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The problem is, that's not a 'now' fix -- that changes things 20 years down the road. Let's face it: this whole retirement discussion is a political dance brought up by the current economy. They want a change that will provide benefit TODAY, or this year. To say that it will help in 20 years means absolutely nothing to anyone.

I love it when firearm neophytes ask 'what's the most accurate'....when the weakest link in the chain isn't the equipment, it's the wet noodle pointing it. They're all more accurate than we are.

Some additional Yeager douchebaggery, just in case some felt that this was an isolated feeling amongst Baseops.net participants: https://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=42031

This, in big bright shiny bold neon flashing letters.

I find sitting around here and screaming the USAF equivalent of "you kids get off my lawn!" incredibly constructive. I just can't wait for that first day when I can go to the Commissary as a retiree and buy 3 shopping carts full of carton cigarettes. Then I'll know I've really made it!

Sarcasm detector inop again, eh? Of course, you should be self-aware and proud of being a know-it-all asshole -- I am!

Enormous continued off-topic discussion: While I thoroughly believe that there are plenty of pilots out there who are like that, there are unfortunately also a good number who believe that TCAS is your SA and fail to understand that term 'augment' you so perfectly use above. I would think Rainman was a know-it-all asshole, too, if I hadn't personally observed this kind of 'piloting' myself in the wonderful social experiment/clash of aviation cultures we call the MC-12 program.

Uh, no, actually there is quite an argument. Again, there are thousands of USAF pilots who don't, and haven't for decades.

Dear God, how did ANYONE ever keep from having a midair before TCAS? To hear some dudes talk, it's like every single airliner that ever took to the skies before the advent of it had a fatal midair. Check twelve, listen to the radio, and follow procedural deconfliction. It's worked for decades.

This is quite possibly the best description of this dysfunctional set of human beings that I've ever read.

FWIW, Huggy, I believe that he was referring to Yeager and not you..... But, threat reaction observed.

Oh, yes, I've been bitter for quite a few years, thanks. Currently located at one of those GO#1 locations...probably part of the root cause right there.

Nobody was forced to go to UPT and enter into such indentured serditude. In fact, 99.69% of guys beating down the door to get to UPT would sign their wife and child away just to get the opportunity to do what you and I do. It's part of the game. If you haven't realized that up to this point, then the joke's on you. Everyone should know this and make choices accordingly from the first time they enlist in and including every decision made thereafter. Caveat emptor. Really? When operating in congested 'wild west' airspace, you're watching your TCAS closely? How about ya try this one one for size: check 12 o'clock and clear your flightpath. Remember that one from day 1 of UPT?

So, it took place in three parts, but was 'uninterrupted'? Is this TPS logic? Just because someone has the opportunity and venue to speak their mind doesn't mean they should do it.

That's interesting, because there are a lot of aviators who have no respect for a guy who is a self-important windbag who once accomplished some amazing acts of airmanship but unfortunately eclipsed all of that with his enormous ego.

Of course they can. PS, there's an enormous portion of the USAF flying community that doesn't wear the flag on their flight suits.

The series of photos on AvWeb seems to indicate he's not. I think that the stuff you're seeing in that dirt nap photo is the engine spitting out all of the fod that the intake is gobbling up. https://www.avweb.com/news/airventure/EAAAirVenture2011_F16RunwayOverrun_205088-1.html

...which is why I'm guessing you're not an accident investigator.

As has been said before, FENCE In. This is Big Blue standard. If you're not ready for shit like this and constantly taking whatever measures you can to protect yourself, you're wrong. Remember, the AF is a big, inefficient, reactive bureaucracy that doesn't care about the big picture nor about you. Adjust your priorities accordingly.

Yes, it is possible. In order for a Major who is passed over for promotion twice to continue service to 20 years, a board must approve his continued time in. In the past, this approval has been basically rubber-stamped and assumed. Just this year that process is less rubber stamp and more actual evaluation of records. The result is that some passed-over Majors in some specific year groups have not been offered continuation and have to get out. The sky is not falling.

Is it really a surprise that, collectively and over time, that Big Blue can be more retarded than you can as just one individual in just one career span? The possibilities for idiocy are endless!

Based on flying alone, definitely Bagram. Anyone who has flown in both squadrons is in complete agreement that the mission, customers, and flying out of BAF is much more interesting than at KAF. If anyone has SIPR and can look at the monthly roll-ups can see objective indicators of this, too.

That's quite seriously not a benefit in any way which should influence the decision. The stick-and-rudder aspect of flying the airplane is only about 10% of the mission...plus, unless those people are actually actively flying a T-6, they would require a requalification before being able to fly the hypothetical AT-6B. In the fighter world, this non-tactical portion of the flying training is about 5 or 6 rides, even for a B-Course, before the Form 8 instrument check. Again, not exactly what you'd call any kind of significant benefit. More significant would be the numbers of CAS and COIN experienced pilots who could enter the training pipeline, of which the other 90% of the training challenge consists of, and which it does not matter if the airplane is a Beechcraft or a Tucano. The only somewhat benefit to buying the Beechcraft would be the ability to partially follow the established logistics system for the T-6, as well as economies of scale for the logistics system for the entire T-6 family of aircraft.

Haven't seen any dislike or prohibition of friday shirts in any corner of the fighter/trainer world that I've been in over the last 15 years.

Exactly -- some of us aren't on a tail-chase for the biggest dollar. Some of us like flying and want to keep doing it professionally.