Right Seat Driver

For those that use On-line/Electronic Logbooks for military hours, do you just put down your hours per the extract or do you annotate any approaches, etc?

Nope. As I recall, a certain former CSAF who was a former Thunderbird loved rocking out the V-neck so much that he made everyone were them.

But there is still hope...

About 4.5 months. Depending on where you are going after PIQ you may have to complete the Block 30 Tx which is about a week if I remember right.

It is a very competitive process, if I remember they only give out a few slots a year. I would recommend talking to your Det Cadre, using an upper-case I when referring to yourself and putting an ' between "I" and "m."

Go for it. However, wearing the flight suit as over-alls regarldess of rank or not is only legit if you have a jiffy lube approved nametag.

Nice, just add that to the long list of retarded lines to come out of Biden.

It has been a rough year for Military Flying. Godspeed to the pilot and his family.

The stud in 09-03 did spilit-s into the MOA while checking in and oversped the plane, and he immediately leveled out and declared an IFE. He was grounded for a few days and was put on Military CAP for a week or so. He had to go to every flight room in service dress and brief every single flight on what he did, why it was stupid, and why it should never be repeated.

Yup, they use the 2 prong standard GA connection.

2007 F-150 STX 4x4 Supercab. Gotta love having manual windows and locks, and a plastic floor. When I walked into the dealer I said I wanted a 4x4 STX Supercab. If I was getting a car I would have gotten everything you could get, but I guess I never got over my '86 Dodge Ram from High School.

You can and I recommend that you bring your own. Every DA-20 has a set of Dave Clarks for the student to wear, but I went to IFS in the middle of the summer, and it is an awesome feeling to put on a pair of sweaty headsets from the last student to fly, not to mention that a cold/flu will probably make the rounds through your class at some point. When I got to the plane I stowed the student headset and just used my own.

Yes, At my Det on Commissioning Day all the Lts were sworn in individually and then rendered the first salute after your bars were pinned on. We could choose the Commissioning Officer and the enlisted member for the first salute. Best of luck w/OTS. EDIT: Sorry, my lack of SA caused me to not fully read your question. I have heard from guys who have gone to OTS that some render a first salute and others don't.

Once I was told I was picked up for a slot I had 14 days to file the paperwork. A little over a fourteen months later I had my TS, but the investigation didn't start until a year after the application started because of paperwork snafus at OPM, they put a rush on the investigation. When the investigator met with me she had my Secret application instead of my TS app, so I had to fill in the details that had changed between my Secret and my TS investigations. Luckily, I had brought a copy of my SF86 for my TS and my Secret so I was able to get everything ironed out at the first meeting without too much effort. Be honest and open, they asked me questions about things that had happened that I had forgotten about like high school teachers and bosses that I had at jobs during high school. Don't stress, remember everyone has skeletons in their closets.

Can't tell you about ranges, but try to find a bro who lives off base that you can keep you firearms with because if you live in the UOQs you will have to check them into the armory at the SFS. I can't speak to what they do at CBM, but a couple dudes from the high school days are AF cops and they take people's firearms out to the range occasionally. So, it's up to you. If you want to store it with them just take the firing pin out or something. I personally just left my arsenal back in MI and decided to deal with it later. I went to the range all the time back home, and figured I would want to have everything with me, but not the case so much. PM me if you have any other questions.

I commissioned at the end of April and reported at the end of May and my DOR is supposed to be half-way in between but vMPF states my DOR as 27 Apr, but since when is that ever correct?

Just came across this on af.mil. Leaders consider returning maintainers to flying squadrons

Isn't that what 100% Oxygen is for?

Just some food for thought, At the University of Michigan the Det has about 80 cadets on average. 99% of the time they commission about 9-12 Lts every April. Out of those 9-12, 3-4 put in for a rated slot, be it Pilot, Nav, or ABM. There has been between 75%-100% pick-up rate for rated slots. Out of my class, 4 put in for Pilot slots, 3 got them, and the 1 dude who didn't ended up getting a Nav slot. Again, that is usually the way it works at Det 390. This coming year though they are looking at having about 25-30 kids putting in for rated slots, so it will be interesting to see how it pans out. Bottom line, go somewhere you like, study something you like, and work hard without f*cking over your bros and just enjoy college, you only get one chance at that. If you work hard, everything will fall into place.

Yeah, I was born in raised in Michigan, and always loved staring at the -106 at the MTC Air Museum. I was torn between a picture of a -106 from the Six Pack or one from K.I., but I figure a lot of people had no idea that the 87th used to be an FIS back in the day.

The F-106.

I had the same issue, you sign a form saying you will or will not have civilian medical coverage after commissioning but before reporting for AD. I stated that I would not, and then I was given Tri Care coverage for myself only. If you have any dependents they are not covered until you EAD. The problem with the Tri Care coverage between commissioning and EAD is that you will pay for things up front and will then get reimbursed (last I was informed). Your cadre will have an 800 number you can call that will lay everything out for you in regards to Tri Care coverage.

I have come to the conclusion to just keep hunting people down until you get the answer that you like or the best deal. For example, if you are having a problem with your Verizon bill (not like it ever happens) and the dude on the other end says you're screwed, just hang up the damn phone, and call back until you talk to someone who will credit your account and fix the problem that should not have been a problem in the first place. There are some shady Verizon guys at a few Best Buys in the SE MI area and never go to the Novi store.

Really? You might have not talked to someone who knew what was going on. With Verizon you get 15% off your plan plus 15% phones and accessories but it requires you to use your AF e-mail to activate the discount for your plan. Phone and accessories discount at the store usually requires you to just show them your Mil ID. Typically the only time they won't give you the Gov't/Mil discount is if their sale price is lower.

I have a Garmin 96, it is simple, durable, and works great for GA. I couldnt see spending around $100 or so more for the color screen of the 96C. My recommendation would be the 96 for simple everyday VFR GA stuff. As said earlier, battery life is very good on it as well.