Napoleon_Tanerite

Beats being an ABM.... they only get to RIDE an E-8

Some people tend to over estimate the anonymity afforded by this forum. The flying world is far too small to blend in. Plenty of people here know me that I know of, and I bet quite a few more know without letting on. Needless to say, showing your ass on this forum is probably a REALLY bad call. Some people tend to over estimate the anonymity afforded by this forum. The flying world is far too small to blend in. Plenty of people here know me that I know of, and I bet quite a few more know without letting on. Needless to say, showing your ass on this forum is probably a REALLY bad call.

I think we (and I'm talking about Capts here) owe our new CPs/wingmen/FAIPs a sit down and a good solid rundown of the "records stuff". I know it sounds and feels like pouring a nice tall glass of kool-aid, but most of these guys have no clue how to check their SURF (and make corrections) and to verify that everything in their record is accurate (and present). I know I didn't really figure this stuff out until it would have been too late to correct things before having to meet an O-3 board. I was talking to a brand new FAIP here at PIT the other day and he didn't even know what a SURF was, let along how incredibly important it is to keep it up to date and correct. No foul on him, it's not something you generally are taught unless someone takes the time and shows you. We can bitch and piss and moan about how broken the system is, and I wholeheartedly agree, but until the system is fixed we owe it to our junior bros to make sure they are in the best position possible to weather the storm.

Thanks for the assist. The band is actually named after the base (more specifically the crash at the airshow many years ago) but I knew one had two Ms and one had only one, but I could not remember which.

fucking navs....

It's the first step to accompanied tours. I would be shocked if it took more than a year for the first accompanied PCS orders to be cut now. Next up for AUAB and ADAB will probably be a commissary and school. I have heard MANY senior leaders express the intent to make Al Udeid "The Rammstein of the middle east". I believe this is the next step in that transition.

A completely reasonable conclusion to draw from the OP's question....

I don't know why this makes me laugh SO FUCKING HARD

Fortunately most flights were pretty decent, and most of them ostracized the douche bags quickly. Just hope you don't have too many fighter pilots in your flight, unless you like practicing dodgeball and dealing with douchery

There hasn't been a Corona since he has been CSAF has there? I would not be surprised at all if he has quietly told GOs to "rethink your priorities"

Actually, If he were to ascend vertically into space he would still be under the influence of gravity. The zero G effect comes from being in a perpetual state of falling, by you should know that being a space nerd. You're right that he only went about half way to space (last I knew the "official" boundary of space is 50mi altitude, or around 264k feet) but he was above something like 99% of the atmosphere.

after 2651 posts, this thread finally gets good! ETA: The host nation pushes a lot of dumb shit (immigration policy), but I will bet my three beers for a lifetime that it's American leadership who gets butthurt about something someone wears and ruins it for everyone.

After all the cries of "BFD" regarding Felix Baumgartner jumping from 128k, where is the outcry about this obvious publicity stunt? Sounds like nothing more than a standard zoom and boom O ride.

There were definitely flights who cared and flights who couldn't give a milifuck. Sounds like we both luckily fell into the later.

I give it a week before some idiot ruins it for everyone. I bet AAFES pushed this change. They needed a return on their investment of aisles after aisles of female civilian clothing.

I wonder if the capsule and/or suit will make it into the Air and Space Museum

I clicked this thread trying to figure out when this show was actually airing. Thanks, I'm now just a wee bit dumber having to dig through this.

And he sticks the landing. Well done

Chute out at 4:18 of fall, looks like Kittinger's freefall record stands

He's up through Kittinger's record altitude now. 15k feet to go.

Thanks. All the live streams aren't working, I would presume due to traffic.

I no bullshit saw flights doing formation runs (with guidon) on their own time, but no, they don't have any "official" drill stuff.

You mean they don't just leave the UFOs out sitting on the ramp?

Looks like a blues shirt picked up at the surplus store. Note the pants and shoes, don't look like an actual uniform. As for the guards, I'm sure all the confiscated video and pics will be reviewed by OSI and others, and if there was a legitimate lapse of security I'm sure it will be handled.

What were they expecting? Funny hats and harsh, yet polite language?