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In 04 I was lead in a flight of AH-64's flying back from Ft Drum. I thought it would be cool to take the VFR corridor through NY. I was surprised and appalled by what I heard on the radio. I guess no of the many helios there though were monitoring the freq. But amount of disdain and pure venom caught me off guard. I waited until I had heard enough then I reported my point and let them know we had been monitoring the whole time. The rat F*&ks didn't say another word until we checked off.
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On a PCS move from NC, we stopped over at Ft Knox. My wife’s car was 14 days past registration and I told the gate Nazi's situation. When she pulled in the search lane, they acted as if I told them nothing. Began to give her a rash. I tried to come over and help and was told that I better get back to my vehicle. Have you ever seen one of those bad cop movies where you say "that stuff never happens"? That is the way the whole thing was going down. Those guys were more than willing to pull their piece on me in front of my kids. I backed off and they finally let her through. I called the PM and talked to some friends, turns out we were lucky. I had one friend from the base that has had to go pick up soldiers in cuffs for not having their INS card or vehicle registration. Unbelievable. Nothing like a GS5 with a gun.
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WASHINGTON - A top executive at Lockheed Martin Corp. indicated Tuesday that it has accepted the Pentagon's proposal to cap production of the defense contractor's F-22 fighter jet, the latest sign the job-heavy program may not be revived.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has proposed that the Pentagon buy 187 of the planes, short of the 20 to 60 more that Lockheed and its supporters in Congress had hoped for. The Gates plan was endorsed last week by to Air Force officials, who previously pushed hard for many more of the technologically advanced but costly planes.
As lead contractor on the jets that cost $140 million each, Lockheed has warned in a public relations blitz that capping the F-22 could lead to up to 25,000 job losses at the company and other suppliers working on the program. The F-22 assembly line at Lockheed's Marietta, Ga., aircraft plant likely will turn out the last plane in 2012 if Gates' plan, which must be approved by Congress, goes into effect.
Lockheed Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner said in an investor call that the company has lobbied on the issue, but the Pentagon is "completely aligned on this matter from top to bottom."
"We are disappointed by the decisions, but we will accept those and go on," Tanner said.
Tanner's statements came as Lockheed reported first-quarter earnings, which dipped nearly 9 percent on higher pension costs. Still, shares of Bethesda, Md.-based company added 31 cents to $76.04 Tuesday.
For Lockheed, Gates' proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year would have mixed results and could have a big impact on jobs at company plants in New York and Georgia.
Along with the F-22, the company would lose a big contract to build new helicopters for the president and the chance to bid for a long-delayed contract for helicopters designed to rescue downed pilots. But other Lockheed programs would receive boosts, including plans to accelerate the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet and buy more warships that can sail in shallow waters.
Tanner said potential job losses at Marietta, which employs about 2,000 workers, could be reduced by shifting workers to other aircraft projects at the plant, including the C-130J cargo plane. Some work on the F-35, now done primarily at Lockheed's Fort Worth, Texas, factory, also could be shifted to Georgia.
A spokeswoman for Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss said he would still push for 60 more F-22s despite gathering support for Gates' plan.
Less clear is what would happen to Lockheed workers at the company's helicopter facility in Owego, N.Y. Tanner said there were no other programs that could mitigate the potential loss of work on the presidential and rescue helicopters. Without those, there will likely be some "near term" reductions in the plant's work force, he said.
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I just always kind of figure the people behind can deal with it. Although, I have seen some people with those armbands that hold your ID visible on your arm... may make for easier access(sts)?
I bought one of the arm bands mentioned. $10 and it works great.
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That's not a TDY, that's a felony-length sentence.
Alright, you guys kille me with all this "How bad the Deid" is. I went there for my time to chunk the CAOC monkey. It was a blast. You could go off base every night. 3 beers a day, yeah right. The tenders who were also CPTs. Every day at the swiming pool. AND combat pay! Spa for Army for an Army guy.
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Chain gun motivation
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Can't wait to see the T-WOT medal!
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"Did you fly this in"
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It's b/c we didn't send in Doug Master's...christ he took on an entire Middle Eastern country and got out with out a scratch. Just give him the old Hades and he'll take care of India.
I will take your Doug Master's (who at least had good taste in music) and give you Jake Preston. I will even throw in a skanky Sean Young so you can have the matching set.
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Wow is all I've got to say...well, maybe get your fvckin' head examined as well, to all those wanting to xfer when they've got a pilot slot w/the AF already. If you really think life/opportunities could be that much better in the Army, do this- finish UPT, spend a little time in your new unit, then volunteer for the first ILO deployment(they're calling them JET deployments now I guess) you see in all the DPARobot emails you'll receive daily. Spend 7 1/2 months throwing on another services uniform and 80+ lbs of body armor, weapons, and ammo daily to go do a job that the other service wasn't exactly truthful on what it entailed and provided 3 weeks of piss poor training to teach you how to do. You'll wake up everyday of that deployment thanking yourself that you had the common to sense to join the AF instead of the Army. I didn't volunteer to go do my deployment, but it sure did make me see how MUCH better we've got it. There were alot of guys I worked with who were on their 4th 1 year tour in the past 7 years. What sort of life is that?
All one persons point of view I guess. I was an Apache pilot doing all that field work. Now I am a FW pilot flying VIPS around and spending most of my time being an Army guy living the AF life. Truth is I miss the dirty work. Some of us don't do things because they are easy. We do them because they are hard make lesser individuals wine like a turbine. It also depends on why you are joining. If it is simple to be a pilot, the AF is better for sure. If it is to be a warrior, USMC or Army.
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I wonder if she will get pissed if you have sex with another bot? I hear the next upgrade will have a GPS so that she can tell you that you are going the wrong way.
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I don't like where this is going. Next they want to control the check book and have an never ending list of honey do's.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465844,00.html
VC-25 (AF One) and F-16s do some sightseeing...
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Lots of snide remarks about what we are doing here what we thought we were doing. I waited until one guy called us a Cobra. I then came on with a check in for the report point and said by the way, we are Apaches. Lots of silence after that. Being low level rotor scum I thought they would have a military background. Not so.