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Ya, but are they? Either way, the point is that unless they actually launch them all to go fly missions and turn them to fly more, it's just a really expensive photo op...

Ya, it's a pretty ridiculous way of doing an elephant walk, but elephant walks in general are pretty dumb. I'm sure with a few days notice, our mx force could get every jet on base in a condition to safely taxi, but what does that really do? I'd be much more impressed with all these so called "elephant walks" if they launched all those jet to fly missions then, then turned them to fly 1 or 2 more times that day....and you still had a jets to fly your normal turn pattern the next day. IDK, it's always been a weird flex to me. Word! Hell, even deploying a $40M fighter to do the job of an RPA... Yay having an Army General in charge of the fighters, in a war that should have been shut down over a decade ago.

I know quite a few at my base would be happy if the state would vax prisoners. We have people who have been involuntarily activated to be guards at state prisons because of COVID outbreaks within the prison. I'm not talking our security forces, just random people on base. My understanding is that somehow, they're not entitled to per diem for these orders either. So they've got that going for them...

Reminds me of when I log a pay card, just to log pay cards. What used to take less than a minute, has turned into a 15-20 minutes minimum, IF the network is running good. It was bad enough at one point that one of our pilots wouldn't start his debrief until he successfully logged his pay card. Either way, he left work at the same time.

Learned all of those when I was in my enlisted tech school back in the day. Our instructor recommended we do the fishing line trick, because apparently 50 lbs of starch wasn't professional looking enough. I do think the summer weight BDUs looked the best of all the uniforms they've had since I've been in. They were super comfortable too. Never wore ABUs, but the ACUs are comfortable, but look like shit. 5 Goofiest Things Troops did to BDUs. 17 days at AUAB for ROM and I never put on a reflective belt. It's the small victories these days... 😁

The same guys who ironed fishing line into their BDU sleeves, cut off buttons to sew down their pockets and put weights in their bloused pants are the likely the same people now writing the AFI. Goodluck!

Funny you mention that. As I'm reading this thread, I'm thinking to myself, slap a GNS430W into an original T-6 Texan and it would be a MUCH better platform to make good pilots than the Texan II. I had Mustang pilot tell me you needed about 50 hours in a Mustang before you flew the T-6. Controllable pitch prop, it does nothing for you, so you have to stay on your toes and it's will make you a heck of a stick and rudder pilot (T/O & Landing) in the process. But ya, a Super D would do...cheaper, just less cool. 😎 Same reason they can't pay me the correct flight pay, and haven't been able to since 2017 or 2018 (but don't worry, the fix will roll out Jan 2020). You can slap a WAAS capable GNS430 in to a beat-up old 172 and fly it down to 200 feet in every "burg & ville" in the U.S., and the AF can't even get their primary trainer to do it.

This just circles back to the Wills, "win one for the gipper," FB post. Not hard to spot when you're being given the "you're not going to like this" speech....seen it plenty of times now. Dude would have gotten more respect if he'd have just said, sorry gents (can you still say that), you're not going to like the bonus, but we're stuck with what congress is giving us because they think the problem is fixed. Word! Mongo just pawn in game of life! BTW, your post just made me think of the defensive egg post. Talk about a flashback!

Ah yes, the time honored, tried & true leadership method of one guys shits their pants and everyone wears diapers. A fan favorite amongst the AF...always has a positive impact!

Nah man, during his speach about how you shouldn't do this for the money, the good general let us know the airlines aren't recovering any time soon. In unrelated news, anyone seen any them bonuses around here?

When you have to redesign your MQT syllabus so much that it looks like a mini B-Course...

How dare you say that about the "victim!" You're clearly a misogynist, victim-blamer and everything that is wrong with our military today! Innocent until proven guilty is an old-fashioned way of thinking!

Rumor has it, he didn't turn roll calls into a PC, gala-type event, that's setup and ran by the wing EO office.

No no, this is different...

I guess I didn't see it so much as as blaming them, but telling them that this is life...some assembly required. We screwed up, but you can't always just sit there and wait to be saved. This isn't about the .gov providing the utilities, that time was long past (and undoubtedly will come later), it was about survival. Like we learned in survival, you may have to affect your own rescue. Gas tanks, generators, wood burning stoves/fireplaces, guns, bullets, food stores....suddenly preppers don't look so crazy!

It's just a matter of time.

Why am I not surprised. But yes my joke was directed at the crew. Karen's gonna Karen.

But did they have their masks on?

I exited ROM 92 days from when I tested positive for COVID. I guess I'm just lucky I didn't come in "close contact" with someone who had covid-like symptoms during ROM. Would have been painful being in ridiculous cycle of quarantine for no apparent reason.

Nothing would surprise me. The worst I heard was someone was ~100 days into their 120 day deployment and still in quarantine, with leadership not knowing what to do. All logic and common sense has left the room. I heard a rumor of a suicide after prolonged isolated quarantine, but I honestly don't know that to be true.

Ha, like the ROM, which appears to do nothing but make certain people FEEL better. They had people in ROM for 70+ days because they kept testing positive. Some ended up with psychological issues...that's really taking care of your people.

Laughs in last decade and a half of flying circles in the sky, aging out our Strikes/Vipers/Bones/Hogs... just in case we need to sling an $50k bomb at a dude carrying an RPG.

I definitely think kids need to be back in school...but around here, it seems like it's always Karen who is the loudest voice in the "kids need to go back to school because both parents HAVE to work." The same Karen that stands out front of their 10k/yr (per child) private school, with her $5 Starbucks, beside her 70k SUV, that she just drove from her 500k McMansion...complaining about HAVING to work "to make ends meet." I don't think they've ever even heard the word downsize. I get that this isn't the case for many Americans, but find a different voice in your fight. *I get this isn't the norm...I grew up with 2 siblings and 2 blue collar parents whose combined income probably never exceeded what we made as junior captains.

Ya, I guess I never understood the status symbols culture. Ya probably. I'm not a car guy...still driving my 2Lt car from 2006. 1.8L of fucking muscle!

LOL that there are, however I don't think that is the target market. How Tesla gets people to pay 100-150k for a car is amazing. I'm guessing many people who buy these are the same types who put solar panels on the wrong side of their house, so people on the street/neighbors can see their wokeness in all its glory.