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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

Leather jackets, asside from being an MR rite of passage, are just as important a uniform item as AF ribbons and medals.

That just sent a shiver down my spine. Dragon Ladies...as in "The Dragon Ladies": Avoid at all cost when they're out in numbers. I'll leave it to Huggy to educate us more all on that subject... FF

Do you know where the train station is!

Same team! Same team! Save the hate for the T-tail mafia! The upgrade syllabus is not being waived for anyone so far as I can tell. Neither are the 16 hours of GT associated with it. Also, as a prior C-130 AC/IP you still have to do one deployment before you upgrade. Granted that's the holdover guidance, but I don't see it changing with the new leadership. While it's rather frustrating for a prior AC/IP who already knows how to do the job, Slowmover makes a good point that it's better to go through the upgrade training again and be overly ready than to get upgraded too soon and bend metal. (gotta keep up with that lowest common denominator...) Some people would say that right now the squadron needs to upgrade guys that are ready, but with such a small instructor corp, how are the DO and CC supposed to know who's really ready? Different points of view. Both have valid pros and cons. Right now the squadron is slow rolling the upgrades and it's not going to change any time soon. That's just the way it is. Not to fan the flames...but...I was at the Sim yesterday and saw 3 majors (from T-1s and T-44s) and two Capt WOs in the pipeline training. The two WOs were headed to Ramstein (retreads I think) and the Majors were coming to the 41st. So here's my question. When are they going to start sending people to the 41st who AREN'T there for career advancement? Seriously. I heard from a reliable source that next month, we'll have more Majors than LTs. Someone please tell me I'm not alone in thinking that is completely upside down. FF

Sounds familiar. ...the uniform is: long sleeve blue shirts, a-jackets, parkas, hoods worn down... When they keep saying "back to basics," what they really mean is "back to basic." Apparently USAFA isn't the only leadership laboratory... FF

...and more. Some of the DZs and LZs we've hit over there are pretty much untouchable for other herks. That being said, it's sad just how much our focus ISN'T on tactics. Hell we don't even have a WO in the Sq right now! FF

Any word about gayness like this at OAKN?

You animated LockheedFix!!

I think I spotted M2 sporting a nicely trimmed vandyke beard in the middle there somewhere!