AZwildcat

Pretty much...Takeoff! Aileron roll! F**k yeah! But...I will say it looks like a better thrust to weight if it can climb like that after takeoff.

Try doing this in a T-38

Jesus I was in high school when this thread started. T-38 is fairly easy to land, it's just hard to land well. They also used to fly a lot slower in the final turn...hence all the reading material in the "road to wings." Just wait, AETC will get the TX and ACC won't want to buy it so we'll inherit C models and fly those for another 50 years as CTP and ADAIR.

Not sure about the joint-spouse finances...from what I can tell it's become a worse deal over the last few years with the cut rate per diem and lack of non-availability letters. I'm in the same boat, headed back there this summer and looking for housing. Plenty of PIT pads out there these days, but that typically means roommates. I'm seeing furnished houses and corporate apartments rent for 2.1-2.6ish per month, which is above the 60/night rate the govt will pay. Also looks like the per diem is now 48 dollars per day. I'm sure a PIT pad would be willing to put you guys in a master bedroom and those houses often times have garages, big backyards and lots of square footage. Trying to convince the wife to live with roommates is the difficult part. "Don't worry babe, I know it's called the "Bro-lagio" but it's really nice!"

Like anything worthwhile it starts with a grassroots effort. It took us a year and a half just to get commercial Wi-Fi in our squadron. I'd think AETC would have more motivation than anyone to modernize. Hire a bunch of nerds from Apple and Google, put iPads in everyone's hands, develop apps...you could be filling out gradesheets and 781s on a TIMS app when you're taxiing in. Throw up a playback of the flight on an Apple TV in the debrief. Tons of ways to leverage technology to make us better. But no...we're going to keep paying millions of dollars for f*cking ePex! But I digress.

He recently completed his 3 acceptance flights...currently in U-2 training. Hail Dragons.

AFGSC is full up EFB for their T-38s. We recently started using iPads at Beale but they're not labeled as EFBs, we still have to carry paper. ACC is working on a command wide EFB program, it falls into the "I'll believe it when I see it category" but at least they're finally on the right track. iPad and Stratus puck is now part of my personal MEL.

Imagine being the airfield manager at a small town Colorado airport when a 5 ft' something Chinese guy knocks on your door in a partial pressure suit in the middle of the night. IYAABYAS!

Just to reiterate the official memorial fund... https://www.youcaring.com/ashley-eadie-654162 The Brotherhood lost a great man A toast to Shooter

Started listening to this on my commute and it's really good stuff...they feature the wingman watches on one of the first episodes.

Extra points if there is a Global Hawk on the crotchal region

Pretty close :) Actually you're partially correct! The photographer on the beach (just happened to be in the right place/right time) used to work on base and was familiar with the U-2. When she saw us fly over she had to grab another lens to get the shot and wasn't able to time it perfectly with the jets over the bridge so what you're seeing is a "layered" imaged of two photos that are a few seconds apart. Still...we had great luck that day. Here's some teasers...Once all the official photos come out I'll work on getting the cockpit video edited. The 2 seater also had a 360 camera in the front seat (where you can watch it on your phone and tilt around to see all angles).

YGBFSM "GAO reports warns hackers could bring down plane using passenger Wi-Fi" https://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/04/15/gao-reports-warns-hackers-could-bring-down-plane-using-passenger-wi-fi/

Glad he's ok

So true

Such a great website...A B-61 placed directly on the Del Rio WalMart would do nicely.

I heard the F-35 was going to replace all our trainers