Air Force One question
01-24-2009 | 10:55 AM
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That being said, I woudn't trade my career to be Chief of Staff, much less a Colonel or General. I consider myself the luckiest guy on active duty right now...over 25 years and never out of the cockpit!
01-24-2009 | 11:43 AM
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From: Legacy FO
Jethro, wow that is awesome. Career flyers like you are certainly a thing of the past.
-Fatty
01-24-2009 | 03:09 PM
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I just spoke to my flesh peddler at Randolph...it has been 96 months for quite some time. 96 months is what's required BY LAW to keep you in the cockpit. 120 months is what AFPC (your MWS functional) tries to keep you in until releasing for staff, however you are releasable after 96. I think the staff jobs "open" for this cycle is around 500, but only 50 are being filled. Many, many dudes are being sent to a 4th straight flying assignment because of needs of the Air Force. Pretty much the only folks being released for staff are IDE grads. I have a few friends filling their staff tours prior to school at COCOM or MAJCOM levels, but it's rare.
02-02-2009 | 04:30 PM
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Rumor has it that he wasn't confirmed because of political retribution against Bush and also that the AF General's club protested behind the scenes that he didn't go the "traditional" route to become a BG.
02-04-2009 | 10:33 PM
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Col Tillman is a great guy. Back in my C-21 days, we got picked off to go pick up him and his family and fly them back to Andrews. After we got back he came up and personally thanked us and then offered to give my copilot and I a tour of AF1/SAM 28000.
As most of us would think, we thought that we'd get passed off to a PA person, but Col Tillman took 3 hours out of his day to give us a personal tour.
It is a sad day when someone like him gets passed over for doing his job as a pilot.
As most of us would think, we thought that we'd get passed off to a PA person, but Col Tillman took 3 hours out of his day to give us a personal tour.
It is a sad day when someone like him gets passed over for doing his job as a pilot.
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