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Fatty Fat Fat Redneck: (One second after walking up the cargo ramp and reading the billboard describing the mission and capabilities of the C-130) So, what does this plane do? Fatty Fat Fat Redneck: (Upon seeing the four seats on the flight deck) How many people sit up here? Stupid kid: (Pressing rudder pedals) Mommy, what are these? Stupid parent: The right one makes the plane go and the left makes the plane stop. Fatty Fat Fat Redneck: (Pointing to nav station) Is this where the general sits? I had a father and son come up to the flight deck and the kid was obviously thrilled. His dad told me the Herk was is favorite airplane. I invited him to sit in the seat. Me: Do you have any questions? Brat: No. I all ready pretty much know what everything is since I fly this plane on FlightSim a lot. Me: That's rad. Fatty Fat Fat Redneck: Are you the pilot? Me: Yes. Fatty Fat Fat Redneck: Ha Ha. You're too young to be a pilot. (Brand new copilot who looks like he's 17 walks up to the flight deck.) Me: Here's the other pilot. Fatty Fat Fat Redneck: -------Silence------- Fatty Fat Fat Redneck: Does this plane fly? Me: Yes. Fatty Fat Fat Redneck: How did you get it out here? Me: By truck. HD [ 23. January 2007, 00:00: Message edited by: HerkDerka ]

I don't really care about the example she set, yada, yada. What I do care about is that she's pulling a victim card for a situation that she put herself in. She repeatedly mentions her "rights" and has not once shown that she had any competent thought beforehand that the AF might not like her posing in playboy. Regardless, when you read her statements, you can tell where her priorities are. HD

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The reports seem to be getting less positive. The fault line is starting to shift and pretty soon it's all going to come crashing down. HD

I'll bet that sucked. HD

Lint. HD

The Concorde still takes the award for weirdest flight control column. HD

WTFO, are cheap booze and cheap hookers no longer a sound investment? I guess I need to cancel my account from Bender Financial Solutions. HD

Tell them to check their facts. HD

I'll agree that she's no ten. But still not bad for two kids. Scooter is right in that she had a complete lack of SA. It doesn't matter if she thinks she was right or wrong, what did she expect the AF to say about this....Good job? Way to go? Regardless, at 13 years and still and E-5, she probably wasn't going too far in the AF. HD

There need to be more like you Kayla. Women's lib works both ways. HD

And here's one at The Grotto. HD [ 13. January 2007, 20:40: Message edited by: HerkDerka ]

Different chick. That's the one with the marshalling paddles in front of the Aussie Herk. HD

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BTW Hydro.... . HD

Let's break down this clown show article a little bit... That's it! Sign me up for the 365 to asscrackistan now! Chalk one up for bunker love. And screw someone else over. What is this "time off" you speak of? Plenty of that in the AF. WTFO, are the finance troops required to bench press their desks in between customers? And we'll include a free reflective belt if you can tell us which of those four areas we're sending you to! So get in line for your GWOT-E, GWOT-S, and AFESR. If you showed up for work, the BSM line is forming over there. And make up for that $720 dent AAFES put on your account for three sets of PT gear. Not once was the word combat used. HD [ 10. January 2007, 17:36: Message edited by: HerkDerka ]

HD's theorem of lieutenant spending: The sum of lieutenants that an item or program costs is inversely proportional to the future utility of said item or program. HD

Right on. That's the best way to look at it. Air Force- -The AF is a flying service. Our job is to fly. -Pilot slots are a little tougher to get in the AF than the Navy. AF UPT is regimented and tough. -As a young pilot right out of FTU, you can expect to fly for three assignments before being assigned to a non-flying staff gig. That's basically eight to ten years of flying. -The AF has more airplanes than the Navy. That includes fighters. Navy- -The Navy is just that, a maritme service. -A pilot slot in the Navy is a little easier to get. -Navy flight school is easier in that it runs on the big boy program and you don't have a set graduation date. -Flexible grad dates are also a bad thing. Navy guys in the jet track train almost two years before they get their wings and a good portion of that time is spent sitting on your butt (reference movable grad date). -In the Navy, you won't be a pilot, you'll be a naval aviator. -You will have to rotate ship and ground tours every assignment. -You can expect to pull non-flying gigs aboard boats since you are a naval officer. -The Navy has a small percentage of guys that go jets. Around 60-70% of Navy pilots fly helos. -There are some fun missions in Navy helos like ASW and SAR. But you can expect to spend plenty of time hauling trash between boats. HD

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Dammit M2. HD

Five bucks says the press didn't seek him out. He called them for the interview. HD

A little Shatner-ish too. HD

Waxgoblin = new resident photoshop guru. Well done. HD

That may have worked had they not painted all three planes a different shade of grey. HD [ 22. December 2006, 02:51: Message edited by: HerkDerka ]