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They hit a tanker, actually. And although Doug was nervous about getting busted (Booms are taught to always look out for shady/suspicious pilots underneath their visor and mask), all he had to do was not talk like a sniveling teenage twat, and nobody noticed anything strange. Works every time. Can't pull that stunt anymore though. Not since 9/11. Thanks a lot, bin Laden.

Truly inspirational stuff. Each day at UPT, before our 0600 formal brief, we reminded each other that the reason we were inspired to do this in the first place was because of that epic film. We also made it a point to bring along a Walkman so we could play some righteous tunes over the ICS on the way to the MOA.

At least it's not a Zune. Also, something tells me he's just keeping it safe while he works, since it's worth more than the rest of his belongings (and house) combined.

The ELT in the aircraft itself, but the seat? o_O

TIB showed up, so they NOTAM'd an airfield closure, and he ran out of gas.

Close. The mismatched boots caused the engine flameout, but the white socks he was wearing were the real cause of the fuel scheduling malfunction that led to this unfortunate Class A.

He's just adjusting his berthmate's uniform. There are no gay people in Iran, donchaknow?

Well he managed to punch out, so he must have gotten better. I heard that for every three guys who get that recurring joke, there's one dude who doesn't.

Your retarded. It was obviously because he was not current on his SARC training.

So that's what Joseph looked like before he had a Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Done it before, and I'll do it again.

Maybe instead of a WTF thread, we should just make a WTF board...for the "What is wrong with the USAF", the "Gays in the Military", the "TIB" and other comparable threads to fester and fail in one gigantic NSFW Charlie Foxtrot. Edited for BBcode fail.

On the up side, It'd be another excuse to go to the pubs office and flirt with Twilight Girl and Rawberry Shortcake (she's not very friendly).

Ah, Del Rio. The only place where I've paid $50 for dinner and had the waitress talk on her cell phone while serving us.

I guess I never really thought about it, but now I'm wondering about it too. I'm guessing at a minimum, you'd have to be going someplace that can support a -38 (airport with LOA, UPT base, etc.), and the trip would have to be short enough so that you're not screwing over anybody else's currency based on aircraft availability back at Beale. Also, I could see commanders being leery of the appearance of FWA, bad publicity, or whatever, following the fiasco with the ANG F-16 commander. Still, I'd like to hear more about it straight from somebody who's in the community.

He can't be referring to Del Rio.

Today the base PA system played the National Anthem at 4:30. At 0430. Guess the weekend starts early this week.

Earlier today I had a pretty generic question for finance. They apparently are gone for the day, so I called another base. And another. And another. I tried them all a couple of times, but Laughlin, McChord and Hickam seem to be MIA. Travis answered, and the airman was very helpful. As for the other bases...WTF, finance??

I know it's retarded, but...I don't think it actually says anywhere that you have to wear matching boots. I skimmed through 2903 but I don't think he's breaking the regs per se. He still looks like an idiot, though I'm curious about why he did that in the first place. There's no way he did it without noticing.

Remember: Bring Your Daughter to Work Day is the perfect time to have her tested.

Who sends out a Vol 3 worth of anecdotal and/or preachy spam, and expects anybody to actually read it, let alone take it to heart? Faster/funnier, Chief. Don't let the message (on the off chance that it's actually useful) get burried in the other crap.

Yeah, a little bit. I have a feeling that one of the most common mental blocks out there (among the "knowing it means you're a great leader" crowd) is the simplistic notion that people resist the Creed/Song simply because they don't know it, can't be bothered to learn it, or simply don't want to do it in public. I wonder how that misplaced, smug sense of cultural superiority would fare if somebody got Chiefed, recited the Creed/Song on command, and then politely explained to the REMF that his shitty priorities are laughable and counterproductive.

That's crazy/dumb, but kind of badass. Reminds me of Kerri Strug breaking her leg on the landing.

Too bad we don't get nearly as many TIB apologists visiting this forum as they get on the AF Times and official AF online articles.

I never understood why some are optional and some are not. It's your badge. It designates your job. Harden The Fvck Up and just wear it. Then again, sometimes they are awarded for weird stuff. Like the jump badge (mandatory): go to the Zoo, jump out of a Twin Otter a handful of times and ta-da. Also, wings from other services are authorized (optional). Dunno wtf is up with the restriction against other legitimately earned badges/tabs. Finally, check this out. Fast fwd to 2:10 to see what I'm talking about. His discription is a little melodramatic and really dumbed down, but he gets cool points for rocking this tab on national TV: (sorry for the poor quality...CNN's website doesn't provide URLs to link to specific videos, so I had to get a bootleg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBCFZ8ABZSI#t=2m10s