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One thing is for sure...rated or not, some quality folks are going to be shown the door.

No hollow force here...move along.

Still being waged. Support functions are going to no longer be owned by the MAJCOM functionals if this goes through. This could get interesting. If you think support is bad now, I think it could get much worse. But, based on what I have heard, they have to do something to cut dollars.

Figure out what unit you are going to before you worry before you worry about QOL. If you stay at Bagram, it's a pretty easy life. There are several CE jobs that hub out of there that will have you shitting in a hole with the Army. Not going to list units on the website, so check with your UDM and ask around the squadron.

Well done. I agree that the band is of much higher value to the military than TIB.

I didn't really read that as offensive to Olds...more of a lamentation. You fellas sure are sensitive.

Nothing unexpected, but at least it is finally official...Hill is Ops 1. https://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123372814 https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/57213916-90/hill-amp-force-jets.html.csp

Well played!

Laws and politicians.

They fixed the glitch.

I don't fly in the Air Force, but I use my private certificate to travel often and I have two cents to share with you. If you decide to pursue serious instrument work, choose your instructor wisely. There are fine stick and rudder instructors out there who simply don't understand the IFR system and procedures, any many of them have very little experience in IMC. If they aren't comfortable flying a STAR and approach into a busy GA reliever in benign IMC, keep looking. I suspect UPT is the wrong place to unlearn bad habits. With that said, obviously basic attitude flying is important as well, but that really shouldn't need to be said.

I fly on the civilian side and have worked airspace in the past to include Powder River. There is a huge disconnect in what A3 tells these guys and what your local flers think. From the HQ perspective, there is no impact created by expanding MOAs because VFR pilots can still fly in the MOA and the AF freely uses this fact during the push to expand or create MOAs. Public comments are discounted and then your local squadron is left with the mess. Contrary to base encroachment issues, many of these ranchers have been flying their Cessna180 to check cattle for far longer than the MOA has existed. They aren't going to stop working just because the government ignored their public comments and created new SUA.

The reliance on technology is also a weakness. Some day some dude is going to launch with a compass and a clock to go find a target.

Many of the airfields that the herks use are only secured an hour prior to arrival. Security leaves after departure. There was a herk that broke in northeast Afghanistan once and they wanted to leave the bird on the "ramp" overnight...I had a hell of a time convincing them that the airplane would be in 10000 pieces and gone by morning if they left it without security.

They don't...they did the bare minimum to comply with the law. Keep your head down and don't ask questions.

I just checked the CAA legislation, and this requirement is written clear as day. Our government is out of control.

If you are set on the requirements that you listed, then active duty probably isn't for you. Ask about Guard or Reserve...I don't know much about them. Just a data point: I'm a CE officer. We move every 2-3 years. Deployments have been about 7 months out of every year, but that is improving rapidly with the drawdown. We were told to expect 6 months down range out of every 18-24 months once the drawdown is complete. My advice: worry about being 35 when you are 35. Family is awesome, but don't waste your life just waiting around for it to happen.

No.

Along the same lines, being a good dude doesn't make you incapable of assaulting a woman. I think that is what gets a lot of people in trouble...they just don't realize the evil that lies waiting for a drunk moment in a bad situation. I read the FOIA docs too, and I may not have gotten to a guilty vote, but I would bet money that something happened. I also love that everyone will throw out the accuser's statements, but are perfectly willing to accept the wife's statements without a second thought. She has more to lose than anyone in the case, and has every reason to lie. Not saying that she did, but just my experience from watching previous cases.

Ipad with foreflight is pretty nice. It reduced my chart subscriptions from $1000+/year to $75. The payback period is pretty quick even with the the new ipad. If you are willing to monkey with the software, the other android options might be worth a look. If you want to buy something and go fly a n hour later in IMC, buy an ipad...very few reliability issues as long as you keep it off of the glare shield.

I have no doubt that they have a model crunching numbers on it, but I really think most people who take the bonus are going to stay anyway. Full disclosure, I'm a 32E so I certainly don't have a good perspective on aircrew specific tools, but the CE community has conducted study after study that says bonuses are ineffective. People stay in until their family starts to break, and then they jump. For most people with their head in the right place, it doesn't matter if the bonus is $10K or $100K, you aren't going to leave your 5 year old for seven months for the fifth year in a row. For people who are really focused on earning big money, $25K is chump change...go find a job doing something lucrative, because flying isn't ever going to make you rich.

Come on, the bonus is a perk, not an "incentive", and none of you guys are going to leave over the bonus not being increased. If you really hate your job as much as you guys talk about, then the difference between $25K and $35K should be negligible. If the money is really what you are after, quit being a puss and go get a job where you can be compensated for your performance and make some real money. Everybody talks a big game about leaving, but the reality is half of you are scared to leave because in your heart you know that you are compensated pretty damn well with relatively good stability and benefits to fly some cool jets despite all of the mother blue BS.

This keeps getting better and better! https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/us/politics/hagel-to-open-review-of-sexual-assault-case.html

Tough to say...he was convicted by five of his peers.

AETC will be keeping blues Monday per commanders briefing this morning. I haven't seen an actual policy letter.