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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    2 minutes ago, innovator said:

     

    Ulysses is correct. They were both non-recs.

    Alright, I am gonna bitch. Despite what the bigwigs say, both of those 17s were taken from the T-1 pool of assignments. The outcome: those two T-38 students were "saved" from a bomber and in return two of the T-1 students that wanted C-17s got hosed.

    Is this fair? I don't know. I will say that if you are going to play ball with the T-38s and want to compete for fighters, you must be ready to face the outcome if you don't perform well. Getting "rewarded" with C-17s (that T-1 students were competing for) is not justified after going to multiple 89s.  

    Sorry for the rant guys. 

    Is there essentially no way to fly bombers then? I was under the same impression as Ulysses - if you're non-rec'd in 38s you get a bomber.  I know bombers are supposed to drop from tones now, but the DLF buff (I know the guy) is a mil-mil to a buff CSO. 

    What do guys do who want bombers?

    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    19 minutes ago, Rooster said:

    CBM 17-06

    38s:

    1 x F22 TY

    1 x F15E SJ

    1 x A10 DM

    1 x T6 Faip 

    3 x F16 to Kelly 

     

    Showed up late and didn't catch the whole T1 side. I'll update as I hear it

    AC130

    KC10 Mcguire 

    C17 McChord 

    T1 FAIP

    T6 FAIP

    C146 Duke 

    KC135 BHM

     

    Were the 3 F-16s to Kelly all Texas ANG guys or is Kelly being used to train active guys, too?

    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    12 hours ago, Inertia17 said:

    DLF 17-05:

    38s:

    2 x F-16

    F-15E

    A-10

    B-52

    T-6 FAIP

    Was the B-52 a special case?  Asking because earlier someone mentioned T-38s going solely to fighters unless specifically rec'd not to.  Good drop!

    Also 2 U-28s, a CV-22, and MC-130 from tones... is AFSOC needing pilots for these?  I'm not sure whether or not it's unusual to have 4 spec ops drops.  Thanks!

    Time for the US to leave NATO?

    in Read File

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    23 minutes ago, Clark Griswold said:

    A Quora thread on the subject with several posters stating they are from Germany and their responses:

    https://www.quora.com/How-can-Germany-spend-so-little-on-defense-thus-rely-on-the-United-States-and-NATO-treaties-for-defending-them

    I notice that some of these answers are from 2014 or so, but with that in mind: there was one comment about a guy not being concerned about Russia invading Germany... Obviously, Putin is not going to invade Germany.  The same comment goes on to imply that Germany doesn't have any enemies or threats.  Given that this has, as we've recently seen, changed, I'd love to see whether they're mindset has changed.

    On a related note, one guy mentioned something about collective security for the European countries in NATO being a reason that cost is more spread out (and, thus, they don't pay the required, what is it, 2% of GDP?). Maybe I just have a different mindset, and that's completely plausible, but in my opinion, if I'd witnessed Putin's actions in Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and Georgia (few years back), combined with the recent terror attacks, I'd be very inclined to increase monetary support for the good of collective security.

    Time for the US to leave NATO?

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    As a rather ill-informed and graduating cadet, what's the feasibility of Trump's idea to essentially call-out and somehow penalize NATO members who don't pull their weight?  As already mentioned, there are some countries (essentially all of the Baltics, Poland, etc) who do pull their weight and really, really benefit from NATO.  I had a great opportunity to study in Latvia and Lithuania, and really the one thing that helps those citizens more of less overcome the fear of Russian aggression is NATO.  I'm not really sure about the implications of becoming an associate member, so would any of you mind shedding more light on the pros/cons of that option? I'll read these articles in the meantime.  Thanks!

    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

    in General Discussion

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    On 12/3/2016 at 8:59 AM, Rooster said:

    Columbus 17-03

    38s:

    3 x F16

    2 x A10

    F15E

    F35

     

    T1:

    2 x KC135s to Kansas
    2 x U28s to Hurlburt 
    Ac130 to Hurlburt 
    T6 faip
    Cv 22 to Hurlburt
    2 x c17 
    Some guard 130s, didn't catch any AD
    T1 FAIP

    I read in another thread (from like 6-8 years ago) that U-28s were dropping at a relatively equal rate from 38s and 1s... is this still true today? Or is the best route to U-28s the T-1? Thanks!

    Best Route to UPT

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    I'll offer more advice as a 4th year ROTC student with a pilot slot.

    ROTC is an excellent opportunity for college and becoming a pilot.  Let's start with college.

    1) It's possible to receive an in college scholarship as a 2nd year cadet (which you'd be, should you join a detachment), though, depending on the year, the pickings can be slim.  A couple years ago they only offered scholarships for certain majors; more recently scholarships have been offered for any major.  The results, however, have been the same -- the students who really, really wanted it worked their butts off, worked with their cadre, nailed the PFA, and were ultimately awarded with a scholarship.  

    2) Commissioning: Should you successfully complete AFROTC you'll enter the Air Force as a 2LT (not including med school/JAG/etc since it's not pertinent).  The career you'll have, however, is not guaranteed.  You'll need to have high marks in several areas to receive a pilot slot (commander's ranking, gpa, pfa, field training ranking, TBAS, etc).  Some of these are in your control: gpa, pfa, field training ranking*, while the others are not.  Work super hard at what you can control and, in my experience, the others will follow.  Personally, my TBAS wasn't great, but the rest of the pieces were pretty high and helped my score.  It also depends on the year.  For instance, this year they handed out quite a few pilot slots nationally and I think everyone at my det, save a couple, who wanted a pilot slot got one.

    *you can kind of control this -- be the best wingman/cadet you can be and your ranking ought to be fine, but you don't literally decide your ranking. 

    The bottom line is, as everyone here has said/will say, you've gotta work hard for it.  Luckily, you'll have over a year to prepare/train/keep your gpa rising for the selection board (which meets... January of your third year, if I remember correctly).  Feel free to PM me for any specific questions if you have any, good luck!

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    AF Considering Short Term OA-X

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    1 hour ago, Clark Griswold said:

    The threat of Soviet armored forces and all-weather attack operations had become more serious.

    Those are all great points, but what really got me was that these specifications were made during the cold war era... having not been to the middle east, is it a medium threat environment to CAS aircraft?  If not, could that allow us more room for flexibility in choosing how to implement CAS missions?  Of course, I completely agree that the A-10 is the best weapon with which to conduct CAS, but, playing devil's advocate, could we not consider Welsh's plan seriously?  Genuine question.  Thanks for the information!

    AF Considering Short Term OA-X

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    10 hours ago, Clark Griswold said:

    Could any of the 4+ gen fighters out there now in production, be modified for better performance as an attack aircraft?

    There were some CSPAN videos a couple years ago showing Gen Welsh telling Sen McCain exactly that -- 15Es and 16s were doing CAS missions (even the B-1, although infrequently).  It seems as if the CAS role can be completed without the A-10, though Welsh himself admitted that we (read "The AF") don't want to retire the A-10 because we see it's usefulness.  Thanks to across-the-board cuts, though, he didn't have much choice.

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