Breitling is taking over a year for delivery; sounds like the luxury watch industry as a whole is not too concerned with timely fulfillment of LE/custom orders.

“They can’t deal with women in fighter squadrons,” Sergeant Smith said.

What a joke. We have 3 chick fighter pilots and another inbound and nobody could give a rat's ass. The only thing that matters is if they can perform in the jet and are good "bros." I don't know what her personal story truly entails, but sweeping generalizations like this are way out of line.

There's no documentation of you not being a complete retard. If you weren't dumber than shit, there would clearly be open source confirmation of that fact. Please provide proof with source.

The sniper has some awesome A/A capes, hence C-model interest.

You DO know there are such things as airplanes capable of operating in conditions other than day VMC without declaring an emergency, right?

Seriously, what's with all these broken sarcasm detectors lately!

Haven't we had this talk before?

Check your sarcasm detector. Figured that one was a softball, guess not.

Caveat: Not a fucking NAV...

I would do absolutely nothing to prepare...it's easy.

I know you guys had to have Notes, Warnings, and Cautions and EP's down verbatim and recite them in front of classmates. You won't have to do that in UPT

I remember doing exactly that in UPT...only for the first month or so in Phase II, but still. Did they do away with that?

Caveat: Even if they still do this, I don't recommend even looking at that shit prior...memorizing words with little real understanding/meaning behind them has little utility.

I no bullshit saw flights doing formation runs (with guidon) on their own time, but no, they don't have any "official" drill stuff.

You can't be serious...

Thanks for all the info dudes. I hadn't thought of Columbus, but I'm assuming the AF has found a way to make the process painful...not true? Sounds like AL is pretty loose on painful hunting regulations...can't wait.

Found out I'll be at Maxwell through deer season. Does anyone have any good info for non-resident white tail and possibly hog hunting in AL? I'm down for driving anywhere in the state on the weekends. I'm not much for outfitters (don't desire to pay $1400 for a white tail hunt), but if that's the only realistic way to hunt I am not against it, assuming I can find something reasonably affordable. I appreciate the help any of you can lend.

Also, if anyone else here is going to be in AL for the first month of the early gun season, let me know if you want to put a trip or two together.

Don't know what the syllabus looks like now, but several years ago there were definitely some small differences...neither good or bad. Like I said, no real difference in the product.

AD vs. Guard. There's really no difference in the product. Always heard good things about Kelly and Tucson is a cool city/area, so I'm sure it would not suck to go there. Doesn't seem there's anyway you can go wrong, not that you have a choice.

It's too much airplane, too much inertia, too much risk to squeeze in maneuvers or events you didn't plan and pre-think ahead of time

Sooo, if something changes and requires you to update your gameplan, "maneuvers," etc. in the air, you just don't do it since it wasn't "pre-thought"? Are you sure you're not part of an Asian Air Force?

Larry Miller, now that's a badass Indian name.

Maybe things have changed, but I know a lot of Whiting dudes who are easily a year behind their peers, even when including 6 month casual stints for their non-Whiting bros. Not saying Whiting is a bad deal by any means, but it is not unreasonable to consider the timeline effects.

Hopefully, they walked away with a sense of what the AF actually does as its mission and the amount of work it takes to even be labeled CMR.

I'm betting RAM DUMP was activated for 99% of them before they even left the room. That's been my experience with these types at verifications. A few verifications ago I'm walking out and hear a small group talking about how they couldn't wait to get out of there...I wish I could say unbelievable, but it's really not.

Really? I appreciate what the jet can do, but I can't name an airframe doing less "mission".

All shit flipping aside, the dudes actually are deployed to more than one place around the world. No, they won't win the "I'm in a bigger shithole then you" fight, but it's not their fault U.S. strategic need leads them to Location X instead of Location Y. Additionally, not their fault Country X and Y don't see value in or are too scared to start some shit with America. Are they actively doing more than others right this minute...hell no, but they are certainly strategically necessary in a few locations and are damn well ready to kick the shit out of somebody if it comes to it.

Now back to giving Raptor dudes shit...

Relax, just giving the dudes shit...they're doing good work and I know it.

Well, at least one side of the country doesn't do it...morale has plummeted!

Not to mention the harsh reality that they're forced to fly CT instead of ONE...poor guys, must be one hell of a total letdown.

Who knew, a movie about DAKs and Beagles...and I thought I'd seen everything!

From the Korean film industry comes a movie about zero SA, endless frats and the answer to the age old question, "what the fuck are blocks?"

Some of the best Mx dudes I worked the flightline with back in the day were 20 year staff types. They liked working the jet and, typically, after making Tech you start getting pulled from the flightline, no longer turning wrenches but instead filing papers. They enjoyed what they were doing, didn't care about promotion and pay, and did a hell of a job doing it.

One of the best CC's I've ever met/worked with is a "long-time" SSgt. I really think the reason he is still a SSgt is at least partially due to this. Agree it doesn't apply to everyone, but I'm glad as hell everyday that this dude is on the line instead of rotting in some office.

Maybe woodworking will be the next big push for stratifying.

If that's the case, then it's only a matter of time before the Eagle mafia takes over again.