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    Commanders are dropping like flies this year

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    1 hour ago, Sua Sponte said:

    Or be a douchebag. But if you’re a female GO douchebag, you’re semi-forgiven.

    Don't forget lesbian.

    I can confirm as I saw it first-hand when it was still illegal. Not sure I could forget it if I wanted. However, she was pretty hot at the time (2 Lt in Turkey - long story), so I took no offense.

    Aerial Firefighting

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    If you're getting out because of lifestyle then think twice about fire fighting. You live like a gypsy. You do not need ag spray experience for SEATs. Lots of guys go in from single seat fighters. One of the biggest outfits is run by a viper dude, and he hires a lot of AF & Navy. Lead plane is another options, but it's also the gypsy life and working for USFS which has laughable leadership (worse the AF -- imagine that).

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    Federal Judge in Tx Rules Draft Unconstitutional

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    I remember going into the bathroom at the Playboy Club in Istanbul and there was a this old lady attendant standing in there. I didn't give it a second thought other than she better get out of my way before I barf on her legs (long story). It doesn't bother me if chicks are drafted (I got two boys) or are forced to stand in the bathroom while I take a growler. It's all inevitable.

    C-130 AMP (Avionics Modernization Program)

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    On 10/27/2018 at 10:00 PM, Right Seat Driver said:

    I don't think AMC realizes that getting rid of 12Ms will eventually result in a massive shortage of rated dudes on staff. There are a lot of 12Ms working staff, AMLO, CRG, etc right now. But they can't stay in those jobs forever.

    Good thing we have plenty of MAF pilots to flow into staff billets.

    They can always just make another career field "rated" like they did with ABMs.

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    Future T-38 replacement?

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    The sales pitch does not matter. Efficiency does not matter. This would make less money for the top defense contractors therefore it is not viable.

    I worked in simulator research for a while when we created the first high fidelity simulator based on commercial off-the-shelf parts. We created a C-130 simulator that out-performed all existing variants. We created ours from scratch, in one year using active duty labor. Total cost (including the value of the labor) was under $1M. We were ordered to cease and desist. A group of SESs sat us down and explained that we cannot have this because it would hurt Lockheed who was selling sims for $45M per, and we needed Lockheed to be strong for overall defense.

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    It's Official, OCPs are Coming!

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    I was in my first semester teaching at USAFA in fall 2001. After 9/11, I got recalled back to the (real) flying world to deploy immediately since I was still qualified. My new gear included a reversible Gore-Tex jacket which I wore with my flight suit when it was raining the day before I left. Some DB Lt Col came running all the way across the parking lot to tell me it wasn't authorized. I literally laughed out loud. I just kept laughing until he walked off. It was funny because it just never occurred to me that anyone would care. It was freaking pooring down rain and a week after the sucker punch.

    I've been wearing OCPs in lieu of ABUs for two years just because they fit me better. Morons only have power in your life if you let them.

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    New AMC Commander?

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    Confirmed from inside sources.

    As for the future, who knows. It appears her most important aspect in leading AFRC was to remain neutral and ensure future advancement. We can also now celebrate another first for LGBTQXYZ.

    Commanders are dropping like flies this year

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    On 6/7/2018 at 6:46 AM, pawnman said:

    But the fact we've relieved so many commanders, coupled with the way we choose them means that there is something systemically wrong with the selection of these commanders.

    I think you hit the target. If you have access, take a look at AMC's Phoenix Eagle list sometime. While there is always a pile of good potential CCs on there, many of the top candidates in the rack-and-stack are laughable. It's full of career ass-kissers who have little operational experience and multiple exec/ADC jobs. There was one year where I literally saw only two names (did not know either) who looked worth the risk.

    Just like the only good predictor for future pilot performance is past pilot performance, the only good indicator for future leadership performance is past leadership performance. Placing a career follower (exec, ADC, etc.) in a command position is risky.

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    Leaving the Air Force for Something Other than the Airlines

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    16 hours ago, MilitaryToFinance said:

    The Reserves must be getting desperate for folks. I got a call today from a Lt. Col. asking me how my transition to civilian life was going and offering that the Reserves are hiring if the transition is harder than expected. I told him that my transition went great when I separated in February 2013. Waiting over 5 years to give the sales pitch for coming back to the AF was probably a little too long.

    How how quickly we forget...

    At least do a USAFA liaison job. The airlines will tank again, and your life will be much easier if you can go fly something versus selling insurance and waiting for that call back.

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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    On 12/3/2017 at 7:37 PM, brickhistory said:

    If Top Gun 2 generated buzz, then, of course, another in the genre will too...

    12 O'clock Nigh

    Scene 3:  That evening in the Club bar, Stovall is at the bar...

    You had me until I saw this line. Nobody so goes to a "club bar" anymore, so I quickly realized this is satire.

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