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Dude, do you have wings? Are you you T-1 or T-38 trained? The reason I ask s your options will vary during this pilot shortage on whether you washed out of RPA’s and got nowhere else to go (apologies RPA guys) or washed from a F-16 FTU and trying to get into a crew airframe. If you have wings still, I’d think you have some options including guard/reserve. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Any chance for some unclass insight into this? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Did you see these capabilities or were they “advertised” as having them? Be VERY skeptical when anyone outside the US offers a warfighting capability. A lot is put on paper for show but you’d be shocked at what some call their ability to do CAS or CSAR vs the US standard. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Reported to be Hydraulic failure. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Finally this thread got worth reading. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

1986. If you look the last part of the clip you see some numbered jets lined up. Those are 339’s of the Italian Frecce Tricolore which rarely make it overseas. They had a big North American tour in 1986. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

So that video has to be post 1982 I’m guessing Germany? Where are the 106 tails from. Flown in for an air show I guess? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I think it’ll be community specific and based off manning. If you want to fly and there is a shortage in your community/ at your base, just be honest about your flying/career goals. Generally the price for promotion is to give up flying. Vice versa, flying a lot will hurt your long term promotion viability. In the Fighter world currently, a non-HPO O-5 can fly as much as a Capt if they want to and stay proficient in squadron needs because we are undermanned. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Current 11F...good luck. You’ll need to wait til you can go guard/reserve. There’s gotta be a chick involved to do something like this so you should just volunteer for UPT and have her try to get the same base. Enjoy Laughlin. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I’ll be returning from OS and have 6 months to knock out my ATP checkride using my old written test. Anyone know mil friendly places in Texas or Arizona? I’ll be on leave in both places. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

A few weeks back I was visiting my parents in a state where MJ is legal and after dinner I grabbed for an artisan caramel I saw. Luckily my sister saw me because it was her edible MJ and stopped me. I’m not sure what I would have done if I had eaten it. Tell the USAF and get screwed or hope I don’t get popped for a drug test. What would you dudes have done? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Work with Amy at NBKC. I’ve had a great experience thus far. Rates better than anywhere else. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Anyone else get pinged by leadership as to why they didn’t sign/renegotiate? I was considering renegotiating from my current 25k to 35k but this year they reduced the renegotiated amount to 25k which buys me nothing except commitment. I am truly puzzled by the mismatch between those who say it’s critical to retain experienced pilots and the message of, “You are worth $25k per year down from $35k last year.” Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Nope, I’d have built 690 more F-22’s. My point is that technology has changed the core competencies of being a fighter pilot. Time to stop training like we did in 1975. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Yeah, we’ll, that’s because we spent a lot of time teaching stuff that dudes had to be proficient in at UPT but never really need in real life. Number of times I’ve needed to do a formation landing in 3,500 hours of mil flying....ZERO. Granted, it’s all good stuff to have experience with but a lot of it is low likelihood contingency items, great to be familiar/safely able, not necessary to be masterful. This goes beyond UPT. Call me full of sh-t if you like but go visit the AOR, it’s PGMs and BOC 99% of the time. I can get a wingman to a CR level in 2019 much quicker than I could in 2005 and the reason is technology. I fully support updating the training syllabus and technique. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

“Rolling up” when I was a Lt was known as being “hog tied” and nobody was ever injured or killed. Most of us have a great story about what got us tied. F-ing 2019 pussification. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

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Even at that, the USAF doesn’t auth the full amount for a lot of groups. Very telling. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Nothing secret about it. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I think it’s a bit higher with a “p” in the range of 45% however my point remains. If you are one of the people not destined to make O-5 even with a P, you are not in the running for school. Read another way: school slots usually go to people who were going to make O-5 regardless. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Please dear God tell me this isn’t the reason anyone does it. You have a 75% chance these days of making Lt Col and if you aren’t in that group, you were never close to getting a school slot anyhow. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Spin it to let her keep some equity in return to help fund the refinance. Do not stay financially tied to that chick at any cost. Get the f-ck away from anything that ties her spending to something that affects you or gives her leverage. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Felt real nice to click to click “confirm” to opt out of consideration. Great system. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Back in ‘07 timeframe I remember when I supported the COIN mentality wondering why we wanted so many -22’s. 12 years later I eat my words. We’ve seemed to learn nothing, still bogged down in the Stan. Still have supersonic A/A fighters and low level swept wing supersonic bombers spinning holes instead of light attack. A lot of criticism from many corners back then was based on the belief we had competent decision makers elsewhere. Now we’ve worn out our fighter fleet, short F-22’s and thinking about buying new F-15’s. Hindsight Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

1. Undesirable attached jobs go to O-4’s 2. PCS’s will happen regardless 3. 365, O-4’s are same boat. 4. Simple, don’t apply for the CC list 5. School? Don’t apply/decline. There are a LOT of O-5’s flying the line because of the experience shortage. It’s awesome. If you are a pilot, especially an 11F, the USAF needs you more than you need it. Don’t avoid O-5 because you think life gets worse, it’s not true. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app