Everything posted by stract
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PSAB is Back
It was only for 24 hrs. Yawn.
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Neck and Back Injury
@Skitzo, don't cross train to helos, it'll make the back and neck issues worse due to the poor ergonomics + NVGs + body armor.
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Neck and Back Injury
can confirm. Had numbness in little and ring finger of left hand for about 6 weeks after dislocating my left elbow. I don't recommend dislocating your elbow.
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Digital ORM
I have KIO and RTB at least four times in my career due to environmental conditions, during training. So our ORM went high, and we decided it wasn't worth the squeeze. One time it was about 3 minutes after takeoff, with the SQ/DO sitting in the other seat. In combat, I've definitely upchanneled things due to High ORM to get approval to launch, or in one case, approval to continue after launching.
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Viper for sale
As the F-16 FMM and TOMA, the answer is no. 😉
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NVIS filter for EFB?
check out Cevians, their VKK filter is bonded to the screen (but it's pricey).
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2 Piece Flight Suits
I'm sure the entire Fighter/Bomber Directorate is being told to evaluate it. I can't speak to trainers, but yes, that reasoning would make sense, since the MAF pilots would theoretically PCS in without bags.
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2 Piece Flight Suits
I can report that it's being evaluated for airworthiness in at least one ejection seat MDS.
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Fort Rucker Housing/Living Recommendations
Dothan is the biggest town in the area, but it's a half hour away. Most folks live in Enterprise. I've lived in both Ozark and Enterprise, and would put Enterprise above any other nearby surrounding towns.
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F-16 Was Used By Pakistan, IAF Displays AMRAAM Missile Part As Proof
according to this article, all their remaining Block 15s are MLU (except for the Jordanian once they recently acquired). https://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article14.html
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Chances of staying as a pilot?
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.
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Transfer to the Air Force, need gouge
vis only down to 1/4 mi here. cough...cough...
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Chances of staying as a pilot?
typically, you'll stay in a flying gig until you hit your gate months. Then it's a crap shoot.
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Lifestyle of Helicopter Pilots
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).
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UPT Next
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).
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Flight Evaluation Board (FEB)
At least, within 3500 ft... Too soon?
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CSAR to AFSOC? What do the customers think?
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.
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C-130 down near Savannah, GA
Wow. Damn.
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That Cyber Thread
@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.
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Air Force awards contract for new helicopters to guard nukes MH-139
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.
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That Cyber Thread
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.
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EFMP (Exceptional Family Member Program)
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.
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