DirkDiggler

That shit'll buff out

Notifications are starting to trickle out, just heard from a buddy of mine that he made it one above

I always considered myself extremely lucky and felt very humbled to have been trained by some of the guys who flew this mission. Getting to listen to their stories first hand during sims was always an awesome experience.

Rest easy bros

My wife had an interview cancelled today for a GS nurse position at the local mil clinic so I would imagine it'll impact the military indirectly at the least.

New Mexico 150th SOW is a guard unit in Albuquerque that flys CV-22s for the Osprey FTU, they only have a few positions but it might be something worth looking into if you want to stay in the Osprey.

Tilt Rotor Air-to-Air Refueling

+$300 for O-4s in Miami

I got 4

I remember watching him as a kid during several airshows and just being blown away, phenomenal pilot and American.

Great shots, Lakes District and the Highlands is some phenomenal flying

2. And its also not just the airlines pulling people. My community has lost at least half a dozen people in the last year due to ADSC expiration or PC that didn't go the airline route at all. Solid dudes to include a WIC instructor school select and several high time instructors, none easily replaced.

Damn, sorry to hear

Bye Felicia....

I know Gen Heithold has specifically mentioned AFSOC promotion rates as something the command needs to get better at. Rationale was that if we're trying to convince quality people to come to AFSOC we need to take care of them and part of that is getting them promoted. Not sure how this is gonna jive with the drawdown in "official" combat operations. Prior to 9/11 AFSOC's promotion rates generally lagged the rest of the AF. Be interesting to see if Webb continues to put emphasis on this.

Assuming the report is true really glad everyone got out safe!

It's his nephew

There will be a U-28 briefing and a U-28 pilot there to answer questions.

For any UPT students interested in tracking AFSOC or just interested in what AFSOC does/is all about there will a SOF Roadshow hitting all the UPT bases this week 21-25 March. We'll have pilots from most of AFSOC's MDS there to interact with/ask questions, AFSOC CAG will being presenting the official AFSOC mission briefing, and we'll have static MC-130J and CV-22 aircraft. PM me if you have any questions.

I find that interesting. When talked to us last year at ACSC he didn't impress me or anyone else in my flight. His leadership story/vignette was really poor, his ideas on what CGOs should be focusing on also were way off target in my opinion.

2 on this, just found out I'll be headed there this summer as well, any info is appreciated

https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/2015/11/25/holloman-fighter-jet-crashes-during-training-mission/76379366/ A1 pilot thankfully

I kinda enjoyed seeing a Sukhoi going down in flames. Russia/Putin has been provoking NATO/the US for several years now; the Russians are not our friends and this is the 3rd NATO member they've messed with in recent history. Putin understands and plays real/hard power politics. The Turks followed through with their red line on not crossing the Turkish border and slapped them. I'll be curious to see if the Russians cross it again.

Rest easy brothers

I care. A lot. My commitment takes me to almost 16 years and as much as the AF sucks sometimes, I still love what I do and plan to stay in. The low bonus take rate is (or should be) seriously concerning to the guys that decide to for whatever reason to stay in. I'm in a fairly small community and in the last 18 months we've had a serious attrition rate of senior instructor O-3/4/5 types getting out from VSP/retirement/TERA/commitment up and sick of the AF reasons. My airframe is hurting, badly, on instructors right now. I can't go out and create a high time O-3/4 combat experienced instructor pilot out of thin air, that shit takes time as you well know. I've been in a sq that lost an airplane during a mishap; lack of proficiency and low experience were big factors in the crash. I have no desire to ever repeat that; the AF needs quality guys to stay in and carry the torch. If the low bonus take rates and the airline hiring thread are any indicators, the Air Force's rated officer problem has just begun and things are gonna get worse before they get better. That means it's a problem for guys like me who stay in and thus why I care. The AF needs to recognize that it has some serious internal problems and get on positive vector (I believe Gen Welsh is sincerely trying) quick or we're in for some really hard times in the not too distant future.