DirkDiggler
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MC-130E is fully retired now. MC-130P isn't at RAF Mildenhall anymore, its been replaced by the MC-130J.
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I thought PYB had been banned from here at least twice now? His persistence is impressive, and sorta sad.
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Honestly could be either one; I just got back from two weeks of leave and am in the middle of a PCS. The guidance from the wing said to leave the PME section on their form blank, however the group's product did track PME, their product was used to develop the rack and stack sent to the wing (not the first instance of confused/incomplete guidance between them and the sq's). The record of performance lists PME completion on the SURF so its still available. Bottom line, you still need rank appropriate PME but in my small corner of the AF it appears that residence vs. correspondence PME completion and AAD isn't a major defining factor. I'm hoping the trend continues.
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Our Wing is currently doing a rack & stack; guidance was given to not provide AAD and PME status because they were no longer going to be considered until the O-6 board. Maybe the CSAF's intent is starting to trickle down, one can always hope.
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Best news that's come out of that shithole in a long time
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They did one of these whole I was at LR. Cordoned off all roads from the front gate to the OSS, collected all cell phones, and made everyone stay until they pissed. Great way to start a checkride day.
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Was in ROTC with Sean as well, he was good dude and will be missed, rest easy bros.
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This issue has also impact the MC-130/SOF -130 community, several cases of rapid onset brain cancer over the last 6 years. Not an issue until lately as far as I know. Some guys think the time spent at K2 has something to do with it.
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I escaped AFSOC in 2011 for the U-2, and still to this day am amazed it happened. With everything I hear from those still in AFSOC I find it extremely doubtful people are going to be released. That being said, you never know unless you ask. Currently IST's are very difficult to get approved as are releases for fighter or bomber guys. If you have specific questions give the recruiting office a call and they will give you the latest info.
I would say this depends on what you fly in AFSOC. Based on what happens with the sequester, AFSOC may drawdown its legacy Herk fleet much faster than originally planned. If this happens there's a going to be a glut of pilots that will need to cross-train into MC-130J, CV-22, U-28 (or MC-12). If you're looking to get released in the next 2-3 fiscal years you're chances of getting released are probably better than they've been in the last 10 years.
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True hero, he came and talked at the EWO schoolhouse when I was there, very down to earth, talked to all the students over a beer about flying a brand new mission in some of the toughest combat the AF has ever seen.
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Soooo.... Crews are not to use "special books" as landing fees in certain SE Asia countries anymore...?
One of my favorite parts about going to Cambodia
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How reliable is this? I'm a select, but only got to my new base in Aug of last year. Even though I was nominated this time (1st look), I'll only have 23-24 months (depending on how you count) on station by the time I'd leave.
Its reliable, I'm potentially in the same boat, I'll only have 18 months on station by the time I'll leave. Not sure if it's different across the MAJCOMs but that's the way it is in AFSOC right now.
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They graduated.
Good to hear, can't imagine getting 95% through that lobotomy and then being give the shaft
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Any words on whether or not the next SOS class will go? Word is the guys in the class that just ended got sent home early with the Gov't Shutdown.
They did get sent home, not sure if they graduated or not. Haven't heard any words yet about the next class but I'll post something as soon as I do. FWIW, my AIS class got cancelled at the halfway point this week as well with no one completing.
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Wow, hadn't heard at all. Red Storm Rising, The Hunt for Red October, and The Sum of All Fears are still some of my all time favorite books to read. Sorry to hear he passed.
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You shouldn't need to do that. The new brakes need no warm up - creeping on engine run indicates bubbles in the hydro system. If MX bleeds them properly (I understand it is a different procedure than the old brakes needed), they should work without requiring any drag on taxi.
Interesting, thanks for the info. I know several guys in my plane that have experienced this, might be worth a talk with Mx to see what procedures they're employing to bleed down the brakes. Might be an issue with the fact that some of our birds have the new brakes and some have the old ones, Mx might be applying the same procedure across the fleet without accounting for which tail has what. Once again thanks, this just recently happened to me last week on a TDY up north, before that I'd never had a problem with them.
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Here's a great scenario - you are planning on doing multiple assaults to a real assault 3000' training zone. On your first one, you "test the brakes" with about a 3-4 second application. You turn around and are facing the 3000' strip in front of you, prepared for takeoff. How much brake energy do you have left for a high speed abort in that situation before you get hot brakes?? If I recall, there are no charts for a situation like that, nor does the BE number in the box help you because it did not take into account that you just did a partially braked assault landing 30 seconds earlier.
Have the new carbon fiber brakes gotten to the AMC side of the house yet? We have them over here on the dark side and they're probably the best new mod I've seen put on the airplane. They're almost impossible to overheat, vastly improved efficiency over the old brakes. We currently don't know how good they are because AFSOC won't pay to rewrite the 1-1 so we're using new brakes on the old data set; all the same they're still awesome. Also, they're not very functional when they're cold; you have ride them during taxi to warm them up otherwise you can't do an engine run or static takeoff with all four at 1010, the airplane starts creeping. Was wondering what everyone else thought of them, sorry for the thread derail.
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Since all players are safe, I can ask this question: If all the dudes on a B-1 punch safely, does that mean AFE gets four kegs? Or are they going to be cheap and split one barrel four ways?
Those guys don't have hair on their ass if they buy anything less than 4, real glad to hear everyone got out ok.
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Rest easy bro.....
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http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/us-military-helicopter-crashes-inside-base-on-japan-s-okinawa-1.233850#.Uf9_r2ajVjw.facebook Really hoping they find the last guy ok. Not a good way to start the week.
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Glad they got out ok
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Really? Explosives? I can't believe they did this for a non-expedient relocation. Did they not realize that bolts can be removed with wrenches? Or at worst case, saws? This seems like really needless destruction, or perhaps somebody just wanted to have fun.
When we lost a Talon II in Iraq in Dec of '04 they did the same thing. Salvaged all the serviceable parts and then demo'd it in place. Not worth the time and money to repair an A/C that may not even ever be flyable again.
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I finally saw pictures of the damage and it looks like the visor is gone! I don't know if a visor can be replaced with one from another aircraft or not but I don't think the crews have to worry about being put in bravo!
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Can you post the pics?, be interesting to see
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I used Dixie back in 2009, the price wasn't bad and they were easy to work with. That said, the quality of the furniture was mid-low at best, worked for me as a single guy TDY for 6 months but may not be the best option if you have a wife and kids.