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Primary at Vance
- Thread starter mab2030
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Theres one places right outside the gate that it seems like a lot of people like to live...Sunridge I think.
Flathatter13
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Spend a couple months there in T-38's was a decent place, kind of in the middle of nowhere but good flying most of the time. Can't help you much on the marine side of it. Instructors were good guys when I passed through.
O, don't live at the Sand Piper apt's. Dump city.
Flathatter13
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They are supposed to be getting all of Moody's new guys since Moody is on the BRAC list so might be a lot more people there now then used to be.
Is Moody slated for closure or realignment? That's my hometown, and until a few years ago it was a SAC base, and then they moved some primary training there.
I have a good friend who did his primary there and is now a superbug pilot out in Japan. I was keeping my fingers crossed that maybe I could somehow swing doing primary there, but I guess that's shot down.
Navy/Marines haven't sent people to Moody in a while but who knows.
Flathatter13
Banned
Sorry to crush your dreams but here you go. Moody is still open to my knowledge but in a very limited capacity of what it used to be...
BRAC 2005
DoD also recommended to realign Moody AFB, GA, as follows: relocate the Primary Phase of Fixed-wing Pilot Training to Vance Air Force Base; relocate Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals Training for Pilots to Vance AFB, OK; relocate Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals Training for Weapons Systems Officers to Vance AFB. This recommendation would realign and consolidate USAF’s primary phase of undergraduate flight training functions to reduce excess/unused basing capacity to eliminate redundancy, enhance jointness for UNT/Naval Flight Officer (NFO) training, reduce excess capacity, and improve military value. The basing arrangement that flows from this recommendation would allow the Inter-service Training Review Organization (ITRO) process to establish a DoD baseline program in UNT/NFO with curricula that would permit services latitude to preserve service-unique culture and a faculty and staff thatwould bring a “Train as we fight; jointly” national perspective to the learning process. Environmentally, this recommendation might require significant air permit revisions for Vance. DoD would need to re-evaluate noise contours for Vance. It also might need to modify the hazardous waste program for Vance. Additional operations at Vance might impact wetlands, which might restrict operations.
Flathatter13
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Not so much recent gouge then eh?
Sorry once there was enough for me so why I only commented on flying and how the instructors used to be. My knowledge of the place is about 8-10 years old.
You might wanna check but I heard that Vaseline used to be part of flight gear issue when you checked in up there. If not, and from what I understand, you might want to pick some up.
Flathatter, when you were at Vance? I did Phase 1 & 2 in 98-99.
Moody stll has plenty of other activities to keep it occupied. My dreams aren't exactly crushed. I'm married so I'm pretty well going to be confined to NASWF for primary. Just wanted to get my hands on the T6 without having to go to Vance. Maybe the Navy will finally have theirs by the time I get down there. With some college and TBS I still have a little while.:irked_125
Flathatter13
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Man I am getting old, went and looked and turns out I moved from Randolph to Vance in 94.
Thanks for making a sorta old guy feel older. :icon_rage
mab,
I lived in Winchester West while doing primary there a couple months ago. I'd say they were pretty decent (management/maintenance being the shortcoming, but they do deal w/ military types all the time so no worries with leasing agreements and such).
I'd say the only thing better than those appts would be to find a house somewhere off Johnson. Some decent ones over there and if you've got a couple buds to go in with you, even better.
Feel free to PM with additional q's.
-jai5w4
I lived in Winchester West while doing primary there a couple months ago. I'd say they were pretty decent (management/maintenance being the shortcoming, but they do deal w/ military types all the time so no worries with leasing agreements and such).
I'd say the only thing better than those appts would be to find a house somewhere off Johnson. Some decent ones over there and if you've got a couple buds to go in with you, even better.
Feel free to PM with additional q's.
-jai5w4