08Dawg

No guidance at KBAD yet, other than an email from the OG saying "it's not authorized yet!!" Not surprised.

Operation Deny Christmas 2013, go...

Interesting story about "in the fight"...I had the same feeling in nav school. I wanted to go kick ass and take names. Many of my instructors were former B-52 guys who had all kinds of stories about raining hate in OEF and OIF. My Flt/CC was the lead nav on the night one CALCM strike. So, I wanted and got a Buff. Funny thing is, Buffs aren't "in the fight" anymore, at least as far as dropping ordnance on hajis goes. We go to Guam and do the deterrence thing. Look at the front page of CNN today, though, to see what kind of effects we produce. What I'm getting at is that "in the fight" is relative. I have buddies who fly RJs, tankers, EC-130s and AWACs who have been to the sandbox multiple times over and have air medals and deployment ribbons out the yingyang, and who bring effects to the fight in a very real way, but have never dropped a weapon in anger. In the fight doesn't always mean putting a JDAM through Abdul's bedroom window.

Class act!

There was the one dude immediately post-FTU. Basically inprocessed the squadron and left for training about two days later. There was another, but not sure if she was pre-or post FTU. I believe it was a pre-FTU assignment. Those are the only two I know of.

I just bought a Glock 23 and can't find .40 anywhere! Shooting range, pawn shop, BX, Academy, nowhere!

A toast

I cordially invite you all to kiss my ass...

I was only there for my annual week-long vacation...Minot's like a bad penny, you just can't get rid of it!

https://www.minot.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123305709 We fly stuff like this periodically. I did a 30-hour a while back.

Can't speak for Pensacola, but all Randolph-trained navs know how to use one, and B-52 navs still use it routinely. Ours is an MB4, though, not an E6B. Can't speak to the exact differences.

Still can't believe one bitter TSgt can cause this much of a fuss.

Why am I not surprised...

Been a lot of that going around lately. Some CAP cadet on a static display tour got offended by the nose art on "Immortal Soul" (basically a skull with a chief's feather head dress) and because the little punk got all butt hurt, they ripped that nose art right off the jet...wtf? We care that some CAP fatkins got offended? Been a lot of that going around lately. Some CAP cadet on a static display tour got offended by the nose art on "Immortal Soul" (basically a skull with a chief's feather head dress) and because the little punk got all butt hurt, they ripped that nose art right off the jet...wtf? We care that some CAP fatkins got offended?

But so true!

At least in my squadron, we're short of co-rockets, and I think it's the same across the community. If you want to fly alot, it's not a bad place to be. We are not in the fight right now, but expect that if anything else kicks off, we'll be the night one door kicker. Shreveport and Minot aren't exactly garden spots, but at least as far as Shreveport, there are worse places to be. At least for now, they're shipping single dudes to Minot, since a large chunk of the available housing has been tied up after the flooding. Guam is not a bad place to deploy. Scuba diving, boony stomping and the like on the weekends. The flying is good out there, alot of long duration sorties to other parts of the Pacific, and regular weapons drops on FDM. All in all, it's not a bad platform to be on.

Seems like they're getting enough carnivorous platforms to keep the nav, (shit) CSO studs happy. If your bros need any info on life as an LT in the Buff community, lemme know.

I seldom use the BX other than for the food court. Might be picking nits, but my only real gripe is that you go in one BX and they have stuff I'd actually want to eat, Popeyes, Subway, Manchu Wok, but you go in others and it's Robin Hood, Anthony's and Charlie's. If we have brand-name companies willing to put outlets in, why do we keep having a parallel DoD-only type thing with the off-brands? If Subway will put in a store on base, why do we need to keep supporting a Charlie's subs chain?

Hopefully I'm not alone in the fact that I will continue wearing my Friday shirt, unless somebody in a bag with wings on his chest tells me not to. Fucking shoes...this is the AIR Force, we FLY, break shit and hurt bad people. If you're so damned butthurt about not being able to wear a bag, maybe you should've worked harder.

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Dude...NEVER fucking lump me in with a shoe like that again. Nellis is the home of the fighter pilot. Just like my Bone brethren, what pisses me off is the PC run amock. When does this madness stop?

I dunno, man...sometimes you have to take a stand. Boyd did, and yes he never made it about colonel, but would you rather be a colonel who's name is still revered by many, or an ass-kisser with stars who is just another cog in the wheel?

It's possible. One of my good friends from nav school went from being a bio-medical officer to being an Buff EW. PM me your contact info, and I'll pass it on to him, if you like.

What happens to all those "leased" DA-40s? And honestly, why do you need to replace those? I'm sure a DA-40 is cheaper than a Cirrus. For that matter, why do you need a -40 instead of a -20?

Don't read too much into it. They haven't dropped a single Buff yet, either.