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Heresy.

So, I thought it might be fun to see what kind of aviation patches you guys have that are unintentionally funny. Not a gag patch, but one that was supposed to be serious but ended up being not so much. My favorite is this bit of Engrish from Korea: The McDonald Davis F-16 Eagle

I completely 100% disagree. Yes, it is about stopping the threat and using as many tools and techniques as you can to avoid killing another person while stopping harm to yourself. All of that stops as soon as you make the decision to draw. As soon as you clear leather, you have all ready made the decision to pull the trigger. Either you intend to kill and you draw, or you do something else that does not involve pulling out your CCW. There are no brandishes, no warning shots, or other intermediate steps along the way. I don't know of a credible and accepted self-defense firearm instruction theory/method that teaches brandishing or warning shots or the like as steps to take in a self defense situation. If it is serious enough that you are drawing, it is serious enough for you to pull the trigger. This is the same category as decisions in aviation like aborting a takeoff, pulling the ejection handles, etc. It is binary. If you do not intend to kill that other person, then you should not be breaking leather. Now...that's not to say that if you draw and the situation is stopped without you pulling the trigger that you HAVE TO. Of course that's not true. You, however, set up a scenario in your post where someone was pointing a loaded 1911 at someone else and said that an "accidental discharge" would be the result if an adrenaline-charged twitch of the finger pressed the 5-6# pull of the single action trigger. That's not an accidental discharge...no more than the opening of the parachute is "accidental" after pulling the ejection handles. You don't draw your weapon and point it at someone if you do not fully intend to kill them. It is that simple. Pistols: several 1911s by various makers, B92FS, a couple Star 9mms, Smith and Colt revolvers Rifles: Several Garands, several Carbines, SKSs, 1903, 1903A3, AR-7, M1917 EDIT: Here are some of the rifles: ...and here is one of the Stars and one of the 1911s

As someone who CCWs, I'm surprised you would make this statement. 1) If your weapon is drawn and pointed at something, you have all ready accepted the consequences of killing whatever is under your sights. It is no longer an "accidental discharge" at that point. 2) Finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. Pretty simple.

I've yet to see any impact at all on anyone's job prospects, career progression, promotions, assignments out of a secondary AFSC. If you are going for a job that requires a specific AFSC that you used to have at some point in your career, they will be able to see it on your duty history even if it's not up at the top of your SURF/DVB/etc.

Just like every other jet out there, the T-38 has a long list of unfunded -- but approved -- upgrades. Antiskid is one of them. Unless something significant has changed in the 3 years I've been away from the '38, the new seats are the only thing getting any money.

Is there a new txting medal out there? "U" apparently qualify for it.

Seriously? You find that insulting? You need to get some thick skin or find a new line of work if that is insulting to you.

Dupe, you are a retard. That is, as others have mentioned, that story is from When Thunder Rolled. I sent out a PDF of the story before we went downrange in '07. You do remember that, right? Or have those TPS reports flushed all of that good fighter pilot sh*t out of your brain? heh heh I will email it to your work address.

https://www.stripes.com/09/feb09/crash_report.pdf Pilot, Radar Nav, and Nav (see page 7).

Saw this over on Airwarriors and thought this crowd would appreciate it. This is an "Ask The Captain" column from the Pt Mugu base paper: https://www.aerotechnews.com/ptmuguhueneme/...-01-14T19-52-34

Maybe a test of Google-fu needs to be added to the AFOQT.

Important safety tip for us old guys who will eventually (hopefully) make the transition to flying in something other than a flight suit. Although, living overseas rapidly breaks one of the t-shirt/Levi's/tennis shoe wardrobe. Unfortunately, the re-living former glories part has to be un-learned.

BBC reported the same 10% cut figure on Friday.

Caption Contest: 435th Air Base Wing Drunk Sluts 435th Air Base Wing Crazy Coeds 435th Air Base Wing Girls Gone Wild

He actually addresses that topic in the paragraph titled "Decline in Specific Airline Opportunity for Military Pilots". Unfortunately, his analysis in that paragraph fails to consider that the reduction of reservists employed at airlines is directly to linked to furloughs at the legacy airlines. Many of those furloughed will then take up mil-leave when recalled so they can get their USAF retirement before going back to their airline job. In other words, the data in his graph is real, but he derives an incorrect analysis from the data, e.g. that it indicates there is less opportunity at the airlines for former military pilots.

Although he has a (somewhat) valid point with the reduction of the airline pay gap, he obviously didn't do any research with real pilots. Nor did he spend any time with even a basic Excel sheet comparing the actual USAF vs airline pay numbers over time. First off, with respect to the airline pay gap, he hasn't done his homework enough. I did run the numbers in summer '07 and found that *with* the bonus, it was equally financially beneficial to stay in and retire (then go to a post-retirement airline gig) as it was to separate as soon as your UPT ADSC was done and go VFR direct to the airlines. Equal. With the bonus and the pension starting at age 42. So, do the math Brian -- cut the bonus, and it's no longer financially beneficial over the long haul to stay in past your initial hitch. Second point, and probably the one that's more relevant -- With the increased deployment rates of the GWOT and the dramatic increase of UAV assignments, there is a corresponding drop in desirability of staying in once your commitment is up. If the bonus were CANX, there would be a mass exodus for many reasons. There's a third issue that Major Missile here isn't considering -- that ACP itself being a Congressionally-mandated pay, was difficult to get in the first place. There was discussion at the Air Staff level about stopping the ACP a year or two ago, the reason being that starting next year there is a 2-year ADSC gap from when the ADSCs went from 8 years to 10 years. One of the points made was that it was far easier to KEEP the ACP than it was to kill it and then try to revive it a couple years down the road when the financial landscape changes. You guys have all ready made good counter-arguments to his proposition to pump up pilot production as an alternative. In addition, the criticism of his lack of actual cost-benefit analysis as well as failure to look ahead are both very valid. Somebody needs to write this all up in a nice counter-paper. I have the Excel spreadsheets I did on the pay issue if anybody wants to use 'em.

When this thread was first posted, I actually pulled out a copy of the PFE (although it's called something else now, I just can't remember the new name) from my NCOIC's desk, and that information is NOT in there. The only thing even related is a chart showing the appropriate way for subordinates to address superiors.

That's a kickass life support shop for you. It is definitely not that way in other places...wish it was, though.

Old helmets are accountable items for your life support shop, so they usually have to turn them back in to supply when getting new ones. God only knows what those guys do with them...they probably end up in a trash can somewhere or in the attics of the airmen that work there. Sometimes you can convince your life support shop to give you your old shell when they give you a new one.

Valid.

What "environment" is it exactly that you feel should exist at UPT but doesn't because IPs are calling studs by a colloquial word like 'dude'? If you think that being addressed in a casual way by a superior creates some kind of environment where you can't learn to fly a military airplane, then I highly suggest you either toughen the f*ck up or find a new line of work. Again, I'm waiting on seeing that reg that tells me what the proper terminology is for a senior officer to address a subordinate officer and what would make use of 'dude' so radically unprofessional that it even remotely counterbalances a Lieutenant's requirement to call a superior 'sir'.

Feel free to quote any part of those two AFIs that you feel apply to regulating how a superior officer is to verbally address a subordinate officer. More importantly, how the term "dude" would be judged as unprofessional and....how did you say it...."backed up by the AFI". C'mon....those are the MEO and Professional Relationships regs. They have to do with discrimination and fraternization. You've gotta be able to do better than that.