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Why can’t I get out of the Air Force after 2 years after pilot training?!
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I’m honestly embarrassed for bringing the falcons up a few days ago. I apologize. Such a horrible performance
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UPS now joins purple
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Best advice I ever got was from an American captain at the hotel bar on a nice overnight.
”son go back to your room and strip naked and look at yourself in the mirror. Does she really want that? Or does she want what you can provide?”
never looked at it the same since
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Where’s the love for the Air Force Falcons?
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I’d like to thank @Springer for taking the thread from circling approaches to F-4 friendly shoot downs. Impressive.
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RIP Altus Crashpads
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7 hours ago, brabus said:
How so? DAL doesn’t give a shit about anything other than FHR 1 pager.
SWA told me to my face “we see y’all don’t have line by lines anymore”.
just an observation because I was missing 2 years of those sorties personally.
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5 hours ago, HeloDude said:
Discussion on The Pilot Network on FB about AAMS going away very soon. Says that when it goes away, the only way you can get your line by line sortie info is through the 1Cs…but their system only goes back 18 months.
Can’t emphasize this enough. Just went through an airline interview and was almost screwed by the AAMS system going away. Hope everyone saved their green monster.
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22 hours ago, HuggyU2 said:
Opinion: Does Age 67 have anything to do with it?
I second this question
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12 minutes ago, Sim said:
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/17/mystery-deaths-17-people-air-force-base-year/
Any more intel on this?
I believe around 10 are depot employees who tend to be fairly older than the military personnel.
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8 hours ago, Blue said:
I'm old, and I also don't know much about AWACS.
But weren't all of the "Air Battle Manager" jobs in the back of an AWACS held by NCOs at one point? And the mission was getting done with no issues. However, somewhere along the way (1990s maybe) they decided to make them all rated officer positions?
There was a famous Black Hawk shoot down in 1994 from friendly fire in Northern Iraq due to the mistakes of many ABM’s. None of the ABM’s on the jet were rated officers at the time so the Air Force couldn’t punish them. Then they became rated and started wearing leather jackets and could command flying squadrons.
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3 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:
This doesn't sound like a flying squadron.
It’s the 964 AACS. CC is an ABM. OG/CC is an ABM. WG/CC is an ABM.
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How do 12R’s get bonuses for flying on a jet that is divesting?
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Patiently waiting for @FourFans thoughts on this issue
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39 minutes ago, McJay Pilot said:
If you’re still waiting to find out if you made O-4, try registering for ACSC by correspondence. A few years ago I used that trick to find out early that I made O-5 with AWC (Although registering is as far as I went with that! 🍺) Apparently Air University gets the list even before Senior Raters. At least they used to, they might’ve fixed the glitch by now though.
I’m glad you got a head start on Lemay and Arnold essays
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1 hour ago, Constant Hotsauce said:
RUMINT on Reddit for a Friday release to Senior Raters for the Maj board. I have no inside baseball on it to corroborate.
Heard the same from my OG/CC. I don’t know how these rumors get started but O-6’s ing love it
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56 minutes ago, Standby said:
Location isn’t a big deal. Next.
Someone likes that Walmart strange
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19 minutes ago, RedEye1911 said:
Fear is the #1 reason I've heard.
Most academy and ROTC bros have never had a job outside of the Air Force and are afraid of not having a guaranteed government paycheck.
Another reason is that people can't do math. Zero people make more money by taking the bonus and staying in vs. leaving for an airline. The bonus is only for people that would stay in any way and for those that can't add.
Right, because OTS guys are the only experienced people outside of the Air Force.
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1 hour ago, SocialD said:
Let this be a lesson to you young punks who still think they care about you. This is what high level leadership thinks of you. They don't care enough to roll out a bonus before the 9th month of the FY. Make your decisions accordingly.
The young punks who cared were still going to stay in regardless.
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4 hours ago, Bigred said:
I’m aware of that FCIF and it’s sort of my point, that G limit is now an ops limit.
I’m not arguing that the -38 is perfect for upt, I fully agree that a new trainer is warranted. I just don’t see the thing as a flying death trap.
Unforgiving? Absolutely. Dangerous? Far from it.
How will the talon drivers be able to talk about kissing the edge of death every time they strap in then?
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1 hour ago, Biff_T said:
I was having a rough time in 2021. I wasn't feeling 100% healthy in the mind. During this time, my mom let me know that she found a news clipping that my Grandfather wanted her to read to me over 30 years ago. It fell out if a book randomly.
He's the one who got me into aviation.
The universe does some weird shit sometimes.
Thanks for sharing that personal memento! That is awesome! Happy Friday!
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On 5/2/2023 at 9:54 AM, Mighty said:
Stupid question but what MWS did they come from?
Vipers
The new airline thread
in Squadron Bar
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We have the best job in the world and we still bitch about it. I love it. My uncle just retired from a legacy after 40 years of service and he said if you walk into a room full of pilots and no one is bitching then get the f*** out because something is terribly wrong.