What's wrong with the Air Force?

[HeyWatchThis]

On 12/19/2024 at 7:34 PM, CharlieHotel47 said:

hey bros. Our leadership at our wing is getting out of control. We got a new wing shirt and he has been raising hell about morale shirts. The colored ones one could wear with a flight suit. 

Do any of you guys know of a memo floating around asking for a waiver based on a tier level?

I wish we could just bully our leadership into doing whatever we want as a part-timer. Hate to see my full-time bros suffer through nonsense. 

ANG tanker unit.... 

cheers

You aren't alone.  My reserve unit has a new brutal combo of a Wing/CC that still thinks he's in a tanker unit, a Vice Wing Commander who has his nav wings tattooed on his chest, and a MSG commander who hates pilots.....Major war on morale shirts, patches, etc, etc....  

We also have some "Top 3" enlisted board that is meeting once a month and they have taken the recent "WARNORD" about uniforms to mean they can now tell any/all pilots/loads that morale shirts, patches, etc are all banned now.

 

[brabus]

2 hours ago, HeyWatchThis said:

a Vice Wing Commander who has his nav wings tattooed on his chest

[ClearedHot]

On 12/29/2024 at 11:10 AM, OL Patch said:

Haven’t posted in 4 years….still a lot wrong with the AF and CAF (carnivores for the youngins).  ClearedHot, Huggy, Hoss, M2……anyone know if Rainman is doing well.  Happy New Year!

Glad you are still kicking brother.

Rainman is a alive and well, fully retired and enjoying life. 

[slc]

8 hours ago, HeyWatchThis said:

You aren't alone.  My reserve unit has a new brutal combo of a Wing/CC that still thinks he's in a tanker unit, a Vice Wing Commander who has his nav wings tattooed on his chest, and a MSG commander who hates pilots.....Major war on morale shirts, patches, etc, etc....  

We also have some "Top 3" enlisted board that is meeting once a month and they have taken the recent "WARNORD" about uniforms to mean they can now tell any/all pilots/loads that morale shirts, patches, etc are all banned now.

 

Vice initials would not happen to be MM?  lol 

[HeyWatchThis]

59 minutes ago, slc said:

Vice initials would not happen to be MM?  lol 

Checks.........

[HeyWatchThis]

6 hours ago, brabus said:

100%.......wish I was kidding.....

Same said NAV came into the wing and tried to demand his way into the SOC course at Altus......as. a. Fucking. NAV.

 

 

Edited December 31, 2024 by HeyWatchThis

[Sua Sponte]

9 hours ago, HeyWatchThis said:

A Vice Wing Commander who has his nav wings tattooed on his chest...

 

What a weird way to visibly show people you voted for Kamala. 

[slc]

Lol.... flew w/ him multiple times.  The stories I could tell...

[Lord Ratner]

9 hours ago, slc said:

Lol.... flew w/ him multiple times.  The stories I could tell...

[Pooter]

Heard recently that the parts contract for T-6's is so f-ed right now that a small fraction of the fleet is flyable. Can any UPT bubbas confirm? 

[Swizzle]

5 hours ago, Pooter said:

Heard recently that the // USAF // is so f-ed right now //...//, confirm? 

FIFY

[raimius]

On 1/6/2025 at 2:42 PM, Pooter said:

Heard recently that the parts contract for T-6's is so f-ed right now that a small fraction of the fleet is flyable. Can any UPT bubbas confirm? 

It's not great, but about the same as the past couple years, it seems.

[Swizzle]

Hey Big Blue:

[illusive]

about 1/4-1/3 of the fleet is flyable

[SurelySerious]

about 1/4-1/3 of the fleet is flyable

Neck and neck with CV-22 and B-1.

[LookieRookie]

On 1/8/2025 at 7:41 PM, illusive said:

about 1/4-1/3 of the fleet is flyable

Back to circa 2013-2014 when CBM had less than 10 flyable jets.

 

every instrument sortie was a night sortie

[dream big]

Surprised this hasn’t come up yet in this forum.

At what point on the trajectory to CSAF do they castrate you and remove your common sense making you completely out of touch with reality? 

The music makes it that much worse.

BLUF - In ranks inspection(s) coming to multiple bases near you. What about this makes us more agile or lethal for GPC? 
 

https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4026100/csaf-gen-allvin-policy-and-standards-update/

 

 

[uhhello]

1 hour ago, dream big said:

Surprised this hasn’t come up yet in this forum.

At what point on the trajectory to CSAF do they castrate you and remove your common sense making you completely out of touch with reality? 

The music makes it that much worse.

BLUF - In ranks inspection(s) coming to multiple bases near you. What about this makes us more agile or lethal for GPC? 
 

https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4026100/csaf-gen-allvin-policy-and-standards-update/

 

 

I think if its just the open ranks inpsections the AF will be getting off easy.  I have read much worse.

[SocialD]

2 hours ago, dream big said:

Surprised this hasn’t come up yet in this forum.

At what point on the trajectory to CSAF do they castrate you and remove your common sense making you completely out of touch with reality? 

The music makes it that much worse.

BLUF - In ranks inspection(s) coming to multiple bases near you. What about this makes us more agile or lethal for GPC? 
 

https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4026100/csaf-gen-allvin-policy-and-standards-update/

 

 

 

 

Ah yes, this ole' trope.  If you put your hands in your pockets, you will screw up the TO and a plane will crash for sure! 

[Lord Ratner]

2 hours ago, dream big said:

At what point on the trajectory to CSAF do they castrate you and remove your common sense making you completely out of touch with reality? 

 

 

Way, way earlier than we all thought. The longer I was in, the more I realized the "good dudes" who became bad leaders were just pretending all along.

[jrizzell]

The InterWebs is hinting that they’ve heard ACC briefs, that starting in June, UOD will become blues. Man am I glad I retired

[di1630]

I see nothing wrong with this. The USAF has become a jobs program for / of the force.

I want my support office workers to understand they are office support, not warriors, aircrew or Mx so wear blues M-Th….that’s how it was before [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]/ and I liked it better.

If they take this out on pilots, it will get pushback but I think it’s intended to fight the lack of discipline in the enlisted ranks among support personnel.


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[uhhello]

12 minutes ago, di1630 said:

I see nothing wrong with this. The USAF has become a jobs program for / of the force.

I want my support office workers to understand they are office support, not warriors, aircrew or Mx so wear blues M-Th….that’s how it was before [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]/ and I liked it better.

If they take this out on pilots, it will get pushback but I think it’s intended to fight the lack of discipline in the enlisted ranks among support personnel.


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Zero chance it will just be 'office workers'

[cragspider]

Guess McP and Skelator a happy to know they are being dethroned for the most hated CSAF. Glad I’ll have my 214 shield by the time this happens. 

[jrizzell]

I see nothing wrong with this. The USAF has become a jobs program for / of the force.

I want my support office workers to understand they are office support, not warriors, aircrew or Mx so wear blues M-Th….that’s how it was before [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]/ and I liked it better.

If they take this out on pilots, it will get pushback but I think it’s intended to fight the lack of discipline in the enlisted ranks among support personnel.


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“One person shit’s their pants, everyone wears diapers”. Forcing the entire force to wear blues, as uniform of the day, because of some rowdy young enlisted troops is just pathetic leadership. The USAF needs another war, and fast 🤷‍♂️


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