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    Gun Talk

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    20 hours ago, uhhello said:

    Is that incoming or outgoing breaking the glass?

    My eyes see: Second round sent from store owner's .45 went low and hit the glass.  The first .45 round fired hit true sending Suspect #1 stumbling backwards (looks to be DUHTF, Dead Upon Hitting The Floor).

    ATIS

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    Latest Movies

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Anyone catch the dog/wolf in the Blade Runner trailer?

    Blade Runner is by far the top of the Sci Fi heap IMO, just hope it's better than Ford's flying has been recently.

    Atomic Blonde (not the one I live with) and DP2:  I'll be watching those without the wife unit unfortunately. Her loss. 

    ATIS

    AF Light Air Support Aircraft

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, viper154 said:

     but I don't need a guy in the back telling me how to fly if he has the ISR taken care of.

     

    At the risk of pissing off the single seat folks in the room, this statement is very short sighted. 

    Two cubes of ice....or just one, tough choice tonight.

    ATIS

    AF Light Air Support Aircraft

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, SurelySerious said:


    This Navy?
    http://www.defensenews.com/articles/grounded-nearly-two-thirds-of-us-navys-strike-fighters-cant-fly

    My most humble and heartfelt apology, I should have been more clear.

    I meant to say the Naval Aviators that manned the U-28 [CSO position] when it first came into your inventory, for at least 3+ years, until the first USAF blue suit CSO came into the TOC (very sharp dude I might add).  

    Namaste

    ATIS

    AF Light Air Support Aircraft

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    54 minutes ago, nsplayr said:

    Agreed manning would be the main issue, especially as people head for the door. 

    If the platform does have CSOs, which it looks like it will, it would be an extremely popular option but the manning pool is small. 

    There are soemthing like 2K CSOs on AD. No way that pool can support the McCain pipe dream of 300x tails. Even a U-28 sized community would be a lift...that new platform alone ate up what, like 160 CSOs at a time maybe? Damn near 10% of all CSOs in existence. Not sure where those extra dudes come from unless you cut manning in other platforms if you do even that modest effort again. 300x tails at reasonable crew manning would be 1/2 the force...

    Let alone pilots, many of whom have excellent options on the outside right now...

    I'm still a huge fan. Would be a great mission, something the AF should have been doing way more of all along, and if it requires more $$ and manning then so be it, let Congress appropriate it. 

    Need to call in the Navy.  Sure worked well for the U-28 till it turned all-blue.

    ATIS

    Tailhook's fallout will be tame compared to this, I'm thinking

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by ATIS
    Spell check for dummies

    31 minutes ago, TreeA10 said:

    frag pattern of Tailhook and collateral damage generated = exceptionally ugly.

    Ugly is an understatement.  I was only a newbie in the service...but I saw carnage at the 0-3/0-4 level at Oceana and some other places.  Many civilian lawyers contacted and back door meetings in the JOPA keeping tabs on the agents moving about the base...it was very interesting times.

    ATIS

    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Mark1 said:

    One night North of JBAD we were supporting a routine nightly DA from the bottom of an air stack 20 miles high.  Upon infil the objective village came to life and a large group with small arms, RPGs, and recoilless rifles headed for the high ground surrounding the objective.  We kept track of their movement with 25% of the capacity of one of our two sensors while supporting other tasks with the rest.

    When the F-16 flight finally finished yo-yo ops and got both birds back onstation from JOKERing out prior to infil due to a 15min slip in the timeline, we talked them on.  The group stopped and set up a fighting position in the terrain above the objective leading the GFC to decide to engage prior to entering the objective village.  Friendlies were still several clicks away and the targets were in the middle of nowhere.  As a result, and because it wasn't a critical or time sensitive engagement, the JTAC decided to throw a bone to the F-16s.  A way to get them in the game as thanks for showing up night after night and watching in the background while we took care of the meaningful engagements.

    In the process of 9-line coordination, the F-16s lost sight of the targets (which hadn't moved) and were unable to reacquire.  We moved out, found them, and talked the F-16s back on.  We then attempted to confirm basic fighter/gunship integration procedures to allow us to remain overhead at the time of strike, but it caused confusion on their part and the JTAC opted to push us off rather than spend the time to un it.  The initial drop incapacitated 2 or 3 of about 15 and the re-attack turned into a shitshow that never left home plate after the F-16s lost tally again.  After giving the targets a 5min headstart to run in a bomburst pattern off the original impact site the JTAC got fed up, aborted the re-attack, and called us back overhead.

    Despite having been in BFE for the initial strike, the first round left the aircraft ~3 seconds after arriving overhead without aid of the assets that were supposed to have custody of the target.  The remaining 12 or 13 spread all over the mountainside were cleaned up in 1/5 the time that it took for 9-line coordination on the initial strike, while the F-16s faded back into the background.

    I knew right then how different our worlds were.

    So there I was.....

    Of course our worlds are/were different.  Even inside that world, stack players were different.  I've got hundreds of stories of every T/M/S that fly in the stack

    Call "Clara" on the ball and lets avoid a flaming dialog on F-16/CAS/DA support.?

    ATIS 

     

    2WD or AWD for C-17 locations?

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    7 hours ago, polcat said:

    Make her buy her own car. But really, what if you end up with an overseas assignment? Are you willing to pay to ship the second car overseas? I'd run that car into the ground until 1) You're married 2) You make it through UPT and 3) You know where you'll be going.

    1) Shack

    2) Shack

    3) Shack

    ATIS

    AF Light Air Support Aircraft

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by ATIS
    Post NYE foggy typing skills in action

    4 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

    On more than one occasion I've seen a non-verbals completely change an engagement.  I've also seen having another set of eyes and ears stop a potentially very bad situation from happening. 

    I can't agree with this comment more.  ~1900 hours flying the U28 from the day tail 419 showed up on the ramp as a CSO (my service component at the time didn't make a difference), the close quarters of the crew coupled with the limited capes we had (compared to the latest variant of the bird), internal verbal and non-verbal comms were a daily part of life and vastly improved our on station performance.  Myself and a good "nerd" were always in constant non-verbal comms when we were on the hunt.  Very effective. 

    I've also seen and worked with multi-single seat players that could make stuff happen in our unique use cases  (both in my time flying Navy and in the Hurby unit).  The argument cuts both ways, there is no one answer. 

    Cheers

    ATIS

    Gun Talk

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Glad I don't live in that state anymore:

    "On the West Coast, gun owners in California will face new restrictions after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law banning the purchase of semiautomatic rifles with so-called “evil features.”

    The “evil features” include pistol grips, flash hiders and bullet-buttons that make it easier to remove and replace ammunition magazines. The Los Angeles Times reported an increase in gun purchases in the lead-up to the Jan. 1 implementation."

    Full article: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/27/weed-guns-and-catfish-2017-brings-new-laws-big-changes.html

    That man has probably never seen real "evil", and I hope he never does. I cry for this country sometimes.

    ATIS

     

     

    Gun Talk

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    21 hours ago, busdriver said:

    ATIS, are you looking for something in particular or just trying some shit out?

    Daydreaming CCW.  Inside the waist is they way I will go, just looking around at options. 

    Glock 30 is probably what I would throw in the holster. 

    ATIS

    The Next President is...

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    1 hour ago, tac airlifter said:

    There is at least a 1% chance mad dog will walk the pentagon halls with a fire hose just blasting weaklings out the windows.

    Crap...there are no windows in the basement... but plenty of PowerPoint rangers that need a bath. 

     

    ATIS

    How do you feel about your airframe and mission?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Techsan said:

    Staff Officer, Pentagon

    1.  Ops Tempo/Deployment

    M-F, 0730-1630.  Deployments aren’t too common…mainly because they are good deal to Staff Officers as they get them out of the building for months at a time.

     2.  Lifestyle/ Family Stability

    Stable.  You can expect to be home every night, as well as most weekends.  That is unless you work in the Engine Room or Joint Staff, then you can expect to work 0630-1930 M-F, and sometimes on weekends.  You’ll find yourself making unnecessary dental appointments just to get out of the office

     3. Community morale

     You work behind a desk in a small cubicle, far removed from anything with wings or rotors.

     4. Advancements & Future of the airframe

    You’re well on your way to your next rank, especially if you’ve mastered TMT.  The future of the Staff Officer is bright…they’ll always needs someone to write pointless bullet background papers, and recycle power point briefings.

    5. Preferred PCS locations

           N/A

            

    I see so many of you as I walk down to the watch floor for my reserve duty. 

    It's like watching people turn into zombies....but just super slowly.

    ATIS

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