08Dawg

Holy thread revival, Batman!

Looks like the Strike Eagles are hurting for back enders...

Even further complicating the issue is that most of the 11Bs who do go reserves are min-participating TRs and fly their 737 or A320 more than a Buff or Bone. Good on them, but bad on us for not doing what's necessary to make it worth their while to stick around on a more full-time basis. I know the AFPC functional, and I trust his intentions are good. The intent isn't being met at the OG level. We had two inbound instructors picked off for other on-base assignments just recently. FTU Priority 1, right? Not so much, it seems...

The 11B exodus to fill white jet cockpits has already begun with no sign that it's getting better. Our line squadrons and FTU are already feeling the resultant pinch. All those guys were ACs six months to a year from IP upgrade, and now they're gone. The Buff FTU is getting a T-1 FAIP and a new UPT T-1 grad in our next class, so it seems Chang's nefarious plan is already in motion.

Dude, without sounding like a downer....Air Force medical has a stick up their collective asses about migraines. We just had to drop a guy from the Buff FTU for nausea-induced migraines, and even though he'd never gotten them in anything other than the Buff (nothing during IFT or UCT) they DQ'd him from ALL flying. Just be aware, you may have a hard fight on your hands, AF SG's screw up or not. Good luck!

Although, this helped two of our guys (both good dudes who should've made it before) make it one above this year. Having two boards in a calendar year tells me we're hurting for majors, so IMHO this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I'm not even saying I have an issue with it. Just saying that it kinda struck a nerve with some crewdogs in the Buff community. But yay, heritage...

No we don't, but it IS a bomber that will be crewed by some of the same crewdogs that had friends on RAIDR 21. Just saying that some have said it hits close to home.

I know there's a segment of the Buff community that does not feel the same way. Some say it looks like Big Blue has no SA and that they tagged an aircraft with the same callsign as a jet that crashed and took the lives of six men with it.

Yup, got a thumbs down about a week ago.

Alright, got one of my Minot brothers looking for it. I'll let you know what he finds.

I'll get in touch with some Minot bros. I haven't seen it floating around Barksdale, but the northern tier bubbas seem to have them periodically.

Like stay the hell out of Southern California...

The fact that we're even having this conversation and that this thread has gotten to three pages a) frankly terrifies me and b) really makes me shake my head about the sad state of affairs we've gotten into lately.

And here I thought queep was about to go away....color me not surprised that they found a way to make SOS in correspondence even more painful than it already was.

Dude, I did one night of cramming for the AFOQT, took it, and my PCSM went from a 55 to an 89. Pilot score went from a 65 to a 92. I'd do a little studying and go rage through it. I'm sure you'd do fine.

I know of one, maybe two very crusty, very senior Lt Col Buff IRs that would even begin to know how to do this. We as a community don't have the equipment or the knowledge. That being said...Laser ring INUs have made this more or less obsolescent. I don't need a GPS to be accurate.

Notifications for the 913th at Little Rock and the 179th at Mansfield are out as of this week.

Two Major's boards in one year....maybe all those VSPs/RIFs/etc weren't such a good idea, huh?

Make sure you're checking out guardreservejobs.com Lots of postings on there for various units.

Last bomber actually shot down was probably one of the D-model Buffs going into downtown Hanoi during Linebacker II. I know of at least one G model that took an SA-2 hit during Desert Storm, but the crew and jet made it home.

Welcome. Why don't you tell us about yourself?

Anybody hear back on this one?

B-52H Ops Tempo/Deployment- Stable. 18 months home station, 6 deployed, although with the Buff now back in the fight against ISIS this paradigm might change. Deployments have been to Guam alone for the past decade. A generation of Buff guys grew up knowing nothing but golf, scuba diving and snorkeling as their "deployments". What the future holds remains to be seen. In an Ops unit, if you're at KBAD you can expect to see Minot twice a year for STRATCOM exercises. Throw in an occasional Red Flag and 30 hour round trip flight to some far off corner of the globe and that pretty much completes your sight picture. Morale- not bad and getting better. Leadership varied wildly by squadron and wing, and I've seen the worst and the best. Small community, so you get to know each other pretty well. Getting back into the fight has done a lot to give some of the queep some meaning. I'd say it's also pretty family friendly. Work days are what you make them. Some people pull 8-5 and do fine, while others live to work. YMMV. Advancement- if you want to advance in the Buff, you're pretty much destined for WIC. The pilot portion of the community is currently getting pillaged to backfill all the 11F white jet slots so if that's your cup of tea, chances are good. Airframe outlook- Boeing says we've got longevity into the mid 2040s. Like our Bone brethren, we're going through a fleet-wide upgrade called CONECT which is really beefing up our communications and giving us data link capability. A new radar and possibly new engines are on the horizon . Location- do you want to melt in the summer or freeze in the winter? Louisiana or North Dakota are your two options.