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we had a casual who turned down his pilot slot a week before class start date to go become a CRO. The AF tried to kick him out for turning down his UPT slot, but he prevailed and is damn good at his job these days.

we're an LDHD assett. Without getting into details, we deploy approx twice as much as a traditional AEF rotation. No we are not at Army posts.

my 2nd chamber was at Pcola. I was playing pattycake with a German stud sitting next to me, and the whole thing was being video taped. About 2 and a half min after removing our masks at FL250, I just started tapping my helmet with my hands over and over again, i.e. only doing that part of the pattycake (the high five/ten and hand clap being the other parts). 30 secs later the tech came and waved his hand in front of my face. No reaction on my part. All of the sudden I hear someone tell me to put my mask on, so I do. Didn't remember that 30 seconds at all. Us helo types only go up to FL180 for chamber refresher these days, not that an AF 60 could EVER make it that high. My three chambers rides, I didn't get the same symptoms. First time (peterson) I got tunnel vision and nail bluing. Second time (pcola) was just euphoria. Third time (tyndall) loss of color vision and feeling cold.

3 years ago at Moody our Wing King was a 130 Nav (Heithold). He got his star right after he PCSd up the road to WR.

we're doing spouse flights this Sat for all the Ops and MX Group Spouses. Crewmembers and spouses cannot be on the same aircraft at the same time.

interesting news about how the funding will work for the CSAR-X: https://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=350...c=AME&s=TOP

out of the AMCI24-101v9: out of the v1: out of the v6: Ok, so where is this AMC passenger and cargo schedule? Or an ATOF personnel who has the reference on how to construct an appropriate 12-digit mission identifier?

I want the ACC codes, that are contained in the document maintained by AMC. The AFSOC codes are also found in the same document, which is titled the same as the title of my original post.

without getting into any specifics, for someone here who knows what I'm referring to, please PM with a link or point me in the right direction on where to find this document. Apparently my unit has been using the AFSOC codes for a while and I'm trying to figure out if ACC does the same thing, but I don't have the parent document, just the pages from it about the AFSOC codes. These are used to come up with the Mission Numbers that go on Flight Authorizations... thanks for any help.

oh come on! Helos play in Red Flag too. They didn't do that just for the movie, that's actual Red Flag. How they actually employed, however...that was definitely just for the movie. It's not like we'd actually launch with 5 birds and have them all in a nice stacked hover in the LZ because it looks pretty. Though I found it kinda funny the same helos that were "hunting" the pilot down (aka red air) were the same birds that turned around to pick him up. My brother, who knows nothing about the defensive systems of our aircraft, asked why the A-10s kept popping off flares, because it seemed like a bit much. It was quite humorous...

no, it's not a low need, it's been a bottleneck at the schoolhouse for a long time (Kirtland). But now that's starting to change for the better. The AF is actually in great need of helo pilots, and starting soon the class sizes at Rucker will be increasing. Helos were my first choice, and I was lucky enough to get them. Haven't regretted my choice once since I set foot at Rucker. As to 60s at Moody taking back seat to the pointy jets, where'd you get your info? We actually get more range times these days than we EVER did when the 38s and T-6s were here. We do SARTFs once or twice a week now, which is great. And our Wing King is a 60 driver. We definitely haven't been pushed to the backburner, and I'd be the first to admit if we were; I'm a scheduler.

I thought all Nav training was getting consolidated to Pcola?

worked like a champ, thanks! Also, who knows who sings that song? Google didn't help, and the only band I can think of that might fit the bill here is Flight of the Concords.

anyplace we can download this vid, since youtube is blocked at work and everyone in my sq really needs to see this vid.

or NAS Fallon. Sucks for Naval Aviators that Top Gun is there now...

Keep in mind that when they're yelling at you and you're in some stressful position, and they're looking for an answer, SOUND OFF.

not sure if AFRC pubs are there, but start with www.e-publishing.af.mil Also, the pipeline for Green to Blue is open again (at least on the helo side of the house), in case you know anyone who wants to stay AD. Check out ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil and snoop around a bit. Not sure how much info (if any) is there, but there's contact info for the helo assignments guy and he can at least get you pointed in the right direction.

if they find the KPP was improperly changed (from "mission ready" to "flight ready" in 3 hrs), then that means the Chinook most likely won't win (again) since it could BARELY make "flight ready" in 3 hrs, with the help of 30 people and 2 cranes.

Don't discount AMS, either. If you want to become an O sooner rather than later, they direct commission into the Guard/Reserve and you are NOT required to have your degree at the time of commissioning (but you must complete within 7 years, I think). obviously not a grad.

when my group was returning home from OEF in Jan 07, the Delta ticket agents at BWI gave us the 1st class upgrade. They made an announcement in the gate, thanking us for our service and here's your upgrade. All the taxpayers knew it was Delta's dime on that one. And it was a pretty awesome gesture.

per the reg 10-248 I think, commanders are REQUIRED to allow time during the duty day for PT. "1.13.4. Ensures all members are permitted up to 90 minutes of DT for PT 3 times weekly (Regular component only)." DT = Duty Time

Here's a toast...

That article that mentioned the 16 SOW was from a midair 12 years ago. Today's rescuers were Coasties. We got stood down before we could launch. We were an hour and a half away, the Coasties were only 17 mins away. They win (not that it was a contest, it's just frustrating to get a mission drop and someone else beats you to it, even when it's the logical call). Glad the pilots are ok.

when the RCC stood us down, the USCG was 17 min out from the location. And that's where I fell out of the loop.