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    The Congressman is back yo

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    A friend of mine is at some training where an O-5 from a UPT base was discussing the pilot retention problem. It was said that the idea is to triple training throughout, but jets are broken and have been for awhile, and there aren't enough IP's to go around. He said that there is no way the Air Force can recover from the pilot shortfall with the UPT pipeline being broken/slow, to which end he used the words "stop loss."

    What kind of picture has been painted for congressional leadership on how bad the impending pilot shortage is, and what is actually being proposed to counter it? Is stop loss actually on the table as a "fix" to this problem?


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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    Hate to say it right now at McChord we are so busy that few first assignment guys are even able to be "protected". We just finished our busiest year in 7 years with one less squadron and the other squadrons that are 25-30% smaller than they've ever been. If you are an airland guy you are getting crushed with missions, we have brand new copilots that are getting 600-700 hours in thier first six months. Aidrop guys aren't flying missions as much but are doing homestation JA/ATTs, and spending 1-2 weeks a month at Pope, Basic Airborne or exercises. Also Airdrop guys are looking at more ground deployments (MPC or CAOC) since they all require airdrop quals.


    Welcome to AMC. I had 800 hours in 9.5 months my first year at TCM with 280 days TDY, most of it across the pond. Turned around the next year for CPAD, deployed for 120 and airdropped my face off.

    You're in a good place, trust me. Make the most of it and you will have doors open for you when you need them to.


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    KC-10 Extender info

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    from reddit:

    "Hi everyone, active duty KC-10 Boom Operator with direct information. The aircraft had the boom gimble (attachment point of the boom to the fuselage) replaced a few weeks ago. Two days prior to this incident, a boom operator instructor experienced uncommanded boom inputs. The boom became erratic and hydraulic power was quickly cut and the boom was stowed. MX could not duplicate the issue on the ground, ran some ops checks, and the jet was greened up.

    Yesterday, as the jet entered it's orbit, the boom was lowered and immediately became uncontrollable. It was swinging beyond it's roll limitations and eventually ripped from the aircraft, causing a loss of the number 2 hydro system. The crew landed safely."



    I'd advise anyone reading this that the SIB and AIB are charged with gathering ALL the facts.


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    F-16s collide at Nellis

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    It's THEY'RE, and you're wrong.  The 24 hr status msg/ one-liner will state nothing more than the facts.  On ### 2 F-16s collided on rwy, acft destroyed (or whatever the status of the aircraft is), 1 crew injured"  (or whatever they can fit in the twitter-length one-liner character limit).

    The one-liner is not privilege information, so it shouldn't contain anything other than facts.  The SIB or ISB will release the 24 hr status msg, which contains nothing more than a verbose version of the one-liner, and after that each status msg (10-day and 30-day) will be approved for release by the owning NAF (for a Class B) or the MAJCOM (for a Class A). 

    In the near recent past, any Class A involving CAF assets has been investigated by ACC, regardless of AFRC or ANG status of the mishap unit(s). 

    Having been on a couple ISB's now, I can say that command post may take liberties with their initial message release. If it isn't being screened by an FSO (it definitely should be), there may very well be some privileged info in it.

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