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Now that Huggy has retired we're short about 6-9 IPs worth of experience! But yes I just got to the U-2 program... We have four 38 only IPs, one of which just came from the B-2. These guys run the 38 shop and oversee all the upgrades. The rest are dual qual'd in the U-2, and quite a few have prior AETC time. From what I understand they tried to get T-6s here but it never panned out.

So here's a good addition to "Chinese Shenanagins"... SU-27 does "Very Dangerous" barrel roll over P-8. Keeping up international relations of course. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/22/chinese-jet-threatened-us-intelligence-aircraft/ ----------------------------- The Pentagon said Friday that a Chinese fighter jet made “several passes” by a U.S. Navy aircraft earlier this week off the coast of China in international airspace, baring its weapons and coming within mere feet of the U.S. plane. Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said Washington has lodged a protest to China through diplomatic channels, calling the maneuver “very close” and “very dangerous.” “Not only is it unprofessional, it’s unsafe,” Kirby said. Kirby said the Chinese jet made several close passes by the Navy P-8 Poseidon plane, coming within 30 feet of it. He said the Chinese jet did a “barrel roll” maneuver over the top of the Poseidon and also passed across the nose of the Navy plane, exposing the belly of the fighter in a way apparently designed to show that it was armed. Kirby said it happened about 135 miles east of Hainan Island. “We have registered our strong concerns to the Chinese about the unsafe and unprofessional intercept which posed a risk to the safety and the wellbeing of the air crew and was inconsistent with customary international law,” he said. “Also … this undermines efforts to continue developing military-to-military relations with the Chinese military.” The Washington Free Beacon first reported on the incident, saying the P-8 was conducting routine surveillance when the Chinese Su-27 interceptor carried out a barrel roll over the U.S. plane. As reported by the Free Beacon, this is the second such encounter this year with a U.S. surveillance aircraft – following an incident in April involving a Russian Su-27 flying close to a U.S. Air Force aircraft north of Japan. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Haven't been around in a while, but I figured in light of Pearl Harbor this weekend, this was a good story to share. Another epic fail by the airlines but it ends on a great note. Outrage expressed after WWII vet allegedly bumped from Honolulu-bound flight

Ugh...

Ugh...watching this now. Speculating bombs in trash cans or backpacks. Hope they find the bastards

This one hurts....senseless. That's three fatal accidents on 90 in the past year for the Laughlin family. Lt Col Koontz was a staple, he will be sorely missed. Thoughts and prayers for the family, ESP Zach.... XC Brief: "Don't be a goober and forget your shoes, unless you want to be that guy in green boots, in which case you will find yourself alone." Him Him

Leadership..."go out to the Wizard RSU, bring a backpack and bring back all those magazines and shit you guys keep out there" Us..."Sir, we'll bring two backpacks"

Christ... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/19/air-force-inspections-turn-up-porn-offensive-items-on-its-bases/?test=latestnews

Casino Royale was the shit, hard to top...but I think Skyfall was just as good. As much as I enjoy wearing pajamas to work everyday, Bond movies make me wish I got to wear well cut suits and nail the hot secretary.

Hydration Phenom!...expertly employed mk1 beer tap serving 500+gal/$2.5K...coined "Beer Wench" by Wg/CC

- Grandfather (dad's side): Bombardier on B-26 during WWII, bailed of stricken bomber over occupied France, made his way back to England via French underground. - Father: Pilot (Moody AFB UPT, F-100 Cannon, F-4 Holloman ( deployed Ubon early 70's), New Mexico Guard A-7s / F-16s, retired '99) - Me...your humble T-6 FAIP

Or just re-commission ENRON to manage their electric grid. Real need huh? This will be especially useful in Afghanistan...where there are so many electronics inside high rises

True story

Blues are a terrible uniform too and generals wear them all the time...I know one guy even decided everyone should wear them on Mondays You are kidding right...

That damn thing weighed a ton! Had to move it when we re-did the O-club bar...it's still there but I've never seen it light up. All the shoeclerk brass sits around it and and giggles like school girls when they get to go ring the bell for "infractions" on drop night. The question is does it come with the chick?

Him Him

I's got Thor...how could it possibly suck? Quote from 21 Jump Street: " You see the guys in charge of this stuff lack creativity and are completely out of ideas. So all they do now is recycle shit from the past and expect us all not to notice"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qid_WGBrQjA

In the news, some folks not too happy... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/04/pentagon-book-on-bin-laden-raid-includes-classified-information/

You know your best bet is probably to move your shit out of the dorm into storage and crash on somebody's couch until you leave. Forget trying to find a place off base for only a few weeks.

This whole thread is ridiculous...the fact that we have eroded into a culture where it is ok for some goober to call out a superior from across a f^cking chow hall and not be backhanded for it is a sad, sad fact. Those of you who are of the line of thinking that this ok because it is "the rules" and if you can't follow simple rules, how can you be trusted to follow rules in the air...you are just part of the problem. The current leadership has screwed the pooch by enabling this logic and empowering the "chief syndrome"...it's like a virus that ultimately undercuts our ability to do our job.

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