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what defines a "certified" sim? Certified in the eyes of the FAA? Level D only? ? ? ? In my MDS, our sims were not Level D, not certified by the FAA, even though two of the three have motion.

vis only down to 1/4 mi here. cough...cough...

typically, you'll stay in a flying gig until you hit your gate months. Then it's a crap shoot.

60s are at Moody, Nellis, DM, Kadena, Aviano, and Kirtland (Kirtland being the schoolhouse). ANG opportinuties in CA, AK, NM, and NY. AFRES opportunities at DM and Patrick. DM = Davis-Monthan AFB. SOS (Squadron Officers School) is for Capts. ACSC (Air Command and Staff College) is for Majs. AWC (Air War College) is for LtCols. They are either accomplished via corresponence, or at Maxwell (and there are some joint opportunities).

I think you're mis-reading. He's talking about the companion/adversary jets at certain bases (T-38As). U-2, B-2, and F-22 bases all have these aircraft for different functions (I think it's companion for U-2/B-2 and adversary for F-22).

At least, within 3500 ft... Too soon?

We were in AFSOC before. Sort of. The reason we left was because of the CSAR-X shit hook debacle, essentially Gen Brown tried to hijack us and drive the selection to the shit hook. COMACC saw the writing on the wall and yanked us back to ACC. But, the 55 SOS existed in AFSOC ok.

Wow. Damn.

@17D_guy, since AMRDEC just bit it, are there any AF solutions out there which can be leveraged to share large files across to users around the world securely? Also, someone needs to un-fuck the PII tool so that it doesn't think attached emails have SSNs in them! It also keys on aircraft part numbers with long strings of alpha-numeric characters. When the tool runs, there needs to be a way for us to tell said tool that no, those part numbers are NOT PII. This is a huge issue now that AMRDEC is down and may never come back up.

I think this is going to end up being a poor decision on USAF's part. There was an opportunity to leverage supply lines, training, and the ability to shift aircrew between peacetime and wartime missions, but no, had to go with an airframe no one in the US mil has... Seems like the Us could have filled the niche nicely, already having gone through a shakedown over the last several years with the unit that has them.

I haven't had this yet because Hill hasn't migrated yet to the new cloud thing. But, when I had this issue last year after getting my new Win 10 machine (invalid certificate, no more choice to continue to the website anyway), Edge worked like a champ. So, try Edge if you haven't. Way better than IE for 90% of the things I need a browser for.

sounds like a HIPAA violation - did you give someone permission to view your kids' medical records? Especially after you answered in the negative on the screener, they would have no "need to know" justification to review the records. I would fight it.

Marty, how are 30 yr and 15 yr refi rates looking right now on VA loans?

Rescue.

damn. That was a tough read.

good on em. wear the flag on the right sleeve will be...odd... I'm sure a lot of the uninformed public will wonder why the flag is "backward". Also, coyote tan boots will look ridiculous with the green flight suit. Hope they bring back black boots...

You'd think there'd be some sort of failure indication in the cockpit (aural/light) in the case of engine failure...

Fuck. TOML.

pretty sure there's still a rule that you can't bring a car to Japan unless it was built in 1976 or earlier (though the cutoff year might have changed)...

Hi. I am that civilian. Diligently polishing the turd... You'd be surprised regarding paper checklists. When ACC sees the bill for this year's checklist revision for each of the 4 groups of F-16 pubs, they are going to want to get rid of paper as soon as each unit gets their EFBs up and running (which, I guess whatever is going on with Acronis needs to get resolved first). I expect I'll get buy-in from the MAJCOMs to start slashing paper ID from ETIMS for checklists, and then, once all users have their EFBS, I can rescind the paper. I'm hoping that day isn't more than 2 years in the future,

That decision is above my pay grade. But, adding links to a PDF is definitely polishing a turd. USAF needs to throw $$ at developing better ways for aircrew to interact with their checklist in parallel so that the day paper dies we're ready with a suitable replacement.

Not true. ADS-B out is coming to the F-16, SPO has been working if for a while.

Plugging into the jet or to something else (per, stratus Puck, etc) is Phase 2. Right now it's a matter of risk acceptance for both maneuvering (will the knee board holding the projectile do its job) and ejection (same). And the baseline question of - can the pilot do his or her job safely without paper. There's a whole Airworthiness process and human factors evaluation that each new widget on an aircraft has to go through before getting approved. Now that I work at a SPO I am slowly starting to understand this side of the effort to keep the aircraft in the air and mission effective. I'm unsure about the status of Acronis, I hadn't heard anything definite, but I have been out of the office for most of Nov so maybe it did get shut down.

ACC bought 9,000 ipad minis, to issue two per pilot. I know the F-16 checklists are now EFB-friendly, but still waiting on the SPO to issue the safe to fly MFR to ACC. That should happen before the end of the year. The 1067 mentioned that NGA a as planning to stop producing paper FLIP in the FY19 timeframe. So if your community isn't paperless yet, it'll be forced that way before long. Better to be prepared than keep heads in the sand.

There are several Army Os who have come over to Rescue and made O-5. If you don't want to go through all of UPT, then you'll come to helos. I am unsure if you'd even be considered for FW if you aren't hired by a Guard or Reserve unit. There's another thread in the General Discussion board where some former Army Bubbas are known to frequent and can provide better words.