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Sounds so similar to the beginning of the short-lived T-3 Firefly program that I participated in (although, I am sure the DA-20 will not suffer the same demise). Luckily I did get to solo before they moved to the "simulated solo". I bet Doss Aviation is having flashbacks as well -- they were the contracted company for the T-3 program at Hondo.

Fellow Baseops.netters, I feel like I have been neglecting you all when I installed the blog software months ago and had yet to post anything. So here is my first post. I would like to mention a few of the things that we (the baseops.net team) will be working on in the near future. As always, this site is a collaborative effort and if you can help out or can think of a better way to do things, please contact us. In order to help out the newbies and to separate the golden threads from the chaff and flares, I will be modifying the READ FILE forum. Instead of admin notices (which I will remove), I will post posts with links to some of the most valuable and/or most searched threads on the forums. I have seen this feature in other successful forums (a newbies read here first type of thread) or simply, a consolidation of links to many sub-topic threads all under one post for easy access and reference. As you can imagine this will be a time-intensive task. Additionally, we have started a PCS Lessons Learned thread - after we receive ample feedback from our members, I will consolidate this and create a static webpage with this information on it for all to benefit -- similar to our C-17 FAQ page (compiled from forum posts). We have just added a ton of new information regarding the new IFS program in Pueblo, CO. Kudos to Riddller in starting his IFS Blog. For all current IFS studs and recent graduates of the new program, please send me any new information and/or photos so that we can post it online for all to benefit. I need some help with the Little Rock Schoolhouse Guide page. It looks like some of the sylabus material is a bit dated. I need some enterprising volunteers to help me break out the new differences between the MPD, PIQ, CIQ, etc. programs there (who flies which program from which seat, etc.) I would like to help spread information and knowledge regarding instrument flying. Any AIS graduates that know of good resources online to help propogate good instrument skills, please contact me. I envision an online section with IFR resources, quizes, etc to help keep our skills sharp. I have seen several civilian aviation instrument publications circulating but never a DOD one. And on a more humorous note... I am still waiting for the best shoe-clerk in the AOR photo. Anyone able to take a good photo of a shoe clerk with multiple reflective belts on, or one monitoring people washing their hands in front of the mess hall, etc. -- let me know and we will post the photos. Best photo wins a prize! More to follow... Fly Safe, BASEOPS

For aircraft, most folks on this board omit the hyphen - try searching for c130 or kc135 or herc or herk etc. Be creative (may be difficult if you are a Navigator).

Holy $hit - you really do look like the caveman in your avatar!

Fellas, I would like to put a comprehensive list together of these books and any other good ones that my fellow baseops.netters recommend. But I would also like to place a book review next to the title (a personal review from you guys as opposed to the amazon.com review). Any volunteers willing to post a book review for the books you (or someone else) recommended? One or two paragraphs or as much as you like... Mahalo in advance -- I will conglomerate this information onto a separate webpage with book titles and reviews etc. We can put together our own PME Reading List - educational, inspiring, and entertaining?

You just have to be a US Citizen - of which there are three categories that I know of: 1. Born in the USA 2. Born abroad of US Citizen Parents 3. Naturalized Any of the above are acceptible. My SURF (personnel record) was incorrect for 9 years indicating falsley that I was #3. And YES I did try to go through the normal Shoe Clerk drills to correct it but it took me nearly 10 years to finally do so...

After trying the full suite of boots I can vouch for the Oakleys being the very best - lightest, most support, Nike-Air-like feeling. I wear the black Oakleys at home and the desert Oakleys when forward -- I highly recommend them. Yes, they do appear to be a little less rugged than the Bellevilles or other brands - but well worth-it for the comfort. Caveat - probably NOT approved by Air Etcetera (AETC) fun-haters. The new Air Force BDUs (also called Field Activity Garb or FAGs) will require some fruity new GREEN boots -- sounds like a military contractor conspiracy forcing 400,000 airmen to buy new boots when they all already have a closet full of serviceable boots at home... Probably has something to do with a company in some congressman's district selling the boots to the military for billions of dollars...

My sincerest congratulations! It has been a long journey - it seems it was so long ago when we were discussing the many paths to citizenship. We are all very proud to have you as a fellow service member and fellow American Citizen!

I concur with the Garmin 196 - I have used it extensively and found it intuitive, easy to read sceen, and you can even download PFPS routes / information right onto the device. The 296 adds color, but for about double the price.

Buy a set of nice wrist wraps (or gloves + wrist wrap combo), take 800mg Ibuprofin, and ice the area for 20 minutes after your workout. Betcha feel better. I am no doctor but I stayed at a holiday inn express last night.

I guess I just use my watch more on a daily basis than a personal firearm - silly me! Then again there was this OG/CC of mine back in the day that flew with his own personal pearl-handled firearm (caveat - he was a Navigator). He also mistook himself for George S. Patton...

A pilot is always interested in a watch (this has come up in numerous threads). I recommend several: Citizen Eco-drive Skyhawk - $200-300, aviation watch Any Seiko Kinetic watch - $200-400 Casio Pathfinder 1200 - $200-300, multifunction watch with compass, altimeter, thermometer, etc. A watch is something he will surely use in his flying (and non-flying) career.

A lot of the questions listed here fall into the category called Behavior Based Questions - that is questions that are open-ended asking you to cite an experience in your life in order to answer the question. For example: "tell me about a time when you...." As several have pointed out - you don't want to blurt out a canned, robotic, memorized response. However, you do want to be prepared and speak inteligently -- i.e. pausing for 5 minutes while scratching your head and mumbling is NOT the way to go. The best thing to do is think about examples for many of these questions - and simply be able to talk at great length about them. Just like anything else, a little self-study, practice, and even rehearsal with someone will certainly help. Here are a few more questions / examples fo behavior based interview questions

The "Google.com" user is actually the "google spider" doing its normal page-by-page crawl of "indexed" internet pages. When it is accessing this forum, it is "crawling" the pages and then adding the appropriate pages to its index (i.e. google searchers may access pages of the forum through its search engine).

Allright, As a moderator you know you have access to your own Photo Galleries and Blogs, right? So you've been holding out on us, eh? With the diverse photos you've been attaching in this thread, I would expect a sizeable photo gallery! Share man, share! Click on HELP (upper right) for instructions on how to start. ---------------------- As far as Africa goes -- I have a few anecdotal stories. On one particular trip, we were flying a series of missions between Addis Ethiopia and Asmara Eritrea to broker peace and try to end their war -- the charts showed a subdued colored "restricted area" right inbetween the two countries. So the first time we flew this leg we skirted way around this area to avoid it - it added considerable time to the journey as I was flying C-130s back then... After doing this long detour several times, we all wondered how much quicker it would have been had we simply filed direct and flew across this area - besides, there is little or no radar control in Africa, right? Then about a week later we read a news report of a learjet that was flying near that area, strayed off course into this "dangerous area" and got shot down. Everyone was killed on board! YIKES!

Not a problem with your computer. It is in the forum code. At this time they will only appear on the first post of a thread. Do not panic, the porn-surfing you did last night did not cause this!

I think it is probably isolated to your PC - cookies, security settings, browser, etc. Cookies seem to work fine for me on multiple PCs - even at work.

I just wanted to add that Pilot married to another Pilot is probably one of the toughest combinations in the AF. Even if by some lucky chance you end up flying the same aircraft, unless you somehow manage to be in the same squadron (I've seen it done), it can be extremely trying. The worst thing that could happen would be you both go AMC C-130s and end up at the same base, but in DIFFERENT squadrons - thus when one is deployed the other is at home, and vice versa until infiniti - thus never to see each other again...