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How about we use this space to pay respect & admiration to the men and/or women who gave their lives today, and just not speculate at all on their identities/bases/etc. until such information is released through formal channels.

"You will lose friends in this business" Very hard to swallow the grim truth in those words... especially today. Rest easy JJ ... Rest easy brothers. --- PK...

Look Lt- a mentorship moment here, quit trying to have the last word. Keep the positive attitude, but shut your mouth.

Predictable response. You earned it...everybody else is just a freeloader. And of course everybody else thinks similarly with regard to themselves. I know a guy who will get a check from the government for the rest of his life because he snagged a ski on a tree root while on vacation and it tore his leg to pieces. I know of another who injured himself playing a pickup game of basketball at the base gym (comedically enough, he was skipping out on work to play). And then there's every other guy who avoided the base clinic like the plague until 6 months before their final out date when, based on their medical records, you'd think they'd come down with some sort of degenerative terminal disease (which then miraculously disappeared when they needed to go out and find employment). That reminds me of another guy who thought he was done with government work when he left and pushed the VA hard to earn himself a ~40% rating. 8 months later he was trying to get on with a Guard unit who wouldn't take him because he was disabled. He was able to reverse engineer that issue, pass his physicals, and is serving in a Guard position that is more physically demanding than 99% of all Air Force positions. Had he not had the desire to return, he'd still be collecting. What are the odds that his ailments will return when he leaves the Guard? None of these are the reason for the existence of the VA healthcare system, but they are by far the overwhelming majority of claims. Monthly disability payments exist explicitly to replace income potential lost due to debilitating conditions developed as a direct result of military service...not to compensate people who have lower back pain because, ya know, 40yr old+ people tend to have aches and pains. If the 95% of people living normal lives while receiving VA disability gave up the entitlement, the guy who had his legs blown off in combat could get 50 times better care and not have to wait in a 9 month backlog of people making frivolous claims to start receiving benefits.

C'mon, no one here would be irresponsible enough to post the unit, wing, base and perhaps even a photo of the exact tail number, would they?! I'm hoping the families receive notification before seeing it on social media, where it's spreading like wildfire. Sincerest condolences.

Not one more U.S. Life to that goddamn shit hole. Please. No more. It takes healthy troops and money and only gives back heartbreak and broken families. RIP, brothers. Damn.

True, probably only a couple of thousand.

Depends on the base/Flight Commander. Some have you list every option possible (1-~50) for trades and changes from AFPC.

Little Rock is supporting AFRICOM out of two locations. No ops to the sandbox.

Well at least I have a positive attitude! It's not like there's much choice so you will just have to make your peace with it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

Go Navy, they're actually happy about their branch of choice. AF peeps seem bitter about life. Not even the Marines flying Uav's hate it as much as the people on here. Lots of full time jobs available in the reserves. Working as anything other than a pilot as a civilian would be difficult. Good luck with your decision.

Well sorry but we can't all fly fighters. And I hear those are hardly dropping anymore. Id rather fly something with weapons than a heavy anyway, who cares if it's an rpa. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

Ok well since we're new to this we have to ask: is the money worth it and what would you be doing as a civilian? It's important to look at the contributions you get to make and have the perspective that you get to do something very few people get the chance to do. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk