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Quoted for truth. If anyone on the ground is willing to go, I'm willing to go & support.

Good point, and I've never landed somewhere uncontrolled down range..... It's been done but not by me. I go to these little places stateside because there aren't many towered fields with slopes, turns, impossible TERPS, crumbling infrastructure, etc. to accurately simulate places I need to get into at times overseas. And honestly, a lot of it is just for fun.

I land at uncontrolled CONUS fields all the time for various training purposes. In just the past 6 months I've been to 57B, AVX, 2NC0, L05, 1Z1.....Literally hundreds of uncontrolled fields in the past 8 years. Partly because the opportunity has presented itself and I enjoy it, but also because keeping the VFR skill set sharp is relevant to my job.

Maybe over 50% of the students suck.

the 1994 law expired in 2004 (which wasn't that long ago) & the gun grabbers tried hard to make it permanent. I'm sure they'll try to disarm us again soon. Your argument is a failure.

Some people need to be slapped.

This is the single dumbest post I've ever read. What's to stop you from pulling a 9/11 everytime you fly? What prevents me from plowing into the line of pre-schoolers waiting for the bus when I pick up my son? If someone buys a hammer from Home Depot, then hits people with that hammer and is subsequently stopped by a person carrying another legally purchased hammer, are we not on a merry go round? We'll never know if CCW could have prevented this. All we know for certain is that existing laws failed to. If someone is determined to break the law, why on earth would you think making additional laws can stop them?

Having worked extensively with both, the difference is night and day.

I know Jared and I'm sure he feels terrible. Very sad for all involved.

FOB equestria? W T F. I have a daughter so I can fully appreciate how utterly gay this is.

What does that have to do with my point?

On the surface, it seems like agreat idea to have a new type of award to recognize a new type of combat. I've been working with some shit hot MQ-9 guys recently who deserve recognition for what they do. That said, our awards process is already totally fucked and most manned aircraft aren't recognized for simialrly unfucking ground assaults, going winchester, buddy lazing other platforms and finishing with jackpot EKIA.... which happens on the regular. Since the AF awards process is already a total fail I'm not sure if contributing another ribbon means much, but it's better than doing nothing and the current situation where national level objectives are being prosecuted by people who aren't recognized or afforded career advancement for doing important shit is unacceptable.

I've done 11 deployments and never heard of anyone successfully filing for missed meals, despite being a 100% valid item.

100% valid that a bad attitude makes bad things worse. That said, I'm loving life at HRT and enjoy my job which for now doesn't have Clovis in the future; so I'm not comfortable telling guys at CVS for years on end that it's all what you make it & they need to suck it up.

Moving anyone's family to someplace that remote, for years on end, while deploying the spouse for 1/2 the time is going to cause complaints. Your notion of "it used to suck then, so you shouldn't complain about it sucking now" is noted.

Concur. I'm tired of fighting in shitty places. Syria is beautiful, nearby countries are mostly nice places to base from and it's filled with assholes. I'm game anytime, but I don't think this one is going anywhere.

Copy, but they were in Clovis back when assignments really were only 3 years (none of mine have been that short) and there were tons of other places for F-16 guys to PCS. An AC130W (for example) dude is stuck in CVS till he gets a school slot or a RIF or a crossflow. Similar with other airframes. AFSOC tends to homestead guys; not uncommon for me to find 03's with 8 years at HRT.

CV-22 Osprey crashes near Navarre, five airmen injured June 13, 2012 9:17 PM ShareThis| Print Story | E-Mail Story LAUREN SAGE REINLIE / Daily News HURLBURT FIELD — An Air Force CV-22 Osprey assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing crashed during a routine training mission Wednesday evening. All five airmen aboard were injured, said Master Sgt. Kristina Newton, a spokeswoman for Hurlburt Field. Three of the airmen were flown to local hospitals and two were taken by ambulance, Newton said. The extent of their injuries had not been released as of 10 p.m. The Osprey crashed on Eglin Air Force Base’s reservation north of Navarre about 6:45 p.m. The aircraft, a cross between a helicopter and plane, is noted for its ability to take off and land vertically. A board of Air Force officials will investigate the accident, according to the public affairs office for the 1st SOW. More information will be released as it becomes available, Newton said. The first operational CV-22 was delivered to the 1st SOW in January 2007. Read more: https://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/aircraft-50338-crash-.html#ixzz1xjb2Gski

SNC is the best contractor I've worked with. I have experience with several on multiple platforms.

So far we haven't had anyone killed in combat aviation by running into a pred, but we've had numberous guys killed for other reasons. So you and your buddy are 100% wrong. I appreciate and agree with about 90% of your overall points. However, I take issue with your analysis of my job and the risks associated with it. I can see you've thought this through, but the weakest part of your case is your huge assumptions about flying manned aircraft in theater. So as sharp as you are, when you start making broad points based on assumptions you look like a clown. A clown who can't understand brevity. I recommend cutting the 'my drive home fromt he office is as risky as your flight in theater' aspect from your overall argument if you want to be taken seriously.

We should be free to discuss anything within the confine of an academic setting, using logic and reason to decide the merits of various COAs. Even disproving an absurd idea using reason without emotion is a valuable exercise. It teaches people to consider what they hear, challenge their own assumptions, and ultimately strengthens our resolve. Political correctness is the anathema of learning. If you really want to teach problem solving and outside the box thinking, you must first teach people to be comfortable hearing any possible suggestion, no matter how absurd. Hopefully that explains to you the benefits gained from an open and frank discussion about any subject.

What the airplane can do is irrelevant if the crew isn't allowed and isn't trained. You ever fly with a dude trained to operate that aircraft at 1mm AGL? Then no. I've seen -15E's & Hogs do some wild LL passes for show of force/de-escalation events. Surely you've seen something similar in OEF? Granted this -64 dude appears to just be showing off, but I'm always willing to give a dude the benefit of the doubt and a single video NEVER tells he whole story.

Good discussion. I personally have never called crew rest, but I did allow myself to be pressured into flying an FCF after a full day of flying. I nearly crashed the plane from fatigue. It was a scary moment for me, and a huge professional wake up call that I have limitis just like everyone else. I don't mean that to sound arrogant, but I'm sure you've all had a bubble bursting moment. Anyway, long story short- I've never called crew rest but I certainly should have. So learn from my mistake and accept some heat from the office trolls before putting yourself in a dangerous situation for no good damn reason.

100% legit.

More details will be released soon, waiting for a few more pieces first. To my fallen comrades.