Sprkt69

He said they attempted, and the other services (namely Army) shot the bonus amount down ($70k)

An O-8 just briefed us that “we will produce our way out of the problem.” He also deflected questions about retention. So the AF has that going for it.

And officially the Aircrew Crisis Task Force has been renamed the Aircrew Task Force. No crisis around here fellas. That and the optics of a no-no word

Don’t forget the logistics associated with a relatively long, well kept, and paved runway required of those mentioned airframes. Also the extra fuel, parts, and base defenders.

A-7, Gripen or Scorpion...thought you wanted something that would not require a large logistical footprint. Or did I miss something

And built by Boeing, so will also need to be torn apart and rebuilt upon “acceptance”

Assuming a good enough number of LA purchased, I doubt it would have changed any behavior down range. However, I would say it would have some pros and cons. Pros, major cost savings. Especially if you forward deploy aircraft with ground units like it should be. Also it would have saved much of the fighter/bomber fleets in terms of wear and tear. Side bonus, if properly trained, forward deploying into a true joint environment would help repair the Army/Air Force relationship.Cons, higher risk of losing an aircraft/aircrew and the political fallout associated with that

In 2007, did you take into account TAMI21 and the near zeroing of 11F production in the name of reasons?

That’s not going to happen. Gotta get buy in from the sister services and there is no way the Army is going to agree.

Good news gentlemen, the pilot AFSCs will be separated for promotion boards. The bad news is that, according to HAF, pilots will have less people promoted to O-5 and above. Acquisitions will have the greatest increase because reasons. I hear the Guard/Reserves are hiring though. And the airlines

You mean like changing the whole 500 hrs thing to a flight position? Or is Holmes just moving some goal posts a little closer to make the numbers work?

“Synergy”

Was that ever the actual goal?

I think we have to bring you back to pep talk management

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/01/07/new-in-2019-is-this-the-year-the-air-force-fixes-the-pilot-crisis/ Short answer, no.

I can almost envision the <2G out relying on everything except kinetics to stay alive

The Frozen Middle will destroy all good ideas

Our current 4th Gen will not be properly SLEPd. Too many issues with age and patchwork fixes. Therefore you will spend way more trying to keep them running than purchasing new 4.5 Gen to do the missions F-35 is not required for. I’m not going to get into a “believe me cause I know stuff” argument since I probably fly the same stuff you do. I know, it’s difficult to understand long term funding in terms of man power and parts allocation or even flying hours. Just ask yourself, what is the cost associated with flying a 15/16 vs 35. If you really want to get into the weeds, go hang out with your maintenance as ask intelligent questions.

You do realize the operational cost benefit of purchasing new 4.5+ Gen aircraft have over bandaiding jets built in the 70s and 80s right? All fun and games until the next 4 Gen grounding over failed structure for an aircraft past service life. Or death of one of our bros

So we should get rid of our 4th Gen now instead of limping them along into the 2040s?

Big Blue does not care about heritage. Unless it involves a new uniform. Then they will be All In

The contract that was turned down for the next lot of Raptors would have brought that cost down quite a bit. That’s the Ghost of Ole St Gates affecting the present and future.

So is the Army. That should be a big red indicator too

If you want that change done quickly, allow the mission to fail (in training) or like mentioned above, make the pain be felt at a much higher level. This fight from the bottom up will only burn you out, make you bitter, and then go Guard. I once had a Vice Wing/CC tell me “I don’t want to hear about your problems, take care of them at your level.” It it would be nice if I got paid the salaries of all the other people whose jobs I’ve had to do over the years

This is exactly what I was thinking after reading that article. I’m sure there are Generals and Cols congratulating each other for fixing the fighter pilot problem. At least that is what their OPRs/awards will say