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You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

I'm just spitballing here, but I think there may be a few considerations. A FAIP is still doing basic AF airmanship and teaching it (fundamentals of flying, pubs, comms, etc). Even with 4 years of heavy flying and an MC-12 mixed in there, I'm already losing some of those things. There are flghts, even months were some units don't even talk on a radio. For example, unless you do LR, you aren't going to have checked a real set of aircraft forms or beat up the traffic pattern; you take an IRC, but you'll never look at the -217 and remember how to hold in ICAO; I bet everyone here has been on 6-8 hr flights where you didn't even change the nav mission and just stared at the same dirt compound as yesterday. Some RPA guys might get really good in an airstack, relaying comms, and helping plan weapons effects; but there aren't a lot of follow on platforms that's going to help out unless you were a -38 guy going to a B-1 or a Toner guy that gets a rare AFSOC assignment. My advice, if you drop an RPA save up for an RV-4, split it with your buds and keep flying in normal airspace. If nothing else go do Launch and Recovery.

You mean, like a FAIP? I keed, I keed. But seriously.

Rather than looking specifically at the U model, try this: 1) look at the mission of the AC130 (generically, not specific to U vs W vs J) and the mission of the MC130...which would you like more? 2) Put on your sheet in that order Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pretty much, yes.

Agreed. I was late rated as well. I didn't go to UPT until I was a Capt and didn't get to my first flying assignment until I had 6.5 years under my belt. Upgraded ahead of several dudes to AC, IP, EP. Was a flying Sq/CC and am currently a flying Group/CC. It's not all rainbows and sunshine but this hyperbole about the sky falling is over the top. This in no way makes UPT direct RPA a good idea.

When you repost stuff from the nerds at war is boring, you only encourage them. Baseless opinions from neckbeard hipster gamers at best.

Dude, this is an article from a clueless website about the hypothetical results of a video game.

"If I can't go to a fighter, I'd rather stay in RPAs than fly some heavy jet! I am 100% sure I'll never want to fly for the airlines!"

Being an RPA pilot sucks a big floppy donkey dick. Will the USAF honor a promise to send them on to a manned aircraft in 3 years ... maybe. The last bunch of UPT directs escaped, but some are being nonvolled back. Why these filthy noobsauces should get a ticket out while those of us who earned a better life in UPT and were pulled into this nightmare second assignment are stuck forever I do not understand. I should have joined the fucking Navy.

300' per nautical mile = 3 degree glide path. Degree glide path x NM/min = VVI. Holy tap dancing miracle, how many student pilots are chiming in on this thread. Choke yourself for being stupid and prevent the passage of your seed.

The Army is in no position to go throwing stones after the raw deal we are giving the 58 community.... I look at both pictures and just thank god I didn't go scouts on selection day. What we are doing to our own people with this rack stack secret OML nobody is allowed to talk about, and holding dudes in purgatory over follow on assignments while they fly their aircraft out to Davis-Montham and do rotations through Korea ... Absolutely disgusting.

I heard there has been a crackdown in that leadership wants UPT grads to have their morale crushed earlier in order to have an accurate and realistic view of their next 10 yrs. Too many people graduate UPT still believing what they were taught at the zoo/ROTC.

Your weak attempt at sarcasm is noted. Field Elev is -46 MSL at CHS. 10 miles x 3 = 3000 AGL. Easy. Done. No LGPOS math required.