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Offline Gunslinger

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« Reply #30 on: December 24, 2007, 09:35:19 PM »
Eagl

The article I read was in the AF times.  Basically it amounted to what you said.....turning Pilots into the UAVs and office jocks sooner.  The main reason being that if they brought too many new pilots in the operational squadrons would not have enough planes to train them in and you would get a majorly unbalanced squadron as far as experience to rookie pilots.  

Down here in BMT we just got our instructor manning up to a level that no instructor should be working 130+ hour weeks.  Yet in preparation for the 8 week program starting in oct they are re-activating another squadron, which pulls instructors from ours.  They also need about 50 more instructors from field training.  It looks like we are going back to one instructor per flight for 8 weeks instead of 6.

What sucks is that we have been teaching 8 weeks worth of curriculum in 6 weeks but instead of getting more time when it switches to 8 we all KNOW they are just going to add more crap to teach.  This system is beyond broken.  More attention is placed on instructor performance than holding the trainees accountable for their actions.  We should be kicking some of these kids out, yet we are required to graduate them.

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« Reply #31 on: December 25, 2007, 04:18:30 AM »
Eagle,

I keep getting conflicting info; after OTS do LTs head to UTP or IFS and then to UTP?

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« Reply #32 on: December 25, 2007, 01:31:10 PM »
It's changing.  I think the intent is to send everyone through flight screening, but to my knowledge the latest screening program is not fully up to speed so some guys still get their 20 or 40 hours with a contracted instructor, and that's it.

That may explain the different stories you're getting.  It's in the process of changing.
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« Reply #33 on: December 27, 2007, 08:18:55 PM »
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Eagle, sure but it will take sometime....wouldn't that be odd if you teach me :D


Here we say that it's not because the world is narrow, but because a circle is small :)

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« Reply #34 on: December 28, 2007, 04:54:45 AM »
Dimka, my congratulations :-)

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« Reply #35 on: December 28, 2007, 06:49:55 AM »
Russian thats great but the onlly thing I ask is when you get into that little black and white bird stay away from Bridgeport Lake. At least till 1000 in the morn. I hate it when yall fly over the house.   But I glad you got picked for the job
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« Reply #36 on: January 04, 2008, 03:56:28 PM »
Official list is out. It's almost surreal to see own name here.

http://www.rs.af.mil/recruiter-online/story.asp?id=123081118
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1/4/2008 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- One hundred seventy one men and women from across America have earned an opportunity to become Air Force leaders following their selection for an officer's commission, officials here announced today.
 
Air Force Recruiting Service officials considered 328 applications as part of Officer Training School Selection Board 08OT01, which selected 171 individuals for a 70-percent selection rate. Of those, 31 enlisted members earned the chance to attend OTS and trade their stripes for gold bars as second lieutenants.

As part of the selection process, board members review both objective and subjective factors. Objectively, the board considers each applicant's academic discipline, grade point average and Air Force Officer Qualifying Test scores. Subjectively, board members evaluate work experience, accomplishments, adaptability, character, leadership ability, potential for future growth and other recommendations. For active-duty enlisted members, the board also evaluates performance reports and commander's recommendations.
 
Five Air Force colonels review every application. The selection process is similar to an Air Force officer promotion board. No single factor leads to an individual's selection or non-selection, according to OTS selection officials.

People selected can expect class assignment information approximately eight weeks after their commissioning physical is certified.

For more information concerning OTS and the application process, active-duty members should contact their local education office; civilians should contact the nearest Air Force recruiter.

Active-duty selections
Senior Airman Ellis Christian
Senior Airman Michael Marshall
Senior Airman Timothy Nolan
Senior Airman Brian Shackelford
Senior Airman Ryan Smith
Senior Airman Andrew Staton

Staff Sgt. Sean Bailey
Staff Sgt. Ronald Bellue
Staff Sgt. Robert Belus
Staff Sgt. Matthew Bolado
Staff Sgt. Christopher Daniel
Staff Sgt. Melvin Davis
Staff Sgt. Thomas Draper
Staff Sgt. Justin Edmunds
Staff Sgt. Mathew Froehlich
Staff Sgt. Joe Fuqua
Staff Sgt. James Gallego
Staff Sgt. Jason Graves
Staff Sgt. Joel Hakes
Staff Sgt. Brian Jensen
Staff Sgt. Maria Mc Cartney
Staff Sgt. Tyler Miller
Staff Sgt. Justin Phelps
Staff Sgt. Bruno Posada
Staff Sgt. Jody Robertson
Staff Sgt. Joshua Still
Staff Sgt. Joshua Swann
Staff Sgt. Brian Tapp
Staff Sgt. Matthew Tonay
Staff Sgt. Todd Webb
Staff Sergeant Kristopher Williams

Civilian selections
Todd Afshar
Asif Alam
Andrew Armey
Joshua Armstrong
Jonathan Babb
Nathan Babbitt
Joshua Baker
Britney Barber
Tiffany Barmore
Jacob Bass
Matthew Bean
Manuel Beltran
Jared Bickenbach
Kevin Bland
Jared Bourquin
Joshua Brady
Alexander Brannon
Nicholas Bristow
Jesse Brown
Martin Brown
Lorena Bruner
Ryan Buckhout
Philip Bush
James Byrd
Kurt Chapman
Matthew Clark
Ryan Claussen
Skyler Collins
Ellie Constantine
Lucas Coston
Sherry Craddock
Kimberly Crystal
John Davis
Lucian Dekich
Christopher Dercks
Larry Dicks
Daniel Doucette
Daniel Duncan
Christian Ewald
David Ewell
Joshua Federer
Jon Fisher
Rhiannon Fitzsimmons
John Floro
Darin Flynn
Caitlin Fox
Erin Fredricks
Scott Galloway
Daniel Germaine
Christopher Gilbert
Benjamin Gilliland
Michael Goodwin
Ryan Grossman
Eric Han
Ronald Hershberger
Michael Hicks
Scott Higgins
Trent Hullinger
Jared Johnson
Thomas Kellams
Joseph Killingbeck
Benjamin Kreutzberg
Daniel Lane
Amanda Laprelle
Ryan Lee
James Legge
Russell Lipoff
James Liston
David Listro
Vincent Marshall
Daniel Martin
Brenna Martin
Jill Matteson
Carlos Maturana
Joseph Mcloughlin
Matthew Meyer
Christophe Mezak
John Miller
Joshua Milton
Reed Moody
Bryce Moore
Krystle Moore
Joseph Myers
Beau Nelford
David Newman
Cathryn Newton
Anh-Vu Nguyen
Michael Nordin
Divina Oakes
Jenna Onken
Justin Papineau
Japheth Parker
Jonathon Parks
Christina Patton
Christopher Pauly
Troy Pierce
Derek Plasterer
Yakov Polishchuk
Matthew Potratz
Justin Pummill
Brian Quinlan
Loretz Ramseur
David Reed
James Reeder
Joseph Regan
Jason Riggs
Joshua Riker
Shawn Roach
Derek Rodgerson
Don Roney
Timm Ross
Blair Russell
Kevin Rynbrandt
Gregory Sauder
Trevor Scalise
Brian Sebold
Collin Sexton
Catherine Shaw
Justin Silva
Enoch Sizto
Steven Smith
Dmitry Stupnikov
Dustin Surcey
Kurt Svec
Kevin Taylor
Joshua Tischler
Benjamin Toler
Jonathan Ulven
Christopher Walker
Brian Walker
Arlen Walker
Shawn Wallace
Joel Weimer
Brian Wensel
Kevin Whetstone
Mark Wulf
Edward Yerage
William Yetman
Matthew Zalewski.

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« Reply #37 on: January 04, 2008, 05:11:53 PM »
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Official list is out. It's almost surreal to see own name here.

http://www.rs.af.mil/recruiter-online/story.asp?id=123081118



Thats Awesome man, Congrats!!

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« Reply #38 on: January 04, 2008, 05:23:00 PM »
Congrats ! :)
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« Reply #39 on: January 04, 2008, 09:46:33 PM »
Now the real fun begins. Keep the attitude nailed to the objective and pay attention to what they are trying to teach you as opposed to the stressors they pitch at you.

Seriously, best of luck to you.
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« Reply #40 on: January 23, 2008, 12:07:20 PM »
Congrats Russian.  Hope this helps you choose an airframe wisely.  Good luck at UPT.

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This e-mail apparently originated from a young kid who sent it to AETC (Air Education and Training Command) wanting to know how to prepare himself for a future career as a fighter jock. A worldly and jaded C-130 Pilot, Maj Hunter Mills, rose to the task!!
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To LtCol Van Wickler:
Sir,
I am DJ Baker and I would appreciate it if you could tell me what it takes to be an F-16 fighter pilot of the USAF. What classes should I take in high school to help the career I want to take later in my life? What could I do to get in the academy?
Sincerely
DJ Baker
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From: VanWickler Kenneth, Lt Col, HQ AETC
Anybody want to help this poor kid from Cyberspace?
"Vee Dub"
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Dear DJ,
Obviously, through no fault of your own, your young, impressionable brain has been poisoned by the superfluous, hyped-up, "Top Gun" Media portrayal of fighter pilots. Unfortunately, this portrayal could not be further from the truth. In my experience, I've found most fighter pilots pompous, back-stabbing, momma's boys with inferiority complexes, as well as being extremely over-rated aeronautically.

However, rather than dash your budding dreams of becoming a USAF pilot, I offer the following alternative: What you REALLY want to aspire to is the exiting, challenging, and rewarding world of TACTICAL AIRLIFT. And this, young DJ, means one thing....the venerable workhorse, THE C-130! I can guarantee no fighter pilot can brag that he has led a 12-ship formation down a valley at 300 ft above the ground, while trying to interpret a 9-line to a new DZ, avoiding pop-up threats, and coordinating with AWACS, all while eating a box lunch, with the engineer in the back taking a piss and the navigator puking in his trash can! I tell you, DJ, TAC Airlift is where it's at!

Where else is it legal to throw tanks, HMMWVs, and other crap out the back of an airplane, and not even worry about it when the chute doesn't open and it torpedoes the General's staff car! No where else can you land on a 3000' dirt strip, kick a bunch of ammo and stuff off the ramp without even stopping, then take off again before range control can call to tell you you've landed on the wrong LZ! And talk about exotic travel-when C-130s go somewhere, they GO somewhere (usually for 3 months, unfortunately). This gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the local culture enough to give any natives a bad taste in their mouths re the USAF and Americans in general, not something those strat-lift pilots can do from their airport hotel rooms!
As far as recommendations for your course of study, I offer these:
Take a lot of math courses. You will need all the advanced math skills you can muster to enable you to calculate per diem rates around the world, when trying to split up the crew's bar tab so that the co-pilot really believes he owes 85% of the whole thing and the nav believing he owes the other 20.
Health sciences are important, too. You will need a thorough knowledge of biology to make those educated guesses of how much longer you can drink beer before the tremendous case of the ****s catches up to you from that meal you ate at that place that had the belly dancers in some God-forsaken foreign country whose name you can't even pronounce!

Social studies are also beneficial. It is important for a good TAC Airlifter to have the cultural knowledge to be able to ascertain the exact location of the nearest titty bar in any country in the world, then be able to convince the local authorities to release the loadmaster after he offends every sensibility of the local religion and culture.

A foreign language is helpful, but not required. You will never be able to pronounce the names of the NAVAIDs in France, and it's much easier to ignore them and go where you want to anyway. As a rule of thumb: Waiters and bellhops in France are always called "Pierre", in Spain it's "Hey, Pedro" and in Italy, of course, it's "Mario." These terms of address also serve in other countries interchangeably, depending upon the level of swarth of the addresee.

A study of geography is also paramount. You will need to know the basic location of all the places you've been when you get back from your TDY and are ready to stick those little pins in that huge world map you've got taped to you living room wall, right next to that gigantic wooden giraffe statue and beer stein collection.

Well, DJ, I hope this little note inspires you. And by the way, forget about that Academy thing. All TAC Airlifters know that there are waaay too few women and too little alcohol there to provide a well-balanced education. A nice, big state college would be a much better choice. Good luck and see you on the SKE scope!

Maj. Hunter Mills
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« Reply #41 on: January 23, 2008, 01:08:04 PM »
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I've on my second tour at Sheppard as a T-37 IP.  I'll switch over to the T-6 shortly after they arrive to replace the T-37.  Gonna miss the tweet, but the T-6 is a nice plane too.


Ahh the T-37 Tweety Bird.  Is it still the only jet to take a birdstrike in the prettythang ? ;)  I can remember learning radar at ABI RAPCON and getting swamped with what we called "Scat Attacks" of 37's out of SPS, DLF, and RND.  They would show up in a group of about 5 - 6 VFR and request IFR pickups for multiple ASR approaches at ABI then terminate at DYS.  They were nowhere near as bad as the NATO 38's on oxygen tho, could never quite understand what the heck their request was, so standard operating procedure was to just say "Roger, Cleared approach at DYS." and move the B-1's, C-130's, KC-135's, or whatever was in the radar pattern out of their way :)

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« Reply #42 on: January 23, 2008, 06:00:29 PM »
Thanks, guys.... now I have to 'level up' with my exercises. My initial FC1is on standby due to cholesterol problem....

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« Reply #43 on: January 23, 2008, 07:34:09 PM »
Eat more fish and vegetables.
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« Reply #44 on: July 23, 2008, 05:01:09 PM »
I'm going to attend Officer Training School on 17th Sep. Expected graduation on 19th December.

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