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I like to monitor VHF just to hear everyone else talk about how cool I look in the pattern and how cool I sound saying "tally" instead of "traffic in sight." Winning.

Rumor has it we have an 11F stop-loss on the horizon.

I suspect that costs would initially drop, then rise sharply as aircraft start impacting the ground at high rates of speed.

I'm still not convinced that English is your first language. Hacker was commenting that the majority of fighter funding (what little there is for "legacy" platforms) is being spent on the WEAPON SYSTEM instead of ADMIN for the weapon system.

Classic scoobs-esque post. Way to catch on to the sarcasm, bud.

Are you asking about checkrides? Those are given by SEFEs (Stan/Eval Flight Examiners), who are IPs that also fly checkrides. Typically, the SEFEs in a squadron include the commander, DO, and one/two other experienced instructors.

Don't ever talk to the media. Ever.

JASDF ATC is a living, breathing example of how MORE comm does not equal more SA. I love loathe keying the mic 14 times more than necessary on a clear VFR day, while they make 69 useless radio calls instead of actually managing the pattern like they're supposed to do. My personal favorite sequence here w/the JASDF: "Viper 1, initial." "Viper 1, report blake." "Viper 1, in the break." "Viper 1, report base." "Viper 1, base, gear, stop." "Viper 1, gear check, crear to rand, lunway 28." "Viper 2, base, gear, stop." "Viper 2, gear check, tlaffic turning base to final, F-16 randing lunway 28." Every. Goddamn. Time.

In memoriam:

Them them.

Thanks for making me spit beer on my MacBook, Klepto. You gotta really love the Japanese ATC and their penchant for flexibility...

I knew I felt a disturbance in the force a couple weeks ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=0 I'm amazed that this was kept a secret in today's tabloid journalism environment.

At Misawa, the SOF is the only American in a Tower full of Japanese ATC. All of the ATC radar controllers are Japanese. Without a SOF, we'd have a yearly class A just based on miscommunication alone.

Heh...

I don't get it...Do you tanker guys wave your hands at the bar to practice tanker turn-ons to your watches (instead of BFM)?

M2 - it's a HUGE improvement over AFN commercials. I'd rather watch those cheap-to-produce commercials instead of listening to a paid actor who "looks military" tell me that I need to use a special power of attorney instead of a general power of attorney.

Move over, master's degrees. Castration: A1's new "highly desired" trait for IDE-selects.

Your analogy is right on. Too bad the "warriors" at A1 won't understand it...

You mean the thing we've been discussing for the last 2 pages?

BQZip's mom uses something similar to suppress her gag reflex.

Ineligible for WIC is true. Most of the FAIPs I've seen that come to the Viper have not gone BMC, and were not passed over for major in the last 2 boards. Dudes have gotten screwed over, though, and it sucks.

I called it 2 years ago. No shit. I actually plan on taking the bonus ("BURN THE WITCH," right?). A stop loss doesn't bug me, as I plan on staying. For the rest of the bros that don't want to be there, I can't imagine how weird things will get when dudes start saying "no" to the typical 11F 69-hour work week.

Production capacity at the FTU and operational capacity in the CAF.

You get to keep your BAH if you're unaccompanied. OHA will be granted if your CC and the housing office agree that living off base is warranted (ie, if the dorms are at/close to capacity). OHA isn't like BAH...you don't get to keep the overage. Apartments can cost anywhere from 1.4K to 3K per month, depending on location/size/amenities (standard).