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16 hours ago, Danger41 said:
Does “wife bitching” and “it’s Del Rio” count as hardship?
medical and educational needs do. I've got a kiddo who is EFMP so it was pretty easy, however I just phrased my application for the secretarial waiver as "familial and community support is available at X location but not Y location." Since Del Rio is remotely located with very little medical and educational support, you might be able to swing that. You may need to delve into some specifics though.
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1 hour ago, Moley said:
Please tell me 02-14 had some kind of epic friday patch that offset the kool-aid drinking nerdiness of that patch.
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creatine is on flight med's no-no list, will it show up on blood work, unknown, but probably better to err on the side of caution.
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On 1/13/2024 at 3:09 PM, flyguyinthesky said:
I'm only really interested in fighters
You do not want to go active duty then. The majority of active UPT students will NOT fly fighters, it's as simple as that. In classes of 24-26 students, 5-7 at most will go -38s and most classes have at least a couple guard/reserve students who must track -38s. Your odds are marginal, even if you're an above average student.
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On 2/16/2023 at 6:44 AM, ClearedHot said:
Anyone else ride?
Trying to ramp back up for a century on my birthday.
My Litespeed with a great Shimano setup.
@ClearedHot Emerald Coast area? I'm headed to staff at hurbie in a few months, looking for info on riding groups/good routes, etc
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16 hours ago, Anon1 said:
If you want to pretend to be to be tactical despite the reality of the modern fight then go for it. If you want to pretend to be an airland bubba and take 2 days and 12 hrs to fly someplace it takes a c-17 1 day and 6 hours to get after it.
Perhaps my timing for entry into this community was bad, but it's left me uninspired. If you want to actually fly your ass off, see the world, and do something other than drop training bundles or army dudes once in a blue moon then I can't recommend.
This isn't new. When Dream On and I were baby FPs the story was the same. I cannot tell you how many senior folks told me, "### threat? We won't even take off if it is active." It is on you to develop yourself into someone who understands the bigger fight and how the 130 will be involved. From the AFSOC side of the house, I promise you it will be and AFSOC doesn't have the MCs to go it alone without the slicks. Be the FP who is in the vault, reading and prepping. Its not glamorous, hell, many days it won't be fun, but you'll start to set yourself apart and you may find yourself flying a bit more because you make yourself stand out as the dude who is trying to challenge themselves and those around them. Ask your ACs and IPs to incorporate more difficult threat scenarios, find your local patch and see if they can help, or at least point you in the right direction. If you are uninspired, then find or make your inspiration, if you are waiting for someone else to do it, you have a lifetime of disappointment ahead of you.
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19 hours ago, stickshakergoaround said:
Just finished 2.5, I flew with nearly every IP in both squadrons in T6's and never the same IP more than three times in T1's. Pretty frustrating at first with a lot of tech-cedure being taught, but overall I didn't have a super hard time with it. The expanse of perspectives was definitely helpful in a lot of ways. Most IPs I flew with, especially in T1onderland, were super cool about telling you how they like to do certain things but allowing you to accomplish it how you wanted to (if you had already started to develop certain habit patterns etc).
In 50 sorties you flew with 120-140 IPs? How many AT, 88, 89 sorties did you have?
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On 4/27/2023 at 3:51 PM, skibum said:
Not sure I fully agree based on research. Got my PhD with a dissertation in predicting pilot training performance. Lot's of research, including my own findings, revealed use of computer-based simulation had a correlation with improved UPT performance. It's a similar correlation (although not as strong) as overall flight hours entering UPT. Can there be negative transfer? Sure, but generally it was beneficial. If you want to turn over every rock to make your dream come true, it is likely to help. Personally, I'd spend the cash on strippers and whiskey but that's just how I roll...
Perhaps I should have further elaborated. There is absolutely value in training via a simulator, and it *could* aid in significant performance improvement in UPT. The caveat is exactly what Pooter is discussing above, it must be used in a focused, methodical manner involving some sort of curriculum. Simply playing around and doing barrel rolls and loops in a VR sim is useless, I watch students do it constantly each day in the squadron. I see students screw around for an hour in the VR sims supposedly rehearing a formation sortie only to royally bomb the sortie the next morning. However when another IP or I sits next to them and talks them through training goals, forces them to set up properly and rehearse, and hold them to performance goals, there is noticed improvement in their performance in the aircraft.
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Generally, a waste of money from a training standpoint. Prior to UPT it would have limited value. You may be able to practice maneuvers, but without knowledge of standards and techniques you'll be expected to perform under during UPT, the training is negligible at best, negative at worst. Once you begin UPT you will have nearly unlimited access to exactly this type of set up. At Vance there is a lab in each squadron with multiple VR simulators and each flight room has one of their own. You will be encouraged to use it as much a possible. As far as having one a home, you will be better off just reading the pubs, working out, and getting a good nights sleep.
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hope so, I'd love to see an American GC contender at the grand tours, but a 5 stage Oman win is a far cry from 3 weeks of pain in the tour/vuelta/giro. Hopefully Movistar will give him support, the only other name on their squad this year is Enric Mas.
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They are both internet blowhards attempting to make a name for themselves by throwing shit on the wall and seeing what sticks, over the bodies of people's friends and loved ones. Jumping the gun, bad guesses, they cover all the bases of poor incident investigation.
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3 hours ago, viper154 said:
As someone that was informed today they are heading to teach T-6s this winter, what’s the current T-6 IP life like? I’ve heard rumors soul crushing trip turns etc. Also, with the new syllabus, are all IPs still flying/teaching form, or just 11F/T38 trained dudes?
Trying to set my expectations, I’ve made the last rank I will likely see, I could care less about OPR bullets or the rack and stack, hoping to add some more IP time to the resume before I GTFO, maybe even teach a thing or two to the youngins.
If you’re headed to Vance, msg me and I’ll be happy to chat
Everyone teaches form.
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I've seen a lot of follow-on promises in 13 years...take guesses as to how many actually came true, I'll wait.
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Vance still does a Friday winging/grad ceremony. The dinner/banquet has been dead due to covid, there were rumors of it coming back, those have died again.
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32 minutes ago, benfng said:
Just got some short notice UPT dates for Laughlin. If anyone is currently there I would love to discuss the current state of UPT, ROM expectations for this winter and lodging for accompanied members. For reference I'm a guard 135 guy who will be PCSing with my wife and dogs in mid September.
As a broad discussion:
How many hours are students currently expecting to get during UPT (2.5?)
If I hold a single engine CPL, what PIC time can I log during T-6s (Only solo time?)
Any advice/study guides I should familiarize myself with prior to arrival?
Thanks!
~100 hours in T-6s, around an additional 40 in the T-1.
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2 hours ago, brabus said:
I did hear a rumor that this batch of 2.5 will be the last going to fighters (because the length of training is the same as normal UPT, doesn’t really buy much), but they may continue this type of program for crew-bound aircraft. My question there is how do they know who’s going where outside of the ARC guys.
I say leverage the technology and teaching technique improvements, but do not cut the overall syllabus/length of training short. Just update how you train them (and no, I don’t mean cut a shitload of flying for sims)
at least for fighters, the syllabus is longer, 96 hours in the T-6 versus the 60ish they got in the legacy syllabus plus a full T-38 syllabus
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7 hours ago, dream big said:
Said feedback probably reviewed by MG Wills, the sales pitch guy for this disaster. Love the guy, he’s one of the few GOs willing to engage with peons like us; but he’s a company man in this race to the bottom. I’ll go out on a limb and say China doesn’t shortchange it’s training for expediency. Standing by spears.
Feedback was first person direct to me, a T-6 ip who trained them, so I could make changes for subsequent classes.
Still tiny sample sizes, but so far, they are certainly no worse than what we put through before
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FWIW, the first UPT 2.5 class hasn’t even showed at the FTUs yet, the initial T-1 studs just dropped 2 weeks ago, the -38 studs still have several months.
Initial feedback from the T-1 and T-38 IPs is that the stick and rudder skills are comparable to legacy syllabus students, but critical thinking/contingency analysis, inflight adaptation are better than they’re used to seeing.
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On 1/29/2021 at 11:13 PM, Motofalcon said:
Speaking of stress and flying training - I’m not on the facebooks, but I recently heard of a video from either AETC or 19AF that was “selling” the new UPT program/mentality/mindset that was low/zero stress, to include the phrase “no more helmet fires!”
You guys/gals seen it? I’ve heard the page is full of comments calling BS for all the same reasons above and that stress in training is important...
Things like this make me think having a Facebook would be worth it, but I still haven’t pulled the trigger - Maybe it’s time...
My student yesterday would probably attest that even in upt 2.5, stress is plentiful and raging helmet fires are still very normal, though I’m not sure if he’s landed yet, considering how far behind the plane he was.
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10 hours ago, Steve Davies said:
Anyone know whether there is a viewing area at Mildenhall. Tried to find one today, but the old one seems to have been removed.
There are several, the primary one is next to one of the campsites in west row, was still open when I left 20 days ago
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🍺 a toast...
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I’ll dissent on the Massifs, they are different, not better. The fabric is good, the sizing And fit is atrocious, I’ll go back to the bag happily. They nailed it on the jackets, but the flight suits are no improvement.
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4 hours ago, MCO said:
I think the MAF is behind the CAF because the MAF refuses to take a risk, and has extra time on its hands not studying in a vault and uses it worrying about how to make general instead of be a good pilot.
This is it right here. As a Lt, I went to red flag and saw fellow Lts flying fighters be more or less get locked in the vault for 12 hours, my intro to 130s was the sq/cc asking if I had completed my masters yet, and then scolding me because I hadn’t even started it.
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On 2/14/2020 at 6:04 PM, Runr6730 said:
RAF Mildenhall closing date pushed back to 2027.
https://www.forces.net/news/raf-mildenhall-closure-delayed-until-least-2027
Add another 5-10 years at a minimum
Unsolicited T-1 Replacement Proposal
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by yzl337
There is 0% of this happening without a serious increase in the T-7 purchase. Unless we accept a massive cut in pilot production, the tails simply won't exist for our current or desired (1500/yr) levels of production. Replacing 500 -38s with ~350 T-7s, that math just won't math.
T-6 direct, as much as I don't like it, is probably the way of the future for MAF/SOF pilots. The redbird sims they are using instead of the T-1s are not the answer without serious improvements, and the T-38 community has neither the IPs nor the airframes to absorb the increased student numbers.
Reading over the feedback from some of the T-6 direct students already in the FTU pipelines, the product isn't appreciably different from what they were getting before. There are some adjustments that must be made from getting even greener UPT grads than before, but nothing that can't be overcome.