Everything posted by Prosuper
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Next Chief of Staff
Navy pals on the E-6 are always scraping the inboard pods.
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Next Chief of Staff
Looking at McDew's bio, at least you can say is that he knows the stark terror of getting a heavy KC-135A using water injection off the ground being assigned as an company grade to Loring and Castle.
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Next Chief of Staff
My favorite Lori (Gen Robinson) moment, In a former job I was taking care of some transit F-15's from Eglin RONing at KTIK. I had the lead plane which had an O-6 flying it. As soon as I had it shut down and the pilot debriefed a very attractive ( 552 ACW CC) woman wearing flip flops and Daisy dukes comes up and gives a very warm welcome to the O-6. Needless to say that F-15 was the farthest thing from the mind of that pilot. Maybe it's time we had an non pilot in charge, if it's her I'm sure at the end of tenure when she retires she will be successful as with every other job she held.
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LRS-B contract awarded
Maybe it will have the HAL 2000, how about a nice game of chess?
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Promotion and PRF Information
Just to put a bad OPR in perspective , it could be worse, came across this about North Korean officers. https://video.foxnews.com/v/4752874407001/expert-kim-jong-un-may-have-gone-too-far/?playlist_id=trending#sp=show-clips Seems many top officers have met their demise of pissing off the top guy, one even executed by an anti-aircraft gun. Not much to look forward over there out of uniform.
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Desert Storm began 25 years ago today
I was a C-137 FCC in the 89th MAW then, just got back from Geneva with SEC State James Baker to give diplomacy one last chance, got back to my apartment to watch Bernard Shaw report live from Baghdad when the bombing started.
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B-1 leaving Al Udeid
Well it could be a cost factor also, its a lot cheaper to fly a mud hen with tanker support than a B-1. See a bunch a B-1's sitting here at KTIK in different sorts of disrepair.
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Tops in Blue (TIB) - WTF?
I endured them for 23 years and their salute to Disney in the AOR, it's a rite of passage, embrace the suck and quit your whining. You could be the poor bastard AMC crew dog that has to schlep their ass across the globe.
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Enlisted Drone Pilots
As a retired MSgt I like the idea of WO's. When I was active I was totally not competitive for E-8,9 since my career path kept me on the flightline for 23 years. Being a MSgt in my position with a chance to move into WO ranks would be very tempting. Just wondering what the age cutoff would be or would they just offering to first termers to keep the the E-8's and E-9's placated.
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What's wrong with the Air Force?
I wonder if a 4 star's who pass on will be included in this, I'll be dead so I wont give a shit but it will be a slap in the face to my family. Maybe they could get the funds to honor by dropping a few bands, TIB, and General officers quarters remodel. https://wjhl.com/2015/12/15/21-gun-salute-eliminated-from-air-force-funerals-due-to-lack-of-funding-personnel/?utm_content=bufferaef77&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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What's wrong with the Air Force?
I guess this will be a new CBT for the more sensitive AF members. https://youtu.be/Sz0o9clVQu8
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Panetta to Lift Ban on Women in Combat
- Saddle up for Syria? Or Op Deny Christmas '13
sums it up.- Saddle up for Syria? Or Op Deny Christmas '13
At least we will know if this blows up into a shit storm we will all know both sides were both fill everybody up with B.S.. Math doesn't lie. https://motherboard.vice.com/read/belgian-physicists-calculate-that-everyone-is-lying-about-the-downed-russian-jet- Shhhh...Don't talk about the A-10
Or you can apply here. https://www.news9.com/story/28039187/a-10-warthog-to-take-on-oklahomas-thunderstorms- Shhhh...Don't talk about the A-10
- What's wrong with the Air Force?
It has been like this since the draw down after Desert Storm, https://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/2015/11/02/weary-maintainers-struggle-keep-fleet-combat-ready/74870766/- What's wrong with the Air Force?
WTF, they even offering regional band guys a in. https://www.docdroid.net/kCfNqTe/fy16-prior-service-afsc-list.xlsx.html- Tops in Blue (TIB) - WTF?
Forward deployed on the flight line changing a engine and hearing them in the hanger with a rousing tribute and review to Walt Disney. If I was king I get rid of of the male soloists and keep the females who can sing and good looking dressed like any other female pop star with songs that are not 5 years old. The troops like rap, metal and top 40 plus have a couple civilian comedians who are not afraid to tell senior leadership jokes at their expense.- KC-46A Candidate Bases Announced
- AF Pilot attacked w/mace and baseball bats in Washington
- RC-135V O2 Fire at Offutt.
Came across this and noticed the tail number was a jet I used to be a Crew Chief on back in the mid 80's at EGUN. All I can say it was providence that it happened on the takeoff roll and not airborne which would have been a much worse outcome. https://www.omaha.com/news/military/disaster-averted-at-offutt-but-major-questions-remain/article_41bfc96a-8b03-510b-b0f1-7d7d8633cd26.html- Hawker Hunter Crash at Uk Airshow
Not to be picky but would this be a US airshow even though it was in then West Germany.- KC-46A Info
Doesn't matter, it will through time be known by a unofficial nickname i.e. Lawn Dart, Mud Hen, Hog, Fred, Barney, etc. In my world we just call them 135's or when A models flew Steamjets. Recievers will just call them Mogas ,Shell, or Texaco.- F-16s collide at Nellis
Wait for the SIB, First reports all have one thing in common "THEY'RE WRONG". - Saddle up for Syria? Or Op Deny Christmas '13