Favorite AFN commercial

[bssthound]

You guys have some great facilities but also some queer rules. No offense.

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[ExAF]

Another

In addition to the "Posture Police" another AFN ad was the "Nutrition Patrol." I'm gagging just remembering these commercials.

 

[McGillicutty]

"3. So the dumb*ss Msgts who deploy once in the war to get their bronze star for running the Services Tent can see us to scream at us for wearing out-of-reg black fleece jackets"

Every winter is an effing battle to get those things approved for wear, which is nice because they are awesome on those cold and lonely Kerplakistan nights.

 

[Deuce130]

Wearing reflective belts around the base in a war zone is the most ridiculous thing I ever saw. I think the Air Force started that. You guys have some great facilities but also some queer rules. No offense.

LSA Anaconda (which is an Army run base, with Army rules) houses Balad AB. The AF falls under Army rules while operating at Balad. The reflective belt rule is imposed by the Army and applies to everyone (Army, AF, KBR, contractors, civilians, etc) who is at the base. There is an exception for AF members wearing AF PT gear now, which has reflective material in it. Truly, there's not much of a threat at Balad from snipers/enemy activity where the wear of a reflective belt would put you in any greater degree of danger. You really do stand a bigger chance of being hit by a bus than a mortar. I actually would've come pretty close to running over an army guy recently had he not been wearing the belt. The rule sounds kind of dumb on the surface, but it's not bad. I've seen people waste a ton of time and energy on fighting the system when it comes to reflective belts, floppy caps, nametags, black fleece jackets, the two piece flight suit, the electronic mission planning folder, etc etc etc and the result is always the same. It's much easier to take the pill, wear the belt, find another jacket, and focus on flying the mission. Just b/c someone else's focus isn't always on the mission doesn't mean yours can't be. I always counseled my crew to save the complaints for the important stuff that we can change, not the little crap that really doesn't matter. Cry "wolf" too many times and the powers that be stop listening altogether.

 

[Laughing_Jakal]

Deuce = "Company Man"

Un-oh you sound like a certain Captain @ Kadena who was always accused of being a brown-nose to achieve promotion who actually had secret plans to decline promotion and punch-out. That guy was a tool!

You kiss-a$$!!

 

[Huggyu2]

Wearing reflective belts around the base in a war zone is the most ridiculous thing I ever saw. I think the Air Force started that. You guys have some great facilities but also some queer rules. No offense.

Fins, it's not the most ridiculous thing that occurs in the USAF,... but it ranks up there. You're right: we do some stuff really well, and some other stuff has me scratching my noggin'.... No offense taken. The truth hurts only when it should.

 

[Medivacer]

My fav AFN commerical is the one that looks like a 6 year old drew it only using brown and black crayons, with the creepy sound track to go along with it. Its makes me change the channel everytime.

 

[Fins Up]

I never saw any contractors wearing reflective belts when I was over there. Not really much you can do to those guys. I can see 1LT Shmuckatelli telling a truck driver to put his reflective belt on. That would be hysterical.

I made it to the ripe of old of 36 without wearing a reflective belt at night. I'm not worried about getting run over, especially on a base where the speed limits are all 25 MPH. Maybe it should also be law in major U.S. cities to wear the belt at night.

We're hijacking the thread a little but I can't help it. I always hated the reflective belt thing.

LSA Anaconda (which is an Army run base, with Army rules) houses Balad AB. The AF falls under Army rules while operating at Balad. The reflective belt rule is imposed by the Army and applies to everyone (Army, AF, KBR, contractors, civilians, etc) who is at the base. There is an exception for AF members wearing AF PT gear now, which has reflective material in it. Truly, there's not much of a threat at Balad from snipers/enemy activity where the wear of a reflective belt would put you in any greater degree of danger. You really do stand a bigger chance of being hit by a bus than a mortar. I actually would've come pretty close to running over an army guy recently had he not been wearing the belt. The rule sounds kind of dumb on the surface, but it's not bad. I've seen people waste a ton of time and energy on fighting the system when it comes to reflective belts, floppy caps, nametags, black fleece jackets, the two piece flight suit, the electronic mission planning folder, etc etc etc and the result is always the same. It's much easier to take the pill, wear the belt, find another jacket, and focus on flying the mission. Just b/c someone else's focus isn't always on the mission doesn't mean yours can't be. I always counseled my crew to save the complaints for the important stuff that we can change, not the little crap that really doesn't matter. Cry "wolf" too many times and the powers that be stop listening altogether.

 

[dtfl]

They need an AFN commercial telling us normal folks NOT to go to the commissary on the 1st and 15th. I forgot that rule twice in my life...and bitched myself out both times after the fact.

 

[dtfl]

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Yagsemasch!!! JF

 

[bssthound]

Yagsemasch!! JF

HIGH FIIIIIVE!! DT

 

[Vandal]

Anything with Foglesong...when is his DVD coming out?

CHECK SIX!

 

[G550Driver]

I always liked the credit card commercials in the 90s.

Especially the one where a guy gets a new credit card and every month the monkey (gorilla) on his back keeps getting bigger and bigger. Classically studpid.

 

[tomstan65]

I loved the way old "no you can't mail explosives" commercial.

 

[JimNtexas]

Is the wearing of earbuds while jogging still forbidden? I got hasseled for that several times.

My favorite AFN commerical played every winter in the Phillipines. It would be 95 degrees out, and a commerical would come on telling you to set your thermostat to "no higher than 68".

Once I called the station and asked what I should do, I was running my air conditioner 24/7 full blast, but it would only cool the house down to 70.

 

[frog_flyer]

Hey jimbo, what's the little pinky trigger on the 111 that ya activate when you go over a ridge or something and you want to roll over and pull down so you don't get up too high? Named the 'somedude maneuver.' Some dude = AA CA last I heard.

Can you refresh my memory?

 

[JimNtexas]

Hey jimbo, what's the little pinky trigger on the 111 that ya activate when you go over a ridge or something and you want to roll over and pull down so you don't get up too high? Named the 'somedude maneuver.' Some dude = AA CA last I heard.

Can you refresh my memory?

I think you're talking about avoiding 'Ivan thanks you very much' manuever, in which an airplane at low level pops up into the blue sky going over a ridge. In the F-111 you have a ride control setting of 'hard', 'medium', or 'soft' that controls how hard the autopilot will push negative to keep you close to the terrain if you are on autopilot at low level.

In the F-4 low levels and in the F-111 when it is being hand flown you typically roll the airplane as you cross a ridge to keep from going up into the blue sky. In F-4 Weasels our pilots were authorized to roll 180 degrees going over ridges. Lesser fighters were limited to 90 degrees. I can't recall what our roll limit for ridge crossings was in F-111s, but I don't think it was as much as 90 degrees.

I think the 'pinky trigger' you're talking about is the autopilot disconnet lever on the stick, but I'm not sure.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Well, I still watch AFN a lot and am THANKFUL as hell for that little black box...especially during football season...try watching three NFL games at once in your hometown without being in a sportsbar. The programming and commercials have come a long way in recent years. Some of the commercials are actually funny even though you wonder if someone really needs to be told to breath to keep from passing out.

Recent Favorites: The guy who's dog finds someones' butt in a park...owner concludes someone must have lost it playing with his kids. (that one could double as a gambling commercial too!)
Also: The family in a car when someone "passes gas"......"hey, somethin's funkay!"