BFM this

Starting at the top left: Is that some sort of Flock of Seaguls reboot?

MCE at Patrick, and another at Hickam (Or Guam, even). Not that this has EVER been suggested before, mind you. Creech: it's vital like the F-35, but more painful. Fuck it: my fini is tomorrow...barely care.

Agreed. My idea wasn't to debate the technological merits of any one path, just to highlight that the next paradigm shift will be something more creative than just shoving old-thinking square pegs into round new-technology holes. It isn't the science that's lagging this fight, it's the thinking, imo. If stakeholders don't want clowns determining the way ahead, then ignore the clowns, but don't remove yourselves from the discussion altogether.

I think that even this guy is suffering from old-school thinking and a lack of imagination. One question that he never tackles (and should be tackled given current tech) is: why did I even end up in a BFM engagement? He doesn't even have to take the man out of the loop in order to leverage some of his ideas into a big step forward tactically. For instance: how about the ability to smuggle an AAM into the heart of the enemy CAP? Using the Bone as an AMRAAM truck had been talked about at one point; the major con there being that the Bone is vulnerable in an A2A grudgematch. RPA necessarily makes stealth an easier design task. So now, instead of F22s/F35s datalink-cuing a Bone-load of AMRAAMs from a standoff position, now they get to do the same with missiles pre-positioned in the middle of the enemy formation. If anything this is a more achievable capability with current technology, before his iteration of Skynet is available.

CFI is a separate card from your pilot license, which will list those privileges. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

With the 10 year commitment, it doesn't take much prior time to miss the eligibility window. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

This is a repeat from about 6 years ago. At that time, rated was excluded. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

I'm betting that in some narcissistic way, they found validation in getting called out by CSAF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75cVj4m2x0Q

What do you mean? The A-10 never had a flight engineer to begin with. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

"Someone is missing? Wait...WTF? Why didn't somebody tell us? We have a right to know, goddammit!" Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

Which is it? Free or Managed? If it's managed, then it's not totally free. Brought to you by the same grasp of language as those who can't quite understand the definition of "infringed"...

And 2011 Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

This makes no logical sense whatsoever, but could have been used as an excuse to have far better PT wear than the craptastic shit we have now. Therefore: valid!

...meanwhile, in the Air force...

18 months sure would have been nice... Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

If you get an email this week saying that your approval had been a mistake, then you'll know Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

What the actual fuck? I'm thinking it's a pet, and this is a Steve Irwin wannabe spoof.

This should be completely unsurprising to you. Another example: The AF maintains a full det at NAS Pensacola for water survival. Lets repeat that: the AIR FORCE maintains it's own det, including personel, equipment, and bo-ats, on a UNITED STATES NAVY installation, for the purpose of running its own WATER SURVIVAL school. Having gotten to live the perspective of two military branches, I can honestly say that epic AF hubris will never disappoint.

And their cranks got chopped, as it were. Unfortunately, as you or any flyer knows, "just doing your job" in the flying community isn't as simple as just being let back in the office. It also requires the trust of your chain of command. I applaud these guys for what they did--I think that it made a difference. But if they no longer have the trust of their commanders, then not flying isn't actually punitive, no matter how much you want to fly. Kind of like you can't get disciplined as a result of a safety investigation, but a commander directed Q3 isn't punitive, and often follows safety investigations.

Stop the madness!!! Suggestion: only serving commanders, SQ/CC and above, should have assigned parking spots. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

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Once they know how many apply, they can assess and make a decision.

Yeah, THIS was definately the milestone I thought they'd make. They seemed really cereal this time.