Prosuper

Was contracting, they look for experience but in my world it is much who you know plus a good resume. If a WG position its a federal resume with Federal hiring guidelines which G.I. s will get hired, I don't blame them, I much prefer working jets as a civilian than a G.I., I get paid for my time including OT.

Been in this business since 1980, and always mx gets kicked in the teeth and the nuts on a good day. If AFPC decided that all MX Sq's would be 100% manned it would take at least 5 years before you start seeing the benefits, it takes at 7 years for a 7 level SSgt to actually be proficient. But by that time you don't have any guarantee he will still be in uniform or swapped to a ANG/AFRC unit plus you guys now have much more BS queep to put up with. MX QA when on the flight line means all production stops because they are nothing but safety cops for stuff that wasn't a violation 5 years ago. You have some mx troops who are totally dedicated of giving you the best possible product but they have a system that just beats them down and it just gets worst. They are already contractor or WG's.

Is it too late for new build KC-135's? It works!

Would help if the USAF wouldn't constantly strip 7 levels from a mx sq for other jobs, i.e. recruiter, MTI, and take them away from MX for years. Senior E's think it is a good idea that a enlisted should be Airmen first and screw your job. Most E-8's and E-9's sucked in their primary AFSC and were constantly moved just so that a shop could get something done which looked good when his records went to a Senior or Chief boards. Been sent back to the desert many times just to replace the poster boy who is there not getting anything fixed and flown. It was the kiss of death to be a MSgt who was good at his job and kept on the flightline because they made money for his wing but could not get promoted. I wish the O-6's on those boards would be able to see what a guy did for the mission and not just for himself. Our career paths look too much like officers now with assignments that have nothing to do with out primary AFSC's.

From what I saw working on all types T's F's C's and B's the Guard has the best jets with the Reserves as good if they don't share their iron with a active duty wing. On the AD side if they have a good thing going it doesn't last more than 2 years due to Gr,Sq, CC's being swapped followed by a moron. If a wing has good Dedicated Crew Chief program which most MX officers hated because they hated the manpower it soaked up but it was good for some jets and others not so good for the Dedicated wasn't worth a crap. MX seems to be ran by communists where all decisions have to be made in a office to include troubleshooting, I've gone on numerous MRT's before cell phones and constantly got bugged from home station by having some poor Airman from base ops driving out begging me to call home and then demand I order a part I don't need so they can say something at wing stand up. I also blame E-8's and E-9's not being Seniors and Chiefs who know how to get promoted but not having a clue what a wiring diagram/ schematic looks like and screwing guys who did. My solution would be have a sizable civilian WG's who have experience to keep continuity and help train the kids, plus being civilians they would be moron officer proof ops and mx. I believe senior officers would hate that due to them not having to wear a uniform and grooming standards example ARTS putting uniforms on during non UTA days. Presently I'm getting KC-135's post docked and flown out of PDM, it takes less time, weeks, Guard, compared to months McConnell/Fairchild jet to get delivered back to the customer. Thank God the test and mx crews are very picky before the jet gets FTA'd.

Good luck on your quest, I had an AIC troop who at the last minute did not want to leave to go the USAFA, after a long talk and few threats of me administrating a bitch slap if he did not go. Needless to say he gave Dubya a bear hug at commencement, flew KC-135's and MC-12's got passed over for Major and now a 737NG FO for Alaska and married a hot babe. I'm proud of him. See what happens if you have somebody who has your back threatening you with a bitch slap if your too scared to leap.

Felt the same way when ever I had to a briefing with personnel other than ops or mx. EEO were the worst with an Air Force Barbie talking down to cops and mx because we said fuck alot and called people like her cocksuckers. Went to a Command Chief Senior E call, coming off a grave shift sitting in the op's auditorium I thought it might be important, it was 30 minutes of who wants a "Senior Rater endorsement". God Damn perfumed prince Command E-9 and the lower life forms who raised their hands when he asked that question.

In Mx I would prefer an 2Lt would defer to the crusty Pro Super when making Mx decisions when it came to the jet , experience beats youth. But that was in the USAF I was in since most guys like me spent our entire career on the flightline and were considered not well rounded. I hear that doesn't happen anymore.

That would only happen if they went back to the Guard . When Georgia and Kansas had them they were in the high 80's, They had old farts working on them.

As a retired MSgt who got out when I saw my Sq infested with E-8's and E-9's who never did their time in the desert this hits very close to home. Cut and Paste from a JQP blog. I always wondered about myself if I was part of the problem when I decided to bail out when I had my fill of these block fillers. I’m a Master Sergeant. My job is not to be part of the fucking Top 3, or preen and lick my coat so that Colonels and CMSgts like me, or to carefully consider how to earn a “5”. My job is to take care of my airman, and motivate + inspire my Staff and Tech Sergeants to do the same. They aren’t as wise as me yet, because they haven’t seen as much, but if I do myjob I will expose them to situations where they will begin to acquire that wisdom. My job is to protect my people and let them truly understand what ‘taking owningship in an organization means’ while at the same time holding them accountable to the high standards I set, exemplify, and enforce. I shouldn’t have a perfect career history or life, because that gives me no clue how to talk to a junior enlisted who is having troubles. If I’ve never gotten in trouble, what the hell am I supposed to say to Airman Smith who is getting an Article 15 or a Letter of Reprimand? “Sorry man. You should have been more like me.” No. Fuck that. “Sorry man. I’ve been there. I did something stupid too. But I didn’t let it stop me. I picked myself up and dusted myself off.” That is the real danger of the one-mistake Air Force. We are robbing our organization of the most powerful force in human history: the ability to learn from our mistakes. Instead we staff it with a bunch of crumb lapping lap-dogs whose only concern is some stupid stratification or some worthless certification they are supposed to have because “someone told me I’m supposed to have it”. What about people? If you spend so much time buried up your own ass, you forget why you are here in the first place. Your purpose is not as an ego-masturbatory exercise, but as a leader of men and women and a manager of teams who’s goal is to foster an organization that doesn’t trudge along to a broken and sick drum, but hums along with a precision and fury that somehow exceeds the sum of its parts. These days we don’t even know how to create such an organization. We sometimes marvel at one when we see it, but more often than not it came about through dumb luck because we have forgotten how to be leaders. Inevitably, the next egotistical maniac will take the helm of such an organization and run. it. into. the. ground. Why do I know this? Because I have seen it. I have lived it. I have made my mistakes and learned from them, even when they weren’t my mistakes. I have reflected on years of a career spent trying to do the right thing, even when it cost me personally and professionally. You know why? Because I’m not just a fucking E-7. I’m a Senior NCO. And my job is bigger than just me now. People don’t work for me any longer. That’s not how this works. I work for them. They aren’t there to stroke my ego or provide me with career and EPR fodder. They aren’t there as punching bags to absorb my own shame, guilt, and frustrations. They aren’t there to do the one thousand menial tasks I invent because I am an uncreative prick. I am there for them, to shepard them towards better careers, to encourage them to pursue personal improvement, to inspire them to do outstanding jobs (even at great personal cost), and to slowly shape them into the SNCOs that I know they will one day be. Because that’s a family. That’s an organization. That’s taking care of each other. And that’s what the US Air Force was supposed to be, and is about. And if you’re not onboard, and you care more about your own EPR than the SrA who’s wife is leaving him, get the fuck out. If you care more about the next Top 3 Meeting than your SSgt who’s work productivity suddenly plummetted for no discernable reason, get the fuck out. If you care more about impressing the wing commander than what your Staff Sergeants and airmen are saying amongst themselves, get the fuck out. We don’t need you. We need SNCOs.

What you have here is still a man who is emasculated and has nice tit's, everything else is still a man who made through BUDS/Seal school.

How to annoy a F-35 pilot. Press the vimeo button

I think I would put the exhaust at 6 oclock, that would cause mx problems blowing on the wing plus roast the pilot.

Came across this, think I would be the guy going down with his last bullet. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3028694/U-S-POWs-shot-Japan-70-years-ago-dissected-ALIVE-macabre-experiments-controversial-new-exhibition-shows.html

I wonder why they never do mass briefings to a room full of mx guys? We just lay down f bombs just to get a rise out of the EEO chick and call each other the C word. https://youtu.be/GJJpziU7wSs, edited for different link.

Been hearing rumors that KC-135's when they get to PDM that if corrosion issues are bad ($$$) were going to put them back together for a 1 time to KDMA. Active duty birds are coming to Ktik in bad shape. If more iron is shifted to AFRC and ANG it will better for the mx of the birds.

Don't look now their looking for a 6th gen replacement. https://tacairnet.com/2015/03/23/yf-23-could-set-the-stage-for-northrop-grummans-next-generation-fighter-proposal/

Interesting article on how non state players i.e. militia's are having success against ISIS where the Iraqi Army is not. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/knights-templar-maps-plan-fight-130000317.html

Always wondered why compared to all the other services the AF helicopters had Flight Engineers that flew and the others used Crew Chiefs as gunners as well as their primary job of mx.

Only VC awarded on D-Day https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/man-the-nazis-could-not-kill-a-giant-with-a-volcanic-temper-he-shot-102-germans-the-only-man-to-awarded-the-vc-on-d-day.html

I'm a old timer and remember strippers and getting drunk at the club and looking forward of going to the club at quitting time having a drink with my boss blowing off steam as long as I was buying the round. https://taskandpurpose.com/military-overkilled-alcohol-big-collateral-damage/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tp-facebook&utm_campaign=culture

Dude, I'm getting out! https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-31513257

If we had ISU 90's back in 1955 and if Gen Lemay wanted the KC-135 to be a cargo hauler they would have built the airplane to handle them. I wonder if we had 463L pallets back in 1955. But it has done its job of what it was designed to do since 1955 with some upgrades. We were still using water injection up to 1994 when AMC said enough of that. At least it is RVSM capable. FYI, the original contract was won by Lockheed with a paper airplane but Boeing was ready and LeMay did not want to wait.

Don't know the full story but if I was still in I would be wondering about our senior leadership, being in the corporate world I as a worker bee wrenching jets I have a generally poor opinion of my supervision. Now in the corporate world you say bad things about the suits in a public forum you better have a updated resume, but in the military and how they went after this guy just seems petty. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/afghanistan-war-hero-stripped-of-silver-star/

Came across this article and it explains everybody's questions. https://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/02/buying-new-air-force-one-complicated/104220/