December 2, 201212 yr I was curious if anyone knows how the mission is at Ramstein for the J? What are the TDYs and deployments(length and locations if possible) like and overall day to day for a new CP over there? Also how's the lifestyle for a family? Thanks in advance! I wi try to answer your ?'s as I just got here a month ago. Granted I haven't flown yet, due to semiannuals are a premium right now with our ops tempo. Deployments are different over here as to what the rest of AMC does but they are deployments. They were hoping to join the guys in the desert some but that's not going to happen any time soon. For the TDY's just look at a map of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and you can bet at some point the BTF's have been there or goin there. Day to day for a new co standard like every where else you do your ground job when your not flying. Lifestyle for the family is overall great. As long as your wife just doesn't sit and home and bitch. You live in Germany so get out and travel.
December 2, 201212 yr I was curious if anyone knows how the mission is at Ramstein for the J? What are the TDYs and deployments(length and locations if possible) like and overall day to day for a new CP over there? Also how's the lifestyle for a family? Thanks in advance! Gone a lot on random TDY's all over the place and reacting to whatever weird crap is happening in the area at the time. Be ready to be gone a lot with little notice. Most of the TDY's are a few days, some longer. So far no long term deployments. They have been rumored but that's all they have been. And the squadron is technically 120% manned on copilots, but everyone is still busy all the time doing all sorts of random stuff. The 120% is an AFPC number. Overall I would call my experience in the squadron awesome. And your living in Germany. Edited December 2, 201212 yr by MCO
December 2, 201212 yr Hey MCO, any H models helping out in ETAR from the ANG/AFRC (ie under TACC etc)??
December 3, 201212 yr Hey MCO, any H models helping out in ETAR from the ANG/AFRC (ie under TACC etc)?? Nope, not at all.
December 4, 201212 yr Hey MCO, any H models helping out in ETAR from the ANG/AFRC (ie under TACC etc)?? Not right now... There has been help before and its always possible to happen again.
February 28, 201312 yr I wouldn't call it over saturated. We have a lot of FPs but they aren't hurting too much for hrs. As far as AC/IPs go, we are health but could always use more.
March 1, 201312 yr Great! Thank you. If you want the contact info for a co at ETAR flying the J let me know, one of my best friends from high school/college.
March 3, 201312 yr I wouldn't call it over saturated. We have a lot of FPs but they aren't hurting too much for hrs. As far as AC/IPs go, we are health but could always use more. Really? That's news to this FP. The "new normal" isn't really helping much though.
March 3, 201312 yr Really? That's news to this FP. The "new normal" isn't really helping much though. Not flying does not have much to do with manning, just overall commitments, which could change tomorrow. The squadron is about to pcs a bunch of dudes out though and not a whole lot of fp's coming in. Could be good or bad for those still here.
January 23, 201411 yr Might be a stupid question but, does anyone know how to turn off the yaw axes when the J autopilot is on? Obivously there are buttons for turning off pitch and lat, but what if a guy wants to dance on the rudder pedals once in awhile... anyway to do that? thanks!
January 23, 201411 yr The only reason to dance on the rudder pedals is when the nav is trying to take a leak. Since you have no nav, there's no way to turn off yaw axis.
January 23, 201411 yr The only reason to dance on the rudder pedals is when the nav is trying to take a leak. Since you have no nav, there's no way to turn off yaw axis. It's still as funny with CSOs.
January 25, 201411 yr Speaking of ETAR, what is their ops tempo right now for a new copilot? I'm scheduled to go there after the school house this summer.
January 25, 201411 yr Speaking of ETAR, what is their ops tempo right now for a new copilot? I'm scheduled to go there after the school house this summer. My buddy got there in October and is pretty busy. Dyess is sitting alert to help offset the ops tempo. PM me if you want my buddy's info. WxMan
January 26, 201411 yr Speaking of ETAR, what is their ops tempo right now for a new copilot? I'm scheduled to go there after the school house this summer. I will say this about life at etar. Our ops is busy with the continuing turmoil that is going on it Africa. I would expect to fly about twice a week on average with AMD lines as well. Plus the alerts that we are sitting even with the stateside help. But overall life is good here in Germany. PM me if you want some more info. Edit for spelling, me no spell good once I've been drinking all that good German Bier. Edited January 26, 201411 yr by cragspider
January 26, 201411 yr Our ops is bussy... Glad you guys are enjoying an alternative lifestyle over there in Europe!
January 26, 201411 yr Glad you guys are enjoying an alternative lifestyle over there in Europe! How did you know of this reference in the first place...
January 26, 201411 yr Glad you guys are enjoying an alternative lifestyle over there in Europe! ^dogpile. How the fuck do you know that?
January 26, 201411 yr ^dogpile. How the ###### do you know that? Agreed. WTF. Could have gone without knowing that.
January 26, 201411 yr Was this part of the curriculum at Randolph? They must have put it in during the later CSO rewrites
January 26, 201411 yr ^dogpile. Ahh man, don't even mention "dogpile!" You really don't wanna know what that means... Edited January 26, 201411 yr by nsplayr
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