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You forgot the pounds of chicken wing bones around the hatches downstairs.

With so many of our aircraft having problems, this is backwards good news for the C-17. Hell, after this, I'd believe the plane could do almost anything.

I was given two weeks' notice for a 365 to the Deid in 2009. They (AFPC) did not want to even talk to me, much less offer to move my family closer to relatives.

'2' on that one. I took the one at Offutt last year, too, and I thought it was a really good class. My only complaint was that he didn't spend enough time on federal employment. I had to learn USAJOBS through trial by fire.

A lot of people are losing money in Vegas with this playoff season. A Boston-Philly conference final seems to be a strong possibility. The west is wide open.

For God's sakes, they are fucking cadets, not Knights Templar.

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My command would not pay for a new flight suit for me after I had to recycle my old ones. I guess it was my fault that I was stuck at a staff job for a total of six years. Fortunately, one of my coworkers' old S-3 unit was deactivating, and had a bunch of flight suits left over that may or may not have been recycled to other units. He was able to get me one. I wore a "USN" flight suit for my last three years in, and thanked them profusely.

Just curious, but what does the nav do on the U-28? This drop looks a million times better than ours was back in the day. All we had were a crap-ton of slick -130s and dregs -135s and E-3s. I was in 95-08 for reference. Yeah, I'm old.

Yet another "nothing to see here" story by Big Blue: https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/22-fighter-ready-war-mystery-problem-air-force/story?id=16031774 America's most expensive fighter plane is ready for combat despite some of its pilots experiencing repeated and mysterious apparent breathing problems that have put a quick end to multiple training missions, Air Force officials said today at a special briefing. In nearly two dozen cases in the past four years, pilots have reported experiencing "hypoxia-like" symptoms in the $143 million-a-pop stealth F-22 Raptor. Though the incidents are extremely rare, the Air Force is so concerned that they've taken a "911 call approach" – meaning that if a pilot gets the slightest indication that anything is wrong, he's directed to end the training mission and turn back to base. The fleet of next generation fighters, which cost $77.4 billion total, have been considered combat operational since 2005, but none have been used in a single combat mission from Iraq and Afghanistan to Libya. That doesn't mean the F-22 couldn't go to war at a moment's notice, Air Force Maj. Gen. Noel Jones said today. "If our nation needs a capability to enter contested air space, to deal with air forces that are trying to deny our forces the ability to maneuver without prejudice on the ground, it will be the F-22 that takes on that mission," Jones, Director of Operational Capability Requirements, said at a special briefing at the Pentagon held to address concerns with the beleaguered F-22. "It can do that right now and is able to do that without hesitation." Air Force officials also unveiled the findings of a Scientific Advisory Board Study, which was convened to investigate the plane's life support systems. The study, led by Gen. Gregory Martin (Ret.), failed to discover the source of the oxygen problems but listed several related shortcomings with the plane and announced 14 different recommendations. At the same briefing, the top Air Force official in charge of F-22 operations, Maj. Gen. Charles Lyon, said he stood behind a controversial Air Force investigation report that blamed an F-22 pilot for the crash that took his life, despite the malfunction that completely shut off his oxygen. Capt. Jeff Haney died when his plane crashed into the Alaskan wilderness in November 2010. The Pentagon Inspector General's office is reviewing the Air Force's investigation, the first such major review in nearly two decades. Recently the Air Force announced it was replacing the emergency oxygen system handles in all of its F-22s. In Haney's case the emergency oxygen system was never deployed, and the Air Force report had noted that pilots may have difficulty reaching the handle in their cumbersome winter gear. After a quick succession of safety scares in the last days of April and the beginning of May in 2011, the Air Force grounded the full fleet of F-22s while it investigated the "physiological events" the pilots had reported. But after nearly five months of intense testing and evaluation that produced no smoking gun, the Air Force cautiously allowed the planes back in the air. The problem, however, has persisted. In at least nine other incidents since the grounding, pilots have reported the "hypoxia-like" symptoms, according to the Air Force. Hypoxia is caused when the brain is deprived of oxygen, causing disorientation, dizziness, poor judgment, and, eventually, unconsciousness. <a name="lpos=widget[Left_Rail_Image]&lid=view[image]"> Jones said that flying all fighter planes is dangerous, but maintained that even though the problem has not been solved, pilots are "absolutely not" being put at additional, unnecessary risk by flying training and homeland security missions in the planes. "Pilots are at risk every time that we strap an airplane on… [W]hat we do is critical to our nation," Jones said. "And we are in full belief that the steps that are in place by Air Combat Command, the recommendations that General Martin's board came up with, have given us a very safe airplane while we work to ultimately determine what the root cause is. This airplane is safe and capable of flying."

I'd be interested in anyone training to run after they have their great toe joint pinned. I'm getting it done in three weeks, and the doctor tells me that some people can run half-marathons after they heal.

This is happening far too often. I can't imagine something with O2 happening at 50k, since lightweight my plane struggled to get to 43k.

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I'm sure a lot of us knew something like this would happen. It was just a matter of time. I can't imagine there has ever been an insurgency-style campaign that hasn't had at least one of these incidents.

Why can't they just leave it alone? Enough, already!

With all of these great photographs, I could definitely see a Squadron Signal or Motorbooks publication about Afghanistan during both conflicts being very popular. If something like that has already been done, I would certainly like to see it.

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing. Speaking of Afghanistan, has anyone seen 9th Company? It's about the Soviet experience during their war.

Back a few years ago in the ops/mnx disfunctional marriage, the DO ran flight operations, while the SQ/CC ran maintenance and queep. At least it was that way in my squadron. The DO had a meeting with the rated flight commanders and ADOs separately.

If she can do the best job, that's fine with me. From what I've seen from the COCOM level, acquisitions is severely screwed up. I'm watching the team that oversaw the abortion known as FAB-T getting team of the year honors and the military members promoted hand and fist. If this 4-star can fix it, then I'm all for giving her the chance. From what I've seen, it isn't a 'military' problem, a 'civilian' problem or a 'contractor' problem. It's a culture problem. However, don't wave the 'expeditionary' in my face and tell me that everyone will deploy. The Air Force is bad enough about generalizations, so cut out at least that one.

I remember when we had a flight engineer at Tinker retire as a staff. He was...wow. Descriptions do not do justice to that piece of work.

I can see how acquisition types do most of their business CONUS, That is especially true for most of her career. I also know that a lot of non-operators deploy. I'd say most (55% or so) of the CAOC when I was there were non-rated folks. The only thing I have to say about that part of it is this - if Big Blue was going to emphasize the shit out of being an 'expeditionary' Air Force, creating a 4-star that has never deployed certainly is a mixed signal.

The show 'Dogfights' has an episode on this operation. Very entertaining...

I've read all of your comments about Schwartz, and the first thing that popped into my mind was sitting in a Ft God in Oklahoma City in about '97 or so, and the whole place roared with cheers hearing Fogelman speak to us. Definitely an inspirational moment for me in my mediocre career. Getting into the nuclear enterprise discussion will just piss me off. They didn't take it seriously before the 'incident', and they sure as hell didn't take it seriously after.

All good information here. I'll just add my experience. I just retired, but I have a son on the autistic spectrum, and was on EFMP for four years. When we were in Louisiana, it was miserable trying to get care for him, since a lot of it was dealing with the local healthcare system. To be blunt, it sucks. That all changed when we came to Nebraska. Between dealing with Triwest, the Offutt clinic, and the state agencies, our son has made a dramatic improvement. We were stunned at how much the state agencies practically fell over themselves with services for us. We have high taxes, but I can say they are worth it. As far as going overseas, this is a mixed bag. The way Big Blue gets around it is by leaving your dependents stateside and sending you on a remote or 365. Being in EFMP does not shield you at all from long-duration separation. Good luck!

I might be out of the loop on terminal leave, but is this fucking real? https://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/14/9447771-casket-photo-sparks-air-force-investigation-outrage