Bounce on the double to the USAFA.
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In defense of my tanker bro's, have to admit couldn't have made it to N.Iraq or BH w/out tanker gas....well, could have made it, but pulling a Major Kong is never a good thing.
AND, have to admit, it's a totally different animal refueling fighters in war vs peace time so they deserve that weapons school patch (damn, sure was hoping I could type that without LMFAO, well, still got a little bit of A left) But, seriously, there have been some great tanker moves in AF history by dudes w/ some serious Gonads. Certainly some great stories from Vietnam about TAC wanting to get guys some tin to wear while SAC was lookin for the gallows to hang them from. No guarantees in life, best shot is one of the few existing Guard/Reserve units left but hiring is at a glacial pace since you can fly pretty much as long as you want to, pretty easy to keep flying into your 50s. I know some Hawg guys approaching 5000 hours. Shoot, that's almost the original design life of the plane. Those Fairchild boys did one hell of a job building one awesome plane. |
Originally Posted by kronan
(Post 380430)
In defense of my tanker bro's, have to admit couldn't have made it to N.Iraq or BH w/out tanker gas....well, could have made it, but pulling a Major Kong is never a good thing.
AND, have to admit, it's a totally different animal refueling fighters in war vs peace time so they deserve that weapons school patch (damn, sure was hoping I could type that without LMFAO, well, still got a little bit of A left) But, seriously, there have been some great tanker moves in AF history by dudes w/ some serious Gonads. Certainly some great stories from Vietnam about TAC wanting to get guys some tin to wear while SAC was lookin for the gallows to hang them from. No guarantees in life, best shot is one of the few existing Guard/Reserve units left but hiring is at a glacial pace since you can fly pretty much as long as you want to, pretty easy to keep flying into your 50s. I know some Hawg guys approaching 5000 hours. Shoot, that's almost the original design life of the plane. Those Fairchild boys did one hell of a job building one awesome plane. PS - Yes, I'm a WIC grad from AFSOC. So I guess I'm kind of biased. Back to the A-10 thread. |
What a thread hijack, but since the question in regards to the A-10 was answered I will throw my 2 cents in on the patches. All the patch means is that the person who is wearing it was trained to be an "expert" in employing their weapon system. The CAOC bosses loves to have these dudes running around because they usually have the answers. I would love to see finance officers get a patch school...so I can get paid the correct amount in a reasonable amount of time.
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Originally Posted by Moose
(Post 380644)
What a thread hijack, but since the question in regards to the A-10 was answered I will throw my 2 cents in on the patches. All the patch means is that the person who is wearing it was trained to be an "expert" in employing their weapon system. The CAOC bosses loves to have these dudes running around because they usually have the answers. I would love to see finance officers get a patch school...so I can get paid the correct amount in a reasonable amount of time.
Just 15 years of AD taking notes--Fish |
They should give out a chow hall patch for the guys that hang out there for hours, primarily at the desert bar. You could get a combat "V" if you get food poisoning.
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Hey Battle Creek MI has A-10 guard unit, think they may be moving over to Selfridge north of Detroit soon.
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Haha nice tangent guys. Anyway thanks for the info. If I went active duty I wouldn't really be angry if I didnt get A-10's, it would just be cool to fulfill a childhood dream. And I was just wondering if there was any way to enhance the chances of getting the A-10.
As for Guard and Reserve, Im really in the dark about those two options. Is there anyway to do full time Guard, or is that a position where you'll have to have an outside job? Pretty much if someone could give me a ton of info on the Guard thatd be awesome. |
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Originally Posted by Deuce130
(Post 380576)
More so than anything else, the patch tells commanders and peers that they're talking to someone who can get them better answers and results than anyone else in that community.
PS - Yes, I'm a WIC grad from AFSOC. So I guess I'm kind of biased. Back to the A-10 thread. |
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