Danger41

AFSOC requirement list: 1. Prop 2. Stay out of any C-130 variants way 3. Stay out of any CV-22’s way

This thread is really funny to me for the simple fact that you know new guys sucking isn’t a new phenomenon, right? When we were going through, I’m sure the IP’s were saying how terrible we were compared to them and how easy we had it.

Holy shit, send me to Klamath and I’ll take only $300 extra a month. That place isn’t in the same galaxy as Creech. Klamath is awesome!

I know you’re a higher level guy in the bomber world and I’m an AFSOC Captain nobody, but I’m interested in why you say this. Isn’t the B-1 a maintenance nightmare whereas the BUFF is more (relative term) reliable? Capabilities of stand-off delivery are good and the high speed low alt ingress have given way to medium altitude precision strike. Im not trying to be a smartass at all, I’m genuinely curious why you think this is a bad idea.

My ENJJPT experience with Italians was interesting. If the Germans, Dutch, or Norwegians offered an exchange UPT, I think it’d be fine. I only had student experience there so that’s pretty useless, but Italians didn’t seem to have their feces colocated like the other countries.

Black Panther was really good. It was super entertaining and very well made.

Are you a UPT guy or an FTU guy? And if you think CBRNE will be waived in your North Korea example, I think you may be mistaken.

My favorite one is when I see guys move the heading bug 1 degree when flying a PAR instead of just flying the airplane. Few things get me from 0 to seeing red faster than that.

Lead turn it as much as possible. If you have a POC out there (Flight CC ideally), reach out ASAP. Ideal situation is they push you back a few classes and move up other guys and there’s zero drama.

Time to activate these guys. https://politics.theonion.com/clinton-deploys-very-special-forces-to-iraq-1819565019/amp

SOS is honestly a nice break from the daily ops grind. You have to do next to no work and put in minimal effort to accomplish the work you actually do have to do. Caveat: I went through the 8 week version, had a pilot as a Flight CC, had 9/14 rated people in my flight, and the other 5 were super cool. YMMV.

Pronounce that “Gamble” and you’re golden.

Has the worldwide gouge that coffee makes you crap not reached the Viper community? Interesting. On deployment, immovable schedule item is the pre-Flight shit. All other events are subject to change except that. Any items that can enable a more regular and enjoyable constitutional would be welcome in a care package.

This is so not surprising to me. I can’t tell you how many opsec briefs I’ve sat through pre-deployment and then had squadron members (from FNG to leadership) posting the exact stuff we were just told to not post. The most egregious was a Major posting a picture of the globe with every place (ICAO ID’s) our community had been throughout the world over the last year and talking about how busy they’d been. The Commies don’t even have to try anymore. We’ll just give them the info eventually.

FFS they better not get rid of the green bag. I wear the damn multicam deployed and I’ve spent enough time doing that shit. Can I please look like a pilot and not some Army wannabe in the name of “joint” when home, please?

When was that? Those bush hats are pretty sweet.

Here’s my answer by proxy to your 3 sentence challenge above: 1. I’m a pilot. 2. You’re not and want to be. 3. We’ve offered advice and you’ve argued about it’s merits so fuck you. That succinct enough?

Did my God Damn Meat Sacks lose their Obama phones again?! They’re going to bed with no food stamps tonight and you better believe they’re saying an extra “Hail Bernie” before they sleep.

So I’ll pitch in with a possibly unpopular opinion that I guarantee will trigger Mark1, but the day to day sacrifice of deployments is exponentially worse on guys with kids than single dudes. I missed my wife’s birthday 4 years in a row, 3 Christmases, and a lot of other kid milestones (First steps, etc). Single guys missed Hangout Fest and the Star Wars premiere. I’m obviously exaggerating here, but when you said that, I was looking for my standardized eyeroll emoji.

If you’re still hoping to “rain hate”, you’d better hope to get #3-5 on that list. Also, if the Raptor is your #2, why not put the T-38A up higher? Genuinely curious.

I know you won’t lose money if your BAH goes down, but what about if you get promoted? My O-3 rate is going to be higher than my O-4 rate in a few months.

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/15/570810197/u-s-army-green-berets-accused-from-within-of-lowering-standards An unnamed SFQC cadre member wrote a letter talking about how the culture at the SFQC has changed to drive graduation numbers up instead of getting the right guy for the job. Pretty damning accusations that sound very similar to a lot of the complaints I hear from the UPT bros. I think the author(s) raise interesting points with not too much in the way of emotional grandstanding. Also, the response from the 2 Star is interesting in his defense of treating the objective measurements as diagnostics and not pass/fail events. Thoughts?

Schwartz. Back with the emphasis on masters degrees, the TAMI-21 saga, Blues Monday, etc that devastated the force long term. The people that flourished during his reign and guidance now have serious placement and access in the actual decision making portions of the chain.

For all the newbies watching this thread, find yourself an IP in the know on the U-28 as well if you’re looking for a sweet mission. If you’re wanting to fly a Raptor so you can show all those jerks from high school how cool you are now, then by all means go that direction. If you’re truly wanting to kill terrorists for God, Mom, and Apple Pie, give it a look.

Whatever you end up flying is the best job in the Air Force.