Everything posted by TarHeelPilot
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Military retirement under attack
Keep maxing the ROTH. I've done it every year I've been in. Matching contributions for IRA won't happen, but matching to the TSP would be a possibility.
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Military retirement under attack
Retention Fail. 99% chance I'd punch after 10 if this went through. Like DC said, it's not worth it to the family. The civilian pension argument is apples and oranges. Civilians don't spend half the year in crapmanistan, voluntarily flying into combat zones, risking their lives and losing friends along the way in the name of freedom. I think we've earned it.
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Ammo against the shoe clerks!
You found excellent facilities???
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New AF Motto
You have to throw at least one "warrior" and one "combat" in there...
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New AF Motto
Kill people and break things. Was that so difficult?
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T-39 Down in GA
Not too far from the last T-39 crash in Walker County, GA 2006. Prayers go out to them. https://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=21965
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F-35 cost may double
Jack of all trades; master of none
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T-Bird mishap pilot receives CSAF safety award
Still an improvement, considering CBM lost 2xT-6s and 2xT-38s in the last 3 years or so... before that, the base hadn't lost a jet in over 5 years. I think he's referring to the solo stud ejection
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TIMS
3-ride maneuver continuity, maneuvers below MIF, etc etc Fly an item you aren't opted for = syllabus deviation The standard AETC queep. But the syllabus would be a good "alternative"
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Leadership at the 'Deid
"The beatings will continue until morale improves"
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C-27J Spartan Training Info
The Air Force isn't able to man the MC-12, either! See 3% of rated staff billets filled for proof.
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F-15E Down in Afghanistan
- T-38 down near Edwards
https://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123150611 from 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs 5/21/2009 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Air Force T-38 Talon crashed at 1:15 p.m. today approximately nine miles north of Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft is from Edwards Air Force Base. At the time of the accident it was on a flight test training mission. Two crewmembers were on board; their condition is unknown at this time. A board of officers will investigate the accident. Additional details will be provided as they become available.- RVSM Questions
- The Foglesong Thread
Not entirely true. Remember the T-38 4-ship for the Thursday night game vs. South Carolina a few years back?- Brits Getting RJs...
Why sell them an R model -135?- Blues on Monday
OMFG! We are pilots. We fly airplanes. We go outside to fly airplanes. Shoes wear blues in offices because they don't fly airplanes. I don't even want to know what base this is from.- UPT Journal
www.raptorpilot.com 05-02 stud (I think) tracked T-1s. Nuff said - T-38 down near Edwards