Leaderboard

If there's one thing the Air Force pilot pipeline managers constantly forget and have to re-learn, it's that teaching skills at the lowest possible level in the cheapest airframe always pays dividends. Passing the buck to b-courses to teach fundamentals that should have been learned in IFS/UPT/IFF is 100% of the time a giant waste of money. The temptation to green up slides over doing the things that actually make sense is going to run our service into the ground. Whenever this comes up I like to tell people some napkin math I did a few years back: I used more JP8 in my first 8 sorties in my MWS than I did in 3 years/1100 hrs in the T-6.

What do you mean, you people?

Okay, yes, this person is clearly not working 911 part time to pay for their mensa membership. But. If you're the pilot that just ejected out of a fighter aircraft and you're sitting in some guy's house calling 911, don't you think you would maybe take a little bit more control over the conversation rather than answer stupid questions that only make the person on the other end more confused? This guy is 47 years old and in the military, so ostensibly has some sort of leadership experience under his belt. If you can't lead one moron into sending an ambulance without a 15 minute discussion about how ejections work, it might not be the 911 operator that's the problem.

Fishin is the Mission Could you imagine casting a line off those pontoons) You could take that baby deep sea fishing. Lol

This is exactly how an F35 sounds.

I think he means elimination of landing A-1.

In my opinion the benefit of white jets is actuarial in nature. 500 hours. First 500 is where the first spike in accident risk of the bathtub (the other one is the experienced/complacency spike, which we also have good historical precedents for, even recently). When you move more of that window to the zone where the preponderance of your iterations will be done in the expensive jets, well by all means fvck around and find out. That's it, no RAND study needed.

I'm a huge fan of the old ACE (Accelerated Copilot Enrichment) concept and really believe we should put some companion trainers at every base to let folks fly and get air sense in a cheaper trainer. If the argument is "more is better" (I disagree with this but I'm in the minority) in terms of flight hours, get some airplanes that you can fly a bunch and get experience on the cheap. @Pooter nailed it with his T-6 example.

Reminds me of that scene from “Idiocracy”.

I'm sure the 911 operator worked in AF Finance or MPF in a previous job. Please, Lord... when the day comes that I need 911, don't let this be the operator that answers. Amen.

I don’t think you’ll need to wait that long. I think in 5 years maybe less we’ll do 50% of training (tactical stuff) in sims and 50% part task training in the jet. They are building JSE at Edwards, Nellis and Alaska and it will improve massively in the short term. Biggest obstacle is dinosaur leadership that focuses on quantity over of flying vs quality. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I think you guys are overthinking the real reasons Ol’Billy wants to do this… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The screaming howl of that demon bitch, Fat Amy. Lol

Of course the Clinton's do Humanitarian Aid. Who do you think was hired to take care of Prigozhin?

For fucks sake, "I lost it in the wx," does not mean he ejected for bad weather...this is the worst reporting I've ever seen. I can't speak for the 35, but the only wx we have onboard is foreflight if your bring a ADS-B puck.

Even if it was an “out and back” hike, you should never leave someone alone unless in an absolute live or die situation. Even just for a few hours. Technology/social media has driven so many idiots (or at least extremely naive) to have a false sense of backcountry capability/safety. Like the occasional tourist who looks at me sideways when they pass me with a pistol and bear spray on me. Yeah dumbass, there’s grizz everywhere and they will rapidly help you experience an excruciating death.

That group better be careful before that dude pulls a Hugh Glass on them. I first read the headlines and thought, no big deal. If I'm hiking with a group of friends and twist my ankle in the canyon then sure, I'll sit on this rock for a few hours and you guys can pick me up on the way back out. But walking away from a dude that needs a helicopter evac? That's not cool.

Got married just before going to Ramstein, and got a dog (practice kid) shortly afterward. Wouldn't change a thing if I could. As mentioned, dogs are almost universally welcomed all over Germany and we never had an issue with our Westie. In fact, he used to love meeting cows along walks between villages. As for cars, you can bring a US one over without much problem but understand Germany roads tend to be narrower than in the US (especially older ones). Not sure if I'd bring a F-350 but I've seen people do so. I bought a hoopty German-specs BMW 3-series from a Lt Col for about $1500 when I got there in 1995, I'm sure it's still easy finding a second car at a decent price. We kept USAA insurance during our time there. I hope she enjoys GK, it's in a great location if you like rural environments! The biggest issue is the limited US services provided. I believe they send everyone to Spang (a two-hour drive) or Ramstein (three hours).

ADAC dog insurance...car (like AAA)+ski insurance too...do it! https://www.mygermanfinances.de/german-insurances/pet-insurances-germany/#:~:text=Pet Liability Insurance%3A,damage%2C or breakage of items.

Maybe an unpopular opinion here: those images are absolutely terrible. Obviously style is highly subjective and we all like what we like, but it’s such a shame the Air Force wasted such a unique and special opportunity when there are civilian and DoD professionals that specialize in taking air to air photos literally on the payroll. Hopefully this at least opens the door for one of those pros to do it right one day soon..

I disagree!

Double turn 5 days a week (maybe with another sim/rsu thrown in there) plus the occasional xc on the weekend, also whatever office job you have.

They’re about to start T-6 straight to FTU trial groups. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

5. Lower the bar. 5 sorries in the T-6, do all instruments in the simulator. VR instead of flight time for low-level navigation. Kick formation to the FTUs. Not a smart idea, but one I can see the Air Force leaning towards. We're already reducing flying hours and training events.