brabus Posted May 13 Posted May 13 8 hours ago, DirkDiggler said: Clearly the author has never been TDY to Romania or Pattaya….. Shiiitttt, this guy hasn’t been TDY almost anywhere. He’d have an aneurism if he went to SE Asia or Eastern Europe. 1
dream big Posted May 13 Posted May 13 2 hours ago, brabus said: Shiiitttt, this guy hasn’t been TDY almost anywhere. He’d have an aneurism if he went to SE Asia or Eastern Europe. Yeah, we took our First Sergeant (medical I believe) to an Ex with a stop in Pattaya. Dinner on the outskirts of walking street - she about had a heart attack. This was after her perplexity that we didn’t use rank on the airplane. Truly different worlds we live in. Flight doc though? Took a shower in the airline club. 3
Biff_T Posted May 13 Posted May 13 14 hours ago, brabus said: Shiiitttt, this guy hasn’t been TDY almost anywhere. He’d have an aneurism if he went to SE Asia or Eastern Europe. This guy has obviously never been around gunners, booms or loads. 1 1
McJay Pilot Posted May 14 Posted May 14 19 hours ago, Biff_T said: This guy has obviously never been around gunners, booms or loads. Takes me back to my first AFSOC all call. Buck walked out and his cold opener was “naked gunner hugs are over. Let me repeat myself, naked gunner hugs are over!” …and the crowd was divided. 😂 2
bfargin Posted May 14 Posted May 14 What the heck is a naked gunner hug? Never mind, now I’m trying to gouge out my own minds eye. 1
TreeA10 Posted May 14 Posted May 14 (edited) "Naked gunner hugs????". Not sure if that deserves a "WTF is wrong with you people" or a Seinfeld "Not that there is anything wrong with that." The only naked Hawg driver I recall was one of the guys on an Atlantic crossing going to the tanker boom stripped down to shock the chick boomer who was not impressed and unphased by stunt. Edited May 14 by TreeA10 2
uhhello Posted May 14 Posted May 14 22 minutes ago, TreeA10 said: "Naked gunner hugs????". Not sure if that deserves a "WTF is wrong with you people" or a Seinfeld "Not that there is anything wrong with that." The only naked Hawg driver I recall was one of the guys on an Atlantic crossing going to the tanker boom stripped down to shock the chick boomer who was not impressed and unphased by stunt. Long and distinguished lineage https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/naked-gunner-rescue-rabaul-1944/ 1
ClearedHot Posted May 18 Posted May 18 On 5/14/2025 at 2:32 PM, bfargin said: What the heck is a naked gunner hug? Never mind, now I’m trying to gouge out my own minds eye. A horrific tradition from the MH-53 Pavelow community whereby they would hug each other naked as a form of trust...FU! I remember I deployment to Korea when they still had the detachment there and all the red scarf Pavelow homers though they were going to give the Gunship crewdawgs naked gunner hugs...Not happening and several people including myself were about to throw down. 1
disgruntledemployee Posted May 19 Posted May 19 We were doing an iron swap and happen to be going to the same place that a "team" (6? dudes) needed to get to, so we loaded up their ISU90 with "you don't want to know what's in there" and headed to the ME. Load announces on initial climb out, "Yo, you ain't gonna believe this, dudes are stripped down to speedos and are playing some form of tag, oh wait, shit dog, there's a swinging dick. Dudes are nuts, I now I can't unsee nuts. I guess its some form of strip tag?" The play by play had us rolling to tears. LM had a calling in standup.
Lawman Posted May 19 Posted May 19 Some of you guys have never been around Rangers and it shows…It wasn’t a gunnery until Dave chased you around the sleep area doing the “would you ____ me” tuck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3
Sua Sponte Posted May 20 Posted May 20 At least the KC-135 ANG crew that flew a whole sortie naked had a chick copilot.
Sua Sponte Posted May 21 Posted May 21 11 hours ago, brabus said: Would Biff have dibs’d her? He was a lame Gucci boom, so he's looking for outies instead of innies. 2
Biff_T Posted May 21 Posted May 21 22 hours ago, Sua Sponte said: At least the KC-135 ANG crew that flew a whole sortie naked had a chick copilot. Gay 2
ClearedHot Posted July 11 Posted July 11 Apparently a lot of the enlisted folks think this is another thing wrong with the USAF. 1
dream big Posted July 14 Posted July 14 On 7/11/2025 at 12:02 PM, ClearedHot said: Apparently a lot of the enlisted folks think this is another thing wrong with the USAF. Not just enlisted… we seemed to finally be moving in the right direction away from queep, chiefiness, sock colors, and reflective belt police..now we are headed back in that direction but now under the guise of readiness and GPC. Boot height, really? Also in ranks inspections are an utter waste of time.
Pooter Posted July 14 Posted July 14 43 minutes ago, dream big said: Not just enlisted… we seemed to finally be moving in the right direction away from queep, chiefiness, sock colors, and reflective belt police..now we are headed back in that direction but now under the guise of readiness and GPC. Boot height, really? Also in ranks inspections are an utter waste of time. I've seen some pretty questionable "boots" in shoe clerk world. Some of these rules end up happening because we have asshats out there clearly abusing the intent of the regs in uggs or coyote brown air force ones. But I don't disagree with you that we are refocusing on stuff that absolutely doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things and it has been a significant downward trend for quite a while. 1
uhhello Posted July 14 Posted July 14 It always has been and will be the easy target to 'get after' instead of doing substantial reform.
Lord Ratner Posted July 15 Posted July 15 On 7/14/2025 at 12:55 PM, dream big said: Boot height, really? Also in ranks inspections are an utter waste of time For pilots. We forget that the rest of the military isn't officer heavy with the ability to filter for only the highest performing enlisted troops. Talk to a marine recon officer about the type of shit they deal with, and the discipline side of the military starts to make a lot more sense. Saw a lot of it in Moron, and it was eye opening. Trying to control and motivate an 18-year-old who got his brand new girlfriend pregnant because he heard you make a little more money is an all together foreign experience for most Air Force pilots. I sure as hell didn't have to deal with it. That's not to say I would have been on board with the changes, I'm a contrarian by nature, but the aviation wing of the military has always been the exception, not the rule.
FourFans Posted July 15 Posted July 15 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lord Ratner said: Trying to control and motivate an 18-year-old who got his brand new girlfriend pregnant because he heard you make a little more money is an all together foreign experience for most Air Force pilots. I sure as hell didn't have to deal with it. Obviously you're not a mobility pilot. You sound more like an eagle driver who's only interaction with E's was when you yelled at your crew chief. Another swing and a miss. Many AF pilots are intimately familiar with actively leading 18 year-old aircrew, maintainers, and support troops. Talk to any AC who's taking crewed aircraft on a 3 week trip or any major who's been a detco for weeks on end. Your experience is not everyone else's. Maybe come out of your echo chamber. I've worked indepth with many marines. They agree: Open ranks inspections are worthless outside of boot camp. They pursue discipline in far more functional and useful ways. Edited July 15 by FourFans 1
HuggyU2 Posted July 16 Posted July 16 16 minutes ago, uhhello said: Terrible TOT for All Star game flyover Where? What kind of aircraft? How late?
Sua Sponte Posted July 16 Posted July 16 1 hour ago, FourFans said: Obviously you're not a mobility pilot. You sound more like an eagle driver who's only interaction with E's was when you yelled at your crew chief. Another swing and a miss. Many AF pilots are intimately familiar with actively leading 18 year-old aircrew, maintainers, and support troops. Talk to any AC who's taking crewed aircraft on a 3 week trip or any major who's been a detco for weeks on end. Your experience is not everyone else's. Maybe come out of your echo chamber. I've worked indepth with many marines. They agree: Open ranks inspections are worthless outside of boot camp. They pursue discipline in far more functional and useful ways. He was 100% a mobility pilot. We were stationed together on KC-135s.
uhhello Posted July 16 Posted July 16 (edited) 33 minutes ago, HuggyU2 said: Where? What kind of aircraft? How late? Graphic said 2x 22 and 2x 35 but I only saw 3. Solid 10 seconds post anthem. okay. 10 percent rule. Edited July 16 by uhhello
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