Sprkt69

Good luck trying to purchase a new A-10 for $16M in this day and age. There is a reason why everything is way more expensive these days

You mean like how China has been trying to mine there since 2008?

So just like AD then?

Submit 6 mo out from when you want out. Ideally less than 1 yr from the end of your commitment so you dont win a tour to the desert.

Play those cards close hold, else Big Blue will award you with that 365 or worse

What decade was that, the 80's? Either you haven't been paying attention over the last few decades or you've had your cranium stuck in the sand. Either way, Fiver accurately describes the current state of AD AF

If you are trying to work with Army training(NTC/JRTC), they tend to write fixed wing out of their script anyways

Ah, so that is why things are working out so well

Ah Clovistan, where there is a friend behind every tree and the air is just so refreshing

What kind of SNAP world are you living in?

It's not the job of LAAR to destroy an entire column of tanks, do anything A-A, or take on any meaningful S-A threat. Last I heard one of the great ideas for the aircraft will be as a buffer between UPT and the CAF to get grads some experience and help shorten the UPT timeline. So basically a money scheme that will help green up someone's slides while sending very young pilots into COIN warfare. As for procurement, a lot of issues stem from empires and kingdoms, or bureaucracy and a VIP culture that gets in the way of progress. Your pilot that busts their ass trying to get the program running has to brief a non pilot, who then briefs another non pilot, who them briefs other non pilots who then briefs the SECAF and maybe SECDEF as well as the purse holders who are all non pilots. Now you can see how the game of telephone and agendas really help out the operators.

So let me get this straight, you finished #1 in Phase 2 "by a mile" and did so well in Phase 3 you got FAIP'd? Sounds like you nailed it

Life is a series of choices, timing and luck. So why are you upset that a choice someone makes closes a door for opportunity?

Prob for the same reason that TFI works so well. I mean look how amazing Hill and a Kirtland are, finely tuned war machines those

No, there is no one around upper management that doesn't wear knee pads and can say no.

Don't mind what these guys are saying, you just go to that B-course with that FAIP chip on a shoulder attitude. I am sure the IPs are going to be super impressed with you and please keep us all informed on the outcome. We could use the laugh in this day of stop loss

You need to just start firing people, and while a shooting war might accomplish that (and I have thought that too) too many of the warriors would perish while breaking everything.

You didn't do the CBT about the bandwagoning and group think requirement? It's a critical part of the OPR process and your success in today's AF

I will quote an old DO that told me "your an officer first and foremost, the flying doesn't really matter" as I was voluntold to help plan the Christmas party. And he is an O-6 CV now while I'm in the Guard

Been saying that for years

>$8M for fighter pilots and >$4M for heavy pilots. Dont see the LAAR as a good aggressor aircraft for the future 5th Gen CAF

Very true. Been there done that. But that's where the freedom of choice allows you to skip the poor units.

Don't kid yourself, the Guard and Reserves see plenty of combat too and are arguably the best option for fence sitters. All the mil flying without the AD BS and getting your line number is still an option. If you want to break out your golden knee pads and be somebody, there is that option too.

The airlines provided all the information to the AF leadership long ago, and Big Blue ignored it all. Even going so far as paying people to get out early, or telling the quitters to get out as they will be replaced. Now these brilliant ideals from the AF leadership are too little to late to truly solve the problems. It will most likely just negatively affect those close to the end of their commitment. This is kind of like watching a slow motion accident.

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