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What's wrong with the Air Force?

Biff_T replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

😆 Dude, when a person said "How can I trust you to.....if you can't...?" I knew that they were a non combatant.

The Next President is...

Biff_T replied to disgruntledemployee's topic in Squadron Bar

He had the munchies.

What's wrong with the Air Force?

Magnum replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

More nostalgic phone numbers: 762-1401

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SocialD replied to FUSEPLUG's topic in Squadron Bar

After many strategies, I've found that the best method is to simply let her make the decisions. I only show her sh*t I'm willing to fly...hey babe, they called me for X, yay or nay? She works from home during the week, so if it's anything M-F that gets me home before 4 or 5, she doesn't care at all. I'll fly weekend stuff if it makes sense because it's just another day for us, but I don't miss any events, it's just not worth it. I am flying the weekend after July 4th because our plans are on the 4th/5th and we're a bit vacationed out from June and our next one in August. It's also a 3-day for 2x pay and that's all I have on my July schedule lol. It's worth mentioning that my frau is a powerful income earner, so it takes a big stress off me in executing my plan. If I have a short month, it's not going to be a big issue for me. I know some may not be willing to take that risk, but if you're in the check of the month club, it's probably no problem. That said, I've never come up short unless it's by choice.

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HossHarris replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar

So the concentration camp guards “just following orders” is valid defense/excuse for you?

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Boomer6 replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar

Yes. At the danger of talking past each other, I am not in disagreement with anything you wrote. My opinion, and yours for that matter, on this not being IAW Article IV is irrelevant. The only opinion that matters legally is the court's. The point I was trying, and obviously failing, to make is that the city passed a law specifically to empower officers to do what we see in the video. It's easy to say they should have just refused. They're officers that are trying to clean up their city and were given approval to execute per the new law. Pardon me for not immediately damning them to hell for doing what they're told. If leadership directs a subordinate to do something unlawful, I'd prefer to hold leadership accountable. Even moreso when leadership just passed a law making it "legal."

What's wrong with the Air Force?

brabus replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

Barely any dust in AFG, no excuses for not having sparkling floors! How can I trust you to fight a war if you can’t keep your floors immaculate?!

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brabus replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar

I once called the NY state patrol to ensure I was protected by a federal law that enables me to transport firearms through NY on a XC move. The guy confirmed I was protected, and then said, “but not all troopers may be aware of, or follow, that law in the moment. But don’t worry, charges will certainly be dropped when you go to court.” Unbelievable - directly admitting NY LE violates federal law and is incompetent/ignorant.

What's wrong with the Air Force?

xaarman replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

I was at CENTCOM HQ when he was the DO, in a position so low that he didn’t know I existed… but he seemed to make a lot of sense then. I am surprised that he is going through with these motions.

How do you feel about your airframe and mission?

brabus replied to innovator's topic in General Discussion

You will miss things, but you will also make things. The quality of time you spend with family is entirely within one’s control.

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ClearedHot replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar

Seriously? Cities overreach all the time and pass "laws" that are in conflict (and thus illegal), with the Constitution and that is the point. Another example is what has happened with Panhandling all around the country, cities and municipalities have tried to outlaw it but SCOTUS CLEARLY ruled that it is protected under the 1st amendment as free speech our a charitable appeal for help. These cities are learning as a wave of lawsuits is forcing them to change the "law." I am certainly not a Constitutional scholar but having sworn an oath I have actually read the document and as part of my education, read a lot of the framing documents like the Federalist Papers which provide the foundation and rationale for the bill of rights. Warrant-less search and seizures have been addressed many times and like other amendments there are exceptions like exigent circ*mstances, that was not the case here. The NYPD has a bad record when it comes to the bill of rights, they are in the middle of a 1st amendment lawsuit that is going to cost them (actually the tax payers), dearly. Sadly, it is part of their DNA. Notice how many times the tell the guy to shut the F@ck up...sorry, however distasteful you find it, there is still a 1st amendment.

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Majestik Møøse replied to slacker's topic in Squadron Bar

Sounds like a security violation nightmare. “What’s this F-69 jet I saw on The Drive?” “Am I allowed to say I’m deployed to XXXX Air Base?” Not sure how you’d forbid it from talking about secrets unless you fed it a list of secrets to not talk about, which would be impossible. But what I do know is you’ll be flagged no matter what because you’ve logged in with your CAC.

How do you feel about your airframe and mission?

Magic24 replied to innovator's topic in General Discussion

Base Decision Memorandum has been signed!

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HuggyU2 replied to HuggyU2's topic in General Discussion

Unfortunately no, I'm heading back to Sacramento in a couple hours. A-37 should fly around 1055. Yesterday, he flew after the T-33.

What's wrong with the Air Force?

dream big replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

Back to what’s wrong in the AF: current ACC commander, if I’m not mistaken he’s the same cat back in 2013 when he was the 9th AETF commander in Afghanistan where he was complaining that the squadron’s floors were too dusty (in Kandahar, where poop and dust flies).

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stract replied to HuggyU2's topic in General Discussion

Will you be by the jet tomorrow (Sun) am? I wasn't planning to go this year but might just to say howdy to you.

The Next President is...

SHFP replied to disgruntledemployee's topic in Squadron Bar

So why did President Biden go to a Waffle House (or ANY place) after the Debate with the “Cold” that the White House said he was suffering with, shake hands, and hug….And let alone without a Mask!? WTF

What's wrong with the Air Force?

Biff_T replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

I never used or even heard of AUTOVON. You old playa! Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autovon#:~:text=AUTOVON used a numbering scheme,AUTOVON calls with operator assistance. Quick, somebody get General LeMay on the line. We need to launch the Hustlers!

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Jay32 replied to innovator's topic in General Discussion

Thank you for this answer brabus, I think I speak for a few people when I say it’s hard to contemplate if you’re going to be able to be there for things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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O Face replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

If you got the timing right, it was kinda like nailing a game winning shot at the buzzer during phone sex though.

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uhhello replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

The dreaded beep warnings

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Lord Ratner replied to FUSEPLUG's topic in Squadron Bar

Yep. I generally take a middle ground approach, I don't miss important things, but my wife is very good about me being John for the day-to-day dinner and activities type of stuff. I figure I can make an extra 50 to 100 Grand a year if I was willing to fly anything anytime, but I'm simply not. It's too good of a job to f*ck up by working that hard.

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herkbum replied to Catbox's topic in General Discussion

Am I remembering incorrectly, did AUTOVON precede DSN? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

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Springer replied to FUSEPLUG's topic in Squadron Bar

Well stated. As I have said before, my brother in-law was the A320 CA king of hustle, ie Green Slips and Rolling Thunder at DAL. Can't tell you how many times he missed his wife's Thanksgiving dinners and the crap he was willing to put himself through for a high paying trip. In his last 9 mths (2021) on LTS was pulling in $40K+/mth due to the accumulation effect of the above.

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hindsight2020 replied to Scooter14's topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

special rate table supersedes locality pay (to wit, it's inclusive of it). As to the second question, don't know since I stopped looking at ARTs decades ago, but gonna go with probably with 'no'. Congrats on the active retirement, looking forward to locking in that eligibility myself here in 33.5 months (not that I'm counting 😄).