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Absolutely "2" - you'd think that people wouldn't need a reminder of common courtesies, but apparently in this day and age you need to. And it is a shame that you'd have to carry a copy of the AFI to prove that they were correct.

Wow, what a concept, showing respect to someone with a higher rank. Think some of these SNCOs need a lesson?? I especially like the first one.. AFI 34-1201, Protocol 8.2. Other Marks of Respect. 8.2.1. Juniors shall show deference to seniors at all times by recognizing their presence and by employing a courteous and respectful bearing and mode of speech toward them. 8.2.2. Juniors shall stand at attention (unless seated at mess or unless circumstances make such action impracticable or inappropriate) as follows: 8.2.2.1. When addressed by an officer senior to them. 8.2.2.2. When an officer of flag or general rank, the commanding officer, or an officer senior to the commanding officer, or an officer making an official inspection enters the room or space. 8.2.3. Juniors shall walk or ride to the left of seniors whom they are accompanying. 8.2.4. Officers shall enter aircraft and other modes of transportation in inverse order of rank and shall depart them in order of rank, unless there is special reason to the contrary. The seniors shall be accorded the more desirable seats.

This just in on YouTube....video of a baby Pred pilot in training...

There's a difference between a NCO approaching a CGO respectfully, saying "Sir, can you please tuck in your shirt/show me your belt/etc" and an NCO getting in a CGO's face, yanking the food tray away, and otherwise acting like a douche. The "bad example" the General alludes to can go both ways.

Thread Revival...public notice of the cause of Graz's crash..for those of us who don't have SIB access. https://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123172499

I don't remember what year (sometime late 80's/early 90's) a -135 was flying from CA to Hickam. There used to be two small windows right by the sextant port. The boom was taking a sextant shot for the nav, and one of the windows blew out, pulling the boomer's head up into the airstream. Needless to say, he didn't make it, and they had to turn around and fly back to March with the boomer's body in the cockpit. SAC had all of those windows sealed up after that happened.

God..can you imagine being the poor girl stuck in the elevator with the good doctor's head rolling around the cab?? "Treatment for shock" has got to be the understatement of the year..

Those Bud Light guys sure can write great commercials..!

Like B52Gator, there are wayyyyyy too many to choose from - gotta like though the good old fashioned MITO takeoff..:) Ah, those were the days..water injection on a hot day... And this one - not a war movie scene, but it's really well done...

I sure hope no one called Kirtland to try to find the good retired Sgt there. This Ramos guy sure has a thing about "after action reports"... The heck with popcorn - we need to break out the nachos and

Gotta love YouTube...

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but the last time I read what the AF Mission was, it was to " fly and fight." No where in that statement do I read any need/reason to "deliver 2nd rate entertainment options..". Then again, as was pointed out in an earlier comment, TIB is an "expeditionary entertainment unit". That must be where they hook into the fly and fight thing.. BTW - tell these two airmen in this story that TIB is more important to accomplishing the mission than anything else.

Vindictive...much?? Ops tempo for a talent show?? I'm gonna make some popcorn - the comments to follow are sure to be entertaining!

Hey, they're not dipshits..they're the media..(oh, never mind..same thing...). Granted, I'm "just a nav", but I thought they did a great job landing on a smallish runway in that much of a crosswind. The way these two are talking you'd have thought the jet ran into the static displays.

"2" - I was hoping that the U-2 gang would chime in..I can only imagine the stories...of course, the best ones of all wouldn't be able to be written here.

This one's pretty good, too...flight of 2 Eagles touring Swiss airspace waiting for clearance...."hey, I think that's the Matterhorn...!" Reaper 11 L 2821.15 R 318.1.wav

Why do I get the feeling that watching "shoe crud" would be a lot like watching flickerball at SOS..?

I was cruising through some recorded ATC comms on liveatc.net, and came across this of a U-2 trying to get back to Sigonella, and apparently getting some grief from the controllers. Audio doesn't have the controller comm, just the U-2. Pretty interesting stuff though - gotta love VFR on Top at FL600..:) Dragon 20 on 25711.1.wav

It's all about the metrics..! I'm sure the "very busy" is an understatement with respect to all the queepy non-mission related tasks. That's the one thing that blew my SQ CC away when he inherited the Mx troops - he had no idea how busier he was about to become.

I think there may be something for children of Medal of Honor winners having a separate nomination category at Academies, but that's about it. Certainly no "guaranteed college on the USG". I think going nuclear is the only option...

Not sure about now, but back when I flew I rarely saw any O's on the line, other than the occasional drive by to exhort the troops to do their best, especially during exercises. Always saw the senior enlisted on the ramp, cracking the whip on the younger kids. Of course, just before I left SAC/ACC was when the powers that be had the first attempt to put the MX troops under the OPS squadron.

Better yet, give the LT the "opportunity to excel" by spending the day on the line with the MX troops..let him see how "lazy" they are when they're doing the 3rd launch of the day.

Gosh, maybe they're too busy, you know, putting jets in the air? Nothing major, I suppose..certainly not as important as counting disco belts at the chow hall (oh, sorry, DFAC..). /sarcasm

We never seemed quite as anal retentive as the missileers were..I'm not personally aware of anyone getting Q-3'd or spanked for any infractions. Worse thing I saw was an AC who's crew busted a CCP test, and for penance, was sent to the Command Post for 6 months. When I was at Grand Forks, we had a "buddy squadron" in the Missile Wing. The Wing CC's wanted to make sure that we all got an appreciation (yeah, I know..) for what the other side did. We were supposed to go visit them on alert, and they got tours of the jet. The one time I showed a conehead the airplane, all he wanted to know was "so, you guys in the back decode the messages? That must be exciting! We can't wait to do that on alert..wow, is that a SATCOM!?" It was all I could do to not chuckle out loud..

Wow....at first I thought this was an Onion.com news story, but amazingly enough it's true. Is there such a thing as a crash-rated bar stool?? :) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelne...gers-stand.html ----------------------------------- Ryanair to make passengers stand Ryanair is considering proposals to make some of its customers stand during flights. The low-cost airline would charge passengers less on "bar stools" with seat belts around their waists. Michael O'Leary, the chief executive, has already held talks with US plane manufacturer Boeing about designing an aircraft with standing room. A Ryanair spokesman told the newspaper: "If they approve it, we'll be doing it." Mr O'Leary is reported to have got the idea from the Chinese airline Spring, which has put forward similar plans. It estimates space could be made for up to 50 per cent more passengers and costs could be cut by 20 per cent. It is not the first time Ryanair has come up with a controversial proposal for cutting costs. Earlier this year Mr O'Leary suggested passengers could be charged £1 to use the on-board lavatories. In an interview on BBC television he said that the low-cost airline was looking at the possibility of installing a coin slot on the lavatory door so that "people might actually have to spend a pound to spend a penny." Mr O'Leary also considered introducing a "fat tax" for overweight passengers.