BQZip01
-
Posts
1,264 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
7
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Blogs
Downloads
Wiki
Posts posted by BQZip01
-
-
BQZip, I believe they ran the 2 steps of the four engine flameout boldface.
That's why I'm looking for clarification. He mentioned not performing certain actions.
-
1. Props to you for outing yourself on the matter. It is a sign of maturity to accept responsibility for your actions. To be clear, you did NOT completely run the boldface, correct? Your reasoning was that you wanted to give the engines a chance to relight on their own; did you discuss this with anyone else? Was this common practice or something you discussed prior in training or on the ground/in the air? Was this a SEPT discussion?
2. I'm out, so I can't read the SIB. I'm sure it's informative. (I've been involved in 14 AIB/SIBs...as local support, not as the subject) and, while the actions of the AMC/CC seem grossly unfair, they are within his discretion. As stated above, if a commander finds through an FEB that a pilot is routinely performing prohibited maneuvers, he can clip the guy's wings.
3. IMHO, at some point the AMC/CC needs to look at himself in the mirror and ask "What could I do differently?" These spectacular accidents seem to be happening at an all-too-frequent rate in AMC and not elsewhere; or at least it seems that way.
-
Nope, only what you read in the news.
Thanks, Butters. Sometimes there are releasable portions, but I wasn't holding my breath
-
Unable to access AFSAS; anything releasable?
-
My understanding is that the Navy's pattern was designed to hide paint stains (no bullshit, that was the explanation I got). Even still, that uniform should AT LEAST be reversible to something high vis so when you fall off the bo-at you have a reasonable chance of being seen and picked up.
As for the Air Force disaster of a uniform-- I had to wear it a few times at SOS (after getting the rank updated from 2Lt and getting wings sewn on). I feel REALLY sorry for non-bag wearers who are stuck in that heap of shit. I thought the bag was hot and didn't breathe well. The ABU is a whole new level of pain. And speaking of pain, maybe it was just because I had a fresh-ish set, but by the end of the afternoon that "uniform" had about sawed my balls clean off from chaffing.
Any reasonable person (regardless of service, or even being in the military AT ALL) can see that this "we have to have our own uniform" nonsense has to go. There should be ONE utility uniform DOD wide, differentiated only by the patches and nametapes. That way you have the economy of scale going for you, as well as substantially simplified logistics. Utility/combat uniforms are not where services should be distinctive-- that's what the service uniform is for.
Am I not the only one who finds severe irony in "distinctive camouflage uniform"?
Camouflage's stated purpose is to try and blend in, not be distinctive. "Uniform" means the "one form". "Distintive" means different
Who the f*** came up with these ideas!?!?
I'll give the Marines props for creating their own uniforms when uniform board after uniform board refused to make a better pattern, but the "no, we won't share it" rule was BS. Either we are a joint force or we aren't.
-
Thinking out loud... maybe USTRANSCOM should let Fred and Barney handle the big rolling stock, and let NAC, Atlas, Kalitta, et.al. handle the pallets of styrofoam trays and rubber dogshit.
Looking to do a practical joke here. Where can I get a pallet of rubber dogshit?
The chowhall, you say?....
-
Spoke with one of the investigators on this accident and he let me know some facts. The aircraft had 5 MRAPS on it. The other contract carriers only carry 3. With 5 vehicles on the aircraft 2,3,&4 have ZERO forward and aft restraint. 1 has aft restraint and 5 has some forward restraint. The rear vehicle did break free and penetrate the aft bulkhead. Now this is what sucks. With that many vehicles, one shifting, even crashing through the bulkhead was not enough to cause this accident. They still would have had plenty of elavator authority. Unfortunately, when the vehicle slammed through the bulkhead it severed hydraulic lines to 2 separate systems, Took out the CVR and FDR (9 seconds after the rotate call), and finally did what actually brought the aircraft down. It hit the stabilizer trim unit and jammed it to 6 degrees none up, nothing they could do at that point.
The MRAP that broke free survived the crash (because it was in the tail) and they actually found orange marks on it from the FDR.
wow
-
Agreed. From an EWO standpoint, ECM training is always at a premium, and it's not always a guarantee that you'll be able to coordinate actual emitters. Flying against MUTE sites is good for currency, but shit for proficiency. Our SIM does a pretty good job with threats, which allows us to run very nice scenarios without airspace, MX or emitter availability issues.
Also being able to add any weather you want to increase the difficulty of the scenario, especially since good instrument routes are few and far between.
MUTES are only as good as your scenario. If you know what's happening/going on, then nothing's gonna be a surprise and it's same ol', same ol'...
...but if you take the time to contact them and ask how to set up a scenario, you can create one of virtually any length/complexity. I created one for the 5 BW that had 7 emitters working simultaneously and gave the EWs a run for their money.
-
wait I'm confused are we talking about 17 drivers or CAF squadrons?
Can't it be both?
-
Nish was in my group of 7 at survival training. He'll be missed.
:beer: :beer: -
The district that he is located in just so happens to be Colorado Springs and apparently there is some political motivation for him and Missile Defense system development for the folks over at Peterson AFB.
To be fair, it looks like the DIA report had a paragraph mislabeled as unclassified (U) when it shouldn't have been...
...stand by for Classification Markings CBTs and a 3-hour presentation/lecture by the CSAF via teleconference at every installation
-
Calibrated
Equivalent
-
Could be worse, I heard they have conjugal visits.
There are few things better than surprise morning sex
...unless you are in prison
-
Gotta admit, this is PERFECT justification for keeping the B-52s. How else could WE fly such missions? Use a B-2? Not so much: use a stealth plane that can't be seen on radar to intimidate a country that won't see it? The B-1? Doesn't really have the legs...and isn't part of the nuclear triad. A Sub? see the B-2. An ICBM? That's one shot that isn't coming back.
-
Just call Maxwell's housing office. They can usually help over the phone
-
It doesn't really matter what your lease says as far as a military clause; the previously mentioned federal law trumps your lease. That's why they passed the law. Since you gave them the requisite 30 days notice, you cannot legally be charged a penalty for leaving early. If they try to charge you, they are violating federal law and their lawyer probably knows this. However, if you have not had written or electronic proof that you gave this notice, I would do that ASAP so they can't try to claim you didn't give notice. From what you're saying, it sounds like the landlord is not the most reputable, so I would also make sure you take pictures or video of the apartment as you're leaving in case they try to claim damages from your deposit.
Big friggin' TWO on that one
I got into an apartment when I was a 2LT and made the mistake of trying to be honest and say I will be breaking my lease due to a military move, but didn't yet know when. They tried to claim the apartment was destroyed; glad I had pictures. Lost my deposit, but they didn't come after me for the alleged $6K in damages either.
Sadly, the same kind of thing happened again in Nav school except this time I was renting from a military family. No problems at ALL until I tried to move out and the owner claimed all of the carpet was irreparable and in an awful condition due to my alleged neglect. The carpet was 8 years old and needed to be replaced anyway, but she claimed I had done all the wear and tear and that the carpet was "like new" when I moved in. Truth is she promised the next tenants that she would put in new carpet and just wanted me to pay for uber-premium carpet (new, the carpet was worth ~$2.5K and she wanted $6K). I found out later that this same lady tried to pull the same scam on the next tenants too.
-
It also had the explosive yield of a small atomic bomb.
What? no Minot B-52 jokes?
-
Yet nothing will happen. The Generals will stay Generals and the Colonels will become Generals. Sad.
diffuse enough of the responsibility to enough people and pretty soon no one is responsible.
This is further evidence of piss-poor management in the Air Force that is so risk-averse that they can't even call a spade a spade
another article on the subject
http://news.yahoo.com/dod-air-force-wrong-blame-f-22-pilot-144413856--abc-news-topstories.html
-
I think by the time these ladies get done suing the LAPD, fixing their truck will be probably pretty low on the list since they'll be able to afford 8 new trucks. But then again the People Republic of Kalifornia is broke so who knows if they'll ever see any money.
hell, when they are done, they'll be able to afford the new BMW:
Seriously, BMW created this: http://cars.uk.msn.c...ur-year-old-boy
My favorite features: the vanity plate, the toy trunk air vent, and the toy trunk in the back (sts)
-
1
-
-
What's funny is the parts of NYC burning are taken straight out of a video game...
I'm suprised RIAA hasn't gotten in the act for copyright infringement (the music and the video clip)
-
Lived there once as a dependant and once as AD. Shalimar does have nicer homes than FWB, but if you want newish homes, Navarre is your best bet. Don't write off the near side of Gulf Breeze. There's some nice housing there only 3-5 more minutes down 98 (when 98 isn't a parking lot)
You may also want to consider base housing (likely not on Hurby, but on Eglin). I rarely had more than a 15 minute commute.
-
Nice, Zippy...go ahead and spread the "privileged use" re-creation around for more to see.
It's on youtube. Posting a link to youtube doesn't spread it around more. It's not like I made a copy and showed my wife (like an unnamed aviator)
-
1
-
-
It depends entirely on what you are trying to do
-
C-17 4-engine flameout/SIB/FEB questions in here
in General Discussion
Posted
Ditto. I'd lawyer up.