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So, did I miss something? I thought Light Attack and an A-10 replacement (O/A-X) were two different things? Seems like wordsmithing to get congress to finally allow the AF to turn the remaining Hogs into soda cans.

Join spouse FAIPS is probably more common than horse trading between bases.

THIS THIS THIS!!! should be the basis of EO. Done right, it's not about mission or performance degrading eyewash, it's about creating a welcoming environment. Done wrong, it quickly devolves into tokens, quotas, and politically expedient circus sideshows that destroy trust and military effectiveness. I'm about as far from a flaming liberal as you can get, but even my dinosaur brain gets this.

Go big or go home...?

Knew two OGs that were former herbs. Both did plenty well, both IP/SEFEs; one spent time at the FTU and didn't seem to have any trouble greening up his IP qual from stints at school and staff.

Dude, that has not been a player in any previous closing decisions. In fact, as pointed out in previous threads (too lazy to search) signed MILCON projects proceed even AFTER closing decisions. Reference the brand new commissary and hospital that were opened on Chanute right before they shuttered the place.

Word is that Creech AIP is getting turned back on per last years CPIP. Never say never.

Sucks, but they'll qualify for an R-ATP at 750, year or two at the regionals, and at the end of the day they still have mil stink, and Bob's your uncle.

Liquids posts didn't read anything remotely like Chang's. Not even close.

Flachettes. It's whats for dinner.

Here I thought it was an AFPAK Hands RIP.

After a couple of weeks in the limelight, I wonder if the curly quotation marks commander has had any feedback from his boss and/or had some self reflection? ...probably not is my guess.

Pulling 4 Gs at a cabin altitude of 10k' without supplemental O2? Yep, that's bound to give you a headache.

While a lot of these ideas can be dismissed within contemporary lines of thinking, the scope of the problem demands consideration of some pretty stretched thinking. Our way forward is going to be a massive upheaval, along the lines of Sierra Hotel mixed in with some senior leadership Darker Shades of Blue.

That is THE problem, but from the opposite perspective. HHQ, all the way down to the wing level, simply have no concept of the time tax they levy with each good idea the fairy shits downhill. Oh, we need to crunch training squares sideways to fit this slide deck narrative? No worries, have the Ops Groups cull the data. CAF days? Of course! To many O&M days anyway. And the list goes on. YES: cut staffs and make leaders lead without worrying about straight quotation marks, or otherwise superfluous bs. Three execs including a Patch for one OG. That's when I knew the train had come off the rails.

AFPAK Hands could sure use someone of your caliber.

I seem to remember, just before the 11F issue crested the horizon, when OGs were actually saying that RPA stink was the coin of the realm; in just a few years it will be tough to get on the command list or make O6 without it. FISH ON!

This is already the business model at Classic Assoc TFI locations. And at least in the ACC corner, it's a fucking abortion. Its seemed to work better in UPT, FTU, and RPA communities. Combat coded FS? Yeah, not so much. Active assoc also seems to work a lot better.

Which at least raises the question of the need for a FWQ program. Cobra-->Fighters, sure: FWQ + IFF Army C-12 --> KC-135 ....? At the very least it should be a syllabus with liberal SPA opportunity. My only point is that we (AF) bend over backwards trying to avoid the easy button.

Good luck selling that to Iran and SA

Got a call from the guy on the porch a few months ago. First time that's happened in 14 years. We all know: he's not the decision maker, just the flesh peddler, but it was something. I've seen about a half dozen dudes in his seat, some good, some less so. One of his recent predecessors actively tried to fuck me and my family royally as though it was his J.O.B. Nothing personal; needs of the AF, right? One data point does not a trend make, but it's a step in the right direction.

Never gets old

What monkey vid? That's a Strike Eagle squadron.