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No-fly day next Friday at a certain FTU for SAPR activities of some sort. Anybody else?

Altus is saved because God has a warped sense of humor.

Looks like Altus got the FTU. https://blog.newsok.com/politics/2013/05/22/altus-air-force-base-loses-bid-to-be-main-site-for-new-tankers/

However much we want to fault her for these comments, I truly believe this is the way we are going as a force. "Why be good at (fill in the blank) when we can do it with modern technology?" For example, CBT's have proven to be the perfect cure to all of the woe's in the modern military.

Ouch. Looks like there was more than just grass in that aimpoint.

Correction... WE are so ######ed! One person shits his pants, blah blah blah. Prepare for more CBTs/Wingman Days/Flying Down Days etc.

Even if the opportunity to bail out presented itself, I'd still ride it in. My landings are better than my PLFs.

Ouch... Ouch...

Name and pictures all over FB. Unfortunate.

My condolences to the families of the crew. Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Facebook is where we learn of such a loss?

Not sure what you're getting at. I saw a lot of fighting and winning going on in those pics.

I've got yet another glowing report on NBOKC. I just closed today on a VA purchase with Dave Devine. There's really not much to add to what has been said above. It was an absolutely outstanding experience from the very beginning. Dave was always there to answer the phone or e-mail me back when I had questions - always within 24 hours. Our realtor even commented on how NBOKC was the best lender she's worked with in years. I got 3.25% with zero due at closing thanks to credit provided by the lender in conjunction with seller-paid closing costs. I'll end up getting a $1000 check for the return on the earnest money put on the home and the mortgage. Dave was very up front about NBOKC selling the loan to another bank (Wells Fargo, Citi, etc) within the next month. I expect it to be transparent on my end... as long as I can auto-draft from USAA. Feel free to PM if you have any specific questions about the process. I'm still amazed I bought a home from 1200 miles away with only a string of e-mails and some overnighted documents.

I'll second Gleim. I've used them since 2004 and never had an issue. Yeah, it's not a lifetime subscription like American Flyers, but the material is straight forward and serves as a good review every two years. Their ACR service makes issuance of the renewed certificate a breeze.

"...the base earned very low marks for standards during its 2011 unit compliance inspection, focusing on examples such as rolled-up sleeves, hands in pockets and walking while using a cellphone 'showed an apparent lack of regard for Air Force standards'" Ahhh, 2011... the good old days when we could afford to worry about sleeves and pockets.

Sad news...

Ahhhh... the good old days.

What's the word on the street for the FTU? Any chance it won't go to Altus?

It's been 7 years, but I seem to recall sitting in the corner of a small room crying myself to sleep. If you want to chair fly that, go find the nearest closet and cry yourself to sleep.

Altus is up $174! Turns out it's still Altus.

Sure as shit it will. Despite the loss of life, thankfully it ended well for those just trying to do the right thing. The after-effects this will have on our airdrop community are unfortunate. Our TTP's will suffer because of this series of unfortunate events.

I hear the young copilots at McChord are starting to feel the same way now more than ever.

^ That's fukced up right there...

According to one news report, https://www.stjollysart.com was this guy's website. Some pretty funny captions to some pretty crappy art. Looks like he drew 4 different pictures then just slapped them together in different scenarios and planned to sell them on t-shirts and coffee cups. Be sure to checkout the alternate realities section... wow.

Just found this on Netflix streaming! I've been waiting for this one for a while.

Is "got him on the fish-finder" military-based as well?