Everything posted by stract
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American Express - Platinum Card
I got the same notification from them yesterday as well...which seems to correspond to when my AD CAC expiration date is (Oct 2015). Either that or it's highly coincidental, considering I've been out for a while now. All good things must come to an end, I guess. Now I need to decide if I really need to keep this card (AMEX Hilton HHonors Surpass) or not. Or find a better value for the $95 annual fee in another card.
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ADS-B in Military Aircraft
we're testing APX-119s
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F-35 Lightning info
pretty sure he's in the Army. What's your point?
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HC-130 Info
KIKR hasn't existed for several years as an identifier. It's KABQ. If you are on base, avoid being lodged in Bldg 1911. If you are off base, stay north of Central and East of I-25 to avoid the most shady parts of town (South Valley). Even better to be north of I-40, but Nob Hill is a decent enough place.
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Army to AF Transfer (Green to Blue)
I know a Former Army Guy who came to 60s for a tour (as an O-4), and now he's flying Preds at Holloman. So if your bud is looking to get OUT of helos, RPAs might be a viable option...
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C-130 down in Afghanistan
a toast...
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HC-130/MC-130
the full-up syllabus at Kirtland (no Little Rock) is starting 1 Oct - I confirmed today with my colleagues, for both MC-J and HC-J. They've already been sending CSOs straight here from UNT, apparently, and the rest of the crew positions will begin 1 Oct.
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HC-130/MC-130
full-up Kirtland will be happening, I think I the near future. Lockheed is hiring like mad all the brownsuiters they can get their hands on, and they're slowly taking all the cubicles in our building... I survived Valdumpster for 4 years, so you can, too. Tucson is awesome. ABQ is also a nice place to live (in the right part of town). Sorry I can't fill in any other gaps for the HC bubbas.
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Track Selects and Assignment Nights
quick update on Rucker drops, since no one there has been posting them recently - this is from a convo I had last week with a Rucker IP. Drops favor 60s over Hueys (last class had something like 5 60s and 3 Hueys) these days. Expect 5 ish FAIP drops in a year (which typically go to those who ask for them), and CV-22s will be starting to drop again at Rucker (unknown amount, but my guess would be near the same number of FAIP drops, give or take, from historical averages when they were dropping before).
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End-of-thread arrow
works like a champ now! Thanks!
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Tony Kern
he was a history teacher at the Zoo when I was a dink...small world.
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Heavies to Fighters Transition in the Guard
if you love any and all things flying, try helos!
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End-of-thread arrow
still same behavior here. FF 40.0.3 on OS X 10.10.4
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F-16 Crash At Tyndall
Reading the source data (the actual AIB), instead of a PA-butchered interpretation will probably clarify.
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Davis Monthan A-10 Pilots
nerd. Only First Shirts shout that shit at all-calls.
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Track Selects and Assignment Nights
thanks for the clarification!
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Vision waiver info
your sig block is MIA
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End-of-thread arrow
so does the beginning of thread arrow (just tried it on the Major Board Upgrade thread)
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Track Selects and Assignment Nights
Then you agree it's silly for another country to send their helo pilots through a year of fixed wing first. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Track Selects and Assignment Nights
ok, so then why don't they train their helo pilots like the USAF trains? AKA fixed wing then Rucker?
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Track Selects and Assignment Nights
why did their countries send them through T-1s? Seems a little odd.
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RC-135V O2 Fire at Offutt.
the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire...
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login blocked
I thought at first it was because the thread title had the word "login" in it, but same behavior on other threads as well in the AFTO 781 subforum. I didn't want to try other subforums and accidentally spam the board like what happened last time ;)
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login blocked
that's what I was trying to do. When I hit the "Submit Reply" button is when I got the YOUR INTERNET USAGE IS BEING LOGGED message...