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93d FS World Famous Makos 2022 UPT Board MOVED UP to Aug 6-7 2022 - APPs due to 93FSMakoUPThiring@gmail.com No Later Than 6 June 2022. Send us your Champions. Good Luck!

FYSA. Send your Champions to South Beach and the Florida Keys! Makos are hiring again after a nearly 3 year hiring stop. Apps due 1 Aug for a Nov Board. Good Luck! Blood in the Water! Nov 2022 Mako UPT Hiring Announcement.pdf

Glad to hear he is ok. Guess that dispels the rumor that if/when you pull the handle, a video from the CSAF pops up on the MFD and says, "No, no buddy, you try harder."

Got 100 of both of these made by Progspec and have almost sold all of them in 3 months. Great quality and good service. Got a few left if anyone wants a championship caliber tab.

For any and all you Jayhawks lurking out there I got some Shit Hot Morale/Pen Pocket Patches made: They are going for $3 for one or $5 for 2/both to offset the costs of having to buy 100 of each and supplement my guard Lt income. Feel free to email me at flyinjahawk@gmail.com or PM me and we can exhange contact info. Holler

Does anybody know if we can carpool to IFS? I was planning on riding with a bro from AMS but one of my friends who just graduated a class or two ago said this is a bad idea. He carpooled and said if he hadn't gotten lucky and finished the same day as his ride they were going to make his ride leave and force him to buy a plane ticket home?...sounds ridiculous to me and I'd rather not drive my poor guardbum Honda out there.

Do they want people creasing the sleeves on the ABUs? I just got mine back from the local alteration shop and the high speed sewing machine driver starched and pressed my uniform including ironing the old BDU creases in the sleeves. Should I keep them or iron them out.

Read through this awesome thread but didn't see much about graduation/commissioning...I was in AFROTC before getting out and in the guard and have some friends and old cadre that want to come see me commission along with my family. I'm trying to figure out if I need to have a commissioning ceremony back at KU like some of the Dec/Summer ROTC grads do or if I can just save myself the headache and tell anyone who can make to come to Tyson-McGee. 1. Is there a commissioning ceremony? 2. Is there a limit to how many people can come? 3. Is there any gouge out there or info to give to the family about when to show up, where to stay, where to go, etc? (I know there might be some info on the afportal but my damn CAC doesn't work yet so I have yet to get a chance to get on there.) Thanks and just fyi I hear if you are in the upcoming 16 Mar AMS and don't show up with a Mustache for Mustache March you automatically get sent home.

Do non prior pilot selects get anything like this? That would be the tits if so...

I want to be full time. My dream would be to be AGR or be a Trad Pilot with a GS job in our around the unit. Big F*ucking 2! I was in ROTC and all of my bros are either in or getting ready for UPT as AD guys and stuff is kind of gloomy. Like every other wide-eyed, over motivated SNAP I have wanted to be a fighter pilot since I can remember and refuse to see the obvious that UAVs are the future and can probably do everything a task saturated, formation flying, g limited human fighter pilot can do. Heavies will stayed manned for a very long time if not forever but fighters will most likely not. With AD where it is, I kind of see the guard (besides dudes who get lucky enough to pull Raptor slots) as the last bastion of the fighter pilot. The future is bleak but I guess I view myself as lucky as I may be getting my dream in before it isn't possible anymore. I asked these questions both in my interview to the higher ups and around to the rest of the dudes multiple times. From what I understand as a new hire who also knows the answers to these questions may be sugar coated, this unit is in a great spot. And that is supposedly a quote from the 0-7 overseeing the unit. They actually got an increase in the number of jets from BRAC and from what I can gather/hope is they would be given A-10Cs if Vipers were to be phased out before the guard starts getting 35s in the 2020s (projected). They just got back from a deployment were the CSAF or one of his people supposedly gave them some award basically saying there were the best unit in their AEF rotation or at their deployed location or something of the sort. I heard they didn't miss a sortie (if that is possible) and their maintenance guys where getting their jets done and going over and showing the AD maintainers how to fix the AD jets. It makes since, in the guard, you do your speciality and your speciality only. Whether it be flying, deploying, turning wrenchs, doing paperwork etc you do it (sts) with the same guys for 10-15+ years. These people are hands down experts in whatever it is they do. Even talking with some AD guys I have met and stayed in contact with through being in ROTC; when I told them I got hired by this unit they had all heard of it and told me it is an awesome unit and I should be stoked. With all that said I know this is just hear-say and shit can change. I guess my opinion is that it isn't worth trying to predict the AF...it is gonna do what it is gonna do and if something bad happens I will just cross that bridge with the best attitude possible. At this point, the guard seems like a better option than AD and most of the AD fighter pilots I have talked to since getting hired have either been on their way to the guard or trying to set themselves up to palace chase at some point. I don't have a family. I am only 22 years old but I want to have a family in the future. The guard is hands down better for this. You can post up, fly, go TDY, Deploy all from the same place for your entire career. You don't have to take a queep job unless you want it and if you do you still fly, deploy etc. From my understanding the guard treats it's pilots correctly and uses their expertise and experience instead of moving them around every 3 years to re-learn everything and re-learn the tendencies of the guys you fly with. That is the big, scary question. The guard is a better gig as far as quality of life, flying, etc. IMO but it is scary that I might have to find a job in 5 years after AMS, IFS, UPT, IFF, RTU, and MQT. I was in ROTC and planned on being AD; that didn't work out and I think it happened for a reason - The Guard is the best kept secret in the AF and I am now guaranteed a viper as long as I STFU, work hard, don't F up and graduate in the top 1/2 of my class in UPT. My college experience and mindset from the day I graduated high school has been focused on a career flying and fighting in the AF. I have a CDL and a Communication Studies degree. I don't want to have to get a civilian job, but to me, the Viper slot and the life in the guard is worth this possible negative to my situation. Hopefully, I will only have to get a civilian job for a few years before getting an AGR job or a GS job on the side as a Trad Pilot. I want to give back to the unit that is giving me my dream shot and I don't know the in's and out's of transfering units but I will be willing to apply to other units and/or pointy nose airframes in order to get one of those AGR or GS spots. So wow, lots of good stuff. Keep it going. If you couldn't tell by the above book, I am choosing the guard viper slot. Having to answer these questions is helping me feel better about my choice. AD dudes knock me back down to earth if I am off base here. Guard dudes "2" me if I'm right.

I know what I am going to do but am just curious to see what all of you would do in this situation...Got picked up off the street for a guard viper pilot slot and just found out my OTS recruiter rolled over an FY08 OTS Pilot slot application to the just released 0901 OTS Pilot Board. Curious to see what those of you on AD, in the guard, in ROTC/OTS, on casual etc would do in this situation. Nothing like having great options though it is a tough choice and kind of begs the question as to which is the better gig in today's world...guard or AD. Opinions wanted...talk it up

haha nice...I seriously thought this thread was a joke when I saw it in my inbox. a_thomas if you are serious there is a lot of stuff you can find online to help shave your time once you start getting in better shape...i.e. breathing/stride techniques. My suggesting for first getting back in shape would be to try and find places to play other aerobic activities like basketball or football or even try and go swimming...just try and keep things fun and different so you don't resort back to another 4 year binge on xbox and world of warcraft or whatever game that is my roommate plays all night instead of going to the rec with me to hoop.

Is there a way to earn an ENJJPT slot or a specific way to go about requesting it? I had an AD ENJJPT slot as a ROTC guy before being shown the door on some major BS against my CC's recomendation. I would still like to go there to experience the larger syallbus, foriegn aspect, and to meet up with some ROTC bros that will be there by the time I would arrive. Thanks for the help. Glad to be on my way to being a part of the guard brethren on this site!

The last rule is usually don't read the rules... oh and lots of jeremiah weed and no girlfriends/fiances/wives

Sounds good; thanks guys. Business casual and a case of some good speciality beer. I can't wait.

This is all great stuff on here and I've been reading all of the guard/reserve stuff on here over the last couple of months. I recently submitted a package to the 132FW in Iowa. I got asked to come up for lunch and for a 'roll call' in a few weeks and have been doing all of the normal homework...i.e. reading about the unit's history, mission, block type, recent deployments etc - it has been fun. I understand all the other gouge on here about just being yourself, knowing when to STFU, etc...what I am curious about is what to wear? It's not an interview so I don't think it would be good to wear slacks and a tie but I also know everyone is judged by what they have on when making a first impression - want to look relaxed and professional while not looking like a tool going for some corporate businessman job. What do you guys think...some khaki shorts, a polo, and some normal tennis/skate shoes or something more along the lines of khaki pants, a tucked in button up or polo, and some loafers/dress shoes? The latter would require some shopping as I am just normally the khaki short, polo with tennis/skate shoes kinda guy...though buying some nice dress clothes wouldn't be a problem if necessary.

Obviously never been on a navy ship but what is spraying up towards the rear of the vessel?...It almost looks like they are trying to spray the jet.

Back to stupid posters - pretty crazy this thread has been viewed over 31,000 times - Mr. Baseops is an Internet rockstar

And you got your pilot slot and ENJJPT slot without sacrificing your or

Ok...one last one I made while procrastinating school work for the first time this semester today:

Our last CW/CC made a little different version of this one. I thought it was worth re-doing and posting. We take ROTC extremely serious around here...i.e. no interviews for CC but rather boxing matches...ha

I heard from our CC that the wait is actually because of the AF wide wait on Congress to approve our Fiscal Year budget. She said we should be seeing it in Jan and it is planned to be a back payment all the way from 1 Oct. I guess they are going to move the retroactive payment date back to 1 Oct instead of 15 Oct to compensate for the long wait. So POC on scholorship should be getting a cool $500 or so sometime in Dec/Jan. To the bars we go... I wonder if the book $ are based on region cause we haven't seen ours yet...either way, Congress hates us. Det 280 Moto: "Little does the Gov't know they are funding our drinking habits."

Found this on the Facebook ENJJPT group...posted by someone who got ENJJPT FY 07 who had asked someone from his Det who went through circa 04/05...long but worth the read: Hey dude, of course I remember. Congrats on getting ENJJPT. It will be awesome. A lot of people ask what you can do to get ready for pilot training, what to study, etc. The truth is, there's not really much you can do to get ready for it. Any amount of studying you do beforehand will only put you a couple of days ahead of everybody else when you get there, and then you'll all be even again. You will be somewhat overwhelmed with the amount of things you are supposed to learn once you start the flying portion. You'll hear "like drinking from a firehose" all the time. As far as other things to expect, the timeline sort of works as follows: you'll start with aerospace physiology first, which is the easy part of the program. You'll go out early in the morning, practice PLF's, sit through classes about GLOC's and spatial disorientation, etc. I think that lasts a couple of weeks, if I remember. After that, you'll start the systems academics phase for the T-37 (I don't think they've upgraded to the T-6 yet, but I might be mistaken). The contractors they have are awesome teachers and could build a tweet from spare parts if you gave them a couple of hours. You'll cover engines, hydraulics, electrics, etc., the whole gambit. Then, at some point, I think it totals up to be about a month after you've formally started the program, you start reporting to your flight room instead of the academics room every morning. You'll meet your instructor pilots (IP's) and you'll start getting put on the schedule to fly. Expect to fly about 4 times a week or so, as long as the weather is decent. If your class gets behind they might start double-turning you (fly twice in one day) to try to get you caught up. There are five flying phases in the Tweet. Contact, Instrument, Low Level Navigation, Advanced Contact, and Formation. Once you start getting put on the schedule to fly, life is a blur for the next two months. You'll step to the jet on your dollar ride and you'll have absolutely zero SA on what's going on. You'll barely be able to get the jet started in the correct order like you've already practiced a hundred times in the LINK simulator. Everything seems to happen at ludicrous speed. In the contact phase, you're just learning the basics of flying the jet from point A to point B, how to fly a military overhead pattern, how to put the jet into a fully developed spin and then recover, how to land, single-engine ops, emergency procedures, just the basics. After you have about 5 or 6 contact rides, you'll start flying the instrument phase simultaneously. This is to give you more practice in the VFR pattern with an IP next to you before you solo. Then you'll fly a mix of contact rides and instrument rides as you go, and before you know it you're in the VFR pattern with no IP next to you. Solo is awesome. You're scared as ###### when you step to the jet, but once you get airborne it's sweet as hell. Your SA is 10 times better because there is no pressure from the right seat. Your first solo ride is in the VFR pattern (the IP actually flies the first half of the sortie with you, then you land, shut down the right engine, he climbs out and you fire it back up again and take off. He then walks over to the RSU shed to watch you in the pattern and help you out on the radio if necessary). After that, you'll be full-up cleared to the MOA, to Hacker (the auxiliary field where you practice pattern stuff). You live for the solo rides and you actually start looking forward to those sorties instead of sucking with the IP seeing everything you get wrong. The instrument phase is the most grueling. It's tough enough that you are flying the contact phase and the instrument phase simultaneously, but you alsol have academics every day, and you're also flying LINK missions every day (T-37 SIM with no screen so you can practice instrument procedures). There is a LOT of stuff to learn about instrument procedures. You'll have your first checkride at the end of the contact phase. It's pretty nerve-wracking, but it's not too big of a deal. It's actually kind of nice when you get the contact check out of the way, because then you can just focus completely on the instrument phase. Towards the end of the instrument phase, you'll start flying "out-and-backs." You fly IFR to some other airport, grab some lunch, and then fly back. You're responsible for filing the flight plans, doing fuel computations, planning divert options, etc. Then, at the end of the instrument phase, you'll have another checkride. Here is where the program starts to get money. At about the same time you finish contact and instruments, you also finish up with academics and LINK missions as well. Congratulations, you just made it into the Tweet Flying Club. You'll find that you actually have time to do things like go out to dinner during the week or watch a movie at home or whatever. The fog finally starts to lift a little and you think you might actually make it through this program. After contact and instruments, you'll start low level navigation. You'll build maps and fly low level routes to arrive over a target at a specified time. This phase is awesome because you're cruising at 500 feet and you can actually look outside again as opposed to the instrument phase. Low level nav is a short phase, only like 8 or 9 rides or so. Then you'll start flying advanced contact. Advanced contact is more of the same stuff in basic contact, but now you add in aerobatic maneuvers. About half of the advanced contact portion is solo. You already know how to do all the contact shit, so it's a pretty easy phase respectively. You'll also start flying the formation phase along with advanced contact. Formation is probably the most fun phase of the whole program. You'll hamfist the first formation ride, but you'll get the hang of it. You'll do fingertip whifferdills, extended trail exercises, echelon turns, etc. Then you'll have your advanced contact and formation checkrides (sometimes only separated by a couple of days or so) and you're done with the Tweet. Then there's the T-38. It's an awesome machine compared to the Tweet, full up with afterburner and everything. You'll move to your new flight room on the T-38 side of the house, and you'll start at the bottom again. The T-38 phase is easier than the Tweet phase. The program runs: Contact, Instrument, Basic Formation, Advanced Formation, and Low-level Navigation again. Here's the difference though: You already know how to study. You already know the instrument procedures. The T-38 is where you actually get good at them. Formation is the same, but now you add the tactical formations and stuff. Like the T-37 phase, the first couple of months or so are somewhat difficult, but not as bad. Same deal with the LINK missions and academic classes for about the first half of T-38s. And then you're done. A quick side note on non-flying related stuff. If you drink alcohol, you'll drink like a mother######er at Sheppard. You'll NEED to. Everyone always studies all day on Sunday, so Friday night you'll have a ton of stress built up from the week, and you and your bros will go out and get absolutely wrecked. I never drank in college like I did on the weekends at Sheppard. Woke up several times underneath my truck staring at the driveshaft with Carl's Jr. littered all over the place. If you don't drink, no worries, you'll still hang out and just take it easy on Friday and Saturday. So get ready for that, you'll have all kinds of crazy stories. The international dudes are pretty cool too, they make things interesting. So that's about it in a nutshell. Of all the uncertainties, I can guarantee it will be the best year of your life. Pretty awesome when you finally pin on the wings. So here are some parting recommendations: 1) Go to Kinko's when you get thereand get the big packet of gouge. They'll know what you mean when you ask them. I think there are a couple in town there, so call first to find out which one has it. It's got lots of useful information and stuff that previous classes have compiled. It's good reference data, but remember, it is gouge so it might not be 100% accurate. 2) Start practicing ground ops as soon as you can when you get there. Get someone from a couple of classes ahead of you to walk you through it a couple of times. They should be glad to. The better you are at ground ops on the first ride, the more brain bytes you can dedicate towards the stuff that actually matters. 3) Chairfly. I know it sounds gay, and it's difficult to do for long periods of time, but it will pay off huge. Talk out loud to yourself when you are chairflying if you need to to keep your mind focused. Go over every detail of your flight the next day, repeatedly. Trust me, it helps big time. Also, schedule yourself for practice SIMS if you have the spare time. 4) I don't know if you're IFR qualified or not, but the more exposure you have with instruments, the better off you could be during the really grueling phase. It might be worth checking out on Microsoft Flight Simulator or something. 5) Help your bros. Not everyone will do as well as you will. Offer to take them to the SIM and help them practice whatever they need help on. Share info you get about test questions, etc. The IP's are just looking to see if you guys can work as a team. That's about it dude. It will be pretty awesome. When does your class start? Do you know anyone that will be in your class? Anyway, hit me back if you have any questions or whatever about the program. I got a little long-winded, but it should give you a little bit of an idea of what to expect. Also, when I left, I think they might have been building a new simulator building or something. So the syllabus may have changed a little bit since I was there. Anyway best of luck and I hope you do well.