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You think the Air Force is bad with the slogans, try dealing with AFN down in Antarctica under $hitty reception. The DoD propaganda gets old after the first hour!

I'm on my way back from ODF, and we're crossing the Pacific from Pago to Hickam yesterday. My F.E. is reading a New Zealand newspaper and is reading the article about this very issue and starts talking about it with the crew. He then proceeds to say that we should be looking outside looking for debris because the article stated where abouts the initial debris should be impacting with the Ocean, meanwhile we're 4 hours from either location! Battlestations everyone....

For what it's worth, we have a Nav who applied for a UPT slot and got shot down for this very issue because Guard Bureau was putting a stop to these "waivers." He definitely had more than 5 years commission.

This broad has only a jump badge, and no other occupational badge. This just goes to show that she probably doesn't have a solid AFSC. So I agree with the fact that her career is defined by "knee time"

The first two questions depend on how BUSY your unit is with THEIR assigned mission. You have the basic pay system (AFTP's and UTA's), and then the occasion mandays to go do something or get deployed. I'll piggy back on what was said above by calling each unit and asking them yourself.

Right now they're also combining Aerial Port Sq's with Logistics and Supply, to combine it with Logistics Readiness Squadron which I know a lot of you already know about. Just thought I'd throw that out seeing as how we're talking about consolidation!

Holy crap....good for her!!

Yes she did because she was the class ahead of me. She was a cool person to hang out with at CJ's. I don't watch American Idol because it is GAY, but after seeing this post, I was shocked as hell.

I'm going to chime in as well because this will be the second time I've done this in this forum. I'm a Guard pilot who just hit his 10 year mark the other day because I'm prior enlisted. I'm going to have to agree with all the other guys, stay where you are! If you interview with a Guard unit and they find out you left ROTC because of the lifestyle, it may hurt you because they may see you're a real pu$$y, not to be a jerk or anything. I have been turned down for slots at other units because they saw that I didn't have a plan as to how I would support myself outside of the flying world. I've been bumming for 2 years now, but my unit is an exception because of our mission (Antarctica). During that time, i've been interviewing for AGR jobs, and have been shot down 4 times already because they hired more senior and experienced guys over me. Thankfully my wife is my sugar mama, and right now, I see a recession coming down the road. You may be better off on Active Duty, and serve a few years, and then palace chase. It'll make you a better person in the long run. Fvck the civilian job life, been there, done that and they're laying off left and right! As a traditional Guardsmen, you fly 48 AFTP's in one Fiscal Year, and then drill one weekend a month. There is also the possibility of trips during the month your unit may get tasked with, and even then, you have to compete with all the other Guardsmen/Guard Bums for those bids. Again, you're never guaranteed a fulltime job with a guard unit unless you mobilize, or some other sweet deal comes down the pike. I'll leave it at that. I'm not trying to be a jerk here, but if you want more information, I'd be more than willing to help out. You're welcomed to PM me at anytime! Hope this helps.

Yeah they went on in late 2005, just after I got back from UPT.

Really, I gotta check that out the next time I'm down in Newburgh. Our birds have them too, but more like side art, as opposed to nose art. The art is just aft of the crew entrance door under "US AIR FORCE"

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Here's a good one... Last year, I was returning from Christchurch when we dropped one of our skibirds off at Air New Zealand for depot MX (long story for another time). Anyways, I'm now in Auckland waiting to board the 747 for LAX, which is almost a 12 hour flight I have to look forward too. They call me up to the podium because they want to change my seat. Thankfully, I still had an aisle seat. So I'm sitting in the gate area, and as they start to board the "elder" passengers, a kid, half naked, probably about 5, runs towards the gate and is stopped by the gate agents, and his dumbshit mother is running after him. They close doors to wait for the old farts to get down to the plane, and this mother is grabbing this kid as he's holding on to the door handle, screaming bloody murder saying that he needs to get on the plane. Within a second I determine this kid is either autistic, or really big pain in the a$$. Lovely I thought. But wait, heeeeerrrreeee'sss my sign.....that family is sitting directly behind me, with the kid kicking my seat. I look to see who it is, acting like I don't know, and give the blank stare of death at the mother. The kid fell asleep the entire flight, thank Christ! He only started acting up on final into LAX. But it could have been worse. The kid's mother never really redressed the kid because he only wore his shorts the entire time. The mom was definitely a pushover.

In the end, they've got a cake job. But, if they couldn't, no $hit, fly the T-44/TC-12 in real life after working this kind of job for as long as they have, then they would be the be all, end all of squadron jokes!!

I'll have to agree with you on that one, as well. We had a LOT of guys in my class do extraordinarily well (because a good number of them were Guard guys like me, but had been working for the Regionals for a few years prior to UPT), but I'll admit I was one of those average pilots, WITH a couple of downed flights (so maybe I'm not average to some of you), and ended the program with a low score.

Oh yeah!!! *shuddering* He use to ask us what "color" paper we wanted our grade sheet on!! We use to always say white, as opposed to blue, yellow, and pink! Definitely a navy thing having the "scarlet letter" in your training folder!

Dude, that's awesome!! It was only a matter of time. Now let's start a contest as to who can make that "fat colonel" poster that wittiest!

but you know what, he made the sims that much more relaxing and enjoyable.....

Something that boggles my mind is how the fvck did I NOT know this broad because I grew up in Lancaster, CA from 1985-1994, before my parents decided to move back to New England! At the time, Lancaster wasn't that big. I'm only six years older than her, and the way the media is making her out to be is bigger than the Challenger explosion in 1986, and I'll remember that for the rest of my life. A street in Lancaster was renamed in memorance that connected Palmdale Plant 42 to Edwards AFB, as a side note. Again, just boggles my mind. From what I remember, there wasn't any rich kid prep schools in the Antelope Valley. I'd laugh my ass off if she lived near me, and went to the same schools.

Yup, I know that dude. He was also a T-44 sim instructor. Yeah, not all with it, but a super nice guy and works with you to help you understand. I believe his name is Buck.

There is also the one at LAX. A lot of our guys stop in there on their way down and back from ODF. It's called the Bob Hope USO. It's in a trailor style fashion that is NOT attached to any of the terminals which is the only downside because you'll have to leave the main terminal (which we all know checkpoint security sucks, see TSA topics in other forums). It's next to the Spaceship looking building in the center of the airport, across from Terminal 2. Again, nice people, good service and food, and all the other amenities. A retired Air Force General is the manager of the place. Real nice guy.

Flight Simulator comes in REAL handy if you want to "mess" around with these approaches without killing yourself!

yup! been there, done that, got the a$$ chewing!

Choose your words carefully bro, there are Academy grads that do browse these forums.

Yes, I did. It's called the L-382. All you need is your Form 8's (for your left seat landing check, and I'd bring your Inst/Qual, just in case), your I.D., and whatever your local FSDO requires.