Clayton Bigsby

Dover and McGuire aren't the worst C-17 bases, Altus overwhelmingly earns that title. McGuire and Dover are just far less desirable than the alternatives - the best things to do there are to go somewhere else!

Kind of funny how nobody's remembering that in the -17 you could end up at Altus at some point...not every barney base is idyllic. I've heard quite a few gripes about McGuire and Dover too...

C-5 airdrop mission was discontinued. They used to have a SOLL group out of Dover... C-21 and Pirate, great replies. Only thing I'd add is that while the C-17 does go to quite a few of the smaller off-the-beaten-path places like the Herk (I've got my dirt qual too), it just doesn't stay the night there like the Herk does. It's not always back to a 5-star place though, if you want that w/ 'defined AMC enroute network' go C-5/KC-10. No argument that the Herks are doing the majority of the BFE stuff, but it's not like they have an exclusive monopoly on it either. Native, if it isn't obvious already, if you choose herks you get to go through life with a ginormous chip on your shoulder. This 'tac v strat' bullshit that's been going on forever and ever is fvcking pathetic.

it's probably not 'evil' unless he takes the guns back to Cali. AFAIK, residents aren't banned from having them in other places, they're just banned in CA. Private transfer = no FFL req'd, the way to go man. No way for The Man to follow your sale!!!

My understanding is that AKs are beginning to show up every bit as customized as an AR. There are lots of rail options, replacing either the upper receiver top cover, or some of the foregrip/gas tube pieces. M2, what's your take on top cover rails for sights, versus side-mounted ones? As far as I see it, a side-mount would be more desirable since my top cover slides around here and there - not something I'd want to mount a sight/scope to.

FKNA no shit. Some of you seriously need someone to 'standardize' the blue UOD for you? "Wear your blues, any combination" isn't specific enough? For fvck's sake, I thought it was gayer-than-two-dudes-kissin' when we I had to 'standardize' sleeves rolled or unrolled for BDUs when marching in formation for my Mx pipeliner tech school. Unlike the other services, the AF doesn't set an arbitrary date for when you can/have to roll up your sleeves, they give you the flexibility to make a personal decision. No need for by dumb arbitrary rules. <ahhnold> "Stop vhining, you eediots!" </ahhnold> As for wearing your ribbons with your blue shirt...that's almost exclusively an enlisted thing, and that's dumb too - most of what it serves is to force airmen in PME to show that they know how to wear/arrange their ribbons. Most of the shoe-clerk uniform gestapo enforcement stuff comes from there as well, for them it's a demonstration of "leadership" while in ALS/NCOA/SNCOA, etc.

"Number 15, your time is up!"

For those in the know - are there any reservists included, or was it an all-AD crew? to all.

...or you could bring a shitload of extension cords with you

Right between the -130 and -17 in size. Honestly I think the US would be smart to pick up a couple...does it have a tanker capability, to pump gas, like the old Transall does?

I know it's super-entry-level, but what are thoughts on the Taurus 1911? I'm thinking I'd like to get my first 1911, and I like the ergonomics for my hand - can't always say that about all other 1911s, they usually feel gigantic (I'm an M9 lover, the Beretta fits like it was molded for my hand). The price point is good too. Only thing I don't like is that the lower doesn't have a rail option...I'd really like to attach a light and make it a bedside home defence weapon.

They're not really different engines, they just turn differently to offset torque issues. #1 and #3 spin one way, 2 and 4 another. Thing is instead of leaving that up to the reduction gearbox, I believe the engine designs are mirrored/reversed, so the whole damn thing spins another direction.

If vulgar language bothers you, but raining and possibly enduring death and destruction doesn't...

What's the URL to that post/forum? I think I want to pop in there and give someone a piece of my mind...

Exactly. They want their own Air Force, then they can fuckin' pay for it! While we're at it eliminate those customs searches too. It's not like US personnel want to be there...

Yeah. Staged first salutes at commissioning is And besides the fact that SPs are fags, with the fact that gate guards are mostly contractors (to free up SPs so they can write speeding tickets with LIDAR), possibly having one of them be the silver dollar recipient is super-duper One thing to consider - go to a trophy/engraving shop and maybe have something engraved on the silver dollar/coin? It's cheap and it'll have even more significance, make it kind of like the Airman's Coin - given at BMT graduation - it says "Presented on the occasion of becoming an Airman." It's something special and something you can't just go buy in the store.

I agree, but Aviation Week had some taken by a tourist overflying Andersen on the way in to Agana Int'l. Still, these pics were a WHOLE LOT CLOSER. Not anything I'd be posting anywhere...

While I also think it's BS; I think it paves the way for AFCENT to become a MAJCOM, just like USAFE and PACAF. Although I don't understand why they don't do away with those entirely - just strip down to the basic component commands of ACC, AMC, AETC, AFSC, and AFSOC.

Um, Scooter, they're called "cruise slippers" aka flip-flops. Yeah I've made that mistake once before too, went downstairs from the bunk to drain the lizard forgetting we had a plane full of Army grunts, who seem to make it a sport on who can get the most piss all over the walls and floor and not in the toilet, in addition to let's-see-how-quick-we-can-fill-the-pisser-up Only had to learn that lesson once. Does make me wish the C-17 had separate lavs for crew and pax (even if just torpedoes in the upstairs or something, if there was a way to make it not stink like piss anyway).

Oh yeah, but there's that other B-1 that's been stuck there for, what, like 2 years? Came in hot brakes, then gear fire, then engine bay fire...

So now there's 2 B-1s stuck at Guam? Niiiiiice. Also I understand that place is quite the B-52 graveyard as well, crashed wreckages all over the place (mostly on the cliffs), from the Arc Light days.

Cadets shouldn't be quoting their cadre, regardless of background. Instead, find sources like this...

I recently flew in 1st class alongside an Army dude in ACUs, who was also a fair bit drunk; turned out he'd just earned his Ranger tabs at Benning. Certainly didn't begrudge him any of that.

You know, quite a bit of the Pats' regular season games boiled down to luck - look at the Baltimore game, and the Philly one. Luck's not always such a bad thing, and personally, it was immensely satisfying to see it catch up with the Pats.

Same thing for the APU, the APU exhaust blows straight up from the right side, and just like the caution in the -1 there's one about running the APU with the slats extended for a long period of time. Of course, the heat/'thrust' from the APU is small pickings compared to what comes from the reverser cascades...