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Unconfirmed reports via Facebook that the crew is safe and the jet is on the ground. Edit... Confirmed via command post, jet on the ground, crew safe. Edit 2: I hate when the media catch wind of an EP. They always try to spin it as a disaster in the hope of generating hits. Fuck them in the ear for whipping everyone connected to the tanker community into a panic, especially considering Shell 77 is still a pretty fresh wound.

The flight line has a horrendous manning situation, however you sound like a MX Officer or SNCO trying to justify a training practice because you're chasing one of your metrics. I'm speaking as a flyer who observes the Comm Nav or Engines troop reading off a card completely, while not looking at the actual aircraft nor flight controls, while doing the control and trim check during the preflight. Where then we have to stop, tell him to get his expeditor, and find someone who knows what they're doing.

Assignments are handled on an excel spreadsheet by a GS. When I was a -38 flt/cc during the time when there was a 1yr BIT program for fighter bound guys, myself and some other flt/cc's were annoyed that student #5/5 was waiting for his F-16 FTU while we had to give the #1/7 a FAIP slot 1 month later because the fighter slots had dried up. Went to the source to try to unfvck the situation. BL is it s not flexible. The GS lady gets the total # of slots and tries to distribute them evenly. For bombers, if there is only 1, it is rotated among the bases. Base OG's can trade jets. I've seen this and some really shady/shitty stuff (ie trade 2 f-16s for a 15E and B-52 so a former WSO could get back to his jet. Tough to watch the guy soak up the bomber and see his fighter dream crushed by that crap). I saw trades made hours before assignment night where we had to change the slides. Sometimes good news: F-15C upgraded to F-22....usually bad: fighter traded for bomber/U28 for shady reasons. A lot of guys in all different airframes have no idea how close they were to flying/not flying fighters. Same goes for track select. If you think the T-38s always go to the most deserving/wanting pilots...no. And if you saw the behind the scenes PC bs and double standards for females, you'd be utterly disgusted.

try giving them your real name instead of your BODN moniker...might help them locate your account.

Is it too late for new build KC-135's? It works!

Planning on flying my Chipmunk up for Warbird Parking

Because Maintenance has the same cancer that plagues the rest of the USAF. Good people care about the mission and want to turn a jet for a mission. And there's other, more senior people, who only care about offduty education, volunteer opportunities, and face time (sts) with senior leaders to get that next assignment, job, or strat. After being in a AETC assignment, with contract maintenance, I'm very skeptical about the quality, compentency, and honesty of an AD maintainer wearing less than five stripes. Sometimes it feels like my crew is buying a used car when reviewing the forms of some jets and asking about certain write ups.

I have ever heard any UPT instructors describe any their students using any of the phrases you just used. And I went to UPT with Brian Williams.

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Incorrect (though, you could look at it exactly the other way around--put $18K toward traditional with CZTE money, then put $18K toward Roth). The $18K limit refers to the "elective deferral" limit, which applies across all similar employer-sponsored retirement account--TSP, 401(k), 403(b), etc., whether traditional, Roth, or a combination. If you're AD, the 401(k) issue doesn't apply; if you're Guard or Reserve, it's important to understand that all the limits involved apply to total contributions to ALL such accounts. Roth contributions count against the elective deferral limit, regardless of whether they're "after tax" because they came from tax-exempt earnings or if they've actually come from taxable income. If you want no-kidding source documents, you'll need to dig through the IRS' instructions; otherwise, the TSP site makes it pretty clear: https://www.tsp.gov/planparticipation/eligibility/contributionLimits.shtml If it's important to you to max your Roth TSP, AND you want to maximize your total contribution above the elective deferral limit (via CZTE money), you must avoid putting any CZTE money into the Roth. While deployed, put as much as you can into your traditional TSP (I'm assuming you're not above the officer limit, i.e., you get 100% tax exempt), being careful not to exceed $35K ($53K - $18K). Then, during non-CZTE months, put your money into the Roth side. Adjust as required based on your specific situation (number of months deployed, how much you can afford to put in, how close you can get to the limits, etc.). Short answer: no. Longer answer: CZTE money is month-by-month--you can't "save" it up to be used in another month. TSP contributions have to be made directly from earnings (you can't make a "deposit"). BL, you can only put money "above" the $18K limit *to your traditional TSP* during CZTE months. If you want to max out your Roth, "save" at least $18K (don't contribute more than $35K of CZTE) for non-CZTE months, then make those contributions when you're home. See my reply to Disregard for more details.

So you all are really going to sit here and say the the AF demanded that Laughlin got a half dozen fighter types while they only demanded two from Columbus? Really? Since you are sitting here seeming to know the answers explain that one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yup you caught me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk