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Just a little something to add to this: I overheard some AF officers here at Vance talking about what is going on with the Navy booting out so many people. One guy, a major close to retirement, said that one reason the AF hasn't encountered this problem yet was because they had more staff...

I agree with Fly Navy, its nice to have. I really believe the extra experience I got by getting then having my PPL before primary paid off in the end, especially during RIs, and helped me get the score I needed for E-6s. I would say go for it, but if it will break your bank account to do so...

Over the past 3-4 months E-6 slots have gone to people with an NSS between 52 and 58 (for the most part, lowest I have heard of was a 49 back in the begining of June), so it has gotten far more competitive than it was some years ago. And as was said, timing has a TON to do with it: Every 3...

I'm mostly directing this to anyone in VT-31 or 35, but welcome any responses. Has anyone heard any more news on when/if the MMA may come to be? Any word on how the training pipeline may change if we go from a prop to a jet? What squadrons could be getting the MMA first/last?

The big boys (AA, Conti, Southwest, ect.) won't take the helo time towards the qualifications they require for hiring. I have talked to plenty of reservists who got on with one of the big boys after being helo drivers for at least part of their time, so it can be done (probably more accurately...

Agent, I don't know who gave you that info on some of those places to live but it is VERY BAD! Candlewood and Christiwood are quite run down and not in the best locations off Staples. I would avoid those two, there are much better places out there. Sugartree and Baypoint are nice and close...

Oh, I got a good one for all you AF lovers out there, but first: Rare21: Holy birdsong that note about Jeter made me LMAO!!! I had not put two and two together before, gonna mention that to the rest of the Corpus guys here at Vance, I'm sure they'll get a kick out of it! Anyhoo, another great...

Kimphil: I saw the results of those so called recounts months after the election. If I recall correctly, after doing the tabulations fifteen ways to Sunday, they determinded that Bush still won under most of the scenarios, and Gore under a few. The Supreme Court didn't certify any vote...

Kimphil: Sorry you don't like the way our democracy works, but fact is Bush beat Gore in FL by 500+ votes. It's not crap sweetheart, it's called REALITY, which is something I think you may be running from. Also, Bush was not declared the President by the Supreme Court. The SC simply put a...

Hey Kimphil, Let's see, you said Jaxs170, as far as Dan Rather calling Florida for Gore, maybe that has to do with the fact that Gore won the popular vote in Florida. SO, my response, as I say in sporting events when the other team wants to claim that they outplayed my team, SCOREBOARD...

Kimphil: Yeah. you're right, the media isin't liberal. Like, when Dan Rather called Florida for Gore every chance he got knowing full well that the polls wern't closed in the in conservative panhandle of the state, he wasn't being biased or anything. Or when CNN reports nothing but gloom and...

Look, most of these hollywood celebrities are not even college educated, so WHY THE F*C! SHOULD WE CARE WHAT COMES OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS!!! They have no clue about foreign policy or what it takes to govern a nation and keep it safe when a huge radical element in the world is gunning for nothing...

I am at Vance but just for advanced E-6 (did primary in Corpus). Talking to a few of the Navy/MC studs here, I am getting a neutral to very negative opinion of the system here. I've gotten a good look at the 37 upclose, and it looks like it was built (on the inside) by Fred Flinstone and Barney...

Vijay: Wow, I got a good laugh out of that! Payne and Staut always come to mind when I have sims here (never had Jeter). Most of those guys would probably go insane if they saw how chill the guys here at Vance are, that and also that these guys actually TEACH us rather than just bashing us...

Patmack: I think you hit the nail on the head. I am having a very hard time understanding why the AF does things as they do, especially on the EP side. Granted, I hated having to memorize all those EPs for the 34, but simply put it made me feel much safer and bulit confidence when you...

Having begun flight training w/ the good ole AF, I can say that they are a bit anal in areas that have nothing to do with nothing. Just after I started, word came down of a bunch of guys failing checkrides because they didn't have a new pub that had just come out. Mind you, no one told them...

OK, I cannot stay silent here: Dave Porter: Pleeeese don't become a sellout on us. The Viper scares the guys who fly it. I heard one AF guy here at Vance, when asked what he wanted to fly, respond with: "Well, I can tell you what I don't want to fly, 16s!" He had worked on them as a mechanic...

Frackin hysterical!!!

Granted I am not in Pcola right now, but I have been hearing about HUGE delays in classing up for API, up to 6 month waits based on the last info I had. Maybe you would want to hold off selling back the leave till you check in, that way if they tell you something like "Hey, its gonna be 3...

Can anyone there say how long the average wait is for both pilots and FOs once they arrive in Pcola? I have heard horror stories that an SNA who arrives today will be waiting 6 months to class up. Can anyone confirm this or add to it?

AfterburnerX10: Just realize how tough the training and competition is for jet slots in the Navy, as well as the AF, before you dive in. I'm w/ the AF right now for E-6s and I can tell you, the AF slects about the same percentage of people for jets (T-38s) as the Navy does, but there are more...

Hey Everyone, I just came from VT-28 in Corpus to Vance for advanced E-6 training in with the T-1 squadron here. Now granted I have not seen everything by any means yet, but already I get the feeling that there is way to much of the "open your mouth up junior, here comes the airplane into the...

Hey Dave, Jackson here, congrats on getting jets, keeping the VT-28 tradition up! Good luck in Meridian, say hi to Dick Daly for me.

Sonny, the short and simple of it: THE MACHINES LIE!!! Every single BP test the military has given me has been high (between 141/85 and 149/92) w/ one of those machines, yet every time when it was checked by hand I was always fine (I know my BP is about 120/75). So, if the machine says you are...

Sweet shot, but where are all of VF-154s Tomcats hiding?

I went to Villanova and just let me warn you, Willow Grove is notorious for goof-ups on the paperwork side of things. Def get the results and have them rechecked by someone else, could get you in, could turn out as happened to several people I know that WG messed up and you aren't eligible for...

It is possible to be flying with an airline in your early 20s, or at least I should say I know a guy who did it. His parents owned a flight school so he got an early start, was instructing at 18, and was flying DC-9s at 24 I think it was (can't remember the airline's name, they flew out of New...

If anyone out there finds out who shot those a**holes dead, please let me know so I can send them a letter of thanks from a grateful world, or better yet, let me know where I can find them so I can shake their hands and buy them a drink. Also, did anyone out their see the not-so-honorable...

Wow, William, for some reason that just doesn't look right at all. I'm in 28 and 3 weeks ago I had a 1.183 and it came out to a 53.8 (adjusted). You guys supposedly get a much better curve than we do, so I would think that 1.15 would have gotten you a lot better than a 45.

Hey everyone, I know this forum is meant for you guys who are in the little jets that pull lots of Gs and go really fast, but I am going to take my chance in this forum. I am heading off to Vance AFB for advanced E-6 and I am looking for as much gouge on the T-1 and the training I am going to...

Used to get these all the time in HS. Had to see a doctor about it and he determined they were being caused by the arch in my foot being too low. He gave me orthotic arch supports to put in my running shoes and told me to slowly go back to running like normal, and after only about a week or so...

My friend, as a fellow New Englander, come back here (this forum) after 2 months of living in Pcola and tell me it's worse than Worcester or even Lowell for that matter. They took Dunkin Donuts away from me, that was bad, they took cool, dry air away, that was the last straw! I say 75% chance...

Not that I am saying this, but if your IFS instructor say perhaps forgot to fill out your log book after a flight or two and you just happened to be unable to log onto the web site for IFS for whatever reason to fill out your online log book for a few days it might just buy you that time you...

This info may be outdated a bit, but I heard that at the PNS conference (AKA: NROTC CO's meeting) back a few months ago, they said that Whiting would be going to the T-6 in 2010, Corpus in 2011-2012. I suppose they could mean by that that all of the squadrons would be flying the T-6 in those...

Definitely try to go with a low wing plane, even if it does cost a bit more (but, as others have said, don't break the bank to get low wing). I have heard that the Cessna's don't fly anything like the T-34 due to the high wing design, and infact they are almost too forgiving and too easy to...

Dave, Being amongst those blessed/fortunate few to get picked up for the E-6 community, I was wondering about the retention stat you spoke of. I had heard that the retention in the E-6 community is incredibly low, and that even now those guys are getting out left and right b/c they are among...

I know I saw a list of sites once, I think while surfing through NS Norfolk's site where the C-12 RAG is located. I remember seeing sites for RAF Mildenhall, Sigonella, DC and a bunch of others. Sorry I don't have the link for you, but it is out there somewhere.

While I don't have any solid historical info on whether 27 or 28 gets more jet slots, I would bet money (and I am not normally a betting man) that 28 gets far more jet (and overall fixed wing) slots than 27 considering all the bad things I have heard about 27.

Here, this will certainly add some confusion to the NSS issue. I just selected out of VT-28, finished with a final score of 1.184, which only came out to be a 53.8 NSS (adjusted down from a 56.1). So you can see, if jjriv was in 28, he would have been HELO bound with his 1.156 score, as it...

Not much of a helo draft this week for Navy: 3 Meridian (1 TS, 2 INT), 2 E-2/C-2, 1 E-6 , and 7 helo slots. VT-28 rocked the house, getting 4 of the 6 fixed wing slots out of 5 Navy selectees from the squadron .

Defintiely find a flight school that has low wing airplanes for IFS. I did IFS in a Grumman trainer, and it was far more difficult to land that plane than the T-34 which made life easier for me when I was finally landing the 34. My roommate did IFS in a Cessna and he really didn't think he got...

When I was going through my PPL ground training, the guys at my flight school gave me a great website that has all the practice tests for most (may even be all) the FAA ratings. The website address is http://www.mywrittenexam.com/mwe/ . It is (or at least was) a free site where you can take...

You definitely need to inform your insurance company that you have moved. During my senior year, I had my car with me at school in PA, but we still had the insurance saying the car was back at my home. I had a small accident during bad weather, and when me and my parents went to file the claim...

Scared to swim the mile, eh? Luckily for you, if I remember correctly when I went through API the AF pilots didn't have to do any of the swim events, though I believe the AF FOs did have to swim with us. Why this is the case, no idea, and as with everything this could have changed so you...

I would agree with moe on this. If I knew last year this time what I know now I would have at least tripled the number of private flight hours I did prior to API, as well as getting my instrument license and some time in complex/high performance planes. All the guys in my squadron who had a...

I know there was at least one P-3 slot from the 5 June selection group. I thought it was from 27 but I can't remember for certain. A guy in my squadron heard that they would be giving out two slots per week at most for the forseeable future (rumor only). Pap, I had not heard anything about...

I was wondering if anyone out there can confirm/deny/clarify a few rumors floating out there about P-3s right now. A co-worker of my dad who is a reserve P-3 FO out of Brunswick told him that the reserve squadrons around the country were "going away". I hear this is because the active...

I wouldn't hold too much to any projections for the JSF. Right now, the Navy is putting a HUGE emphasis on helos, and according to what I have heard, over 60% of Navy aircraft will be rotary wing in the next 10 years to go along with the changing force structure. Also, the Navy is going to...

I had heard from people back at my alma mata who are getting commissioned through ROTC next month that the NFOs there are doing IFS as well before heading off to API. They don't have the details yet, so it could be a different program from what the pilots do. Not sure how/of this would apply...

I went through Villanova's NROTC which shares the same CO/XO and other staff with UPenn which is where Temple is attached to. You cannot go wrong with Philly NROTC in any way (well, guess you already did go wrong by chosing Temple, but we don't hold that against you ). Don't be afraid to...