav, cause I had no idea what navs did, let alone what an EWO was, because all dets do is have pilots out to talk to students, because everyone wants to be a pilot. As far as getting to pensacola, there are tons of theories out there, but IMO it's a monkey with a dartboard deciding. We had a cadet with a randolph nav slot go straight to pilot while we had a cadet going to pensacola. If it really is OM like people claim, that wouldn't have happened. Once you start going through nav school, you will start to realize its not necessarily what you do to contribute to the mission, but rather what mission you are contributing to. I enjoy my job, and love the mission, and that what counts. Sure everyone bags on each other about their job, but at the end of the day, it's a crew aircraft you're going to, and if your ass is in the seat for a reason, they need you. Once you make it into the cockpit, you'll look around and realize that you're making the same amount of money as your rank-similar pilots, and probably having as much fun flying. Who knows, you might actually end up enjoying being a nav/ewo, and not want to go pilot, there are plenty of us out there. Any more questions, just ask. Oh, and if you have the skill and opportunity, go SpecOps.

Wow, that guy is an asshat. He should probably pick up a history book sometime and thumb through it, and while he is at it, pull out a geography book and take a look at the landscape in Afghanistan. These trolls are best to be ignored, no amount of common sense or reason will force them to admit they are wrong. Move along, nothing to see here! EDIT: I always love reading about other peoples' stupidity though on the internet. So many "experts" out there on stuff they have no idea about. Forums like that, or reading the comments in youtube about the strength/weakness, ability/inability of anything related to military, is purely comical. The sad thing is people actually listen to them.