Everything posted by stract
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Inside Combat Rescue
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).
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Cell Phone Contracts?
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.
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Cell Phone Contracts?
there's no downside to suspending, it's free, and you get to keep your number.
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Cell Phone Contracts?
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.
- CNN/FOX (Mis)Reporting USAF C-21 IFE at Cahokia, IL
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Inside Combat Rescue
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.
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Minot Huey Emergency Landing
AFSEC is generating Class A SIB support, that's all I know.
- Another F**king Masters Survey
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Inside Combat Rescue
And the frontenders use them a lot to deal with dust/snow on approach since our doors are removed. Also nice when it starts to get cold for blocking the wind
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Baseops Chat
hmm. Works in IE, but not FF. Will investigate further.
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Inside Combat Rescue
it's up on youtube now, for those who don't have NatGeo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2SuQRhxiME
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Baseops Chat
when did chat stop working? I get kicked out as soon as I enter...
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homepage pic
yeah, I noticed that, too. Chalked it up to recent FF plugin updates...
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Microsoft Office
now that the AF standard desktop includes Adobe Pro, was wondering if anyone has heard of a HUP/EPP for this software? Would love to get my hands on a copy on the cheap!
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homepage pic
did someone hack BO.net and put a bunch of Thunderchickens on the main page?
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CSAR-X
ACC did the pre-screen today, everything coming from folks I know up there has been positive. DM is screening it on Friday as well.
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Why Can’t the U.S. Military Grow Better Leaders?
M2, if you're referring to Spanky Peterson, then no, that's not who we are talking about. If you are talking about someone else, then I got nothin'.
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U-2 Dragonlady info
I'm digging the QD II in the background!
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Why Can’t the U.S. Military Grow Better Leaders?
He's taking over the RQG this summer!
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Good military/aviation books
Fobbit by David Abrams. BTW, Masshole, I beat you to recommending the Forgotten 500 (page 21 of this thread). Wholeheartedly concur it's a great read!
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U-2 Dragonlady info
Last i knew, the U-2 has a decent glide ratio...I bet high key for the f-16 is substantially higher