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Nobody here is bashing guys from the Academy. They're just bashing the Academy itself. Anyone who took another route to commissioning and went through UPT has heard all the stories about about the Zoo and thanked their lucky stars that they were able to get a pilot slot without going through that ass-pain.

Looks like pretty much where we had 3 Herks parked all December. Could've been a loss of $2.29B!

We saw those guys out beating up the pattern when we were at Andersen for Christmas Drops in December (we actually shared our Life Support shop/locker room with them). It's still weird to see those thing fly. Pretty crazy that they actually crashed on the base when they have all that water that they could have hit. I'll be curious to hear the safety report from this one (if at all.)

Something about M2's avatar and this phrase gave me a really good chuckle. Kind of like how I still giggle every time I hear a Japanese airliner check in at "Fright Rever two five-ooh zelo."

I couldn't agree more. Those shirts are no kidding straight out of the '70s. How about a little change like allowing a white t-shirt to show underneath it instead of having chest hair spilling out all over the place? It's sad that actors in the movies and TV who are wearing the AF uniform incorrectly by sporting an undershirt actually make it look BETTER than if they had been wearing it in regs.

Rush Makes His Mark on Hercules Pretty cool. Too bad we can't get away with this stuff.

Herk guys get issued a Smith and Wesson knife at the FTU. Pistols are issued for combat missions and then turned back in at the end of the night (or the next morning.)

I know a guy that's on his way to fly Herks with the French. I've also met the Japanese and Thai exhange guys. I've heard stories about the Thai commander offering the US exhange guy to load his SUV up in the back, fly him into the countryside with his family, and let them drive back to the city.

Does it at least have SELCAL? I heard they originally put it on the H3 but took it off for some unknown reason.

So my personnel record in the Air Force dates all the way back to 1999. But now for some reason, according to the AF, I don't have any proof that I am a US citizen and I have to track down an original copy of my birth certificate or I get derported I guess. BTW, my family came over from Scotland in the 1700s and I never left the US until I was 21. Pretty impressive even for the MPF if you ask me. Anybody else have this problem.

Writing medal paperwork for yourself does feel kind of self serving, but it's the AC's job to take care of his crew. When you have a MSgt that's trying to make Senior and a SSgt trying to make Tech on your crew, it's nice to help them get more points and have something in their packet that makes them stand out from the competition. Being the AC that says, "We don't need medals to prove that we fly good" makes you look like an ass to the guys that depend on that stuff to get promoted.

I know there are probably a few people on here that have a single event air medal, and I was wondering if anybody would like to share how they got it (provided it isn't classified.) Also helpful would be if someone knew of a website where you could look up citations for medals that people have received from OEF/OIF. I ask for two reasons: Fist, in the Herk community you always hear stories about C-17 crews getting medals for stuff that we do everyday. I know most of it is probably just Herk guys talking trash, but I would be interested to hear what kinds of things that C-17s have been decorated for. Second, I have a mission that my crew talked about putting in for an AM with a "V" device, but we never got around to it (the AC was kind of a dumbass.) If guys have gotten them for similar stuff, I think it would be dumb not to at least try.

At Al Asad a couple of days ago, their radar was down and we were coming in from the east with a Marine KC-130 coming in from the north. Approach kept asking us for radial/DMEs off the TACAN to keep us deconflicted. Then I hear this: Asad App: Midas 21, say your radial/DME. M21: We are on the 377 radial for, uh, 2-0, uh, 3-0, uh.....we're due north 25 miles! AA(laughing): Say again your radial?! M21: We're on the uh, uh.... (other pilots steps in) we're on the 035 at 20 miles, we've got the other C-130 in sight. AA (still laughing): Midas 21, follow him in, you're cleared for the overhead, runway 27 left.

FourFans, I know you have a picture of the ROTC cadet strapped to the pylon of the F-4 at the Zoo. That one's gotta go on here.

Heard on ATIS in the background during a pause between the altimeter setting and NOTAMs: "I'm getting drunk tonight!" When I called ground, the chick that cleared us to start engines was definitely the same voice that announced her intentions for that evening on the tape loop every thirty seconds for the next hour.

Hilarious. You almost made me spit N/A beer out my nose.

That is awesome that you found that. It's even better that it doesn't say an amount, only "prudently". 2-8 ounces isn't very much, but I think I could safely get away with at least 2 beers as "prudently". It's kind of funny that this paragraph 1.5 is the "Alcohol Deglamorization Program." It's always nice to take something that was intended for -ness and throw it in their faces. I like this one: 1.9. Breath Analyzers. Don't use coin-operated or any other type of breath analyzers in Services activities.

No chauvanism intended here (okay maybe a little) but chicks are great on a plane with an oven. Most dudes are not secure enough in their manhood to bake goodies for the whole crew, but when the nav pops in some cinnamon rolls 5 hours into a 10 hour flight, you're pretty glad you brought a chick along.

I know a lot of Herk guys on here probably remember a certain sim/academics instructor at Corpus who swore that his buddy that he flew gliders with had 70,000 hours. I already did the math. That's 8 years flying alone. That doesn't count preflights, tail swaps, and maybe trying to drink a beer or get laid every once in a while. If I remember correctly, this same guy also crashed a fighter up in the Yukon somewhere and was chased from the crash site by wolves. Apparently his tears can cure cancer as well.

Real war paint; not "We are at war, don your reflective belts!" Okay, I could do without actual war paint, but someone have the balls to get rid of reflective belts, please!

...and the radar controls are right behind the MWS controls. Or the radar "switch" rather. It just has an on and off. I'm guessing the rest of the controls are on the IDCU since the radar's gotta be on one of the FMS screens.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't a lot of the cash that we get at the end of the year for fallout money us finally being reimbursed for TWCF?

No, there is a teleportation laser under the left wing that "beams" you into the seat.

PT gear? What is this PT gear that you are talking about? Our BX says that they might have some of this PT gear sometime early in 2015.