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    Being taxed by Germany

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    Posted · Edited by LiquidSky

    This has been going on for years. The article is a good sumarry of stripes other coverage but it's ridiculous it's taking so long to get traction.

    Blinken, unaware of Germany’s tax penalties on US military personnel, says he will get involved

    US Air Force employee handed over couple’s purchase records, leading to $300,000 tax bill from Germans

    Harassed’ by German tax offices, more US military families face financial threats

     I think it's a crime that the military hasn't been providing service members with legal support to fight this. Definitely something folks impacted should continue to be writing to their senator and ambassador about.

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    F35 navy crash rumor?

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    Considering the chest pain side-effect has a rate of 67 per million I find it improbable that as many pilots as claimed above have had the issue. With about 15k rated officers this works statistically to about 1 rated officer having this issue. Additionally with symptoms presenting 1-5 days post dosage and then abating a case of late onset is even less likely. 

     

    The amount of word of mouth dudes on here accept is honestly embarrassing. 

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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    14 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

    KC-46? Bold.

    I know from afpc tankers/the 46 was (is?) a priority must fill along with AETC this last go around.

     

    LoveDumpster how is the 46 in reality? I feel the word on the street is a lot of growing pains involving not flying and not worth the tx right now. 

    Changing/Switching airframes

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    Posted · Edited by LiquidSky

    38 minutes ago, Newb said:

    In the last few years, -135 guys have crossflowed to the MC-130J (join spouse) U-28 (mechanical crossflow), F-22, B-1 (MAF to CAF crossflow program), B-2, and more. The Combat Aviation Advisor program is another opportunity to look into. 

    Any recommendations on how you pitch a crossflow to your cc and/or functional outside of special assignment programs (U2, 89th, Phoenix Reach, etc.)? From my experience it seems (or at least there's the appearance) that dudes who say they want to leave their mws often get hung out to dry.

    GI-Bill commitment waiver?

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    12 hours ago, Danger41 said:

    I don’t have the reg citation, but I believe if the person you transferred the bill to hasn’t used the benefits, you can nullify them ADSC. Now getting the AFPC E-4 to understand that…

    There's a memo template in the Post 9-11 GI Bill PSD Guide on mypers for this exact scenario.

    d. Members with an approved TEB application who wish to apply for voluntary retirement prior to meeting the TEB ADSC may request, in writing, removal of the ADSC. Dependents must NOT have used transferred benefits and member must NOT be selected for deployment or Permanent Change of Station (PCS). See myPers and Attachment 2 of this guide for additional information.

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    For anyone reading this transfer to your spouse ASAP. My understanding is only the first transfer generates the ADSC. You can transfer from your spouse to children later on down the line and will not incur a second ADSC.

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    Laughlin UPT info

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    Posted · Edited by LiquidSky

    1 hour ago, 189Herk said:


    Did you sign for the jet? Most airlines use that as their PIC requirement, not just who was at the controls. Your name wont be on the flight orders with an “A” code so you aren’t the PIC. Or log it. I definitely don’t know what I’m talking about.

    I recall signing for the jet at the step desk during any upt solos. Though tbh as a stud with a helmet fire it could have been anything that I was signing.

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    Degradation of SUPT

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    On 7/24/2021 at 2:18 AM, yzl337 said:

     

    at least for fighters, the syllabus is longer, 96 hours in the T-6 versus the 60ish they got in the legacy syllabus plus a full T-38 syllabus

    The "old" supt syllabus (as in prior to upt next) had ~80-90 T-6 hours  regardless of track irrc. So it sounds like no real change there. Or am I misremembering? 

    Timeframe for T-1 retirement

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    How is any of this supposed to save the AF money? The T-1 costs a fraction per flight hour of the T-38, not to mention any of the follow on heavy platforms. As far as I can tell this is simply kicking the training can down the road to a different pot of money.

    Questions on TPS (Test Pilot School)

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    PDSM is out. Can anyone speak to who should be writing the recs? SQ/CC, GP/CC, or higher? Are recs from experienced line pilots (EPs) useful at all? Professors?

    In terms of total flying time for the resume of flying exp does stud T-6 and follow on track count/mentionable? Or only student (primary) time post-wings?

    The Next President is...

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by LiquidSky

    4 hours ago, Guardian said:


    Dude. Creating a cabinet level position. Or having an HHS secretary deal with it isn’t a plan or a solution. What would those individuals done that would have helped with covid. That is the question.

    For starters his administration literally could have just not nixed the pandemic response team. 

    https://apnews.com/article/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a

    Biden even called the Trump administration out on it months before covid hit:

    https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1187829299207954437?lang=en

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    FAIP Q&A

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    For aspiring heavy dudes (to include afsoc) your gucci white jet tours (C21s) don't have any of these shenanigans. Upgrade to AC in a year, IP in another few months and a 2-4 year stress free assignment. Normal vml process for your mws follow-on. 

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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    6 hours ago, Hawg15 said:

    So what you’re saying is the Navy realizes VR isn’t a replacement for stick time in a jet, especially when you’re going to jets that have no family models. 

    Is there any word on how studs from the first two classes are doing? Either in the schoolhouse or after? 

    Use or lose

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    2 hours ago, herkbier said:

    Not really, if you had a plan to take a long vacation or family reunion it may take a while to reschedule. It’s pretty awesome for anyone separating prior to December 2023–potentially 120 days and some change of terminal if you save it correctly. 

    The way I read it and what I think Guardian is pointing out is the excess # is going to be different for each individual.

    I currently have 12.5 days of use/lose. In my Sept les that will show as 72.5 days of leave accumulated. I'm now authorized to retain up to that number until Sept 2023, but I can't go beyond it. For example I couldn't accumulate 102.5  days by not taking leave for all of FY21 as 102.5 is greater than what was reflected in my Sept 2020 les. 

    Hopefully I'm wrong because finance will certainly it up if it's case-by-case. 

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