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Right now, if you go to a rescue TFAP, your AFSC is 11R vs. 11A, so you are handled as a rescue asset by AFPC for your follow-on (read Moody or DM). The agreement (as mentioned) is to upgrade a guy to the left seat and send him back to AD since those units are so hurting on hours and slots to build ACs. Flying with the Guard is never a bad deal, especially in places like AK and Moffett, plus if you aren't a tool, it's pretty easy to get hired by them when you get out.

We typically use JOGs for all our low-level route charts. There are some cases where TPCs are nice due to size, terrain shading, etc. We do carry sectionals as well, but don't normally use them for LL. PS: JOGs are larger scale (1/250 v 1/500). Sorry, just semantics. Stupid geography degree...

Sorry Rocker, we're just a group out here. 347th is only Active-duty RQW.

Services. Wear PT gear and hand out basketballs at the gym all day. Anything but MX.

TCAS doesn't take kindly to intercepts... ask the Atlantic City guys.

Master's is just a square filler, doesn't matter what it's in. If the AF decides you need a specific one, they can send you to AFIT/NPS to get one. It's a pain in the ass, yes, but there's a lot of options out there from totally on-line, on-base (ERAU especially), or off-base. The sooner you get it done, the better. You've got a lot more free time as a newbie than dealing with OPR crap, the deployment schedule, or kids. BTW, I'm finishing mine up on campus at Arizona this semester. Made Maj just fine without it (helps for IDE slots), but you won't make Lt Col in our Wing without it and ACSC.

Although I'll say it's pretty cool when we're pushing out of Student Gap at 300' and see an 8-ship wall overhead clearing out the bad guys.

One of the best courses the AF has to offer. 3 weeks in San Antonio, sims, and a spatial-d trainer that'll have you flying inverted in the weather. It qualifies you to teach the IRC, looks great on a resume, and gives you immediate cred in a new unit. Have to be an IP to attend, slots get doled out to the MAJCOMs. Bug your training office for a slot.

Hugh Jass Amanda Hugginkiss (Thanks to Bart) For the young girls -- Miranda Wright

My info is a little dated (pre-2000), but the CONUS C-21 units all seemed to be about the same as far as hours, upgrades, etc. The USAFE guys took a little longer to upgrade (at one point I think Stuttgart didn't have any initial IPs, only MWS guys). Point is, if there's a C-21 out there, TAKE IT. It's the easiest flying job ever invented, you fly a ton, you upgrade quickly, you get to go all over the country (world sometimes) and stay in nice places, you might deploy once, you get a type rating, the sim is in Dallas, the plane's a little rocket... once I got to 130's I realized that I'd already learned how to be a nav, engineer, load, and radio operator in the Lear. I know there's uncertainty in follow-ons, maybe some of the newer guys have more insight into that. But man, what a great gig!

I think everyone agrees that airspeed is required to takeoff... the issue the engineer nerds had was if the conveyor matters at all. Their mistake is assuming the wheels are frictionless once the static coefficient of friction is overcome and start rolling. Imagine an LC-130 on an ice runway. When you run the engines up, it overcomes the friction on the ice and starts moving. If you retard the throttles, the plane should (theoretically) keep moving at its current velocity. However, it will eventually slow down even with a minimal amount of friction (and drag). The friction in the wheels doesn't "go away" just because you start rolling. The total amount of drag created by the wheels rolling on the conveyor would counter the thrust and keep it stationary. Ergo, no go. It would take one helluva blown wing to make stall speed < 0!

I got a dog while I was still single and living in an apartment (bad idea on the apartment). I was typically only done a couple days a month (C-21s) and had friends who could feed/let the dog out while I was gone. If I was going on a multiple-day trip, I'd put her in a kennel. Once I moved into a house and had a roommate, it was much easier. When I deployed, I shipped for back to my folks' house, which is a major pain in the ass. Bottom line -- dogs need a lot of attention from you, and if you're willing to shell out $ to make sure they're taken care of if you're gone, cool. Otherwise, pet somebody else's dog. Hope that helps.

Other guard -60 unit is at Gabreski, Long Island. Initial cadre for the Osprey are still at New River, NC -- Kirtland has got a sim but no planes. Prereq for Osprey was -53 or -60 IP or MC/HC IP. Active duty -60 guys are pulling about one to two deployments a year. Portland no longer has any aircaft, just PJs.