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One night North of JBAD we were supporting a routine nightly DA from the bottom of an air stack 20 miles high. Upon infil the objective village came to life and a large group with small arms, RPGs, and recoilless rifles headed for the high ground surrounding the objective. We kept track of their movement with 25% of the capacity of one of our two sensors while supporting other tasks with the rest. When the F-16 flight finally finished yo-yo ops and got both birds back onstation from JOKERing out prior to infil due to a 15min slip in the timeline, we talked them on. The group stopped and set up a fighting position in the terrain above the objective leading the GFC to decide to engage prior to entering the objective village. Friendlies were still several clicks away and the targets were in the middle of nowhere. As a result, and because it wasn't a critical or time sensitive engagement, the JTAC decided to throw a bone to the F-16s. A way to get them in the game as thanks for showing up night after night and watching in the background while we took care of the meaningful engagements. In the process of 9-line coordination, the F-16s lost sight of the targets (which hadn't moved) and were unable to reacquire. We moved out, found them, and talked the F-16s back on. We then attempted to confirm basic fighter/gunship integration procedures to allow us to remain overhead at the time of strike, but it caused confusion on their part and the JTAC opted to push us off rather than spend the time to unfuck it. The initial drop incapacitated 2 or 3 of about 15 and the re-attack turned into a shitshow that never left home plate after the F-16s lost tally again. After giving the targets a 5min headstart to run in a bomburst pattern off the original impact site the JTAC got fed up, aborted the re-attack, and called us back overhead. Despite having been in BFE for the initial strike, the first round left the aircraft ~3 seconds after arriving overhead without aid of the assets that were supposed to have custody of the target. The remaining 12 or 13 spread all over the mountainside were cleaned up in 1/5 the time that it took for 9-line coordination on the initial strike, while the F-16s faded back into the background. I knew right then how different our worlds were.

So who got ATIS on your RTB?

The F-16 exceeded my expectations in that story. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

71P/71N/68ABM/66V/50AA/35Q PCSM: 35 / 0 hrs 2.57 GPA in Anthropology Concentrated in Sustainable Development 17OT02 Pilot/RPA/CSO/ABM Played Rugby for 4 years in college, captain for 2. Random volunteer work over the years. 5 LORs, 2 from an AF Major and Lt. Col, 3 professonal. No waivers.

Yeah, those stats are for the Active Duty board for current officers. If I'm not mistaken that's the most competitive avenue to a UPT slot. The Active Duty OTS process is entirely different. They're not selecting you on your potential ability as a Pilot but rather your potential ability as an officer. If you're in the Facebook group for 17OT02 you can see the grading criteria. To summarize it, the PCSM score is applied within the "education" grading block which also includes your AFOQT score and GPA. The education block makes up 3/10ths of your entire score. So it stands to reason that your PCSM makes up a relatively small portion of your overall application.

I believe those stats are for UFT (Undergraduate Flying Training) boards for those who are already AD commissioned officers. I'm no expert, but I've dug around this forum and airforceots.com a lot over the past few years and it seems that the OTS rated boards are a bit less competitive.

Phuk you.

My recruiter seems confident is my application. He said he has seen people with lower GPAs and worse scores get in. That doesnt mean much till I get accepted. If I don't get accepted on this board, I am definitely retaking the AFOQT. I can apply to Non-Rated jobs now, as well.

The boom in the nearest tanker

Just saw this image on a different website and the message immediately resonated with me. You don't have to be an 11F to appreciate the mindset described here. IMHO, regardless of your job title, this attitude is what separates a leader from a manager and a bro from a back-stabbing careerist. Each person may acquire this level confidence at different stages in life, but once you've gained this self-confidence, "positive aggression," and the burning desire to be better, you just know you are good to go with whatever goals you set in life, in or out of the military.

Study both afoqt and tbas and retake. Gpa is on the low side with your degree, but they say the time is now to apply if you were ever going to apply. Active duty ots upt is very competitive and you'll need as high of afoqt and tbas scores as possible to disconflict what is shown with your gpa. Good luck.

Don't have much input to help you other than to say ENJJPT is at Wichita Falls and I see no way that base is ever BRAC'd for that reason. I suppose it could happen at some point, but with so many countries heavily invested in that location, that seems like a darn near impossibility that it's going to be BRAC'd and if nothing else it's got to be at the very bottom of the list. Not to mention it's only a small portion of the base.

While I think you are right on all accounts, it doesn't matter you will either be promoted or you won't be (at which point you will be continued) they arent going to pay to pay you to leave at this point. So take the 20 year retirement as a captain as a blessing in disguise and go enjoy yourself and your family if you have one. Or get out and do something better. But you aren't getting sep pay IMO

Better make damn sure it's on the 70th Anniversary letterhead too.

But let's be honest, the Maj in question will be flying for Delta in 2 years so who the fuck cares?

Yeah! Let's make fun of WSO's! Or CSOs or NAVS! What are we calling them nowadays?

Don't know about multifamily but a lot of guys renting out their homes in Abilene are making close to and sometimes more than the mortgage

By being honest to the flight doc for the first time ever?

Good on ya for saving as much as possible, however you must have had a ton of cash to throw around if you can casually shift from 5% all the way up to the IRS limit of $18K annually. Unless you're making $360K per year...if so then well played! This article is excellent at explaining the pluses and minuses of Roth (or after-tax) investing vs traditional retirement investing. BL: If you're not saving the extra money you have in your pocket due to a lower tax bill now, you're falling behind vs where you'd be choosing Roth. If you put the money you realize in tax savings into another savings/investment vehicle in order to foot your long-term tax bill, then you'll come out ahead. But very, very few people do that, and thus Roth is a good crutch (i.e. pay your taxes now, and whatever money you have on the backend is yours and yours alone). Unless you know for a fact you'll be hanging with CH and the ladyboys in Thailand with a dramatically lower tax rate. My working assumption is that for most youngish, smart, hard-working, high-earning people, their future tax rates are likely to be higher rather than lower. Personally, I'd rather pay my taxes now and do my future budgeting without having to worry about unknowable tax rates biting a piece out of my pie. Cavet: if you're even having these types of conversation you're in like the top 6-9% of investors out there, so don't sweat it too much either way. It's like working out, you don't need the perfect program to be better than all the fat slobs out there, just go out and do something and you're already way ahead.

The only approved AF songs are "Why the raptor won't do me wrong", "Pour some info-dominance on me", and "Stairway to C-17s". There are NO other AF songs; anyone who tells you otherwise is not a team player and that only helps the terrorists win

As someone who really wants to joint the fighter community, how the hell does one get into ENJJPT? I've asked IPs from EN tails, my cadre, former eagle and viper drivers and the best answer I have gotten is a big fat no ing clue. Some say GPA some say DG at field training, Commander's ranking, PCSM, flight hours, the whole nine. I have yet to get a solid answer and it's been chewing me up inside. My current scores are 89 Pilot 85 Nav 3.2 GPA Aerospace Engineering Haven't taken TBAS yet so no PCSM. What y'all got for me? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

I like that the thread I made about UPT female relations has exploded but this one, an actual question is all but ignored Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums