Everything posted by Breckey
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Interview about UPT and IFF
Did you ask him if you could get a flight in the back of an F-15?
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Air Force awards contract for new helicopters to guard nukes MH-139
I'm a one man wolfpack
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
No this was at Al Asad.
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Air Force awards contract for new helicopters to guard nukes MH-139
The name is way less cool then the speculation alludes to. It'll be released on Thursday.
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
Was this just a few weeks ago? It was a great MISREP to read for our guys to get their "combat save"
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Investment showdown -- beyond the Roth, SDP, & TSP
My recommendation would be to do everything you can to max out your Roth TSP while your home-station. DFAS limits Roth TSP contributions at 65% since they don't know your in a combat zone and leave some of your pay for taxes. Once you start getting the CZTE then max out the Traditional to as high as you can muster (I did 100%). These will be noted under the "TSP Exempt" section of your LES. Once keep the high Traditional TSP the entire deployment and only switch back to the Roth once you get back home. This way you will have as much in the TSP tax free as you can.
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Commanders are dropping like flies this year
I just use the city-pair rate for the places I'm visiting and buy my own tickets.
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A Toast in Remembrance of the Fallen...
Link to article He gave a talk when I was at the Academy. He made the break call over Guard on the PRC-90 and he made the joke that every aircraft within 50 miles broke and released flares. The Iraqis that we're about to capture him shot their rifles when he reached in his vest to grab the radio but since they were all terrible shots he was unscathed. A toast....
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Care Packages to Afghan/Iraq
You can Prime a case of monster or other energy drinks to any APO with free shipping. They were very well received.
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Combat Controller Lost in Gulf Near Hurlburt
Other open source reports mention the reserve chute deploying in the aircraft.
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More Uniform Changes!
- More Uniform Changes!
CWAS is authorized in the 2903 so your AFE Chief can pound sand. We wear rank on the name tag as above. Winter time is the best because I always wear a beanie and nobody knows what rank I am.- B-17 crash at Bradley Intl
Well nevermind then.- B-17 crash at Bradley Intl
Based on what I read 3 of the 4 engines had 0 hours since overhaul, which seems weird that they would have passengers on the first flight after an engine overhaul.- UFO thread
If anybody not read in saw something like this they'd think it was a UFO as well https://media.defense.gov/2003/Jul/15/2000598382/780/780/0/030715-O-9999E-001.JPG- ADS-B
Especially when spotters can track tanker bridges and ISR orbits and tweet them in real time. https://theaviationist.com/2018/04/14/everything-we-know-and-no-one-has-said-so-far-about-the-first-waves-of-air-strikes-on-syria/- Commanders are dropping like flies this year
The comments may be at either extreme but the survey results were in the shitter. When 25% or the squadron is giving a 1 on many areas there's a problem.- Commanders are dropping like flies this year
I am actually quite impressed by the DEOCS results. CCs always say that the results are anonymous and if the format given is what is produced then that it quite reassuring. Unless you give personally identifiable information on the comments there isn't anything linking you to the comment. Also it shows how effective well written criticism is in highlighting issues in the unit that a 1-5 point scale can't identify.- Commanders are dropping like flies this year
He is literally the worst person that I or anyone else have ever worked for. He is a self serving sycophant who would do anything to make himself look good in front of others at the expense of his subordinates. I'll send more personal stories in a PM if people want. P.S. his WPS callsign is LIMBO because they couldn't set the bar any lower.- Commanders are dropping like flies this year
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Col. Daniel P. Walls, 23d Wing commander, relieved Lt. Col. Scott Rein from command of the 41st Rescue Squadron, Sept. 23, 2019, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. After careful consideration, the decision to relieve the commander was made based on a loss of confidence in his ability to lead and command. Lt. Col. Chad Kohout is currently serving as interim commander of the unit. About time- Good military/aviation books
Bury Us Upside Down is a great book about the history of the MISTY FACs in Vietnam. None Braver is about the early OEF PR support and was ok. As with most things it focused far too much on the PJs but it a good job taking about how we postured PR in the first 6-9 months of the war.- What's wrong with the Air Force?
Do you also tuck in your 2 piece top when you don't wear armor and sanitize at home station?- NVIS filter for EFB?
And it has my CHUMd low level charts with a moving map so I can be a child of the magenta line- NVIS filter for EFB?
Same here. I wear it on my knee but turning down the brightness works for both ForeFlight moving map, instrument plates, and PDF documents in GoodReader. I can tell there is a screen there when I look directly at it but it does not cause blooming. I don't know if the canopy reflection in the Viper would be an issue.- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- More Uniform Changes!