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AFSOC or ACC MQ-9?
I have the option to possibly go to Reapers (voluntarily from another MWS), with a choice of Creech or Cannon. Unfortunately I have less than 2 weeks to make a decision based on the Spring move cycle.
Sounds like manning is continuing to improve, reducing the ass-pain for AFSOC guys. Cannon was my going-in vector based on proximity to home for me (C-Springs), but my hesitation is being forever assigned to Cannon because of the grip AFSOC maintains on guys once assigned. An appeal to me is the more competitive nature of the community. In my brief discussions with RPA guys, the AFSOC Reapers are the self-proclaimed Alphas...which true or not, is at least a mindset.
Any feedback helping to distinguish between AFSOC and ACC would be greatly appreciated.
One man's garbage is another man's treasure. We need more folks like you to jump on these grenades.
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What gets me is that we find it more technically feasable to hack into an A-10 than it is modify a MQ-9 for the program. Data rights crushes us again....
airplanes made by GA are complete garbage..
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Has anyone turned down SOS in-residence recently? I.e. you get a spot and tell your boss you'd rather not go. Contemplating this with the new 8-week format. I'm SOS by correspondence complete. I'm not disgruntled, just don't feel like spending any more time away from home or with shoes for 8 weeks. Thoughts?
Don't go so that there are more slots for guys like me who want it.
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What if the A/C is running on full cold?
in drone world everything is broken
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Hey, I am PCSing next month....but I am staying in the RPA world. just upgrading my location.
holloman?
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From Limerick huh?
There once was a woman who was a whore
She loved to get plowed on all fours
But after a while, the old "doggy style" wasn't enough to satisfy anymore!
wow.. just wow
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is this a sqn shirt?
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so will there be more SOS slots? yay maybe I will get promoted to O-5
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Hilarious.
we should find out soon right?
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I just joined CAP so i can feel like a pilot again. I'm hoping to volunteer and do some fun and rewarding missions since I get none of that satisfaction anymore at work. It really seems like a good program. Most of the guys in the group I joined are retired AF pilots anyways.
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what about GPA? I have a BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech but my undergrad GPA was a 2.88. Should I even bother or is there a remote chance? I thought the min was a 3.0.
I am almost done with my masters but it's basically a basket weaving degree.
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But of course! It's the same "government" that is bringing you such well thought out programs such as the RIF, VSP, foreign aid to Pakistan, and death taxes. Are you surprised by this?
Well I checked the single engine box and almost got away with it but the FSDO guy caught it at the last min.
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So I used my records showing that I was a C17 IP to get my CFII and MEI from the FSDO.. but I can't teach in single engine because the c-17 was multiengine!
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farking awesome.. gave me chills just reading it
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with no chance of getting SOS in residence.
no change of getting SOS in res in RPA squadron either..so not really a loss
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Currently dudes with RPA wings can not deploy to LRE's. Takeoff/landing actually requires pilot stick and rudder skills, unlike the state-side mission portion. That being said, Navigators with a PPL are allowed to deploy to the LRE. I imagine AF will make this same exception for RPA only folks.
Also, the initial class of UPT-D dudes will hit their three year mark in May of 2012...so no word on their assignment process yet. The only guidance they received was 10% can expect to go to CAF (only 38 dudes to the CAF, probably no fighters, expect bombers) and 90% MAF.
I know of at least 1 beta that's leaving for an LRE deployment. I would expect more RPA dudes to start doing LRE in the near future.
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I wouldn't get your hopes up....
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Not to mention a few UPT-D captains as well
Good! Hopefully more will follow
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Yes.
congrats! I'm glad to see you got paroled.
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Everyone here got what they wanted. If you wanted to stay in drones, you will (obviously), and if you didn't, you hopefully won't have to. If you were released, it's not guaranteed you'll go back to your previous jet. No timeline was given and no clue what to expect for an assignment, but I am cautiously less pessimistic.
did you get released?
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I'm surprised they would even let 10% go. RPA needs more bodies!
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Nope. 5/2 8hr fly shifts. Now, if you have a job in the sq, your days are a little longer to do your office work. If you are a pilot though, manning is starting to almost look kinda better, so there is usually an office day or a split shift thrown in there (fly 4 Office day 4)
I see. I wonder if anyone in preds is working 12 hour shifts.. doesn't look like it
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Anyone from Cannon, throw spears if I'm painting the wrong picture for this dude.
-AFSOC (Cannon): 12 hr shifts (3 f'ed up overlapping per day... at least how it was explained to me). Probably have similar transit issues in the Clovis/Portales metropolis.
cannon dudes is this still accurate? thx!
Headset questions
in General Discussion
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thread revival.. So I bought this MIL to GA adapter for my C-17 headset:
http://www.marvgolden.com/mg-09-helicopter-to-g-a-headset-adapter.html
And it worked in a Cessna 182. The earphone impedance was definitely higher as I had to turn the volume all the way up to hear everything. I'm going to mod my headset and see if I can reduce it down to 300 ohms since I'll never get to fly a C-17 again anyways.