Hot Dogs!

Thanks Herk and moose, I appreciate the help! Thanks! It's actually just for my car so I can hook it up to a portable and drive around the airport real fast - sooooooo, mask up. I sure hope people see me and think I'm finally cool after that.

Does anyone have any good recommendations for an adaper for the single plug cord on helmets to the civilian general aviation dual plug set-up?

There were 10 Vipers (4 Dutch, 2 Guard, and 4 AD). Also, 3 of the A-10s were Guard/Reserve.

Is this going to affect the ANG studs enroute to fly the C-130H back at their units or is it AD only?

I take Clariton to clear up my allergies and have no side effects from it. I was also offered the option to ground test Allegra prior to starting UPT if I wanted, but the flight docs (both at Wright-Patt and at my UPT base) had no problems with me taking Clariton as long as there are no side effects. I would imagine that if you took Clariton or Allegra you would be fine, just make sure you are up-front about it and you should have no problems.

Have fun and work hard! Even if you're wing staff it's still a good time! Watch out for giant spiders in the woods though. Not to freak you out or anything, but just watch out. I mean really. They are freaky huge sometimes. We lost a few people to spiders. Not really. I wouldn't have been surprised if we did though. I'm just not a fan of spiders. Black Widows too, watch out for them. Other than that, have fun!

There is very little free time at AMS. They do this on purpose, very rarely will you complete everything you have to do for each day, in addition to having your uniform ready to go, your room in inspection order, and any addition duty items that have to be completed. The only free time I had was a few hours to go to dinner with some flight members in the last week of the program. All the other time was spent picking grass out of the carpet and looking for smudges on my mirror.

The long sleeved white shirt is for the semi-formal uniform. You'll wear it only for the Dining-in and the Awards Banquet during the last week. Flashlights should be small and durable, I had a cheap, metal, LED, tactical-looking thing that worked well since you will be beating them up a bit here and there. I highly recommend bringing two and keeping one as a back-up in case you can't find one or it breaks or something. You don't want to be the only person outside in the morning with no flashlight. The service dress coat should have the everything on it (US insignia, nametag, etc...), but leave everything off the blues shirts.

Just a heads up - bring your own APECS (or buy one there), there are none that you can "borrow" and don't be that guy without one, you will need it!

Just a heads up, from experience, there are certain points on the grid where there will be a prism in front of your eyes but it's out of the field of view of one eye (way off to the side), so if you try to cheat and say 2 lights in that situation, you're still going to be wrong.

Excellent, thanks for the great info as always!

I'm currently a civilian, with an ANG pilot slot and have my FC1 coming up soon. I had LASIK done 2.5 years ago and have all the paperwork for my pre- and post-op, 3 month, 6 month, and 12 month check-ups, but the only cycloplegic refraction I had done was during the pre-op check-up. Everything after that was either subjective refraction, auto-refraction, or retinoscopy, no cycloplegic refraction like the worksheets are asking for. Is there anything I can do about this now, or is it just something I have to work through during the physical?

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Anyone know if they can share anything more? I know a few guys in T6's at ENJJPT, just want to be sure everyone is alright.

Does anyone have a list of the extra tests required at Brooks after LASIK? Or is it just what is listed in the waiver guide?