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There is a push in leadership to not allow SOS in correspondence until you've hit your 7th year and haven't been in-res. I don't foresee this happening with any urgency.

That's a bit of airspace....

Anyone notice homenugget paying attention to the jumpers and not his 'lead'? No wonder he ran into the other plane...and of course the guy that caused the accident is the one that landed ok.....

I don't understand how we push this safety culture, yet we don't readily share safety information to everyone. The 'I have a secret' culture in many safety offices is rotten. Glad someone is bringing this up on a higher level. Anyone read Approach magazine? Why doesn't the AF have something like that?

Just saw an email on this. They are proceeding as if the 28 Oct - 20 Dec class still happening. The cutoff is 21 Oct for all these budget shenanigans. No fix by then, no SOS class this fall.

Looked into it once, quotes ranged from $1200 to $2000. Google is your friend.

Time to laugh... https://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/108453/brigadier-general-jeffrey-b-kendall.aspx

Fozzy, If you are looking for a decent 3B/2Ba house in the 'nicer' neighborhoods, you are looking at $1,500 and up just for the rent. That's right at the cap for an O3 w/ dependants. Good luck if you have pets, very few rentals allow pets and the ones that do charge up to a few hundred per pet. AHRN is very fluid as demand is high for rentals, we also looked on real estate websites, craigs list, zillow, and trulia. Calling around to different realators was helpful as well. If you find something, you have to jump on it quickly.

Having drove around town for several days on the hunt for a good rental, I was amazed at the number of houses for sale. Friends there had told me, including one who's wife is a realator, how the market is definetly a buyer's market right now but it sucks for everyone trying to sell. I'm not a realestate expert, but I think that the new housing will hurt sellers for a period of time, but will drive down rental prices in the long run. What infuriated me was that the rentals in Clovis were more expensive per sq/ft than anything I've ever seen, by a wide margin. Most rentals are two-three times the going mortgage rate if you bought a new house. Several friends bought a house since their mortgage was around 50% of their BAH. I just don't want to have any connection with Clovis when I get outa there. Fortunately, I got really lucky and found a great rental that is a new build AND within my BAH. Seriously felt like we won the powerball.

It's fun trying to convince the combat arms guys at a non-flying base that aircrew can and do wear over the shoulder holsters and thus need to qualify with one.....absolutely no outside the box thinking at that place.

"We do not know where your HHG were stored for the past year"

...so according to Senator Jeff Flake's math this just saved a SQ of A-10s.... Seriously, glad everyone got out ok! Good to to hear after how rough this year has been.

Korean Air can't be shown up by Asiana.....

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wow that was rough

It sounds more like they are trying to work out the queep on the pre tiral hearings in this case. I think this is the key paragraph: It seems that the defense attorney is butt hurt that the judge dismissed the motion for a full pre trial hearing (because it's absurd), but since the law wasn't clear on this point he decided to file the emergency petition with the S.C supreme court. It's a matter of if a full pre trial hearing required. Not a change in the law. Don't worry, this guy is still gonna fry. On a side note, good on law enforcement for re-examining the evidence. The murder was in 2005, they picked up this douchbag in 2012.

...and it lasted all of 30 or so minutes. The BX was a zoo. The gun counter was a zoo on methanphetamines. The mariachi band was a nice touch though.

Going to shoot my 597 this afternoon, zero it in and see how it shoots. Already have a list of mods (hammer and extractor first) to make it a fun little tack driver. How is the ammo situation for you guys? It seems to be getting better here in ABQ if you stay away from the BBSGS and even they aren't typically selling out of stuff same day. I've been taking my wife with me so I can get 4 boxes of .22 LR (CCI & American Eagle) at a time, will have bought 1200 rounds in three days come tomorrow.

I was back home recently and saw a lot of people out supporting the recall petition, it was awesome to see folks standing up against Morse and Giron. My home state has Colorado liberals have gone full retard and it's not just the gun stuff. So back to the topic of guns, anyone here have any of the newer Remington 957s? I've shot the standard 22lr, but am curious about the heavy barrel versions. Just looking for a fun semi-auto 22 to help with the prairie dog population.

So we'll give weapons to the rebels in support of their fight against Assad (but make sure only the 'good' rebs get them), but we are prosecuting Eric Harroun for fighting with the rebels (at one point he was allegedly with a group labeled as an AQ affiliate....allegedly). ?

Two planes touched in midair at the Reno-Stead Airport, Thursday. Officials say it was a minor accident, referring to it as "trading paint."

Hit up a few breweries in Durango recently. Durango Brewing Company, Steamworks Brewing, and my favorite...SKA! Durango Brewing Co. Blueberry Wheat - I don't like fruity beers, so I just had a sample since they were pushing as if they could convince me otherwise. I guess it wasn't all that bad, not super sweet or a glass of carbonated blueberry juice. My wife liked it...so there ya go Durango Pale Ale - seemed like your average pale ale. Nothing really stood out. Steamworks Brewing Co. Colorado Kölsch - pretty decent Kölsch. Crisp, light, very easy to drink. Lizard Head Red - nice red, bit more kick from hops than most reds with a good malty taste. Ska Brewing Mexican Logger - summer in a can. light lager, refreshing, could throw these back all day. Don't put a lime in it. Decadent Imperial IPA - ever wonder what it would be like if a bushel of hops kicked down every tastebud in your mouth? Well here ya go. True Blonde Dubbel - an ok dubbel, slight sour aftertaste Vernal Minthe Stout - Suprisingly good, I expected some minty abomination here. Just the slightest touch of sweetness in this sout. Good session beer. Lip up fatty!

When he was running 3rd AF, I flew with him multiple times to include a week long trip around France/Italy (rough life, I know). Great leader, down to earth, no-nonsense kinda guy, good pilot. Everyone that flew with him, liked him. Glad to see he's still at it.

Here in ABQ the party doesn't stop just because you have to drive home... Driver runs red light, crashes while having sex in front seat

OK National Guard flyover of the tornado path.