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Damn, I hate it when jets just out of nowhere spin out of control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-03vYYAjA Rainman's reaction when reading Hoss' post.

How is it the AF can't at least provide a secretary at the SQ level to do all this shit? Oh wait nevermind, plasma TVs and new furniture...my bad.

The only problem is that this is some of the most idiotic and horribly incorrect statement making I've seen in quite some time. Clearly Chuck Spinney et al have zero clue what they're talking about and the above is so retardly wrong its laughable.

Been at the pisser for about a week...this can't be real, but I'm with Nsplayr, funny as hell either way. I'm sure he'll get a fighter, I mean if you can "peg" 30 mph, then clearly you have the ability to fly a fighter, it's science.

Or even worse when you finally get the mangled, dislodged VOL X out from the case and the approach you need has been ripped out in someone's obvious haste during a previous divert. That one's my favorite.

At least when I was in your shoes years ago, I remember the reg specifically saying sim time did not count, but things very well could have changed.

Are you saying AT-6s could take on CONUS alert duties?

There is...depending on your clearance. Usually if you have a dual citizenship, you have to drop the other one in order to obtain above a secret clearance. This deal is probably a one way door...if you move to Aussie land and fly for them in this kind of deal (i.e. not a USAF exchange), give up US citizenship, etc. I almost guarantee you're fight club days are over forever.

Don't worry, it was probably a calculated decision to reduce the amount of Christmas Eve ammo bowls and all morale that goes along with them...you know, for safety and all. What a douche.

I've seen 6 weapons officers in the last 2 years working on masters/IDE, because they too realized they're screwed if they don't check the container. Nobody is safe from all the AF bullshit. Going to WIC because you think it'll make you untouchable/safe from masters/queep, etc. is the complete wrong reason to go.

2. Copy, you're full of shit and don't actually really care about being tactical. Please can he get fired ASAP! I'm not holding my breath on AESAs, but that would be awesome.

It wasn't stateside and the BO was on a checkride, so I figured let his examiner do the evaluating/mentoring. Not to mention I had other shit going on the other radio and didn't have time to mentor a BO. It was just a single tanker and EMCON 2 was definitely supposed to be in effect. The tail number thing was an unrelated comment to this specific occurrence, just related to the overall thread.

Because it makes too much sense. "Leadership" will never go for it.

I don't think he is. A few weeks ago at night the BO (-135) kept extending the boom for "ready for contact" so I kept moving in from pre-contact (sorry, astern...gay), then he'd get on the radio and tell me to return to pre-contact. This happened with everyone in the flight at least twice. WTF dude! Then my favorite radio pile-on is, "Viper 3, cleared to contact." No fucking shit, I just finished and this is EMCON 2. And yes, I got asked for my 5 digit tail number over IC at night with my lineup card buried at the bottom of a stack of mission materials. Unfortunately I have seen this act on many occassions, so I think 3 holer is right on...a lot of tanker crews either have no idea what EMCON 2 means or they're just sloppy and don't give a shit. That said, thanks to all the awesome tanker crews I have worked with who followed EMCON 2 and actually did things to help us out (i.e. get out of the wx without me having to ask, being flexible with dragging us to where I wanted...yes, I've had crews refuse to leave the track, even though its in the middle of our airspace). Don't want to make it sound like all my tanking experience has been bad, because it has not.

2. I enjoy a good light grey/Raptor bashing session, but in all seriousness, the Raptor is an awesome asset and it's ridiculous we only have the number we do. I think Beerman has great points as to how it could have been employed in Libya, but the point is it wasn't needed there. It's never good logic to use something just because we can, we should use something because we need to use it/it makes sense. The Raptor brings unique capabilities to the A/G fight when it comes to double-digits and clear advantages in the A/A realm, both in employment as well as SA enhancements to other players, but Libya was not that A/A or A/G environment. No reason to bring in Raptors when Vipers and Mudhens make more sense for THIS situation.

I'd prefer not to say shit, but if it had to be one or the other, how about I pass the refueling order and we call it good? You already know the flight callsign from check-in, then when I say, "request 1 to pre-contact, refueling order 3,2,4" we're done talking...now the BO has the refueling order of Viper flight and once on the ground, whoever needs to do it can contact Viper XX's squadron and find out from the SARMs which tail Viper 1, 2, 3, and 4 were in. Seeing the tail number may or may not work...and like Ramathorn pointed out, the BO is not going to see a tail number on a Viper. Maybe it works for 99% of A-10s, but it works for about 2% of Vipers...I'd imagine more aircraft than not do not have a tail number that can be read by the BO. Bottom line, I've got shit going on within my cockpit and on other radios that I don't want to waste time trying to give the BO every tail in the flight, especially with a year tacked onto the front. However, giving the order will take 1.69 sec and I'd rather do that then waste a whole lot more time giving 5 digit tail numbers.

Not a doc, but does the finger bother you right now...i.e. any pain, discomfort, etc? You say you have full "grip strength" (sts), so it seems if the finger doesn't actually hurt you, avoidance for now anyways might be the best idea. What I gather here is you have full use of it, just with a curve on the top joint. Wait till you have wings on your chest and are "safer" from the AF drop kicking your dreams over a finger. Just an opinion based on what I've seen over the years happen to other dudes.

A quote from the report: "Had Haney not been distracted by trying to breathe, he would have recognized the unusual attitude..." + a pilot proving in the sim the difficulty of using the EOS/inadvertently putting control inputs in = Fuck you to the AIB! I wish I wasn't surprised by the absolute pieces of shit the AF lets "lead" these days...nonetheless this just makes my blood boil. I wish I could even just put the board president in a sim, wrap my hands around his neck and choke the fuck out of him and then tell him to perform all the CAPs flawlessly while flying under NVGs...fucking asshole. Rant over. to Bong.

Don't worry, they fix it in the next tape.

I think a simple no was the best response. He was probably completely expecting you to just give in and got the opposite. Playing the reg game just doesn't seem to work as well as the simple "no Chief" and then go on your way.

I'm with Hoss on all this. Don't burn time as a new LT doing this bullshit...focus your time on tactics, job in the squadron, etc. My viewpoint is you could do the "in before the buzzer" masters, but life only gets busier as you get older. I think starting as a just pinned on Capt gives you the balance you're looking for. Also, everyone has to make the choice of whether they're going to get a "real masters" or check the container. Ask yourself, are you doing this for the AF or are you no shit getting a legit masters that you want to use when you get out of the AF? Neither way is wrong, but realize the latter is going to take up a shitload more of your time. The way I see it, your masters work should NEVER take away from your flying, etc. The only thing I lose out on with masters currently is TV time, a bike ride, the gym once in a while, etc. It sucks, but the point is my time lost doing this bullshit degree is not affecting my job. So, give some thought to how you want to proceed once you decided to start the masters gig.

The most recent order I know of for the Aerospace was $2500/watch, so doubt anybody will get a price lower than that.

I'm so glad we're shit-canning 100% tried and true LOX for this bullshit OBOGS. Less MX is not worth this....then again neither are 69,000 new plasma TVs per year, but what do I know.

On a parallel topic...my opinion is always take the month's advanced pay you get when PCSing (in addition to DLA, etc). It's an interest free loan from the government and is auto-deducted out of your paycheck. Use it smartly and there's no reason not to take it. Even investing in a CD at 1% will make you a profit, which you can then use to pay for moving expenses of course.