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The B-52 community flying with the Raider callsign probably really struck a nerve with the Doolittle Raiders because several of their bros ended up executed in China...what a slap in the face to those men that the Buff community would dare fly with the callsign Raider. Buy you know, yay heritage!........wait, that didn't happen because none of those Doolittle Raiders were a bunch of whiny SNAPs. Sounds like some of your friends need to get over themselves. Not a bomber guy, but I think the name pays a great tribute to not only a historic bomber raid in WW2, but also to the bros who were lost in 2008. Seeing it any other way is beyond ridiculous and extremely self-centered.

I'm sorry man, but history is full of callsigns (especially from WW 'Nam) of men and women who paid the ultimate price while flying their war chariots, both in battle and while training for battle. If the B-52 community is offended by the name Raider, maybe y'all need to dig a little deeper into history and come up with a list of names and call signs we can't use until we give you SNAPs sufficient trigger warnings and enough time to retreat to your cozy safe space. YGBSM. Personally, if I morted and Big Blue decided to name an airplane the same flying callsign, I'd be fvcking honored. You can't un-mort the mort, so your only option is to remember (with reverence). Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

END 17-08 9 AD T-38's (no shit), 1 INTL, 1 Guard, so 11 total T-38's 13 T-1's 1 Helo

With this happening on a large scale, I wonder if it's viral marketing for the "It" remake.

If this clown thing is true, any bets on how long till there's a report of one of them contracting lead poisoning? Or a the very least getting his ass handed to him.

When your package is weak in one particular are, you should do your best to strengthen the other areas to the best of your ability. Units hired based on the whole person concept and how well they think you fit in. I've seen people get hired at units with less then stellar scores. As far as being competitive for this and any future board, I would suggest you retake the TBAS and try to get more flight hours if you are able to. I myself have not been hired by a unit yet, but have had a few interviews and continue to make my package stronger with the feedback obtained from those interviews. Lastly, one of the best thing you can do is to go and visit the unit. This way they can get an idea of who you are and what your motives are.

If it is a short term, Big Safari program, likely it will be contract maintenance. This gets the system up quicker and doesn't require allocated manpower. If the program were to last long enough/get big enough, blue suit maintenance might become a player. Examples: MC-12 was contract maintenance. MQ-1/9 began as contract maintenance, and eventually blue suiters were added (not sure if there are still contract maintainers, or if it eventually went 100% blue suit).

DLF - 7 T-38's. 2 Saudis 1 Kuwaiti 3 AD 1 guard So much for boosting 11F Pipeline. Let's put more international's through.

Well, it's a good thing you're not a betting man. Betting on a losing cause AFTER the outcome is known is certainly not a winning strategy! From the Washington Post about an hour ago: "The Senate cemented an agreement Wednesday to avoid an Oct. 1 government shutdown after House Republicans allowed a vote on federal aid to address the water crisis in Flint, Mich., removing a major obstacle in negotiations. Senators voted 72-15 to pass a stopgap measure that will keep the government open until Dec. 9, giving appropriators time to pass 2017 spending bills. The measure also provides $1.1 billion in funds to address the Zika virus and $500 million in emergency flood relief." And here I was hoping they'd shut down the gov't and cancel ACSC.

Shack! It goes back to the fracturing of the service. Fingers has it right: the squadron used to be everything. You never had a NEED to go outside the squadron save for a few instances. Each squadron had a personnelist, someone to handle pay vouchers, even MX reported to the same CC who owned the jets and the mission sets. I remember going to work with my dad and seeing pilots and maintainers in the same offices working towards the same goal. If a line didn't go, there wasn't quibbling over who owned the failure: the answer was clear, the SQ! To bad we couldn't periodically autosave every once in a while and realize the unintended consequences of the path the service set out on.

Better late than never. Just give the aircraft/mission to AFSOC (LAAR / COIN), I suspect ACC will make an effort to look interested then sh*t can the idea after a period of time of seeming to look busy at investigating it.

What do you mean it hits close to home? You mean an aircraft projected for IOC in 2030 might be flown by people offended with the name association of a 2008 crash? Not trying to be rude, I'm just perplexed by what the issue is. I think raider sounds badass.

Yet... When offered the chance, every fighter pilots will...

At both of my last bases we would alternate family friendly and adults (spouses were fine) every other month. We had some really good adults only ones. One of the best was a thrift shop prom that several of us smoked a whole hog and catered for and then had a "prom" where everybody wore their best thrift shop duds. We also did a Cinco De Mayo one that was pretty great. One of the better family friendly ones were a "tailgate" during fball season. The family friendly ones were lamer than the other ones typically, but they were fine.

Even non-pilots can as well. Careerism has always existed. It always will. "Fair-haired," "golden boy," "early identified" types have always existed. Always will. However, the deliberate destruction of the squadron has occurred since the 1990s. The focus on everything but the mission has occurred since the 1990s. Look at the number of GOs today with the size of our miniscule force compared with WWII, Korea, or even your Vietnam example. Those on the spot, usually the best able and having the most SA on what the problem is and how to rectify it, now are neutered and must ask "Mother [insert your non-gender specific noun here] may I" before doing anything. And so on until at least a GO, if not a several button type is reached. Yes, it, the Air Force has changed. And people who wanted to be a part of the older version are voting with their feet. The new CSAF is the first to publicly identify this. So they've known for years if not decades, but no one would do anything about it because they would have been fired/retired. Not exactly "service before self" behavior, IMHO.

Must be going to Shaw

You also may want to check out hedonisticsexualdeviantfighterpilot.com for better ideas.

Online law school...Sounds legit!

So if it's all online with the exception of one week a semester how do they expect to remove your heart and install a cash register in that small amount of time?

You can pick two of those.