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It may not be the entire Air Force, but I'll tell you something that's wrong with ACC: ePEX. We've had it now for what... 20 years? And it's getting worse. Holy shit, PEX is literally killing those that use it daily. Our entire Information Technology enterprise is a mess. The AF puts the "IT" in "shit".

I already knew the answer. But thanks for validating me.

I was born 30 years too late lol. I really liked how in the old school AF, you could have the reality of flying 5 plus different MWSs in your lifetime. All the while not wearing a high and tight, smoking cowboy killers, being a classy alcoholic, banging strippers and the airmen respecting a pilot’s/aircrew's ability to max perform his aircraft and kill bad guys/deliver the goods, while simultaneously living the life described above. Edit: My POS Alabama rat skinner moustache wouldn't have cut it back then lol.

Nuts to think that the 'old man' in that video was probably around flying the first jets in the 50's as a shiny new butter bar, then cut his teeth in 'nam, and finished up flying the jets we STILL fly today.

Awesome video! I’m paraphrasing, but the part right before they were in the locker room where lead said “I’ll turn and you blow him out of the sky before he gets me” is awesome. Plus that stogie!!!

The right squadron who really feels like they connected with you enough to want to hire you would look past those AFOQT scores. Now, it definitely wouldn’t hurt for you to try and get a waiver for a 3rd attempt. It can quickly turn into a numbers game in which the squadron needs to find the easiest way to “weed out” the record number of applications it just received this year. Instead of looking at 150 cover letters and etc., it’s just a little easier to look at 30. Now, how you choose which 10 or so out to an interview is beyond me haha. I DIGRESS: If you haven’t already, I’d challenge you to start broadening your horizons and figure out which squadrons are worth spending your time and money on when rushing/visiting. If the squadron posted a hiring announcement on Bogidope, I can almost guarantee you that you will be fighting an uphill battle against some amazing applications unless you have a personal connection with that squadron. Try doing some research off of the main path…. You will find that some squadrons don’t get a lot of traction because they may not be in “desirable” locations. Some squadrons don’t even post their hiring announcements anywhere on the internet. These are places you may want to try focusing your attention. Email, call, and do whatever you need to in order to find that one genuine connection. There’s that saying about the “squeaky wheels getting the grease.” Cut your losses and keep at it. Getting offered the dream job is definitely a magic combination of hard work, being at the right place at the right time, and a little bit of luck. Hope this helps!

What would your PCSM score be at 200 flight hrs? All I can say is that there are over 150 reserve and ANG squadrons out there. All you need is one "YES". keep on getting after it. Cheers

Easy sunshine! Breathe. This ain't our first rodeo!

All those other names don't mean shit until you get to your first operational fighter assignment. You'd better not refer to yourself as anything but "FNG" until you are Mission Ready and get your Tactical Fighter Pilot Callsign. Better yet, don't refer to yourself at all. If you come to our squadron calling yourself anything but "FNG" until you are officially named by the squadron, then you will be named "Handjob" for trying to give yourself one. That goes for Colonels and Lt Colonels, too. Our squadron has a proud heritage of naming field graders "Handjob." When you get a callsign in a fighter squadron, that becomes your name. No one will even remember your first name, if they ever knew it to begin with. Only your wife and your mom will call you by your real name.

Can you please provide your source on this?

Pass. I already think Fauci is a douche. That doesn't change the fact that the vaccines did drastically reduce the lethality of Covid among those most susceptible. I never wanted broad mandates for all Americans. I recognized that the president had the authority to make the military take the vaccine. That's very different than demanding the unvaccinated be kicked out of restaurants, schools, stores, hospitals, etc.