Slander

My class parodied the PGA Tour logo. We got a letter from them saying we could use it. Took about 2 months for it to go through all the layers including the ones at CB to make sure there weren't any hidden shocker references in it.

CB 09-14 (as much as I can remember) T-38 side: F-22 F-15C F-16 (CA ANG) T-6 x 2 C-21 ETAR E-8 Robbins 3 x JASDF T-1 Side KC-135 Fairchild x2 KC-135 McConnell KC-10 Travis (AFRC) C-17 Hickham C-17 Charleston C-130 x 3 (ANG/AFRC) C-5 Dover C-5 (ANG/AFRC) C-21 Scott MQ-1 Cannon (1st choice, apparently) RC-135 Offutt E-8 Robbins I think that's everything, someone will correct me if I screwed it up.

Or she was drunk enough to fall for his "I'm a military man" lines...it was on a cruise after all

I tried, but they said their licensing agreement didn't cover it. So I made them with the spear logo and a black background. If anyone wants one PM me.

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good stuff I figured as much thanks.

Anyone been down to holloman recently? I'll be going down there in a couple weeks for the initial -38 qual. Still go to the casino and avoid holloman like the plague? Thanks.

I'm going to try and put together an order for FSU tab patches, so if anyone's interested PM me.

CB 10-02 4 x T-38 1 x UH-1 2 x T-44 Everyone else: T-1 (1 reservist, I think)

Which is what I probably should have done, but since I am a stud I still feel like a cadet 90% of my day. I don't personally care that much if the permanent party dudes are a little surly to me but I also don't feel like making waves and causing problems for the commanders when I have to rely on them and their staff to help me get what I want. I always thought once someone had wings on their name tag they got more respect around the base. Reading this thread (and others) proves that theory hopelessly misguided. Thanks for commiserating about those douche rockets though.

Not quite as awful as the above story, but at CB the studs are required to park in the farthest lot from the flying squadrons. No big deal, I can walk. So we were on early week and I had the first plane of the day, so I showed up at 4:15 AM. It was dark. And because of cost saving measures the lights in the parking lot were turned off. So I parked in the same spot I'd parked in for the previous few weeks and went on my merry way...learning how not to kill myself in the T-6. I come back to my car a 11 hours later and find a parking ticket. Then I noticed the different amounts of fading on the parking lot where the "don't park here lines" USED to be. No shit, they are impossible to see unless it's a) day time and b) sunny enough to be able to tell where the lines are. Also whenever it rains that whole area fills up with water (it rained the night before, water was still there). So, I follow the instructions on the ticket to go to some building and give them my personal information. I go to the building and SURPRISE! SF has moved and left a sign for all of us who needed to tell them our info. I follow the scavenger hunt around base and eventually discover the office where I'm supposed to tell them my name and SSN and all that. The girl who took my information was in workout gear (and a reflective belt, of course) and told me I needed to come back later because my ticket wasn't in the system yet. I asked if she could just write it down because my duty day was about to expire and we were min-turning to the next day so I had to go on crew rest. She looked at me like a confused puppy and told me to come back. I said "here, you tell me what information you need from me and I'll write it down for you." Then her supervisor told me that I should be more respectful of the people who risk their lives to protect mine. I said "maybe I shouldn't have to deal with ludicrous parking tickets for spots that are no longer clearly marked." Wrong answer. So he turns on the sir machine and tells me that I should know better than to park where there AREN'T lines in the parking lot, his emphasis. I asked about base housing where there AREN'T lines but you can still park. Then he tells me to "use your best judgment, sir, and that you'll know better for next time, sir, so maybe you shouldn't be greedy and lazy with your parking choices, sir, and you can avoid the hassle, sir." Best part of the story? I get an email from the ADO asking if it was A1C Chodemuncher because he's been occupying the commander's time with too many tickets that are worthless and meaningless. It was.

2. Why waste your time cruising around at your t-6 final approach speed in a plane you're paying for? Go for the freebie lunches at the FBOs for topping off your tanks on the fuel contract. If you REALLY want to do it you can, but honestly you'll probably want the weekends to do things other than fly. I realize that's hard to believe but just wait and see. I asked the same question before I started and I like my saturdays when I sleep in and do yard work or mess around with my jeep and don't study. Technique only though. EDIT: spelling

Speaking of shockers...check this handout out from Kirtland MEO. No shit, it's real. Although the law about truck nuts was not passed by FL... On_The_Look_Out.pdf

Never. They should be down and buttoned on the outside button so that the creases you starched in are clearly visible. Never mind that it says on the laundering instructions not to use starch...or dry clean them...but it's a dead issue anyway because we're all supposed to wear puke boots and sweet tiger stripe ABUs right?

I know I know, UPT radio stories are :rainbow: BUT, this one was pretty funny...setup: girl on dollar ride in hammerhead me in RSU, 3 solo studs in pattern. Girl: "<deep breath> number one <deep breath> static?" RSU: "number one cleared static" Girl: "<deep breath> Dollar 69 static. <deep breath> <deep breath> So I just pull right onto the runway sir?" RSU controller to me (recorder): holy shit, did you just hear that? Give her EBOR (excessive breathing on radio) x 3, IRT (improper radio transmission) and ETOR (excessive time on runway), also give her this remark "PCL works without radio transmit button being pressed" It was classic. Solo party last night...good times.

I'm just about to solo and I have about 200 hours prior experience with an instrument rating. So far, it has helped some but not an immense amount. Having the IFR rating definitely gave me a leg up in the instruments academics and in the sims, but it also highlighted me to the instructors and they expect me to be good at that stuff. In the presolo contact stuff it hasn't helped too much, honestly. Maybe that I have a little bit of a clue what's going on and a small amount of air sense (not much SA yet though), but the flying is WAY different, the radio calls are totally different, and the expectations are just as high for everyone. I can't speak to how it will contribute to my overall success or failure during UPT, but my previous flying experience has helped some. It definitely helped at IFS because that was essentially civilian flying with a different traffic pattern. IFS, however, is pass/fail so being the best with 6900 hours or showing up with 0 hours doesn't matter. As long as you work hard and aren't UNSAFE you'll do fine. That's basically what they've looked for at UPT so far, too. "Is this dude unsafe? Will he kill himself or someone else if he's flying by himself in the pattern or to/from the MOA." If you're safe, you'll succeed, if you're unsafe, you won't. Back to your question -- it depends. It definitely helped on some of the academics tests, but it has hurt in some other areas from using previous techniques that don't work. For example, I had a bad habit of a high flare on landing. I flared early and settled to the runway just like I did in a C-152 and Piper Warrior. Problem is with the T-6 that's not how to land. So, I had some negative transfer and got hosed on my first few flights for ending up in a sinking flare situation. After a few debriefs and clarifications I realized (through some IP insistence and demonstrations while airborne) that I was doing that from my previous flying. I didn't know it, didn't realize it, and now I don't land like that anymore. So, weird things you didn't think would be an issue become issues, I guess is my point. Also it's important to recognize that you will be instructed as if you had 0 hours when you show up. If that chaps your ass and you get an attitude about the "remedial" instruction then you are doomed to failure. Having a good attitude and being humble about your previous flying experience (and all other things) as well as helping out the guys who are struggling in the flight is the most important thing, I think, about previous flying experience. but for you, with 0 experience, don't worry about it. The program is designed for 0 hour dudes to succeed. There are lots of guys, some on this board, who showed up with 0 hours and got what their first choice out of UPT. You just gotta work hard and study up. If you know the procedures the IPs will teach you techniques. Don't waste time you could be learning techniques having them teach you the procedures you should've already learned. HUGE CAVEAT: Remember, I'm just a STUD, in the baby class, and I haven't soloed let alone earned my wings, so take what I said with a big grain of salt. There are many more experienced people here who will have better perspective than I do. I'm just telling you my experience in UPT thus far. Whether you still want to track t-38s and MAYBE get a fighter after T6s depends on whether you a) like pulling g's and strapping into an ejection seat b) like wearing a helmet, mask, harness, and g-suit every day to fly, c) don't suck at formation, and d) want to be a fighter pilot after meeting some and learning what the days are like behind the glamor of it all. There's a lot more to it than I ever thought there would be, and it's way different than I expected. There is definite appeal to both sides. Don't pigeon hole yourself to flying fighters because you saw Operation Red Flag or Top Gun and you think want to fly a pointy-nosed jet around. Hope that helps. I know your question is relating to have no experience, but I kinda answered it from the other direction. Sorry for being a little verbose. PM me if you want more info (not that there's much more to say...)

A-10 guard to MI C-17s to McChord, McGuire, and Charleston. 135 to Fairchild and McConnell. UAVs 2 Cannon 1 Creech. I think a -38 stud got Cannon, but I'm not 100% the guy who got the -15C and the guy who got the b-1 were the happiest I've seen at a drop night since I've been at CAFB in November. It was awesome to see. The b-1 stud really wanted b-2 but since they gave out 2 already he knew he couldn't get it so B-1 was his first choice. Overall, I'd say it was above average -38 drop and about average -1 drop. I don't know who wanted what, but most guys seemed pretty happy (except the one of the FAIPs) and the UAV dudes. I'm just happy to see some "B" and "F" type aircraft in the -38 drops again. Maybe they'll start handing out more than 2 -38s per class soon...I hope... Congrats to all the 0905/06 guys. :beer:

At CAFB it has to go through the "Class commander" then OG, then MEO, then Wg/CC or CV. The original saying was something like "Shockin the Tacos around the world" but MEO had a problem with the word "Tacos" because it (and i'm not making this up) "might offend people of latin descent." So basically, as soon as leadership found out what the symbology meant they had to take them off and wear the OSS patch and the leather nametags. I'm not in the class, so it's 3rd-4th hand story telling, but I'm fairly sure that's about what happened. I do know that those patches were worn for at least a month before anyone figured it out...that was some funny shit seeing those things floating around.

It was a t-6 guy, but funny regardless.

Heard a dude on victor do his entire g-ex today at CAFB. Then an IP came up and critiqued him. That was pretty funny.

So I go to check the last payment in December, hoping to see the flight pay for the last couple months that Finance owes me (and hasn't started yet) and what do I find? My check is short by 2/3. Well, after I did some investigating it turns out that they hadn't inprocessed me when i gave them all 69 copies of my orders and filled out every form in triplicate and watched them tap-tap away on their computer with it. So I received my old BAH instead of none for living in the luxurious VOQ accommodations. And they paid me DLA, which apparently I'm not entitled to even though I was, in fact, dislocated. So now, on top of them owing me some $$$ for flight pay (not much, I know, but it's the principle), I owe them my DLA back (except they'll repay it to me if I get to move off base within 120 days if the sq/cc approves DLA, allegedly) and I owe them the BAH back. I wonder when I'll reap the benefits of that big raise we all got starting this month...maybe in June after they finish garnishing my wages like a convict. The more I read the above stories and deal with this newly "efficiently centralized finance system" (which it took 6 weeks to pay me for my last TDY) I just keep comparing it to any fortune 500 company. If the HR department screwed the pooch this often or had this many complex rules I don't think it would last long. I know, shut up and color LT, I got that, and I'm happy to, just as long as I'm getting paid accordingly (and correctly). Is that so fvcking much to ask? Boxhead -- I'm definitely using that plan of yours in finance, MPF, comm, anywhere else I have to fill out paperwork. /rant.

Got it. Thanks for making sense of it for me.

Maybe I'm just a stupid SNAP but here's what I think about this...I don't mind if the guys who do the shit I wouldn't want to do (finance, comm, mpf, anything non-flying related) get recognized for doing their job better than other people who are in their career field. I have no experience in the AF, I'm just a lowly UPT STUD and haven't seen what you guys have seen, I recognize that. But, from a leadership prospective if we don't recognize the guys who do what we don't want to, even if it's not glorious like SF, CCT, pilot, whatever, would anyone do it? That being said, nothing pisses me off more than when MPF told me last week to come back in the afternoon to pick something up and then were closed for a unit sponsored event. That's horseshit. I guess all I'm saying is I don't mind people being recognized for good work in any career field, as long as it is truly good work. Sidenote, apparently now every casual guy at CBM is going to get an AF Achievement medal if they have a job for more than 2 months. I think that's pretty fvcked up and reminds me a lot of grade inflation in college (everyone deserves an A, so let's give out participation and attendance points to make it easier). If we give every idiot 2LT like me an AF Achievement medal for not fvcking up whatever shop they're stuck in for 3 months while they wait to start IFS/gAySBC/UPT/whatever, then doesn't that diminish the value of a medal in the first place? Caveat, if they work their ass off as a scheduler I'll buy it; but I over heard a couple IPs the other day saying "I just don't understand why I have to write this kid up for a medal, he asked me if he could just come in at 9 every day even if he doesn't go to the gym since I told him he could come in at 9 if he did. And I am supposed to write him up for a medal? For being what? Lazy?" Maybe I'm just wide-eyed and naive, but does that really happen? A lot?

Awesome. Thanks for the help/advice. I'm looking forward to the fun/pain.

Right so, I start in 5 days...I enjoyed casual plenty, and am I understanding it correctly that they only issue a small shitty one and if I want a bigger sized one I can get it from LSI...but what's LSI? thanks.