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I am shocked and saddened to report our friend and longtime forum member Danger41 passed away yesterday after a freak accident. Many of us knew him in real life and it would be an understatement to say he was an American hero. He was an incredible pilot, officer, mentor, weapons officer and a friend to all. More importantly, he was a dedicated husband and father. I had the honor of mentoring him throughout his career and was with him at Nellis the night he put his patch on...there are not enough words to describe how good of a person he was. This is an absolute gut punch and a reminder that every day is a gift, never miss a chance to tell a friend or family member you care. ***** All - Adding an update along with the link to a GoFundMe for his family. https://gofund.me/1ecfa239 As I mentioned above Matt "Macho" Anderson was a great human being. He attended and played football at South Dakota State before going to OTS and then on to UPT. Matt initially flew F-15Cs before he was TAMI-21'd to the U-28. He absolutely crushed it as a U-28 pilot where he quickly upgraded to instructor, attended WIC and eventually became WIC Cadre at the 14th WPS. He was known as the consummate Weapons Officer - Humble, Credible, Approachable. More than anything he would want to be remembered as a great husband and father. Macho leaves behind four children and an incredible wife. If you are so inclined say a prayer for him and his children who were also injured in the accident. Nickle on the grass my friend. 🥃

Matt reached out to me last year to be interviewed for my doctoral dissertation. He worked about 10 minutes away from where I live in Colorado and I met him at his office. Super nice dude, great insight for my research. Him Him 🥃

Updated above with a gofundme.

Tom is good people. He was a phenomenal commander at 1 SOW. He’s got his flaws, but we all do. I appreciate how disruptive he is to the bureaucracy and those who pledge their careers to the status quo.

I think it’s more a save face. Everything is about appearance and big blue loses face with a fired COMAFSOC by COMSOCOM.

Couple things for the non rotary folks: Lights with no secondaries are not treated the same as lights with secondaries. Land immediately over water means you're ditching intentionally. Transmission chip detectors have a fuzz burn function that tries to burn up the chip. When that's active, it usually illuminates the chip light (it's completing the circuit). I'm told this is not abnormal on an Osprey. On a 60 it's pretty common on a new transmission, but not once broken in. Repeated fuzz burn is not normal.

That whiny ass bitch hurts my ears worse than 110 decibels ever could.

What went wrong?

Never met him, but his contributions here were thoughtful and interesting, and funny. I can only imagine how much better he was in person. Very sad to hear this news. 🥃

Holy shit, man! That’s a rock-n-roll way to get noticed!! I recommend you walk into the squadron and “shoot your stuff” all over there too. A dude willing to texture the walls himself is certainly going to be remembered. Anyway, your scores are great. You’re still young, and sometimes prior service can help in the decision process; it can also sometimes be a detriment. You could use some more flight time, but I’m going to give you the same advice I give everyone who asks: If you want to get hired at a guard unit, go get to know the pilots. We want to hire folks who will fit in and be a great addition to our close knit group. The more squadron pilots who know you and enjoy being around you, the better your chances of getting picked up. Secondly, if fighters are all you want, start there, if you don’t get picked up, maybe start applying to heavy units too. I can’t stress enough to you and all the Guard UPT hopefuls out there that there is no secret recipe to getting hired. Great scores, great transcripts, great people, they all start to run together. If you want folks to remember who you are come interview season, the absolute best opportunity you’re going to get is to get to know the pilots. Whether that means enlisting in the unit, getting invited to meet and greets, showing up at drills, email and call squadron leadership asking to come visit, kidnap their wife and hold her ransom - whatever. Look, I know it’s not easy and seems weird in today’s age, but that’s why flying in the guard kicks ass still.