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Seriously, if it wasn't for US aid to Ukraine these guys could have been living happily in a Siberian gulag by now, while the country they believed in was ground into dust by a nuclear-armed gas station doing a Soviet Union speedrun.

Splash of cold water? The USAF needs a sledge hammer to wreck bureaucracy, a firing squad (figuratively) for many layers of cultivated pussy officers, and a promotion system directly linked to proven combat success (versus current "future potential" BS). But it won't get either because there's no accountability in government and therefore no incentive to change. I like where your hearts at but you misunderstand the organization if you think another multi-million dollar program with numerous stakeholders and fuzzy immeasurable outcomes versus a single commander with clear objectives is the right path. But respect for your consistency & desire to keep the force flying.

Just got back from a week in Bavaria. Countryside is as beautiful as that lady.

No. Sounds like we’re from different corners of the AF; once every 2 weeks flying sounds terrible, I’ll l give you that. But that is not what’s killing the AF. It’s all the other bullshit in conjunction with dickless leadership who doesn’t give a fuck about winning. Enough of that horseshit makes a guy move on. Period.

Choices have been made.

RIP to Matt, if y'all can, please donate to help his family out. Luckily I just saw that the Special Operations Warrior Foundation will be taking are of all of his kids' educational expenses from here on out. SOWF is one of my absolute favorite charities to donate to and support, and I encourage you to do that too if you can.

It was one game but Cam Ward looked calm in the pocket, just out for a Saturday stroll. Long season ahead but at least we have this guy to typify Gator football in 2024.

This is a terrible idea. If MC12 taught us anything, temporary MDS is a recipe for disaster unless overwhelming GO support exists to chaperone the program through all the gatekeepers and roadblocks from established corners of the bureaucracy. For so many reasons this would not work: no one cares about it (senior leadership sponsorship is critical), the only people gameplanned to lead are folks who wouldn’t have gotten a chance in closely scrutinized communities (not intending to disparage here, but it’s true), everyone else is competing for scarce dollars for programs already proven, the line flyers are focused on their next assignment… bro, it briefs well but in practice would be a horror show. Not to mention we have actual MDS that could gainfully employ these pilots for 3-5 years. Or forever. If a random staffer is lurking on here for ideas (doubtful) please don’t pick this one.

Sign me up!

Not seeing the problem here? Every MDS needs pilots in the mean time. Going through 38s doesn’t entitle you to a fighter. When I went through 38s you maybe had 1 fighter in a class of six, maybe two.

It also attempts to address a non-problem, that of idle bodies with a long ADSC balance. The DOD doesn't care. Retention of their experienced chattel is an actual material concern for the DOD, and they still don't care enough about it to give up an inch on the 'control' line item of the ledger. And that's fighting separation-eligible bodies they have actually sank millions of dollars in recurrent training in. Good bad or indifferent, BITers simply are in the weakest negotiating position of their entire careers. Their only reprieve is that their clock is running post winging. Now, the AF goes and changes the contract to functional AFSC complete before clock starts (aka core ID other than 92T), and all bets are off. That would def sour the entire batch writ large, and cause all sorts of second tier morale effects all the way up the training pipeline to the op units. In fairness to the borg, there's no indication they've gotten that greedy.

bro why do you do this to yourself? big blue isn't doing anything like this

True UPT has never been tried.

That’s a mentally ill person we’re all supposed to pretend is a normal contributor to a healthy society.

No no no, it works in theory [marxism], you’re just not implementing it correctly.

I have seen more than one guy get FEB'd for non-flying related actions. It sounds like whatever you did to receive an LOR is bad enough they don't want you flying, and that's their prerogative. Really do some introspection here and determine if this is something worth spending a ton of money and stress on. It's very possible you really fucked up something in life/officership, and if that's the case, I'm not saying incriminate yourself further or not lawyer up, but also I wouldn't burn yourself out and drain your bank account to fight a losing battle. If this hypothetical is hitting close to home, then learn from the past, do what you need to improve, and move forward on a new path in life...flying is not everything, despite what we all think in our 20s.

Apparently he’s on Grindr if you want to find an empty barstool next to him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Exactly what Mayorofrollcall would say.

There sure are a lot of replies to a rumor started by a 2Lt casual student. Of note, the nephew of a guy I know just showed up to his Navy/Marine F-35 RAG... 5.5 years after starting on active duty. We aren't the only ones Accountability: I've always been impressed that the commander and executive director of AFPC weren't both fired by the CSAF for their inability to manage the rated force. For you airline guys, I heard some really crazy shit recently about another merger. I heard it on the crew bus from a flight attendant and...

The democratic coup pulled by pelosi, obama, and schumer shows the power of American media propaganda machine. propelling the most unpopular vice president in history, into the cat bird seat. incredible really.

I hadn't seen that, but he's absolutely deserving. Macho was a true hero.

Kinzinger is a hero and a patriot. He’s doing the right thing. As for Trump, how about the incident at Arlington yesterday? All that just for a cheap photo op. Disgraceful and just the latest in a long line. You guys should be asking yourselves why you still support a candidate who denigrated POWs. Why’d we even do SERE then? What was the point of all that? Return with honor? POW/MIA, you are not forgotten? Replace it with Trump telling us he likes people who weren’t captured. Eff John McCain I guess. He was only a republican presidential nominee. But that doesn’t matter. Nothing matters, apparently, besides support for the dear leader. I look forward to the day the republican party is a serious party again. I really do. That hasn’t been the case for the last 9 years and it won’t be the case until Trump and MAGA are gone. Kinzinger’s doing his part and he’s not alone. More members of the military are stepping up and need to continue to step up. Thanks for freeing up the seat at the bar, I’d proudly sit next to him.