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When I asked this question recently to some bros, the consensus amongst guys who have been in the ARC for a while is you can keep your residence wherever if on active orders (i.e. AGR, on an extended period of MPA, etc.) If you are other than that, you must have residency/pay taxes in the state you predominantly reside/work in. Full time Tech in state x, well then you better pay taxes to state x. Part time guy in state x, but live/work civilIan job in state y, you pay taxes to state y (mostly). During the training pipeline/seasoning you're under active orders, so you can keep your residency where you want for the time being.

Check out the AIB results for the Holloman mishap. RC: HAF cramming 10 lbs of shit into a 5 lb bag at the B-Course. There are several bullshit, laughable findings, but the blatantly obvious one to any aircrew is the fact HAF has "accepted the risk" and slashed the hell out of the syllabus while demanding students still do everything that was done in the past. This kind of stuff is the result. But not surprisingly, it was everyone else's fault other than big AF; apparently "accepting the risk" equals blaming anyone but themselves for mishaps. I hate to say this, but I don't think CH is wrong. AF management will be the RC, and good people will die due to their inability to actually lead.

The A-10 is back to 2035+; the 15C is the new kid on the "near term" chopping block. Point: Shit changes all the time and will change 69 times before you're even done with UPT. Go for the job you want as it exist today; do not alter your decisions/goals based on hypotheticals or possibilities of what the future MIGHT be, because nobody, especially the dipshits running the AF, has a clue what 1 yr from now looks like, let alone 10+ yrs from now.

Before you get the military involved AT ALL, go to a good chiropractor; one that will take an Xray of your back/neck, assess, and then make adjustments over a few visits. I've had pinched nerves before and a few jacked up discs. I'm a believer in chiropractors now, even though I scoffed them for years. A few visits is worth some money out of pocket. If you're not feeling better after 3-4 visits over the course of 3-4 weeks, then look into further options.

Don't spend one more second of your time at Finance - do what Brick says, immediately. You've exhausted every avenue you can at your level, this is your SQ/CC's problem now.

Keep minimal assets to sustain the CT mission (there is merit there), everyone else GTFO and immediately stop this nation building/FID bullshit. Whatever strategic reasons there are, they aren't worth the last 16 years and they won't be worth the next 16 years.

Mine was at SAF for 4 months.

Approved for the 2nd time. What a clown show.

I'm 100% tracking capes and lims. It certainly is not a hell fire replacement, but I also don't have enough hands and feet to count the number of times I watched an R9 target something that was agr-20 wheelhouse. Or the number of times I've watched hell fire impact, dude runs away. The hell fire family is a great weapon, but the AGR-20 is no distant slouch. That said, I don't have much SA on the RW version. Clearly impact angle is far more limited when shot from RW than FW. As you said, this weapon is probably a far more significant capes increase for FW than RW.

It has greatly caught on all the way to the service levels, and is significantly cheaper than every PGM we're using in the current fights (sans a nose plug GBU-38...but that weapon cannot do what the AGR-20 can). Again, not saying we should be paying $25K for a rocket, but it beats the $100K+ Hellfires we're also shooting at an asshole riding a horse, and provides a capability to bring a lot more low-CDE firepower to the fight vs. fighters showing up with only bombs and being useless in many situations. It may not be perfect, but for once we actually did something that surpassed spec, works well, is relatively cheap, and all in a fairly short timeframe for our typical acquisitions process.

It's about the lowest cost PGM we got going for us so far. Not saying it's not overpriced like everything else, but what's cheaper and still has utility for the mission set nsplayr is talking about?

It's demeaning? Tell that SNAP to quit whining and make corn and god help him if that beer fridge goes empty. I don't give a fuck what his rank or previous experience was. Guess as a Maj I should stop helping take out the trash, carry in beer from the car, and ocassionally make corn...yep that menial shit is beneath me! Unrelated, I Google AFPAK hands to see what this thing was, and it appears to be one of the worst deals out there. ~3 moves in 4 years, a year in one of the shittiest countries on this planet, and 4 years out of the tactical world. This is the furthest thing from "opportunity" I can imagine. Good luck Chang in bagging some poor bastard for this deal.

If you met the board prior to Apr, it was re-routed through the new process, regardless of the SAF/PC's board original decision. That is why you guys have not heard anything since your package was boarded in Mar. New process is AFPC-HAF/A1PP-TFAM Board-SAF/PC board...in a nutshell; maybe a minor stop at a desk, but overall that's the new process. The first packages ran through the new process ~1-2 weeks ago. Sounds like this week/next week is when the Mar packages that we're already boarded will go through the new process. Essentially, us Mar approvals have been sitting in the A1PP hopper for 1-1.5 months while HAF got their shit together on the new process. AFPC seems to have zero SA on HAF actions; I only know this info due to the bro network (via myself and my SQ/CC). So, all I can say is keep on waiting, but bro level gouge indicates answers should be this week or next for those of us who got caught up in this bullshit. Here's to hoping the answer is the same the second time around!

What I was told is anyone who was approved within ~month of the new process being put in place was pulled back and sent to the back of the line to go through the new process. So if someone put there's in relatively short time ago probably went straight to the new process and avoided the purgatory our apps have been in. The AF stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

Here's what I learned yesterday... App is with A1PP. The TFAM board will see it mon or tue, then the app goes to the SAF/PC board with the TFAM board's rec. This is the new process. In the end my app lands at the final authority again, who already approved me 6 weeks ago, just with an additional opinion attached to it. Insanity. I almost guarantee you're in the exact same position. What DOS are you requesting? I am rapidly approaching terminal requested date and apparently there's one other guy who's package is being pushed faster along side mine for the same reason. Maybe that's yours? Either way, supposedly I should find out next Fri. Hopefully you do as well.

Fuck you Ram, the world deserves to know! Hopefully the source selection goes with the great white, sure as hell don't want that piece of shirt tiger shark Northrup is pitching - only one laser, bullshit!

It's above AFPC. Really AFPC has been zero issue in my experience, it's been all SAF assclownery.

I know multiple people (myself included) who asked for <= 6 months and everything went to SAF. Shocking, but I think the Mypers people are wrong. Update on my situation - SAF reneged on my approval and now my package is being rerouted through the "new process." I'm still not clear on what that is, but I know it involves a new board ("Total Force board") that I think makes a recommendation to the SAF/PC board, who then makes their own determination for final SAF approval. My package has been at SAF since beginning of Jan, approved mid-Mar, then taken back 2 weeks ago. I can't say I'm surprised by any of this...so here's to hoping the second round is successful like the first. Just another example of how the AD doesn't give two shits about people...actions like this surely will help retention, good work Air Force.

Must be squadron specific then. I would be afraid about walking in the vault with my phone in my gsuit, not that habits can't change. It's all good, I'll figure out how to use that damn radio about an hour after I hit the ground.

Cells are the exception in the viper from my experience. Never have flown with one, and I I can count on one hand the dudes I know who do. Not saying it's a bad idea, just not common in some communities.

Valid. I can see non-vol RPAs being the one exception to my previous statements.

Let me repeat myself - it's all of the bullshit, instability, bad leadership, and life priorities changing that drive people out. It is VERY rare in my experience that people get out because of the aircraft type/mission. I know a SHIT TON of fighter pilots getting out, and I don't know a single one who is getting out because of anything to do with flying fighters, the fighter "lifestyle," etc. They would be getting out regardless if they flew tankers, helos, C-17s, etc. I know one guy who got out because he didn't like the C-17 lifestyle...he is literally the only one I know who partially got out because of a specific MDS (and that was a minor part, the first stuff mentioned was the majority of the reason). Again, no MDS has the market cornered on bad leadership, green dot training, constant TDY/deployments, more queep/less flying, etc. All the thing mentioned in my first sentence apply to ALL aircraft/missions. You can't avoid them, so you might as well go for the mission you think you'll enjoy the most for however many years you spend in the AF.

I suppose the point is the mission type is more or less a constant (sans emerging threats driving new TTP, etc.), but the other stuff as you said is always subject to change. So yes, it could next year be 1985 again and a total fighter pilot rage fest heaven. But it could also be 10 times worse next year. In both cases, you're still executing X missions. So, making a choice based on all those changing variables vs. choosing a mission you want and know will stay relatively constant is not recommended.

Definition of "lifestyle" depends on the context. My response was in the context of "lifestyle" = not working 60 hrs/wk and/or being gone a lot. I don't think the fighter world solely owns the 60 hr work week / gone all the time...in fact there are other communities who are gone far more than your average fighter guy and when at home station they're not working an easy 9-5. THAT is a poor "lifestyle" reason to choose one track/aircraft over another. The "lifestyle" all of us seek as we get out is completely MDS-agnostic. The AF crushes people equally across all MDS when in the context of your definition of "lifestyle." Very few people are getting out because they hate the "fighter life" or the "tanker life" specifically, 95% are getting out due to general AD jackassery found in all communities, deploying for no good reason doing stupid jobs (another thing no MDS has the market cornered on), etc.

Should have been above 25K, SAMs can't shoot eagles above that, it's science.