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The B-66/A-3 flew until just about 5 years ago with Raytheon. Was at VNY a few years ago on a T-38 cross country and got them to give us a tour. They had a hangar with about 5 airframes in them. Pretty cool.

Add 'Veterans Stand for Standing Rock' to that list...

Sadly it is almost impossible to fire a federal worker. As a senior commander I had a guy who was leaving work everyday around lunch and would go drink at the VFW. He has a very distinctive car and the investigation documented over 40 occasions where he left work and went to drink at the VFW while logging hours on the government pay system. We did everything possible to fire him including pulling his security clearance which was a requirement for his job. He appealed the security clearance loss and we had to put him in a nonsensical job for 18 months while it was adjudicated. Ultimately, he won the appeal and got his clearance and his original GS-13 position back.

For some government workers, the greatest contribution they can make to their organization is minimizing the damage they do. There are a few people I know who should probably be watching a little more Judge Judy during the day.

The C-130 is an A model and all are gone as far as I know. The KC-135 is an A model and all are gone as far as I know. An argument can be for the B-57 as NASA still has three flying, but all the WB-57s are F models and the one pictures is an E model. If you care B-57E Tail #54244 is on display at Strategic Air and Space Museum, Offutt AFB, Bellevue, Nebraska. An argument could also be made for the BUFF, but that looks like a big tail and they are all gone. Fairly certain all the Tweets are gone, unless some dictator is South America or Africa has one in his garage. That leaves the F-86, several privately owned owns are out there and a company was using them to pull darts for you pointy nose drivers. Now you made me miss the early bird special so GET OFF MY LAWN.

As a $25k bonus taker (I had my reasons) I'll be the first to predict that a targeted $35k bonus will cause rates to drop across the board. It won't be enough to keep those that are targeted, and it'll further alienate those deemed not worthy of the raise. I can't believe that they still don't get it. ALL pilot retention is in crisis mode, not just the ones highlighted by the manning spreadsheets. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

DoD simply can't keep up. A couple airlines just approved raises bigger than the debated ACP bonuses. Without having to sign a contract. The only hope for AF pilot retention is another recession.

Sounds like you are going to make a great contribution.

Great having a beer with you at KOSH, in a couple of years we'll see how it goes...