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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    On 4/10/2019 at 5:49 PM, Richard_Butte said:

    I guess I'm out of the loop...ADAIR doesn't go to raptors? I had heard sometimes you may get sent elsewhere but I didn't realize it turned into a full on "drop".

    Correct, no longer a guarantee.

     Still beats faip’ing imo, but they made the decision to stop providing the Raptor follow on months before these bros dropped in UPT and neglected to funnel that info appropriately.  These bros all thought they were going raptors until early this year...

    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    1 hour ago, Karnak said:

    On a slightly different note, how often do they run IFF out of Sheppard? Not too long ago I was reading about how backed up it was. So the folks with fighters from this last drop will they be in IFF with people who dropped from January or is it even worst than that?

    At Columbus an IFF class starts every month, I assume it's the same for Randolph and Sheppard.

    They only guys I know who waited more than a month to start IFF had pretty far out B course dates.

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    8 hours ago, tk1313 said:

    Serious question(s): Bad Wx and down jets can decide mission/airframe for the next 10 years for an AD stud?

    Or would you guys have sent more to -38's if you felt maybe 3 or 4 guys were much stronger swimmers than the rest?

    Pretty much...yeah it sucks.

    It has nothing to do with how capable a stud is. There's only a finite number of spots based on needs of USAF and how many the sqdrn can handle.

    Last class, that was 2AD. Ten classes ago, it was 6AD. Ten classes from now it'll be another random number. 

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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    On 4/11/2017 at 11:29 AM, takingamessage said:

    It's totally possible I have no idea what I'm talking about, but doesn't that seem like a low about of 38s for AD? Do these numbers reflect any studs being sent to Shepherd, or is it really just 2 guys got 38s and 16 got 1s? 

    Yes, only 2 AD studs got 38s. We went through an extended period of bad wx and sub par maintenance. That combined with higher numbers of 38 studs has led to the pipeline getting backed up.

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    On 3/28/2017 at 9:24 AM, Thor said:

    Does anyone know whether the students who dropped the 3 x U-28 and 2 x C-146 put those high on their wishlist? Just curious, thanks! 

    Everyone I know who has dropped a 146 or 28 typically had them pretty high on their list.

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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    15 minutes ago, Ulysses said:

    Are you saying this is an unusually large or small number for the current atmosphere, or "business as usual?"

     

    3-4 AD was pretty standard before FY17. Classes in 17 have all ranged from 5 to 8 (plus the occasional Shepard slot) depending on the number of internationals. 

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    1 hour ago, Dapper Dan Man said:

    Last CBM Track Select (Class 17-13, active duty only)

    3x T-38 CBM

    The 38 Squadron here at Columbus is stretched pretty thin right now. Maintenance has been sub par at best, combined with large classes...we're flying 7 days a week and still barely keeping to the timeline. Baby classes are going 20+ days (after hitting the flt line) without flying so senior classes can finish.

    Wouldn't be surprised to see classes tracking ~4 for a few months.

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    13 hours ago, Thor said:

    Any update from the drops tonight?

    CBM 17-04:

    38s:

    2 x F16 to Hollowman

    1 x F16 to Tucson

    (2 Iraqi F16s, 1 Saudi F15c)

    1 x A10 DM

    1 x T6 Faip

    1 x F22 Tyndall

     

    T1s:

    2 x C130J to Dyess

    T1 FAIP

    E3 Tinker

    2 x E8 Warner Robbins (1AD, 1ANG

    C17 West Virginia ANG

    C146 Duke

    CV22 Cannon

    C130J Yokota

    C5 Travis 

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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    3 hours ago, FlyinGrunt said:

    Why not toss out the whole T-6 side?  That's exactly how we used to do it at Corpus.

    Because at Shepard they don't compete for their Phase III assignment like the rest of the bases. Keeping the T6 side ensures accountability, otherwise you've got a recipe to breed a stud who slacks off in T6s because "it doesn't count anyway." Poor performers at Shepard should be punished, not rewarded....or just make em earn it like the rest of us.

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    8 hours ago, Sparkle said:

    Rumor has it that due to the transfers from other bases, T-6 scores here at Sheppard are going to be disregarded due to the difference in Syllabi... purely rumor at this point though.

    Really curious to know how that'll all work come drop night  with the SUPT transfers. Do they add a modifier to their T6 scores or just stratify them based on their 38 performance compared to the ENJJPT guys?

    Throwing out the T6 side for the whole class seems like a slap in the face to the studs who did well early on.

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    12 hours ago, JJF0012 said:

    How long can we expect these types of numbers? What's been typical in the past?

    It's a pendulum dude, always has been. A year ago 3-4 AD 38s was standard here at Columbus. Starting with 17-01 that number jumped to 5-7 per class plus the Shepard gig for some classes. 

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