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You completely missed Beerman's point. Updated coordinates for non-mobile targets can come from many sources other than a targeting pod, and once those are passed, anybody with a JDAM can do the job.

Shack.

Canopy vs instruments. If the canopy fogs over because of the difference in temperature/condensation/pressure, you can't see outside. It doesn't fog over your instruments.

I never said it wasn't survivable, my response was to the statement that getting sent home wasn't such a bad punishment.

It probably depends on the size of the base. The Shirt should know if they have an EFMP office, but I wouldn't spend too much time waiting for him to research it. If you don't get an answer within a day or so, start running it down yourself. And you should have no issue enrolling your son in EFMP yourself.

Steve, It could be an aerodynamic limit. When you get well above corner velocity, the stabs don't have the same authority.

Good for him, it's about time. I heard the First Shirt kept kicking it back.

When accompanied by a Q3 in your FEF....not so great.

Kayla, First off, welcome back and congratulations! M2 gave a very good summary of EFMP a while back (though that last link is now dead), but here's some add-on. Definitely. You can be put on EFMP status for something as minor as a child with ADHD. In the end, it is the AF trying to make sure that you will have adequate care for your family, but you'll find that the paperwork and hold ups can be a MASSIVE pain in the ass, so do everything you can to lead-turn this and be proactive (i.e. don't trust the EFMP office to have a sense of urgency). Not necessarily - it all depends on the facilities that are available where you're going. Part of the reason EFMP is a pain in the ass is that the medical facility (specifically, the EFMP coordinator) where you are currently stationed needs to coordinate with the medical facility where you are going and ensure that they have the right type of clinics, therapists, facilities, etc., that your son needs. We just came from Germany, where - in addition to a full base clinic at Ramstein, they have Landstuhl Regional Medical Center - the largest US medical facility in Europe. I do know that England (Lakenheath) has a full-up hospital on base (as opposed to the clinics most bases have), so that isn't necessarily out of the question either. I would suggest you call the EFMP office at Pease and see if they can determine the possibility going to either of those three locations.

Ditto above on the tanker telling us how much we took, plus the fact that you should be fragged for a specific offload. And please for the love of Pete, don't start the tail number crap again.

Scot Medicinehorse? You sound like the same asshat who has been leaving comments in the AF Times comment section of this story.

IMO, the answer would be to drop the mask, but this may not have been immediately intuitive. I've been in BFM/ACM engagements when - due to twisting my body and helmet around - I've unintentionally disconnected the oxygen hose (which should cause a similar effect as what happened to Bong). The few times I've done it, it takes a few seconds for it to sink in that you can't breath because of everything that's going in. What contributes to the problem is the fact that the exhale vales still function, so you can breath out normally, you just can't breath in. I could easily see getting into a "WTF is going on?" situation - especially if the symptoms of hypoxia were present. Above 10K is were we're required to have oxygen, so below that he should have been fine. Even above that he should have been fine for a while (how long would depend on how high he was), and under normal circumstances, he would be expected to descend below 10K. They can site more than one casual factor for a mishap. That is what makes the AIB president's determination even more sickening. Edit: I wasn't aware he was at 50K - that definitely complicates the situation with hypoxia potential as CH described.

So will there be an AF-wide read file for loggies?

Kind of vague - were his failures on his most recent two PT tests? Even if so, the only thing I would argue with that statement is that it should have gone under physical fitness and not military bearing. If those failures happened outside of the last 2-3 EPRs, then your shirt might be out of line, but otherwise he is enforcing the exact standards that we (and mostly the enlisted troops) keep bitching about. Somebody who gets an excellent on his most recent PT test does not necessarily "clearly exceed standards" if he has failed (more than one) prior test. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, I say good on the Shirt for not allowing the standard firewall 5 to go through. And yes, if he is in the EPR review chain, that absolutely is his job.

Here's the AF Times article. Read the entire article, but here's the quote that floored me: So the jet cut off his oxygen, and as he was hypoxic/spatially disoriented, and trying to fix the system, he lost track of where he was at and got himself into an unrecoverable situation. The pilot was 100% to blame with no fault on the aircraft. Just wow.

Since this board is geared towards flyers, I don't think you're going to find much info here on the NCOA. The Sheppard info is geared towards ENJJPT, which is in the 80th wing, while the NCOA is in the 82nd wing.

You don't need it via PM. Wait until you're inprocessed and if you don't see the FCIF binder, ask to have it sent to your .mil address. It's a short nondescript letter and pretty much covered here - a recent breech of flight discipline makes us look bad, and the offenders are subject to NJP and FEB.

AETC just got it yesterday. I think if the Vice CSAF signs an FCIF that calls you out personally, things probably aren't looking good for you.

Holy revival. And yes.

Don't plan on CSO training being anything like tech school.

Depends on rank - 600 for Captains and below, 800 for Majors and above. The attachment is from the JFTR, section U4710.

BAH swaps when you get to the new duty station - it doesn't matter when your dependents get there. I tried to do a quick scan of the JFTR and couldn't find supporting evidence, but I'm sure Finance Guy can recall the source verbatim.

You may lose that battle - some bases have a local sup that details when the reflective belt will be worn.

Are those sweet-ass briefcases standard issue at IEU?