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reads like a carbon copy of what we sent up from Vance to 19AF in 2021-22...we/they, have learned absolutely nothing during the PTN/UPT2.5/FUPT boondoggle. I was a convert in the early days of 2.5, the syllabus wasn't perfect, but it was working. This looks to be headed toward monumental failure.

my ADSC was up right when the world was exploding from covid, everything locked down, hiring paused...that plus a kid with significant medical bills and I loved my job at the time (T-6 IP), I decided to stick around. It was a mistake.

no one said that, the T-38 is treated as a drop now, they'll get a second one upon -38 completion.

AFSOC follows SOCOM's directed family days, which have always been specified like global strike is doing and in compliance, I don't expect anything to change....but I've been wrong before.

All the T-6As at UCT are Air Force.

Wish I had land, but here in NW FL lucky enough to have a really nice range/training facility fairly close. Wish the membership was a bit cheaper but plenty of space for members and I can practice pretty much unbothered. Also have a small indoor range only a couple minutes from my house.

Just RQS

I'm old and grumpy, get off my lawn! Yes, my bad, I still can't get the new names to stick in my brain

SLAPP? Not sure if you guys renamed him

At the moment Ospreys only drop from Rucker, that said, the community is undergoing tremendous change right now, who knows what is possible. While its a super cool airframe, it is one I would avoid right now. There is so much uncertainty and so few flying hours to go around, I cannot imagine it will be a healthy place for the young pilot development until it stabilizes.

best part of the day, every day, bringing up that fact in every single forgen discussion. It's fine though, we'll ride this burning train off the cliff, then leadership will look around and ask again "where'd everyone go?"

not many, but they've never completely stopped, there were 1-2 a year during my recent time at Vance.

Wouldn't be the first platform utilizing the PT6 to have chip light and oil contamination issues, still not uncommon in the T-6, even years after the prop sleeve touchdown issues was solved.

my first year and half; I flew between 7-10 times a week, one cross country a month, sometimes two while I was in the squadron. Adding in Ops Sup and SOF duties, I cut that slightly, usually for 1 SOF shift and 1 Sup shift a week, sometimes more once I was running both programs. As an attached flyer up at the wing I generally flew 5-6 times week and only a handful of cross countries a year. Workday was generally 10 hours minimum, 12s were pretty common. Even with all the flying and work I never missed a parent teacher meeting/practice/or school assembly and was home by dinner most nights and weekends. I would do the job again in a heartbeat. It can be a bit of a merciless grind, but the T-6 is ridiculously fun to fly and teaching the students and mentoring FAIPS made for one of the most rewarding jobs I've ever had. I was feeling very similar after a decade of being on the road. The locations can be a bit of a challenge, particularly for family, job prospects and schools can be a challenge in those towns, but its workable IMO.