25 minutes ago, brabus said:

Never have heard that, and I know a couple people with multi-millions who were/are in the mil with larger than average security clearances.

Yeah, thats my point.  It's one of those persistent myths. 

15 hours ago, FLEA said:

Like "how much" new money? Go see a JAG. If it was THAT much the AF may just honorably sperate you no strings attached. For example, if you win the lottery over a certain amount the AF will separate you. The reason is you're considered a liability if you have enough money to not give a fuck. There are security implications etc.... 

I've heard this my whole career but have never seen or heard of it actually being a thing.  

2 hours ago, MC5Wes said:

Update

So, basically were looking at

1 Year for GE and Pratt to appeal the decision. 

2 Years to build the first 8 motors.

2 Years to modify the airframe and avionics.

2 years worth of flight testing at Edwards.

Air Force asks Congress for funding for the program.

Congress cancels engine program, Proposes buying additional B-21s.

My laughing reaction was a nervous laugh 🙂

3 minutes ago, torqued said:

 

I-rock gets me every time.

If you're not running an adblock extension on your browser you are severely missing out. 

2 hours ago, LumberjackAxe said:

I’m a cheap bastard and can’t get past that paywall. 

Icognito window on google chrome

1 hour ago, TheNewGazmo said:

3 hours ago, BrightNeptune said:

The base is out of shots. New stock comes in in a couple weeks. I was told it was only one type. I am required to get that.

Can't go to Walgreens or CVS with your ID card? I did with TRS.

You can here at least.  

3 hours ago, Lowspeedhidrag said:

Hahahah….have to agree there! On the VMPF checklist there is a spot for dorm manager,….maybe they somehow didn’t notice that I’m a major that’s retiring versus an Amn that’s separating…..We'll see how medical goes……aside from go/no go pills, I can count the number of times on one hand that I’ve ever had to go to the MDG (PHA/predeployment excluded)…..

Trick is to tell them you are final outing in a couple days despite what the checklist says.  Shit starts flying off that list with ease.  

On 8/25/2021 at 11:57 AM, Lowspeedhidrag said:

Searched for this info, but came up empty…..apologies if this is a double tap….Have approved retirement orders & final out, PTDY and terminal should begin in December. Looking at moving out of the area & starting a new job, just like 99% of retirees, but have concerns about randomly getting recalled & having to travel back for admin queep. In 19.6 years I’ve seen it all just about…..so maybe a bit jaded. Has anyone seen any ‘terminal leave shenanigans’? Thanks!

Retirement outprocessing is mind blowingly simple.  I probably spent about 1/2 a day emailing/geting signatures and was done.  Medical takes the most lead time.  

The chess board placement was key.  

33 minutes ago, Waingro said:

Spoiler alert: ten-minute production, filmed in an abandoned school bus in the woods, where he verbally resigns his commission and talks about all the shít he’s seen in the corps. And to Venmo his wife money. And then that he needs philanthropist support to do what he’s about to do next. Which he later says is to “bring the whole fuçking system down.” And then “we’re just getting started.”

Pretty cringey, overall.

2 minutes ago, Guardian said:

Since when does someone put on their Bio aircraft they have rode in but never really flown or been qualified? She’s already lost credibility.

Yeah, never seen that.  

12 hours ago, DirkDiggler said:

So I just got my forth COVID shot (2x Moderna through the military, 1x J&J, and just threw in 1xPfizer for the hell of it at the local Walgreens).  No adverse side effects, got some extra solid gainz at the gym this morning, and honestly feel great.  As an added bonus, my phone is currently crushing it on 6G.

No issues with signals canceling themselves out?

1 hour ago, RedEye1911 said:

I'm curious about who is in the stack above Kabul.

Not much reporting on airstrikes, but they must have been heavy over the last week.

Airstrikes on who?  The people who are providing the first layer of security for the only foothold you have left to get thousands of people out of the country?  I'm guessing that number you're looking for is going to be zero.  

33 minutes ago, dogfish78 said:

🤣🤡🤣🤡

Many of you thought the "conspiracy theorists" were crazy, delusional, and wrong. Now you get to see just what you've rooted for this whole time.

You're mistaking incompetency for conspiracy 

Watching DOS brief right now.  Reporter just asked if there was COVID testing at the airport before letting people in or on planes.....How fucking out of touch can you be with reality there on the ground. 

46 minutes ago, Chuck17 said:

This checks with the info received inside AMC HQ. 

AMC has a reputation for Q3 shenanigans, well earned. So when OSI got involved (for the reasons above noted by 18AF), the crewdog rumor mill went into hyperactive and made a slew of assumptions. 

I don’t think there’s any headhunting (not yet anyway), but there’s a ton of video out there…This situation was absolutely unprecedented - and AMC leadership has already engaged AFCENT and CENTCOM with let’s call it “terse comms” on the matter. I’ll leave it at that. 

Chuck

As more info comes out from those on the ground there, the entire situation was completely out of hand and if any of these folks running around had ill intentions, there wasn't anything to stop them.  I would imagine the debrief when it comes out will be astounding.  We could have easily lost many many airframes and people.  

No crew member has been Q3'd nor is there plans to Q3 them.

2 hours ago, Prozac said:

The Soviets sure as shit didn’t have any restrictive ROE and they couldn’t civilize that place. The Chinese, in my experience, are a clown show & I can’t see them doing much better. 

Reference the Indian Chinese anchorman style brawl at the border. 

1 hour ago, BroncoEN said:

Interesting quote from BBC:

"I have little doubt that it's going to hurt Biden," says Christopher Phelps, an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham. "It's going to be viewed as a loss, and possibly as a disgrace - it really was his call, fairly or not."

Highlights the political nature of presidency, regardless of what deals (one, two, or three terms before you) were enacted. 

They have had 7+ months to execute some form of operation that didn't result in the optics that occured the last couple of days.  Regardless of what "deal" they were "stuck" with, the last two days didn't have to go down the way they did.   He and the rest of the DOS/DOD own that at a minimum.  

12 minutes ago, Sua Sponte said:

Calculating that Form F, if they even did one without massively WAGing it, makes me nervous just thinking about it.

It's not even close to any limit.  I'd put the average weight at 175 max.  670 pax.  Flew a flight into Bastion that was ramp to lav boxes of 40mm grenades.  

Just now, Alpharatz said:

Sad as it is..THAT is exactly what I was telling the wife...Hero to bum in one nightmare mission..If Reservists..there might be pushback if such an investigation occurs..

Two dudes fell off of the plane and the mx folks probably found some more up in the wheel wells when it landed.  Its going to be a class A.  Nothing to do with the pilots.  

30 minutes ago, HeloDude said:

How long before Kabul falls and resembles something like this…

https://af.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-kabul-afghanistan-august-7-2021/?fbclid=IwAR1sWr5guHDeA--Qaf--io-khSgxyvoeK_vznYxrPsnaKvczHkXJaFEGnUI

It won't look like that only because there aren't any helos with skids there 🙂

Beat the general requirement by over 1.5 minutes.  Edit.  It looks like it was about 4 minutes from possible alarm to the first big truck pulling up.  

(2) The response required by paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of this section must achieve the following performance criteria:

(i) Within 3 minutes from the time of the alarm, at least one required aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle must reach the midpoint of the farthest runway serving air carrier aircraft from its assigned post or reach any other specified point of comparable distance on the movement area that is available to air carriers, and begin application of extinguishing agent.

(ii) Within 4 minutes from the time of alarm, all other required vehicles must reach the point specified in paragraph (h)(2)(i) of this section from their assigned posts and begin application of an extinguishing agent.

3 hours ago, Guardian said:

Regardless of Bill or Ben, Malcolm made himself look like an idiot in that clip. Worst thing was the audience was waiting with abated breath to clap and cheer at everything he said even though a lot of it was contradictory to other things he was saying, not related to the topic, or gibberish. Speaks poorly of the people in that audience.

He comes off as a giant smug douchebag.