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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

    in General Discussion

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    14 hours ago, dream big said:

    They couldn’t just find him a random desk job in the Pentagon while he awaited retirement? Instead they have to go poison an already cynical and queep ridden organization holding about a third of our future officers? Slife definitely protected his own here. 

    Amen. And not to be a prick, but why is he entitled to get moved to another job as a 3 star? It didn’t go well in charge of a MAJCOM, that’s it. Retirement time. Thanks for your service.

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    B-1 Down at Ellsworth

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    45 minutes ago, SocialD said:

    Q-3s in the MAF world seem to be way more prevalent than the CAF.  Now retired and the only Q-3 that I can ever remember was from a roommate on his form-8 ride in the B-Course.  It was a pretty buffonerous event and I think he got his CAF callsign from that ride.  He later became a patch so it didn't hurt him too much.   I will say, I don't remember ever seeing a pilot wear his wedding ring while flying.  We even had a few pilots lose their rings after removing them for flights...likely story. :thumbsup:

    Same story. Only Q-3 I saw was a bro in the B course during his EPE that managed to shut down both engines and crash. He’s now a Thunderbird lol.

    B-1 Down at Ellsworth

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    Show the ring picture of that one dudes filleted finger I saw in UPT and they’ll never wear a ring flying again (if you know, you know).

    It’s always interesting to see the different SEFE techniques. I’ve been evaluating for 10 years and never given anything other than a Q1, no downgrades. There have been downgradeable offenses, but the booze usually took care of those. However, easily the most effective is the debrief where I hammer the point home and leave an impression then move on.
     

    In this ring example with a Patch, I’d hit him with the whole “you are supposed to be the example of what right looks like to this squadron” then ask why you take the time with the straight lines, color coded markers, ALSA comm, etc when you can still get it done without being tight on those. Would you accept a young guy being late, not preparing his specific items, being late to step/check-in/sloppy admin? The Air Force spent millions on you, your squadron bros had to pick up your slack while you larp’d for 5.5 months, and now you think you’re special and don’t have to do the little things right? And I’d make sure to do that in front of the crew/flight and say this is where you demonstrate some humility, credibility, and approachability to the dudes you work for. Last thing is you tell him his remedial training is to brief the bros in the bar on Friday on this stuff and don’t let them slack. Then open the Buffalo Trace and learn something. My $0.02.

    Any Patch worth a shit will be massively impacted by that way more than form 8 comments. Not sharpshooting Skitzo, just my thought.

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    UPT Next

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    So not to be that guy but if you can track a CDI to a final approach course, you can do a LNAV/RNAV. If you can track a localizer and glideslope for an ILS, you can do a LPV. And the buttonology in whatever follow-on MWS is different than the T-6 or T-1. Therefore, I don’t really see the problem with not having RNAV approaches for the training value. My $0.02.

    B-1 Down at Ellsworth

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    2 hours ago, Pooter said:

    All valid points. But doing those things are all codified community standards so I don’t really buy extrapolating one crew’s mistakes to culture problems of a whole squadron/base. There’s a lot of editorializing at the end of this report, a weird amount for an AIB actually. 6 pages of scorched earth opinion for what essentially boils down to a botched ILS and a broken weather sensor seems vindictive and targeting to me. Makes you wonder if there was bad blood/personality issues at play. 

    I noted that he mentioned there were a large amount of interviews that showed similar answers. Also, didn’t one of the WSO’s not have his helmet and gloves on prior to ejection? I saw that being hammered on but wasn’t sure if I read it incorrectly.

    B-1 Down at Ellsworth

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    Damn, that statement of opinion was rough. Sounds like some heads will be rolling at Ellsworth soon. I especially liked the part where he illustrated that the MIP was overweight and that was why he got hurt in the ejection. Woof.

    After reading that report, this really makes me mad. They went and did a stand-off weapon sortie and I’m sure they did awesome. Then they went home and screwed up an ILS and wrecked an airplane. Even if you want to scoff all things non-tactical, that’s a W for the enemy because that asset is gone. Screwing up the monkey skills is bad enough but omitting several flight manual and v3 procedures for poor visibility is unsat. It’s also not uncommon in other communities.

    The cold weather correction one is interesting too. That one is confusing to alot of folks. It wouldn’t have made much of a difference on this (20 feet), but still interesting that 8 dudes didn’t think about it with -5°c. 

    Im very interested to see the SIB on this one. Tons of good info for all levels and roles to get out of this one. Thank God the crew is okay and that the egress folks did their job well. 

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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    5 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

    So, there I was in the chow hall in the desert.  One of my LMs made comment that we should get arm bands like the SFs dudes had, because it would be cool.  We kind of knock his plan, but he goes and does it anyway.  A few weeks later when we meet for lunch prior to our mission, he's sporting a nice desert tan "LM" arm band like the SFs and he's feeling quite proud.  I get a tap an the shoulder and it's Mr Wing King, and he pulls my aside and rips me a new one.  He thinks load is making fun of it, I say no, he thought it was cool and wanted to play.  I get the ass chew that he has a hard time motivating his SF group and the arm band was something unique for them and he thinks we're mocking it. 

    I understood the point.  CCs try to find ways to rally the troops.  Some jobs are shitty and peeps in them are based on an ASVAB.  I told Load that he was the shit and to know that if it took a fancy armband to be motivated, he was in the wrong job. 

    Point?  Kids these days love tags.

    I honestly get it. It’s the same concept as squadron Friday patches, color tee shirts, squadron ball caps, etc. People (myself included) love that shit. I genuinely don’t understand the aversion to allowing squadron pride.

    Current AFSOC CC turned off squadron Friday shirts when he was 1 SOW CC in the name of not trying to stand out in SOCOM. Not sure how Green Berets, PJ/CCT unique headgear, etc fit into that or if it’s just an anti “fighter culture” thing for flying units but it’s a bummer.

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    The Next President is...

    in Squadron Bar

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    33 minutes ago, TreeA10 said:

    Anybody want to make Veepstakes predictions?  I'm guessing Gov. Shapiro from PA.

    I’ve heard scuttlebutt that it’ll be Pete Buttigieg which would check so many boxes that it would all but guarantee victory /s.

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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    15 hours ago, StrikeOut312 said:

    Flyers and subterranean-dwelling-missileers get bags; let the other folks have their patches. For that matter, give everyone a piece-of-flare, colored tshirts, and beards.

    My old guy transition is on the beard thing. Fuck that. These weak, chinless, fat bodies clamoring for it don’t need 7 stray hairs to look more stupid. 
     

    As I think about it, over half the enlisted in my unit have shaving waivers now anyway. None of the O’s do. I guess those shaving classes while getting our degrees really paid off.

     

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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    On 7/11/2024 at 4:20 PM, stlpilot11 said:

    I still see a few U28's here and there but the numbers are going down. I have not seen an AC the past year I've been at UPT. Still plenty of options to get into AFSOC though. I see C-146 all the time, and word on the street is that they're standing up a new squadron for those. I also see HC's all the time. 

    146 is going to set up a new unit out in Mildenhall so that’s good gouge. Not sure when but not too distant future.

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    How do you feel about your airframe and mission?

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    The mission that inspired this whole thing. It’ll do stuff like this far away from Peer conflict.

    If you’re so inclined, the body cam footage from Sgt Jeremiah Johnson is out there where he gets wounded and eventually executed from point blank by an ISIS fighter. I can only speak for myself, but if that video doesn’t motivate you to be the most lethal aviator you can be, I don’t know what will.

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