SurelySerious

When you get to your flight, after your first sim where they introduce you to the UTD, you'll be able to call over and see if there are any open during a time when you aren't flying/simming.

False. No one avoids it because of that. Most people are well aware of the great capabilities they bring to the fight, but most pilots are pilots because they love flying. Most avoid it because it is not fun, is (usually) mind-numbingly boring, and is not flying. Also false. The people operating UAVs have pushed our current technologies to the limit and are doing a great job; better things are on the way, but no one is limiting what we can do in the fight. The limitation is that what we currently have fielded only goes so far. I take it you're talking about the 11X vs 18U divide; the real schism exists only between those who can carry out the mission, and those who cannot. Just as with pilots, there are good UAV operators and there are bad ones. It is actually beneficial for the 18U field to succed, in the eyes of the current pilot, because then less pilots will be pulled to UAV assignments. There are other issues, but it isn't one of caste. The reality of the situation is this: being an 18U is the best desk job in the Air Force. You are operationally oriented, you affect the war on a daily basis, and then go home at night. If you have no ambition to actually fly in an airplane, it's great. If you think you might have the slightest notion to fly in an airplane, but are worried you might be in UAVs anyway, take a path through pilot training and at least give yourself the 80% chance of flying in an airplane, then do your best. Luck and timing will work the rest out. Either way, no one is out there holding back because they don't like their job.

Apparently they're doing a good job of pitching the best desk job in the air force. You know what, go for it; that'll hopefully help the people that would like to be flying instead of operating.

If you want UPT, then wait and apply at your station. Going 18U isn't going to get you to UPT.

It will be MQ-1s. They are standing up their cadre in the next month; some good people are going to be out there. Las Vegas might not be for everybody, so if you want something different that isn't Clovis, you could go live in Warrensburg or Sedalia.

Right, but let's be honest: it's still ASBC, who gives a crap? I wouldn't put any weight behind it; it's like winning the special olympics. DG of your FTU, now that I might pay attention to.

If they were drinking the blue koolaid, they'd want everything to be a UAV...

Given the concern for bad leadership killing your hopes, I find this article strangely appropriate. Mods can move/delete if they disagree (Edit: not challenging your authority, just confused on whether this fits the category). The Perfect Stimulus: Bad Management Warning for BQZip01: Scott Adams challenges your dominance in the PowerPoint field:

C-130s and CV-22s from Cannon are trying to expand their night low level training from the standard LL routes to almost all of the mountainous parts of NM and CO, so it is more like Afghanistan. Residents are already complaining about the impending noise. Who knew anyone lived in NM to complain? Air Force Flyover Plan Draws Flak: Residents in Colorado and New Mexico Fear Impact of Military's Nighttime Sorties Give me a break.

Probably none, but I know of some good Do Not Promote candidates; I'll keep you posted.

Jango needed a friend on the board to back him/her up, so he/she thought it would be helpful to create another alias "redmammal," thinking that no one would figure it out. Because no one has ever done that.

When is your enlistment up? Send out a save the date, I can't wait. One more hurdle we won't have to jump over to get the mission done. Cut all this "I'm for the mission" crap, you've already described earlier in this thread you won't flex to help the ops out.

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As of 01 Oct, the Nellis club will only be open Wednesday and Friday.

It probably won't make much of a difference, really.

Whether those changes were kept or not, please direct your attention to reference 6.

These stats probably don't exist. I can imagine them pulling up Band Of Brothers, scrolling forward to Moose Heyliger being shot by friendly forces, and saying, "if Moose had been wearing one, it wouldn't have happened."

He ran 1.5 miles in 8:30, and lost 13 points on the waist? I'd have to see it to believe it. Edit: dyslexia

U.S. Judge throws out piracy charges against 6 Somalis who attacked Navy ship

No, I have a Wall Street Journal one though.

ACLU and CCR recently lanuched a legal challenge to the military targeting American al Qaeda members. Awlaki vs. Predator: Other lawyer-types say : "American members of al Qaeda aren't merely criminal suspects. They're active enemy combatants who can be targeted like other terrorists." It's a subscription-restricted article, so here's the text; I thought it was interesting. As for the ACLU, WTF.

Someone else will be dropping weapons off of the pilot's airplane? WTFO?

Preds do, and Hacker shacked the pin in the wing. One on the ball is for the laser.

This has been a topic of discussion before.

Article: Giant Mecca Clock Seeks to Call Time on Greenwich BL: "Scientists" would like the world to start new days based on Arabian Standard Time, to now be defined from the 2000ft clock, instead of GMT( or UTC really, but in either case it resides at 0 Longitude). Here's the real winner: If there were no magnetic variation there (which there is), you might be able to claim the first bolded part, but the lack of magnetic force and lessened effects of gravity are just ridiculous. Edit: A native Saudi who views the clock itself with disdain