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Seriously?

First: Never think that your request doesn't count. Some of the best assignments I've heard of dudes getting happened simply because they asked for them. Second: If you are a single LT with few attachments here in the states, go ANYWHERE overseas (to include KOrea). You won't regret it. The only people that bad mouth it are the people that haven't been. FF

"...everyone grab a beer and throttle back." Internet forum. Ad hominem ill advised. FF

Thanks for keeping honest on the semantics. You'll make a good exec some day. Yay for lawyer skills.

My favorite OKAS Tower story. We're returning from a base just inside Iraq so we're still on nogs and it's a clear night with zero traffic so we call the field in sight and Moholab switches us to tower nearly 20 miles out. US: Crome 23 with you 20 miles northwest direct x-ray Tower: Copy Crome 23, direct x-ray, decend 3000 ft, call field in sight. US: Crome 23 direct x-ray, down to 3000 ft, we have the field in sight. Tower: No No No No. You do not have field in sight, do not lie! I tell you when you have field in sight! US: Copy, down the 3000, direct x-ray, no lies. Tower: Crome 25 LIIIIIIIINE up and hold. FF

Anyone with a knowledge of health analysis will tell you that BMI is useless. It's a nice neat chart that makes no allowance for actual body composition. The answer for the airlines is much simpler. Just like they have a 'your bag must fit in this wire frame' container sitting at the check-in, they should have one that mirrors the standard allotted seat space. If you don't fit, you pay extra. FF

Haven't you heard? Integrity and mission execution take second seat to picking up trash on your days off. Doing the mission well is NOT how you get recognized in todays Air Force. At least there's one more person who can look himself in the mirror at the end of the day...

I just threw up a little...

It does. That's a great squadron. You'll have fun. FF

Get ready to sim your brains out. The qual phase is 2ish months. Tac phase is 2ish months. I started 5 Sept and took my final check on 13 Jan. You won't touch the airplane until the tac phase. Qual culminates in a sim qual checkride (standard C-130 qual check profile with a CAT II ILS thrown in) with an Air Force EP. The first half of tac is in the sim and culminates in a "SKE evaluation" that is the equivolent of a lead checkout checkride (AF EP may or may not be there). Then you hit the flight line and do nothing but tac (minimal or no SKE). I think there are 7 rides with a rec and then check (tac only). The herk is still the herk. Systems are the same. The computer talks to them differently (you'll LOVE the electrical panel). Learning the computer will be your toughest challenge. Getting used to the HUD and the automation will be the second toughest thing. Qual moves slow, but use the time to learn as much about the computer as you can. The Tac phase moves pretty quick and you'll probably struggle to keep up with all the mission planning requirements. Learn as much as you can about PFPS as you can while you still have Navs to consult. By the end of the course, you'll probably know a lot more than the average Nav. Re-read 11-231 and 13-217. Long and short, don't expect to fly a whole lot. I've been in the squadron since Jan and I have 46 post-school house hours with a total of 70 hours in the J (take out june for SOS). I've still got more sim hours than jet hours. Welcome back to mother. Enjoy the school house. FF

By the ticket that SF put on the car for not being locked...

Obviously czecksikhs couldn't tell who you were pointing at. May you should try gesturing your hand instead of your elbow next time. Edit: sorry Fury, but do you REALLY want to throw spears when you're represented by a digital implication that you want to cornhole your bros...I only mention it because there's an AF trend item about that recently... Internet arguments and special olympics... FF: Terminate. ...well played... Unfortunately, no one else but you and I remember that squadron...

That's the most appropriate analogy I've seen in a while. So what would it be if two trigger pullers were fighting on the internet? Two Hajis fighting over a donkey? FF Coincidence...sure...

Have you met the Hickum C-17 guys?

I'm surprised that no one has given any credit to the door gunner with nerves of F'ing steel. That man's good eyesight and solid judgement are only reasons that O'Grady is alive. FF

Everyone notices it. No one actually suggests plausable solution. Therein lies the problem. FF

Don't you mean a fake bandit that your getting chased by? This is an F-16 we're talking about here, and you wanted to make it real...and for that matter, the ride would be too short to be enjoyable...unless their's a tanker involved... FF

Psuedo aviation because I've heard four out of five of these while flying on a herc. The five most dangers things in the Air Force: 5. An Airman saying, "I learned this in Basic." 4. An LT saying, "In my experience." 3. A SSgt saying, "Trust me sir." 2. A Capt saying, "I was thinking." 1. A Chief sitting back and saying, "Watch this sh!t!" FF

Urbandictionary does not have enough words to describe that kind of retardation.

Come on people! These people are obviously extremely busy supporting the the GWO...er...overseas contingency operations. If you don't have enough time to get to the gym as much as they did while you're over there, clearly your mission focus if off! Kill Me. FF

Oh yeah, If you're in Little Rock and you meet a man at All Stars drinking scotch and muttering something about "what might have been", you just met Champ Kind. FF

You'd have a better chance at getting the Air Force to get rid of reflective belts than you would getting our current government to take decisive action that might make anyone, anywhere in the world, not like us. FF

Which one? OD Greens, shorts and a T-shirt, or the bright yellow SEAL style trunks in the background? FF

Are you kidding me?! There's only one acronym in that sentence! No combat bullet!? No "My John Deere powerhouse! Built tractor in one day!" No "My #1/1 dictators--god incarnate!" Terrible exec skills! FF

Thanks Brick for getting back on target. The only thing we really have that's close to the "50 mission crush" is our desert floppy hats that is now bleeched white and our dirty name tags. If you think you've "earned" crushing your cap, then you're probably "entitled" to prop-and-wings and an army air corp patch too. If you want to crush your hat and call it heritage, fine, but don't say you've earned it. That was their generation, find your own thing. If you feel the need for validation that your existence is important...start doing your job and stop worrying about who sees you and your crushed hat. People notice a job well done. Actions speak louder than hats. Stop talking about the BS you've earned and go earn something! The defense rests. Lets get back to bring the Demotivational Poster Thread back to the top. FF