Slander

Because I like knowing how to find answers rather than only knowing who to try to find.

So...when does this mean my PRF closeout date will be as an '08 captain? Or can someone tell me where to find that information that isn't "call your exec" please?

I mean...it is an aggressor base...

Not uncommon in the F-16 world. 4FL will show up, go through a slightly longer IPUG than a previously qualified IP and then start teaching. That's really not a huge deal in my mind.

What if you're unmarried and have no children? Can you still transfer it somewhere?

3 x former RPA guys in my squadron here flying F-16s. TAMI-21 victims. 2 got here last year and one got here 2 months ago. More hope for you...

Just finished up "Worthy Fights" by Leon Panetta. Its his memoir and it's really interesting. Highly recommend it for any long flights you have coming up.

Then talk to finance or your commander. No one here knows you or cares at this point.

Vipers got mode S with the one of latest tape upgrades. The Germans get pissed when the Spang guys don't use it in the training airspace (or misspell their call signs, or have the number wrong) even if mode 3 and C are working. Vipers can't interrogate it or use it unless it's out on the link like Brabus said in another thread. If it's not within my radar field of view then I'm looking outside. Edit: Typo.

Anyone else think the underlying issue is that no one will stem the insatiable appetite for RPAs? We're almost unable to sustain the number of CAPs we have now, but do we actually need all of the CAPs we have or are told we need? Are the COCOMs demanding something unnecessarily?

I think this is simple...Put the GCS at places people want to go and you'll get more volunteers. It's be said over and over again, but if you put those bad johnnies at MacDill, Eglin, Luke, McChord, Charleston, Hickham, Hanscom, Patrick, <insert sweet Navy coastal base here>, etc then I bet you'll see more people interested than if it's "wait, so I don't get to fly airplanes anymore AND you're sending me to Cannon? Sweet. I'm out."

Almost universally, the first 1/3 of any book by a Navy SEAL is talking about BUD/S and how hard it is and how hard the author gets when he thinks about it (metaphorically speaking of course, definitely not STS that's inappropriate). I thought the stories in the "Yellow Green Beret" series were way funnier and more interesting than a lot of SEAL books. $2.99 for your kindlemachine, 4.80 hours of entertainment each (or so): https://https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Green-Beret-Asian-American-Stumbling-ebook/dp/B00695XWZA/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1432705644&sr=1-1&keywords=yellow+green+beret

Let's be honest with ourselves dudes. Neither of them is all that hard. We're talking about a year's worth of training to be able to takeoff, land, and navigate to and from an airspace or another airport safely. C'mon. At the time I definitely thought it was stressful...and then I went through some CAF upgrades. It's not. Who cares if you're asking the dude next to you to change your radio frequency in the t-1 or if you're trying to figure out what "tactical formation is" while flying 0.7s in the T-38. It's just not that hard to finish either track.

Yup. Same here. They even did my interview at the Frankfurt Airport on my way. Haven't had any luck with the Priority Pass Select into the airline lounges. I'm a United kinda guy so I never fly Delta. Anyone have luck with that?

Both orders now closed. Thanks for everyone who sent me messages about it. And now the 9 month waiting game begins...

Minimum numbers have been met for both watches. Let me know by the end of the month if you're interested, that's when the order goes in. Slander

Dudes - Last call for either of the watches if anyone is still interested or on the fence. I sent an email yesterday but we are in the low 20s for both designs. I expect the order to go in by the end of this month or early next month. If you want a Chronospace even a little bit, I recommend you get in on this order. I don't expect there to be another customized Chronospace with a Viper on it for a long while. Aerospace orders (non-WIC versions) happen about every 3-4 years so...choose your path accordingly. Let me know if you're interested. The finalized designs are attached (I'm still in discussions with Breitling USA and Breitling HQ in Switzerland about the back cases). Slander

Same. Unless I'm flying VFR (including executing tactical maneuvering within a restricted military operating airspace) I log it as instrument time even if I can see the ground. If it's at night and my NVGs aren't on, it's Instrument time. If my NVGs are on, then it's NVG time, but not both. There's no column on my 781 for "IMC" time, just "Instrument" so that's what I log. Class A airspace = Instrument. SID/STAR = Instrument. Radar Vectors to an ILS = Instrument. On my average 1.3 SEAD sortie I log 0.5 of Instrument time just going to and from. If I'm doing that wrong, so is everyone else in my squadron. If it's at night, then it's 0.5 Instrument and 0.8 NVG. Also, I don't care about going to the airlines so I'm not sure it matters at all I just like to be accurate in my records. IP time vs MP time is a whole different animal...

I sent an email to anyone who already told me they're interested. The order is still happening and we aren't far off. Here's the final design (pending Breitling's approval). If you're newly interested PM me for details. Slander Breitling Final Design.pdf

Maybe it's because the total dollar amount has stayed the same for about 20 years. A quick google search got me to calculator.net which has a CPI calculator. $250k in 1995 = $393k in 2014. It would be a lot more difficult for me to pass up the bonus if it were $200k showing up in my bank the next day. Good luck selling that to congress, I know. But if you want to retain talent with economic incentive, that incentive needs to be enough to give people serious pause. Most of us can probably get well paying jobs where we can make up that $250k plus the normal salary in a similar time period. It probably would not be flying military aircraft, and also not flying commercial aircraft, but I'm confident that if I bailed on the USAF I could live as or more comfortably (financially) than I could in the USAF even with the extra $2000/month from the bonus. https://www.calculator.net/inflation-calculator.html?cstartingamount1=250000&cinyear1=1995&coutyear1=2014&calctype=1&x=36&y=18

Sounds like that law needs changing if the USAF wants to promote at the current ratio of rated:non-rated and change to a style of promotion board which better reflects workplace accomplishment reality.

Breitling no longer offers that version of the Chronospace for custom orders. They have released a new watch which looks like that called the Cockpit B50 but it is not offered for customization. It also retails for ~$7500.

I'll see if they can add "VIPER" to the order I'm putting together like this one. Good idea bros!

You'll never convince me that CAS by committee works. Ever.

I feel like when I first joined the air force 6 years ago we were having the same discussions about the F-22. Now we aren't. Even flown with one at a Red Flag? The bros at Edwards, Nellis, and Eglin will make the F-35 a great airplane. We will develop tactics to exploit its advantages and avoid its weaknesses as best we can. Maybe I'm mainlining koolaid but the US has gone all in on this airplane and I can't imagine we will accept a POS. In 3 or 4 years, I'm confident we'll have an impressive jet starting to show up in reasonable numbers.