Everything posted by Ram
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Aviano F-16 pilot KIA
I'm guessing he was a select awaiting his line number, eh? 1 Feb was Friday.
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- C-17 Lands at Wrong Airport
- KC-46A Candidate Bases Announced
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WTF? (**NSFW**)
From dudes wearing bras to chicks without bras... More shenanigans from the land of the not quite right: NSFW: https://zenkatsuo.livejournal.com/203368.html (Tittays, but the National Geographic kind...not the Spearmint Rhino kind.) Maybe the bros on the ROK can keep a copy of this article in their pocket to show to Town Patrol when the juicies get a little too "handsy."
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- FDA requires lowering of Ambien dosage
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Information on PCS/moves/moving (DITY, TMO, DLA, storage)
My post wasn't for you. Sorry.
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Information on PCS/moves/moving (DITY, TMO, DLA, storage)
Why did you sign that shit? 1. Watch your movers, and tell them before they pack that any item with comments needs to be reviewed by you to make sure it's annotated correctly. 2. Don't sign shit that ain't right. Call the on-call TMO guy if you need someone to intervene, and stand your ground. The movers are getting paid by the hour anyway. 3. Make sure you give an honest and accurate post-move review. Help your bros out.
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Gen Welsh - USAF Chief of Staff
Masking it at the board ≠ masking it at your SQ / OG / WG level. Depending on your local leadership, your strat/DP on your PRF can/will still be effected by your AAD completion. I agree that masking it at the board level might be a step in the right direction, but the WG/CC will still have to find a way to stratify dudes before PRFs leave the base. Given the projected pilot shortage, I really like the idea mentioned above of having separate rated/non rated promotion boards. Might not work so well for selection to O-5/O-6, but it's DEFINITELY a way to improve the Capt/Maj promotion process.
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Taxes, the Deficit/Debt, and the Fiscal Cliff
You're right. Especially when you consider that Senators got a whopping total of 3 MINUTES to read the bill before it was put to a vote. https://cnsnews.com/news/article/senators-got-154-page-fiscal-cliff-bill-3-minutes-voting-it I can't tell the difference between CSPAN and Blazing Saddles anymore.
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Latest Movies
Take your wives to see Les Miserables. Broadway results without the broadway prices:
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Taxes, the Deficit/Debt, and the Fiscal Cliff
You're almost correct. I will be a millionaire in a couple decades (that's "soon" I guess). Of course, loaves of bread will be $1000 and gallons of milk will be $750 by then.
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Blues on Monday
Hm. He cleared me for my first ever Viper solo at Luke a ways back. Great IP and really chill.
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E6B "Whiz Wheel"
Here's every 4-ship I've ever been in against every mission planning printer I've ever met: (And before nsplayer says "hurrdurr...there are only three people there," remember that #4 gets to hold the camera.)
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More SARC briefings soon.
Feat of strength.
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Change Theme problem
Fuckin A. I'm back. I can say fuck now without having to put spaces between the letters. Fuck yeah.
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Blood pressure questions
No shit. I stopped counting at 20 people. All this in the first year I was on active duty. I hear this story "well yeah, I was going to be a fighter pilot too...except for [insert specific bullshit problem that helps him sleep at night here], so now I sell insurance" 69 times a year. Do whatever helps you sleep at night, buddy. Just notice that you've had the advice of SEVERAL accomplished fighter pilots who have done EXACTLY what you should do. Ignore that advice at your own peril. Or, maybe you know better. Yeah...that's probably true. Just ignore us and have a nut with your hypochondria.
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A Toast in Remembrance of the Fallen...
Not to hijack the thread, but since Mr. Borgnine is a WWII vet after all...this applies: Over 1,400 Americans gave their lives in the Aleutian Island Campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_Campaign
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A Toast in Remembrance of the Fallen...
Read some shit on the ol' interwebs about the Aleutian campaign when you get a chance. Japanese on our soil, and no one remembers it. Hell, they still find UXOs near Shemya. Think about THAT on your next PACAF pond crossing. Also, Airwolf was cool. But that was back before I learned how slow helicopters actually are.
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Stop Loss For 11F
Tell me how they did it. That's what I want to be doing on retirement day #69.
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Red Dawn! The Russians Are Coming! Red Flag 13-1
That's usually what happens when they CNX 99.69% of the time. What about your mom's flesh pocket? Everyone's had a bit of that.