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EMCON 1 sucks balls. There is nothing I hate more than having to deal with a tanker wanting to do EMCON 1 (usually said tankers are USMC).

flying around at 20' AGL would be absolutely stupid, even as slow as we go...

No, I'm implying that leadership knows better than to speculate on these things, so 5 min or less discussion at the staff mtg seems good to me, if they'd spent an hr talking about the mishap and 5 minutes about mustaches, then I'd take issue with that. I hope the discussion was about how the crew is doing, the status of the ISB, etc.

5 minute discussion is good. Let the SIB do their job.

can I have a Bell Model 47 instead?

not in the directory.

we don't have SOFs, we have ODOs. And when MX tries to give me a bird with the pilot's floor mike switch stuck in hot mike (writeup from the day go which they neglected to fix), and expect me to go fly doors off and conduct .50 cal weapons employment, I say "Great!" I'll buy that MX late T/O while you fix the fucking floor mike switch. But seriously, in our community, ops could really give a shit who takes a dev at the end of the day. So this is a bit comical to read...

true. Many is the key word (we still don't have them).

are we just making up acronyms now?

already discussed yesterday

Who is Welch? A grape juice maker? It's probably important to know the CSAF's name, and Welch ain't it.

have a friend leaving this weekend to transition to the MC from the EC (he's a CSO/EWO). Is the schoolhouse backed up right now, or does he have a reasonable chance of graduating "on time"?

damn. This month has not been a good month for mishaps at BAF (2 fatal Class As and a Class B). A Toast...

I just read the AFSAS final message... The SIB did a great job, and it was a tough read. Go talk to your local SE shop to take a look...will take a good hour to read through it all.

well they aren't doing a very good job, as the name of the pilot at least has been splashed all over FB since about 2 hrs after the mishap occurred.

Kolb and where? I obviously haven't been paying attention to signs on poles around town...

they're sprinkled on youtube...NatGeo tries to shut them down as soon as they find them, so any link I post now probably won't work a week from now. I was there when MX acquired the white bus from DRMO and started decorating it (2009). My favorite mod was the minigun exhaust pipe.

linkee no workee

My formation had one of the first unpartnered missions (I think), back in 2010, and the location was about 200 miles from the nearest coalition troops, and near a border with another country. So we were out there alone and unafraid...when we got overheard, we saw tire tracks, and elected to land there (figured they wouldn't drive where there was a mine). Had to take a terp with us on the mission...luckily it was extremely uneventful (other than for the 4 Cat A ABP we picked up).

negative, upgrade timelines are unaffected (AT&T experience here, have suspended and upgrade successfully several times with no timeline slip). Civilians may have this issue, but not military.

there's no downside to suspending, it's free, and you get to keep your number.

I've suspended service with AT&T several times (deployments, OCONUS PCS) with no issues. And yes, definitely request them to unlock your phone before you deploy, then you can pop local SIM cards in from downrange, and that can become your international phone for travel.

my fave was when she asked the expert how many times he had been "terrified behind the wheel of a Learjet."

just watched the second episode on youtube...while the first episode left me feeling pumped up about my job, the second episode had a downer effect. Great episode, but when I was done watching it, it was like "fuck." And it brought back some memories of similar missions I've had over the years. My Js had to dart a guy in the back of my helo to reinflate a lung, and now I know what that looks like, and of course that mission was the worst brownout I have EVER experienced, and my FE and gunner agreed.