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Ugh. This is such bullshit. One year later nearly to the day. We've buried too many good dudes here lately. This is the guy that immediately popped in my mind when I sat here and read about the "toxic" climate at the 87th. Trojan was one of those dudes that had it figured out, as a FAIP, more so than some dudes twice his age ever will. The balance he struck between instructor and bro was absolutely perfect. Flying with him was like going up with friend, right up until you f'ed something up and then he set you straight. I trusted the dude implicitly in the jet, his professionalism was beyond reproach. He was one of those guys you met and knew "Yeah man, this guy is going somewhere." Sorry I over-g'd it on you Graz. I hope you're teaching Stuck how to fly better Tac Form up there. Him him. 🍺

Manchester.

Words fail me when I try to describe how good of a dude he was. There are few people I can think of both in and out of the Air Force that I’ve met that have zero character flaws personally and professionally. Even I would scoff a statement like that, but he was definitely one of them. I just can’t believe it. Anyone who got the chance to fly with him is a better aviator for it. Cheers, Graz 🍺. I’ll miss you brotha.

Trojan was the kind of dude where you slowly and without noticing start picking up his way of talking...."yo dude thats DOPE!" This is a huge loss.

Incredibly rough. Dude was one of the IPs I trusted the most. We had a lot of heart to hearts throughout training and like homeboy said up there, he struck that balance perfectly. Huge loss for the Air Force and anyone that knew him. Him him 🍺

Not complaining...but

He was a great f ing dude. We met at IFS, he shuttled me around since I didn’t drive up. Got to meet up with him a few years later when he was going through pit. To him. 🍺🍺

I prefer blondes.

Expectation management is key. It’s not the “good ole days” anymore, and it’s a government organization, the beurocracy and bs are alive and well. That being said, it’s still a amazing experience, Im glad I choose to be military aviator and worked my ass off my USAF wings. I went straight to RPAs after UPT, it was a major let down, I missed being the air everyday. But I learned more than I ever thought, and was closer (even though remotely)to the pointy end of the stick than most will ever be. I got one of my top choices of assignment out of RPAs, and recently have returned to the jet. I don’t take any flight for granted, and I’m usually smiling like a fool from the moment I step until engine shutdown. I’ve been lucky, I have had some pretty good leadership in AFSOC, I’ve also seen some not good leadership in other organizations both in my wing and in others. Im still torn if I want to stay or punch at my 10, I’m not on the HPO track, and that’s fine. If I do decide to leave AD when the time comes it’s likely I will try to find a guard/reserve gig. Going AD was probably the only chance I was get to fly anything bigger than a 172, and it has opened up my opportunities in the aviation world. Some things have been awesome, some have sucked, I still don’t for a second regret the decisions I have made.

That kind of bullshit (Chida's post) rarely, if ever, happens in the CAF. In my 11 years, I never saw anything that even slightly amounted to the careerist bullshit that all of my MAF bros told me (and I've read on here). Sure there's the occasional CC who's not great at flying and has turned to perfecting queep, but it's minor when compared to the MAF. It seems like the cultural cancer across the street is so bad even the few good bros who make it to CC are unable to affect change. Grassroots guys - stop playing their game and the game will eventually subside (I know, easier said than done).

Being here myself since 2007...I see you just don't understand. May you be enlightened. There is always a point to BaseOps forums, it's why they exist. It's also why I check them often; Fresh perspective. (Thank you all over these years). May BaseOps live past my years... Hopefully soon we should we praise you for... Please understand:

Never heard of a fighter pilot being told the same. I'm sure it has happened, but like I said, that situation (and your's) is not the norm in the CAF...at least not in the fighter world. Some people have bad timing/luck, but I don't believe the majority do. For every shitty "I hate life in the AF" story told, there's a 100 that had a pretty good time overall. I think Viper's last line above nails it - it's not all good, but in the end, totally worth it for the vast majority of us, at least the first 10ish years anyways.

He had it figured out and was waiting to head to IFF and then B course. You weren't the only one to over G on his watch. Either.

Hoss, save your advice for someone who genuinely wants it. This guy Seadogs is just another low-level troll.

Be careful if they have a UOD defined then you might get in trouble for not wearing it. Which is crap, if these damn army flight suits become mandatory I'll just end up wearing my blues all the time.

i nominate this for post of the year

It is 14 Nov

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During my interview at Southwest, the Captain interviewing me point blank asked me if I was considering Guard or Reserves. When I said I wasn’t sure, she told me that I should find a Guard unit and that my Active Duty time was too valuable to throw away. She then said that Southwest loves their Guard/Reserve guys. I thought they weren’t supposed to ask you about this, but she was just giving me professional advice to do both.

She's allright. I've had better.

Marry a stripper...problem solved! Cooter

Worth a read for those who weren't around 20+ years ago...

In my mind you try to win a war. There is no timeline. When all you’re doing is maintaining the status quo...I’m not sure what the hell you call that.

Yeah, as said above it should have been mentioned in the letter if you were 1APZ. You have 60 days to accept. On myPers, under Promotion, then Selective Continuation Information, there’s some general information, then at the bottom a link to the specific 18B Major’s Board for this particular board. That’s where it lists this board’s critical skills, such as all pilots, a couple of CSO’s, engineers, and a few others like folks in degree programs. Those are the folks that are supposed to be offered 24 years, everyone else just 20. However, I fall in two of those critical buckets and my letters only said 20 and everyone’s trying to figure out why. Yes letters, because I got one from my previous Wing CC, one from AFIT, and one from the ROTC Det CC at the school where I’m attached to while in school! And yeah, the 20 versus 24 matters because I’m trying to make sure they don’t kick me out of the PhD program if I’m continued to 20! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don't come to McDonalds and tell you your job is great. So don't do the same to me. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Join the ANG, be a Doc and a pilot, I've seen it several times.

Same d-bag was in the “What are my Chances” sub-forum down-voting everyone else’s comments and suggestions. Just ignore it and it will go away.

Lol....uh....ok.... please reference general chang for quality troll procedure. Make it less obvious next time

My wife is hot af, I just know myself and when looks become stares, I can get tempted. Not the correct environment to place myself into if I want to stay faithful to my wife. Just knowing my own limits and boundaries I guess. True...