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https://freebeacon.com/report-budget-plan-could-cost-service-members-124000-in-retirement-pay/?print=1

My theory on this is that I was hired for my pilot skills, not my IT skills, because I suck at troubleshooting computer problems. I can solve the "where the jet is going" problem a lot faster than I can solve the "why is it doing something that I do not understand" problem. But that is resorting back to basic flying skills which makes me wonder what kind of training or mindset would allow both pilots on a wide body airliner to acknowledge that they thought there was a problem with the throttles because the throttles were not controlling airspeed yet DID NOTHING to fix the problem....like push the throttles up. Apparently the FAA is looking at the accidents at Buffalo, SFO, and the Air France crash and thinking the same thing. I did the first of two sims last night for our 9 month recurrent training and we did an approach, departure, and a FL350 stall. Stabilize the picture, pull the power to idle and hold the picture, let the airplane run out of flying speed, and then recover. First time I have ever done those in 14 years with the airlines. Last time I did those in a jet was as a T-38 IP.

I never envisioned Christmas being celebrated in China (learn something new every day) but I have envisioned killing myself in a mall after getting held hostage during a shopping excursion. https://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/12/09/Man-Leaps-to-His-Death-in-Shopping-Mall-After-Girlfriend-Insists-on-More-Shopping

While Counselor Morgan lauds the courage and integrity of Mr. Thomas for his actions assisting the OSI, he fails to acknowledge the lack of courage and integrity that led to Mr. Thomas being a target for the OSI and thus forced into being an informant. I have never liked the idea of a one mistake AF but I also believe character matters.

I don't think he understands the word "literally."

Zampolit or political commissar would look great on a resume.

Funny thing about sports. Google the highest paid public state employees. IIRC, you will find that in 46 of 50 states, the highest paid individual is a football or basketball coach. The other 4 states are medical or law school deans. What does the Academy deem important? Follow the money. What caliber of person is being recruited to play at the Academy? Is the selection process aimed at producing a future AF leader or biased towards sports? I would guess the latter which leads to the problems targeted by the OSI.

I lean towards agreeing with your assesment that someone would have been washed out before SUPT. I was a T-38 IP when everyone went through the T-38 but those on the heavy track did more Instrument/Cross Country while the fighter track did 4 ship formation. Students of both tracks (decided in the T-38 phase) soloed the T-38 and nobody was sent out the door that couldn't hack the jet.

The F-35 helmet comes with a HANS device. That might work.

Damn, never thought of that. I need a new tax guy.

From what I usually heard, I was donating to a college fund. I'm good with that.

More than a few years back, at the Shaw O'club, we were deep into an evening of fighter pilot wilding. Crud, a broken door, a few broken tables (one of the F-16 squadron's table mysteriously ended up on the golf course....on fire), lots of choir practice, got invited then dis-invited to a retirement party in another part of the club when they didn't approve of our re-enactment of the formal dining room scene from the Great Santini, and other Friday Night Bar Olympics type events. Finally the crowds started to ease off. We settled into a friendly game of 4-5-6 on the crud table. With about $1,200 on the table, we aren't bothering anyone when this older gentleman comes up to the table and says, "Are you guys gambling?" A Lt. replies, "No, we are just rolling dice and we are using money to keep score." We thought that was hysterical. He then says, "Should you guys be doing this?" Someone comments, "Look, if you are going to join us, you have to get at the end of the line." More laughter. Then this older gentleman produces an ID card...... dead silence until someone says "General Nelson....welcome to Shaw, sir!" He had just taken over 9AF a couple days prior.

I was working TFI (A-10, F-16, F-22, F-35) at 10AF and all I kept thinking was "This is going to suck in the future." But if you want to stay in the game and you are loosing your hardware, the AFRC didn't have much of a choice.

Sort of, I think you could use this but with dollar bills. Get volunteers to be judges, give dollar bills to those deemed attractive and at the end of the day, the chicks with the fewest dollars win as the average women the Army wants, the chicks with the most dollars also win and are allowed to keep the cash. A win-win.

Who is going to judge this? This is confusing as a HWCM. First, we are told to judge women based on looks, then we are told not to judge women based on their looks, and now we are back to judging women based on their looks.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/11/today-obama-repeated-the-five-percent-lie.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+powerlineblog%2Flivefeed+%28Power+Line%29 The Federal Register, dated June 17, 2010, beginning at page 34,552 (Vol. 75, No. 116). It includes a chart that outlines the Obama administration’s projections. The chart indicates that somewhere between 39 and 69 percent of employer plans would lose their “grandfather” protection by 2013. In fact, for small-business employers, the high-end estimate is a staggering 80 percent (and even on the low end, it’s just a shade under half — 49 percent). This is the next shoe.

Make any generalized statement regarding any other group other than HWCMs and you would be the guest of honor at the end of the a rope. So, if you are a HWCM, better keep your mouth shut, if you aren't a HWCM, feel free to see every problem you encounter in the framework of racism and sexism because I'm sure that is the reason you have a problem.

Language. It is just an article without audio but I'm not sure what the state of sensitivity is these days regarding the F word which Wahlberg uses with great enthusiasm. Lord knows someone might be offended, get their knickers in a twist, and accuse some poor dude of infringing on their sense of security and happiness thus forcing said dude to endure some CBT penance for daring to read literature offensive to someone else. But I could be wrong....

Mark Wahlberg weighs in on the verticallly challenged DB with a very nice NSFW rant. https://www.ijreview.com/2013/11/94328-mark-wahlberg-calls-out-hollywood-privilege-defends-honor-of-american-soldiers/

How long does it take to get everyone suited up to take that picture?

Looking to drop benefits for miitary retirees is nothing new. I think Hagel is just taking up the task desired by his boss who would rather you just share the pain of Obamacare. https://www.ijreview.com/2012/06/9466-mugging-soldiers/

(Reminds me of the Play Piano in a Whorehouse song but I'm sure that would offend Liquid.) A ragged old derelict shuffled into a down and dirty bar. Stinking of whiskey and cigarettes, his hands shook as he took the "Piano Player Wanted" sign from the window and handed it to the bartender. "I'd like to apply for the job," he said. "I was an F-4 pilot, flying off carriers back in 'Nam, but when they retired the Phantom all the thrill was gone, and soon they cashed me in as well. I learned to play the piano at O-Club happy hours, so here I am." The barkeep wasn't too sure about this doubtful looking old guy, but it had been quite a while since he had a piano player and business was falling off. So, why not give him a try. The seedy pilot staggered his way over to the piano while several patrons snickered. By the time he was into his third bar of music, every voice was silenced. What followed was a rhapsody of soaring music unlike anything heard in the bar before. When he finished there wasn't a dry eye in the place. The bartender took the old fighter pilot a beer and asked him the name of the song he had just played. It's called "Drop your Skivvies, Baby, I'm Going Balls To The Wall For You" he said. After a long pull from the beer, leaving it empty, he said "I wrote it myself." The bartender and the crowd winced at the title, but the piano player just went on into a knee-slapping, hand-clapping bit of ragtime that had the place jumping. After he finished, the fighter pilot acknowledged the applause, downed a second proffered mug, and told the crowd the song was called, "Big Boobs Make My Afterburner Light. He then launched into another mesmerizing song and everyone in the room was enthralled. He announced that it was the latest rendition of his song, "Spread 'em Baby, It's Foggy Out Tonight and I Need To See The Centerline", excused himself and headed for the john. When he came out the bartender went over to him and said, "Hey fly boy, the job is yours, but do you know your fly is open and your pecker is hanging out?" "Know it?" the old fighter pilot replied, "Hell, I wrote it!"

Let's see.....fighter assignments were plentiful, not a UAV in sight, I was flying my ass off, the bar was a free for all, and everyone was focused on the potential Communist hoards coming through the Fulda Gap or the NODAKS. Yeah, it is now history but it was a hell of a good time to be wearing nomex and strapping a jet to your back.

How can you get your very own F-16? Buy a couple of acres of land near Luke and wait.

Why are A-10 pilots issued oranges prior to oceanic deployment flights? To prevent scurvy.