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Wait till you learn we have Refueling probes, too, and taught the 160th how to HAAR when they gained that capability.

@Zero you planning to come to the 2027 Air Rescue Symposium? 2-4 Mar in San Antonio. Shark has the deets. Also, consider joining the Air Rescue Association, we need current Sandy folks (so recruit your friends)! We just folded the Sky Raider Association into our group. https://www.usafrescue.org/membership

the last HH-60G flight occurred last month at Moffett AFB. She worked her ass off and now it's time for a rest... Air Force TImesLast operational HH-60G Pave Hawk completes final flightAfter decades in service, the HH-60G Pave Hawk flew once more before retiring in a divestment ceremony earlier this month.

there are two FMS customers who have large D-model fleets and employ with 2 crew. Easily doable with the right amount of family models.

the F-16 SPO is now talking about procuring Block 80s for USAF... if procured, they'll have CFTs.

In 2007 the F-16 unit at Eielson had the Sandy mission on their doc statement. I flew a CSARTF in support of a Sandy 2 upgrade. The briefing the day prior did not go well, and the F-16 tactical DNIF'd and didn't fly, and it ended up being a fully qualified set of Sandy pilots, and went off without a hitch (we weren't aware of the tactical DNIF until after the sortie, ha!). One of the squadron F-16 pilots played Jack and had a great time in the back of the helo after we picked him up and went yanking and banking through the valleys. That was the only time I ever saw the FW symbol on my RWR, because keeping radar lock was the only way they could keep track of us. They didn't bingo out before the pickup, so I consider that a win.

damn skippy

how the fuck did his resume pass background check to get hired as a sim instructor and still keep a security clearance?

would be fantastic if true!

wasn't this jet owned by Thai Airways prior? The deep dive needn't stop at the most recent owner/maintainer. The faulty practice could've been years before they took possession.

somehow I missed that you fly FiFi and Doc! Guess I've been sleeping under a rock... LMK next time you're in northern Utah! I think KOGD has hosted y'all a couple times in the last couple years and that's 10 minutes from my house...

I just find it so Gen X that on either end of Gen X is a "lost" generation 😀 I'm Oregon Trail Generation myself.

pretty sure they do, but the better question is did the seat have the TCTO done to replace the legacy digital sequencer with MASS?

well one had a good outcome and the other most assuredly did not.