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Negative - all training will be identical. Students will go through IFS in Pueblo, then class will start out with flight/survival academics, go to T-6s for contacts/forms/LL/possibly instruments, then T-1s and the new EW simulators...

3rd and final SEAL acquitted: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/05/seals-matthew-mccabe-iraq.html

Yes, they can. Reference ACORN, provisional ballots, and massive opposition whenever the idea of requiring ID to vote comes up.

In T-6s the IP would do a lot of the brief according to NATOPS, etc with you being required to know the route/discuss items/etc etc. T-1s/T-39s were basically you taking the instructor NFO/ contract pilot flying, with the pilot and INFO generally only briefing required safety items/training...

Not in the 'FO VTs that weren't VT-4... we were lucky if the computers in the lounge actually worked. Can neither confirm or deny that those with their own whiteboards did permanent marker for the admin bullets, etc. to create a fill in form.

New joint aircraft malfunction checklist released (possibly NSFW language): http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2875/malfchart.jpg

Search the forums for FALANT and color vision - many other applicants have contributed on this. Same for the 'guaranteed' slots. The AW extension of the wrestling mat is that the search function solves all problems. Good luck.

At least it's not the Double Down sandwich...

In WWII most of the population was either employed in the military or producing defense equipment (which the military was buying a lot of). Spending as much as is necessary on defense is explicitly authorized in the constitution. Most modern big government programs are not. Plus, when you buy a...

Knew a guy that tore his ACL in intramural football right after intermediate. They just kept him in advanced pool till he was ready 6 months later.

I'm 99% sure AlphaEcho doesn't swing that way. Also, people that are habitual liars are often good at concealing it as well or only start when it will gain them something/the relationship gets difficult. Kind of like someone appears to only be an ENS in NASC but is actually a fully trained Navy...

http://defensetech.org/2010/04/12/gates-says-u-s-has-conventionally-armed-icbms/ Sec. Gates brings up conventionally armed ICBMs on 'Meet the Press'. Interesting, but hopefully Russia believes it when we call and say that the Trident headed across the ocean really isn't meant for them :eek:

The problem is an increasing percentage of America is unhappy with both sides of the aisle (while pundits talk about low approval ratings for POTUS, the ratings for Congress as a whole are even lower depending on which polls etc you use). The question is whether the dislike will overcome the...

With some of the comments in other articles about "loud dangerous jets buzzing my house every week etc etc" it's good to see this reporter at least took the time to explain the reason why we train: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2010/0413/Navy-T-39N-jet-crash-Why-train-with-low-level-flights

What TreeTop said, plus look up Plessy v. Ferguson and Dred Scott v. Sandford. SCOTUS can be wrong too.

The names earlier today were copied from an AJC article referencing the last T-39 accident in 2006; the PNJ must have edited it to avoid implying those were the crew from yesterday.

According to http://www.pnj.com/article/20100413/NEWS01/4130310/NAS-jet-crashes-in-Ga.-%3Cbr%3E3-dead-1-missing (updated) the names are being withheld till tomorrow afternoon per SOP.

Sad day for VT-86 According to http://www.pnj.com/article/20100412/NEWS01/100412013/NAS-plane-crashes-in-Ga.-killing-3, T-39 down in GA today. 3 dead and the 4th is still being searched for. Prayers for all the families as well as the rest of the Sabrehawks. Standard reminder - no...

didn't see above posts...

Updated details out: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2926952/iPranged-a-submarine.html

2 - Going through AFROTC summer training, there was a girl in the class ahead of me who IIRC was 16. The earliest you could contract with the program (basically enlisting as E-1 into the inactive reserves as a bookkeeping method/enabling them to recall you to active duty to repay the scholarship...

Yes, that is a military unit doing a remake of a popular song. However, that is not nearly as gay as the above USAFA song (maybe the guys should have QCed the lyrics beforehand)?

Still not seeing how compensation for services rendered is socialist - when we pay Lockheed for a new C-130 is that a government handout? As for the airline pilots, etc, if United, AA, GE, Greyhound, et al decided to build their own hospitals instead of giving their employees health insurance...

What exhelodrvr said, plus we need military hospitals, etc. to provide the ability for military doctors etc to stay current - if they only practiced medicine in combat/deployed (won't find a Blue Crescent in XXXX-stan) they would lose skills rapidly and have nothing to do stateside. Some of the...

Military medicine/Tricare are not public healthcare programs - they are compensation for the services rendered by military personnel as government employees, just as no one would call the $20K/yr a LCpl receives for clearing houses in Fallujah a welfare payment. In addition to being part of the...

3 ways to get commissioned in the AF: USAFA, AFROTC, and OTS. USAFA and AFROTC you'll have to put up with 4 years of ROTCness (less for ROTC if you join later as you are thinking of doing); past a certain point (generally beginning of junior year), you are committed and incur a service...

TAS waivers seem to be relatively common on the ACC side - many standard B-1 passes are 0.9-0.95 mach. From what I've seen altitude waivers sometimes happen as well. Is the Big Navy restriction the admirals erring on the conservative side or are units allowed to exceed it as long as they get the...

Yep - occasionally AF guys will select B-1s out of VT-86 since they were having airsickness problems in the back of the T-39 during Strike Fighter phase and didn't like the thought of fighters, only to suffer much worse when yanking and banking in the back. Some of the time we will just put a...

Might be worth a visit to JAG - according to http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/State/State.aspx?st=pr a permit seems ot be required even to possess weapons. http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/vol4n45/CBWeaponsLaw-en.html mentions a permit that you have to show to buy ammo as well.

Fixed that for you. If you have a problem with sex, alcohol, profanity, or getting corrected in a very direct manner Naval Aviation probably isn't for you either. Not that you have to do any of that - have known Mormons, etc who made great aviators and bros; nobody pressured them to partake but...

CRM is important for the fighter guys too (coordinating with your wingman, etc), plus Hacker flys the F-15E so several VT-86 instructors would disagree on the single-seat categorization.

In several states open carry is unregulated while CCW requires a permit. Some people open carry to make the point that 2nd amendment rights, like the others, don't come from the government and therefore we don't need a permit to exercise them. I guess I have to start drinking coffee now.

Fixed that for ya. FYI UT Austin spring break is 15-20 Mar. Ran into that problem last year with most of the female bar population lacking in personal hygiene.

Crimson Tide 2? :yuck_125:

The intent of the AT-6/etc in a COIN role is to have an airplane that you can quickly spin up foreign pilots/maintainers on, is easy to maintain and cheap. The A-10 is a great aircraft but West Blargistan probably can't afford the giant support infrastructure, depots, etc. plus the fact we may...

Cross over into the dark side :icon_smil On a serious note, while going supersonic is pretty impressive outside the jet, most guys seem to experience a relatively less spectacular buffeting at the transition while along for the ride. While G's and speed certainly have their place, if you go...

Ask one of the Prowler instructors at 86. They should be able to tell you more.

Agree - that was more specifically directed towards the F-22. I think it goes along with the AF mentality discussed in other threads of each career field being its own mini-kingdom; while all career fields are essential to the mission, we don't fly jets so we can guard them/file travel...

Plus a secret clearance isn't everything - there is the old need-to-know. And the need to have someone verify your clearance.

Carryover from SAC mostly.

Yep. Basically you will get jacked up/faceplanted by a 19 year old AF skycop for stepping over/photographing/sneezing across the red line even if plainly apparent you are engaged in maintenance/flying activities.

The following big government agencies help the US project power to conduct expeditionary relief ops: DOD Coast Guard Maybe customs, NOAA and USPHS probably a few more The following even bigger government agencies don't: NEA EEOC NPR Dept of Ed EPA TSA TARP ATF National offices of welfare etc...

As of May I think the last AF WSOs will be graduating from VT-86, at which point the AF will eventually train all their people in the new nav squadrons at Pcola that they've moved from Randolph. Right now P-3 NFOs select it after T-6 instruments (primary) and go straight to the FRS. P-3 and E-2...

Yeah wouldn't an OD of Viagra start causing heart problems?

That's what I figured - SWAG at best since most mil aren't the druggie type.

Yep, I'll bet he's never used drugs. Probably >90% of the commissioned officers (and enlisted) on this site haven't used drugs. And 99.9999% of the remainder didn't lie about it.

The AF regs have had "opportunity for uninterrupted sleep etc" for a while. The main area I've heard of it coming up so far is calls (if a senior leadership type is in crew rest, his deputy/etc will take any official calls to his cell instead, or an alarm being set off and the building/security...

According to http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3pmteFupX27kDmwvsm-mkhzSopA they are implementing a lot of draconian stuff on international flights: No getting up/accessing carryons/having anything in your lap the last hour of flight Only 1 carryon item 100%...

Calling your command and asking would probably be the best way to find out. Had it happen before for people in a fender bender/plane got cancelled for 12 hours/etc coming back from leave.

Not at all. The "single payer government option" for mil/retirees is not a welfare benefit, it's a compensation for your military service. Same as if you worked for a private company and they gave you insurance for free. The difference is the military has a lot of their own infrastructure...