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    An different article on a USAF leader

    I'm not doubting his observation, but I've got to wonder how many of those guys were still BTZ... I had to look it up on the AFPC site for myself. The Stats for the latest board from AFPC show a 50.2% overall select rate for Pilots who met the board IPZ. (Both Ps and DPs) (39.8% for guys with...
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    An different article on a USAF leader

    Exceptionally well said. (All the more reason we need the "good guys" to stay in and make a difference.) However, poor leadership isn't isolated to the 21st Century AF. I've got a close family member who was an AC of a B-17 over Europe in WWII, flew his full tour there and then went on to fly...
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    An different article on a USAF leader

    I couldn't agree with you more regarding the attitude that ops is just another supporting cast member on the base team. Why is it again that this base exists? Does it have something to do with those aluminum things with wings over there on the concrete? My post on page 2 tags that as the heart...
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    An different article on a USAF leader

    Got it. I stand corrected. Yes, it is another spooky place at an elevation of around 10,000 feet, but not quite as bad as Tegucigalpa IMHO. My guess (only guessing again) is that it wasn't that the crew didn't want to go in there at night, it was because they weren't allowed to by reg. If...
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    An different article on a USAF leader

    I'm guessing it was Tegucigalpa, Honduras. If it was, the part that was missing from the 757 pilot's description is that in order to fly into that airfield at night/IMC in his 757 he had to be specially certified by his airline and use special procedures that were tailored for the avionics in...
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    An different article on a USAF leader

    OK, I’ll bite since no one else wants to. You all make excellent points except that you are forgetting one thing. The job of today’s squadron commander is not to lead his troops into battle anymore. (Which is a shame, but for better or worse, the days of flying/leading large formations over...
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    Civilian Tankers

    I don't think anyone is saying that they replace all 500+ KC-135s. Maybe just the KC-135Es which don't have the capability of the R-Models anyway and which need to be the first retired. (oh, by the way, this helps with the overall USAF downsizing effort as well...) By replacing the Es with a...
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    Civilian Tankers

    It is a reality. Check out http://www.fuelbirds.com/ and/or http://www.omegaairrefueling.com/ They don't have boom capability yet (drogue only), but are planning on installing it to be a competitor in the USAF tanker replacement decision. (i.e. instead of spening big $$$ now in buying new...
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    B-1 Gear Up Accident?

    As long as this is going to retrograde back into intelligent discussion (Thank God) here is another thread that addressed the issue of why the military restricts some accident investigation information. http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=83510&page=2 Maybe this is something the...
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    C-5 crash video

    The reason the information should be kept "in house" is entirely for the protection of the people involved. If the AIB had created and released an identical tape, I'm all for releasing it. However, the very premise of the SIB is that everything generated through an SIB is "privileged...
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    C-5 crash video

    Safety Privileged Information! WTFO? Am I the only one here who saw the trailer at the end of the video that said that this is "Official Use Only Safety Privileged Information." (i.e. unauthorized disclosure is illegal) What in the H*ll is this doing on the internet? Too late now, the lawyers...
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    CAT III Approaches

    I'd always been told that the original flight director, autopilot, et al. on the C-5 was Cat III capable. (i.e. that's why it had/has the funky ADI that spun around when in ILS approach mode and illuminated with the amber ring at mins and green circle when flare mode engaged) Even though the...
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    CAT III Approaches

    LAAS stands for Local Area Augmentation System and is a local, ground based transmitter that provides the "correction" to the GPS signal you were describing. Yes, it is still required even with Selective Availability (the intentional "skewing" you describe) turned off. Boeing has been doing...
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    CAT III Approaches

    True, I was trying to keep things simple for the masses. The 757/767 has three flight control computers that feed into 3 autopilots. (another simplification, but close enough for government work) You are correct in stating that the Cat IIIB cert requirements vary based on system design.
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    CAT III Approaches

    I couldn't agree with you more with respect to unleashing the full capabilities of LNAV/VNAV approaches. The USAF/military is way behind the civil sector with regard to heavy airplanes and instrument flying, specifically when it comes to the capabilities of FMS centered approaches. Every...
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    CAT III Approaches

    The HUD doesn't get you anything that an FMS approach without a HUD would. If you look at the RNAV RNP approaches ( Not RNAV(GPS) ) that are being used (i.e. KDCA, KPSP, etc.) there isn't a HUD requirement. You just follow the needles like any other approach, heads up or heads down. A HUD...
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    "Adjusting Gross Weight"

    Yeah, good point, although I've found ATC hit or miss on actually following the guidance you quote. From our end, it's just one of those things that I've heard/used over the years. With the ATC broadcast, it really makes you wonder why this came about, which in perfect flightinfo.com thread...
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    "Adjusting Gross Weight"

    The term has been around and used for years, it's not a new PC phrase. I've got nothing to base this on other than what I've always been told, but I'm guessing the reason we use that term is to keep from raising flags with the uninformed every time we need to dump fuel. (i.e. no need to...
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    Air Force Pilots

    Galaxy5 - Shack! Well said!
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    Air War College Stuff?

    Don't compare in-residence PME with correspondence - They are apples and oranges. Correspondence is strictly there to tick the box in the quickest manner possible. (As Seinfeld would say – “Not that there is anything wrong with that”) However, in the USAF, having gone to school in-residence...
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