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    Palace Chase info

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

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    15 hours ago, MountainHerc said:

    In regards to the first endorsement thing, I think mine had the SQ/CC as the first endorsement, then when it was submitted it went straight to the WG/CC (which is lucky because the OG/CC wanted his input, which was to deny). I had to redo the 1288 roughy 10 times because the different people wanted different sigs on the 1st endorsement. You would think sending the guidance out would help but it seems like it just confuses everyone more. Standard. 

    Does it actually matter if a CC at any level denies it?  I thought the final decision was at HAFPC regardless of what our CCs say. 

    Palace Chase info

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    On 1/7/2017 at 1:29 PM, BetterIntheBuff said:

    Here's what I've found:

    -The Transfer of Benefits office doesn't care if you serve out the ADSC on active or roll it into AGR service.  Neither does the VA, nor the Reserve Education Office nor ARPC.

    -The AFPC (active) call center will tell you that you can or can't roll back the ADSC or serve it on AGR depending on who you reach, but it's all their own interpretation.  

    -The only office that seems to be knowledgeable about the whole thing is the Palace Chase Office, who is very familiar with the situation and claims to have had it legal reviewed and is in line with SAF-PC's guidance when they say you cannot reverse the benefits transfer and then reverse the ADSC that came with it.  Thus, the only avenue to someone trying to go AGR is to Palace Chase, and the longer you are asking for the longer your shot is.  They said to make sure to write a thorough justification, have both sides of the 1288 complete and signed, and a letter of intent from the hiring unit to boost your chances.  It helps to show you aren't going to jump to the airlines and already have a job lined up (if you do).  Even then, they said Palace Chase results are erratic depending on who is reviewing and how saucy they feel at the moment they see your package (so to have spoken).  The process is currently taking 6-8 weeks from when they receive the complete paperwork, so ramrod it through your own leadership and get it in their hands ASAP.  Fire away with questions.  The only office I have yet to reach is the ADSC back-shop.

    Thanks for the info. Good luck to all of us. I assume the earlier we submit the better the chances. Right now they are focused on fighters and moral in bombers is "pretty darn good" so maybe we can sneak by before they realize. 

    Palace Chase info

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    23 hours ago, BetterIntheBuff said:

    Well I'm just now being informed that you can revoke the transfer of benefits but it doesn't revert the ADSC (shady).  This is after being told (documented on vPC) that I could just palace front and serve out the time as an AGR.  I'm just starting to dig into the regs to see the actual verbiage but the agreement I signed to transfer the benefits just says it's a "service commitment", not Active Duty so the whole thing is FUBAR as far as I'm concerned but I'm afraid I'm painted into a corner and not going to be able to get out 'till next year.  Good luck, let me know if you're getting different info.  

    Who were you working with and did referencing the above mentioned AFI matter at all?  I'm in the exact same boat. 

    Classic thread - Good puke stories

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Prior to my AF days I had a C-172 flt with a buddy on a hot summer day. He started to feel sick and was going to puke in his nice camera bag. I stopped him and told him to crack the window open and let it rip. I learned a very important lesson that day. Every time he puked it created a cyclone of vomit in the cockpit. As I ducked down my neck, the windshield, and instrument panel were all covered in lettuce and other wonderful lunch items. That was the closest I came to puking in the -172..

    B-52 (BUFF) info

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Congrats!

    Practice taking a dump in a coffee can and then sit in a closet with that can for another 6.9 hours.

    That's a critical skill you can work on immediately.

    Actually just take 3 vitamin I (imodium) and that should back you up for 33+ hours. That will prep you for the buff. No one craps in the jet.

    Pilot watches

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A guy in my community is pushing a Bremont. Looks like a sweet watch but the price of a Breitling. $2550 and add $375 if you want a metal band.

    I just finished a Chase Durer order and we are waiting for the watches. $399 for a mid-level watch and everyone that I've met that has one has liked it. I'll see in a few months when we get them but they look good.

    Current Ops Tempo Question

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Thread Revival...

    This thread's a year old, just wondering what's changed and if I'm on the right track. I'm submitting my T-38 dream sheet in a week and wanted to find out how many total days (TDY and deployed) you can roughly expect to be gone per year. I got a lot of good gouge from this site and my IPs as well, about the total numbers. I just want to see if I’m giving my wife an accurate picture of what she can expect from each airframe from those currently in the MWS. I know that for most jets it varies but I’m just trying to give my wife a rough idea. Can anyone let me know if I’m on the right track and how the TDY's will play into you're overall time away? Thanks for the help!

    Most Fighters: 6 mo. deployed then back for a year (TDY’s?)

    B-1: 6 mo. deployed then back for a year (minimal TDY’s?)

    B-52: 4 mo. deployed then back for a year (minimal TDY’s?)

    C-17: Varies a lot -- gone over 2/3 of the year between TDYs and deployments

    C-5: No deployments, but gone 1/2 the year due to the added maintenance issues when TDY

    E-3: Gone roughly 40 days a year (TDYs?)

    E-8: Gone roughly 180 days a year (TDYs?)

    KC-10: Gone 2/3 the year with TDY’s and deployments

    KC-135: Gone 2/3 the year with TDY’s and deployments

    RC-135: Gone roughly 180 days a year? (TDYs?)

    C-21: ??

    In the Buff you can expect 6 month deployments soon with roughly a year back. In that year back you will have 1-3 exercises or inspections per month of the NORE/NORI, CORE/CORE, NSI flavor. We now send our people to both bases to participate in these.

    Tweet Retirement

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Sitting in the jet the other day waiting for a fix and thinking about how you had to sometimes shake the tweet on engine start to get her to fire up.

    Had fun in that jet, especially the day we had 12 solo studs in the pattern. Glad I lived through that one.

    She'll be missed

    T-38 Class A @ Sheppard

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by *

    Wow! Sory guys, didn't mean to upset anyone. Just thinking back to the days when they were talking about dropping UAV's to UPT studs and many people had the attitude of "Fvck that, I'll just SIE if I get one," and now they're droppin 5 to a class.

    But really, I hope the guys are ok. I still have some bros back at SPS.

    Oh and stretch :flipoff: back at ya man

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