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Most of my acquaintances were knowledgeable enough to understand, but I'd drop these on the "uneducated" ones occasionally in 2009 when he went. "With all of the opportunities he had coming out of high school, I am so incredibly proud of the courage he showed in making the choice to attend...

DS is flying a cargo plane, but was not disqualified from any airframe despite the rod in his femur. Best of luck. You'll have to get a waiver from DoDMERB

Am I missing "leadership" here? Not sure the "I do what I want - I missed some assignments" narrative plays well at a service academy. But - best of luck! Very cool to have accomplished what you did, regardless!

DS graduated USAFA in 2013, 60 days, then off to Laughlin with many of his classmates. IFS quickly, casual duty for 5 months until pilot training in late Feb 2014. Graduated UPT in March 2015. Chose to go heavies for great reasons (lifestyle, missions, etc) that he would have never considered...

Are you still with 15-06 as far as what comes out on the dream sheet, or are you completely separated from them for dreaming and dropping? D

DS had many friends in the latest Laughlin class. While the class was large, the IFS classes (2014) he was familiar with were having a 20-30% drop rate (whether voluntary or non-voluntary). Also, I believe they were 3 weeks delayed from their original finish time because of various factors...

Holy cow! Thanks to you all. I am going to guess that the first drop listing was for Laughlin? This site is great all along the journey, thank you all for the information. DS 3 weeks from Phase 1 completion - had IFS last August and was casual until February for UPT. UPT has, by his...

training after UPT This is off topic, but reminded me of something I don't know. Once the "kids" are done with UPT on the T1 side - do they go directly from T1's to C5's (or whatever they are assigned to?). Seems a bit of a jump - just curious! Congrats to the newlyweds! D

CFA incomplete DS broke leg 4 days before he was to do CFA - rest of file complete. USAFA wouldn't consider the incomplete app. Senator nominated him without it, but Representative wanted it done before nominating. Ended up doing CFA in its entirety on 12/31, received BFE mid-march...

ah, parent of a grad still ignorant Hey, gang! I am seeing PIMA showing 25ish in a UPT class. And then I am seeing 15ish aircraft available to that class? Is that accurate, or am I again USAF-challenged? And, at 1 fighter pilot per class, seems difficult to do much catching up with...

Respect for the Freshmen my Firstie was so proud of "his" freshmen this year, and was very disappointed about one thing. The store ran out of the Prop & Wings pins, or he would have pinned many more of "his" freshmen. The same was true for the kids in line behind him. Recognition was an...

Thanks to Stealth, as usual. DS heading to Del Rio in November, IFS in August! (I thought the Air Force spelled "screening with an "f"" I guess) Exactly the kind of info I had hoped for. Now, I wonder how many GPA's are going to take a hit after last night's activities after...

First base assignment - interim Specifically on the pilot training front - What is the sequence, given the specific time frame just specified. Graduation June 1 (ish). 60 days off takes them to August 1 48days until IFF on Sept 18th (where are they during this time)? IFF for how...

That's what I was told by a BCT1 flight commander within the last month. Probably need to put padding and safety rails under the pullup bars in the stairwells just in case someone might twist an ankle and fall down the stairs. but, somehow, they will survive - this may be another thing...

unpopular commandant Is this the same commandant that banned situps in the hall because a kid banged his head on the wall and got a concussion? The cadets have little confidence that there is a way he will regulate the tradition to something that has any meaning to them at all...