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Guys.. he’s a troll! He’s one of us, and a good troll at that. Sadly what comes out of his posts are the sentiments shared by many of our senior leaders. Everyone relax and pour a cold one!
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1 hour ago, Biff_T said:
I care about the Environment. Do as I say, not as I do.
This prick is still around the limelight? I guess Biden is so why not.
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If Gunships come from the T-1 track why couldn’t Buffs? It’s not like you learn weapons employment in the 38. Is the 38 really going to make or break an inbound Buff pilot? Honestly curious!
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Every candidate at his level has and will push whatever flavor the current administration touts (right now: woke); so all else equal, I’d rather have a relatively apolitical and quiet Air Force fighter pilot at the helm that will advocate for air power than another indecisive and incompetent Mark Milley.
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On 7/22/2023 at 1:16 PM, gearhog said:
It's not over.
Yesterday, the Joe Biden Justice Department petitioned the Supreme Court to hear its case and reinstate its authority to mandate COVID vaccines (and future vaccines) for Federal employees.
Pfeizer and Moderna came short on their 3rd quarter revenue report it seems.
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17 hours ago, gearhog said:
This guy is one of my favorite Youtubers. If only all journalists were as thoughtful and unbiased. He simply lets people tell their stories and doesn't tell you what to think about it.
This is obviously a deliberate effort on the part of our government to allow this invasion. Is it really just to boost the Democratic voter rolls as some suggest? Are we just importing cheap unskilled labor? European nations are proactively importing migrants. This is some sort of social engineering.
100%, it’s also a classic bait and switch tactic for the left. Speak out against it and you’re obviously a xenophobic anti immigration MAGA bigot!
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4 hours ago, arg said:
Pervert!
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Show up at the right place and on time everyday, show up with a good attitude, be humble and learn from your mistakes.
If you do that you are 90% there.
Study, ask questions, strive to be the best at whatever job you’ve been given. If that means making sure the coffee and popcorn are fresh, so be it.
Help your peers, put them before yourself. Chances are you’ll be working with them 10-15 years down the road.
Finally, enjoy the lack of responsibility and being a young wingman or copilot. Bring an LT was simpler times and I’d kill to go do it again!
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17 hours ago, gearhog said:
And to think the people that botched Afghanistan and excoriated here are the very same decision makers in the current conflict.
No consequences, no accountability. What could go wrong?
Hopefully not for long, hopefully for only 18 more months! That aside, the rot, corruption, and incompetence in our federal government transcends political parties.
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5 hours ago, Anon1 said:
Personally I dislike having landed in the community. It is currently overmanned at the FP level resulting in flying 10-15 hrs/month.
They also managed the block 6 to block 8 transition extremely poorly. Way behind timeline in terms of tail conversion but most FPs are block 8 only out of the school house. It's been an issue that you could see coming over the past 1-1.5 years yet there have been no moves to make a reverse 8 to 6 transition course or dual-qual out of the school house. As a result you've got tons of co-pilots that can only fly half the planes on station.
Top that off with planning 12 hrs to brief for 2 and fly a 2-3.0 tac flagpole line. If you get airborne.
If you want to hack the mission, the herk isn't it. At least not any more.
As an FP I have flow 5 actual missions this year and spent less than 20 days on the road.
If you want to pretend to be to be tactical despite the reality of the modern fight then go for it. If you want to pretend to be an airland bubba and take 2 days and 12 hrs to fly someplace it takes a c-17 1 day and 6 hours to get after it.
Perhaps my timing for entry into this community was bad, but it's left me uninspired. If you want to actually fly your ass off, see the world, and do something other than drop training bundles or army dudes once in a blue moon then I can't recommend.
I know your frustration, overmanned FPs while trying to learn the mission and flying once in a blue moon is frustrating. Hang in there, everything in the Air Force ebbs and flows. I too was in an overmanned FP squadron flying 2.69 hours a month… then two years later I got 400+ hours a year.
However, your comments about “pretending to be tactical” are concerning. You must have shitty IP/FGO leadership if you do not understand the value of the herk in the next fight. PM me and I would be happy to discuss more on a different forum if you would like.
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Everyone calm down, those mobilized will mostly be performing staff augmentation at Ramstein and other HQs drinking Hefeweizen. This should have happened over a year ago but sorry, pronouns and ponytails were of higher importance!
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Voluntary activation for Atlantic Resolve, 3000 troops, this should have happened over a year ago if this Defense Department and administration wasn’t so inept. It’s no more escalatory than the thousands of troops we have deployed to Europe already; not to mention AEW, 5th gen fighter squadrons and Carriers.
These dudes are mostly going to be doing staff augmentation in Germany and drinking Hefeweizen.
My problem with this whole U.S. support to the Ukrainian conflict is we are neither in nor out. We are giving them billions of dollars worth of munitions and equipment and basically saying “Good luck! Here is a HE round, let us know what else you need!?” We are training them on the periphery but really only their SOF forces. We lack a strategy or end state on this largely frozen conflict.
There are multiple things this administration could do that aren’t escalatory and that would put pressure on Russia, and further help the Ukrainians, if the people leading this country weren’t a bunch of giant pussies. We could also be working a peace deal, but some people seem intent to prolong this conflict.
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22 hours ago, FlyingGasAttendant said:
It's hard to believe that the Air Force is facing a pilot shortage when promotes to major have been abysmal. My squadron was at 50%, a friend of mine in AWACS had 33%, and a friend of mine in a KC-135 squadron had 25%. Base wide, our promote rate for the guys hitting the board a second time was 0%. AFPC what are you smoking and can I have some?
The Air Force doesn’t really have a pilot shortage, it has a rated staff shortage…as well as a rated 0-6s qualified for Gp and Wing/CC shortage. Once one connects those dots then everything else, to include your statistics, makes sense.
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15 hours ago, polcat said:
Is O-6 really a carrot these days? Congrats @Dogs-N-Guns, I just received my approval for retirement.
I’m sure @General Chang has some thoughts?
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4 hours ago, Biff_T said:
I personally recommend getting 2 boosters daily, sometimes 3. I go to Costco everyday to get mine for free lol.
And wear two masks, when you’re alone in your car, just in case!
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On 7/8/2023 at 4:12 PM, General Chang said:
Look for ground jobs that suit your fancy (Exec, CAG, DS) and volunteer like crazy for everything. That will create a lasting career. Trust me, you will thank me later.
What’s with all the Chang hate? You all know he is trolling right?
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7 hours ago, nsplayr said:
Yea well…that guy sucks, as we all know! I am astounded how he’s continued to fail up so very, very high.
Rumor is soon to be VCSAF!
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8 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
They just need CNN to come help shape the narrative...you know for the cause and all that stuff.
Mostly peaceful! Haha sounds like the writer covering the riots 3 years ago in America still has a job.
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I say we break out the Hunter Biden story to its own thread. As much as I’d like to see that scum answer for his misdoings, I’m much more interested in the usual banter and who is currently challenging Sleepy!
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1 hour ago, uhhello said:
and just like that it's over 🙂
24/7 ops in a certain COCOM staff that’s been at it for 1.69 years is over and I’m down with that!
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10 hours ago, Day Man said:
Meh, just another weekend in Europe.
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17 hours ago, brabus said:
It could be the quality of recruits, but I could also see it heavily being the non-rated world discourages free thinking/critical thought while encouraging binary thinking and zero mission ownership. This is not a problem in at least portions of other services. Hell, the USMC officers I’ve worked with from the “shoe clerk” MOS have more mission-focused/get it done attitudes than the entire non-rated AF combined.
I wonder how much of that is engrained in their culture “Every Marine is a rifleman”; not to mention all officers go through the basic infantry school. I’m not advocating that non rated go through pilot training but there has got to be some middle ground. More ops focused Wing Kings that drive all groups towards common operational objectives would be a start.
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6 hours ago, BashiChuni said:
Let’s not forget these people still exist and are active members of society; and will espouse similar if not worse sentiment during the next manufactured crisis. Vote accordingly, they sure will.
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2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
Military retirees to be booted from bases in Turkey. Who’s next?
Turkey now, Italy and the PI next.
Not to overlook the injustices here…but why would a retiree retire in..Turkey?
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Tinker AFB Witch Hunt
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And here lies the problem