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What’s the recruitment quota for Vampires?
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I’m betting be was never a UPT IP. Or if he was, definitely a Laughlin FAIP. Some of the biggest douchers with chips on their shoulders were to be found there.
Wrong on both counts, but better luck next time.
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Did the 18Xs go through IFS or the other one (IFF?)?
Are you f*clking stupid?
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No one is advocating that it be "a replacement for the plane or even a sim". It is one of many "tools" available. If used correctly, many believe it is an excellent training tool.
We have a new U-2 pilot here that come from a UPT base as a T-6 instructor. He told me about a student's Dollar Ride after training in the VR device: said student took off, went to the MOA, was able to stay in the MOA, did a VFR recovery and actually found the VFR Entry point without any IP assistance, and got the plane to Initial. I'd call that "a significant data point", and shows that the VR device may have a time and place in the UPT syllabus.
The problem is AETC is advocating for it as a replacement. Sim/VR only T-1 is supposed to start in January at Vance, with the other bases to follow.
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VR is not the answer, yet. They are nowhere near being able to replicate the real life aspects of radio chatter, ATC buffoonery, and realistic weather. It’s cool, and may give some added value, but it is not a replacement for the plane or even a sim.
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We stupidly got ourselves into a situation where Taiwan has the lion’s share of semiconductor manufacturing. Allowing China to control that monopoly would be a disaster.
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[mention=80946]CaptainMorgan[/mention] sure looks like you ain't much of an expert on the syllabus when it comes to if is PA allowed huh?
Maybe a former nav & current RPA guy could in fact know a little something about how to write a syllabus, and even remember what it says! Just spitballin' here.
I keed mostly...let's write that 18X -> 11X syllabus together. Save the AF some manpower it will otherwise inevitably lose, fly fight win, accelerate change or lose, ::insert buzzword of the day:: I'm on swings shift right now so I've got the time.
No thanks. I’d rather a clean slate than an 18X (I am a pilot!) any day.
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I guess that was a better question-why doesn’t the syllabus allow it?
You’re saying that subjective analysis will become objective if we just follows the syllabus. It makes sense within the Air Force’s self-imposed restrictions like MASS, etc.
I’m saying they’d be PA’d if they’re meeting MIF early. You’re saying they may have had a Santa Claus or got lucky. But in your example of those end of block E’s, what if those came from Santas or they had temporary golden hands? How is that any different?
A Sq/CC facing a CR? Use common sense. You sent him ahead, it didn’t work out, give him a few more rides.
We’re wasting millions of dollars and plenty of human capital letting training timelines get behind. Why not get ahead where we can? In the few cases it doesn’t work out, use common sense.
If you were to PA someone in UPT, it screws the MASS. You would have to assign fake grades to the stud who PA’d, or disregard those rides for everyone else.
PA doesn’t matter in later courses, because there is no merit-based competition that affects assignments.
As for the Sq/CC, you showed bad judgement sending him ahead. You would look like a f*cking idiot if you PA someone and they falter afterwards.
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Serious question. And why not?
Is there a good reason not to, if a student is already meeting MIF? Sure, we all need air-under-our-ass time. Guard and Reserve slugs with a few thousand hours come to mind.
If bases are behind the timeline, and we’re hurting for pilots, why not? Seems like a poor use of everyone’s time.
Simple answer: the syllabi don’t allow it.
Actual rationale: there’s no way to tell if somebody is that good, has temporary golden hands, or happened to get a streak of Santa Clauses that permitted a PA situation. What happens if you PA someone, but then they hook end-of-block and go to an 88 or 89, then a CR? I wouldn’t want to be the Sq/CC who authorized a PA in that situation.
Also, it would completely screw with the MASS. Is the guy who PA’d rides better than the guy who got all Es on their end-of-block rides?
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Former CSO, current MQ-9 IP who has written a TX syllabus before so yea, I think I could take a hack at it!
A random major with irrational self-confidence, what problem can he *not* conquer!
CSO and MQ-9. You’re clearly the SME on training pilots.
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Can UPT/UPT Next/People who identify as "in pilot training" get proficiency advanced?
Is that a serious question? No, you can’t.
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Why? We just took civilians fresh off the street with zero flying hours, zero military experience and winged them as 11X pilots in ~6 months. Why would you hypothesize existing MQ-9 pilots would need more TX training than this?
https://www.aetc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3107596/upt-25-a-new-generation-begins/
Aren’t you a Nav? I’m sure your expertise qualifies you to concoct an 18X-11X syllabus.
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I don't remember this. Been at Vance since 2018. Musta been a T-6 thing.
I think Laughlin still needs to give us our T-1s back that we lent them after the hail damage....
Seeing as Vance is done flying the Legacy jets, and they’re done AMPing them, I doubt you’ll see that happen.
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Yes, they’re great. They also have never locked my card while traveling, which USAA seems to do on a frequent basis. You can also get the Schwab Amex Platinum, which allows you to redeem points into your account.
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Why? We just took civilians fresh off the street with zero flying hours, zero military experience and winged them as 11X pilots in ~6 months. Why would you hypothesize existing MQ-9 pilots would need more TX training than this?
https://www.aetc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3107596/upt-25-a-new-generation-begins/
They’re “winged pilots” who face an FEB and losing their wings if they don’t make it through T-38s, T-1s, or UH-1s. Not sure what the current washout rate is, but it’s already happened several times. I like to think of them as provisionally winged.
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Hey how's UPT Next going? We lost the thread about a page-and-a-half ago...
What I want is an 18X -> 11X pipeline. ~4-6 months should do it. DA-20 refresher then maybe T-6 only or even straight to the T-7. If you can supposedly make a brand new 11X pilot off the street with UPT Next in ~6 months, shit, you can certainly make an 11X from an 18X who already knows chock-to-chock AF flying, AF pubs, tons of mission stuff, etc.
The AF says it's short of pilots, the airlines say they're short of pilots, well the MDS with the most pilots is the MQ-9 and with satellite landing & recovery / ATLC / LEO satellite ops coming online now, those people are doing everything from engine start to shutdown, including killing our country's enemies. It's one weird trick to having more Air Force pilots (also CC the FAA please
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I'd love to see a TX pipeline for getting the (typically) younger, more motivate sub-set of 18X MQ-9 pilots into manned platforms and frankly that should lead to shutting down the 18X career field entirely. It was a stop-gap in the first place and everyone who is an aircraft commander should go through UPT, learn the same skills and have the same wings IMHO.
Especially with the only remaining RPA platform eventually sunsetting, 18X is kind of a death sentence for a brand new LT on active duty because there is absolutely not a plan for what to do with you when the Reaper is put out to pasture.
Why were they 18X rather than 11X in the first place? There were three types I generally saw as a URT instructor: A) Medically DQ’d, B) didn’t want a 10 year ADSC, or C) didn’t have high enough PCSM scores. 18X->11X doesn’t work for group A (with the exception of those who,s medical issue resolved/was waiverable). I imagine most of group B hasn’t done a 180 and is suddenly eager to sign up for another 10 year ADSC. As for group C, I’m sure some of them have gained enough airmanship that they could thrive at 11X, but there are plenty who can’t.
In any case, it’s not a good investment for the Air Force. Firstly, unless there is a significant overage in the 18X community, you’re robbing Peter to pay Paul. Secondly, the Air Force is saving money by sending butterbars to UPT as opposed to Captains. Pay being one factor, lesser risk of medical DQ before ADSC being another.
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New National Security strategy
Less than a paragraph on great power competition, China, and Russia.
Most of it talks about “domestic extremism”, white nationalism, the Jan 6 “attacks”, diversity and inclusion. Even some Climate Change sprinkled in.
A quick search shows 9 hits for China, 46 for PRC, 71 for Russia, 2 for extremism, 6 for extremist, 1 for nationalism, 1 mention of the word white, in reference to “White House,” nothing about January 6th, 2 mentions of diversity and 2 of inclusion with regards to the military. You do get 20 instances of Climate Change, so congrats. So where did you come up with your premise? I’m no fan of the admin, but you’re either making up your own fake news, or parroting someone else’s.
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It's literally one of the first results on Google, and not hard to understand:
The Government Accountability Office said in a June report that it could take years to fix the tanker's telescoping boom, which has been described as "too stiff" for lighter aircraft to receive fuel.
"The KC-46 boom currently requires more force to compress it sufficiently to maintain refueling position," the June 12 report states. "Pilots of lighter receiver aircraft, such as the A-10 and F-16, reported the need to use more power to move the boom forward while in contact with the boom to maintain refueling position.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/07/boeing-gets-millions-fix-air-forces-too-stiff-kc-46-refueling-boom.html
KC-46 says
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Wanna have some SF fun and make em cry? Rent one of these from Hertz. Introducing the The Shelby GT-H (H for Hertz). 500HP of 'Merican V8 power, sporting a Hertz custom Borla exhaust (sounds AWESOME), fat tires, big brakes, 10 speed auto tranny (so you can keep both hands of the wheel of this power monster). You can rent this in SFO. Now I will add that more fun is had if you go north and get into the winding roads. Every gallon of gas is a blast. So Much Fun! 0-60 in 3.9s, and I know, Tesla Plaid blah blah blah, but Tesla sounds like eh. This baby growls all the way, so they hear you coming... and going.
Hertz is also making some custom 900+ HP supercharged Shelby GT500s for rent, but none for SFO.
Your rental Shelby will be pleasant on the ears compared to all the straight piped civics and integras still running around there.
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Reading this started with a “wtf,” but grew to a “WTF!?!?!” when I got to the bottom of the article…
I heard vibrating anal beads are the actual reason for USAFA Football’s NCAA sanctions.
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Thank you gentleman! I'm currently a USAFA cadet, and have been hearing mixed things from opposite ends of the spectrum (gold bars here on casual and Lt Col's teaching me in my courses). I didn't think it made sense for people to cross-train on different airframes for little to no reason (and I personally would not want to if I'm lucky enough to pull a pilot slot out of here). As far as my lack of finding other threads answering the same question - that's on me and my poor researching skills. Thanks again!
Phoenix Reach is AMC’s cross flow program for Captains. It’s typically tanker-airlift or airlift-tanker. People will also flow to different airframes following airframe divestiture (C-130H several years ago, and KC-10 in the future). It’s not as common at the Sq/CC level, but many OGs and WG/CCs are given command of units that operate a plane they didn’t previously fly (which doesn’t always go so well, see Dyess AFB).
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Looking for any 2.5ers who have 'graduated' and/or finished phase 3 and hit up the FAA for those Commercial/Instrument tickets. Any issues with the FSDO not liking the new syllabus/documentation? Trying to stick you with a ASEL instead of AMEL? Good gouge on what exactly to bring with (aside from the written test cert)? Thanks all.
Don’t worry about it. You’ll have the hours for an ATP (or, worst case, R-ATP if you track fighters) before your commitment is up. The freebie commercial used to be worth something. After the Colgan legislation, it isn’t.
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Forgot to add that the 787 HUD is a convex piece of glass which creates a focal point so to see all the HUD symbology which is why you've got to get your eyeballs to the correct location.
They all are. Even my car’s HUD.
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I got a free motley fool account from Amex. So far the best performing recommendation I acted on has lost 17%, and it was the source of all toxic masculinity: Activision
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The WOKE Thread (Merged from WTF?)
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I wouldn’t mind seeing a Crenshaw vs AOC duel.
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