AF Edgimication Center

[shorning]

I'm a former KC-10 Boom Operator...

So you got paid to lay around all day passing gas?!?   

[AlphaSigOU]

I'm a former KC-10 Boom Operator...

So you got paid to lay around all day passing gas?!?   

'Gucci' boomers sit down and pass gas... their boomer brethren on KC-135s lie down on the job! 

Keeping it on topic, I remember back WIWOAD at 'Spang Quentin' they put up a new sign for one of the Army's ADA (Air Defense Artillery) batteries. It was supposed to read  'HHB 6/56 ADA' (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 6th Battery 56th ADA) but was alll hosed up: "HHB 6/56 ARMEY". Needless to say the battery commander was right on the phone with the Spang base commander... it got fixed right away.

[afgeo4]

Tinker used to have an associate unit that trained KC-10 crews before they moved (nearby) to Altus.

Nope, each KC-10 base trains their own crews and maintenance people.
Training is part of the support contract for the KC-10.
I'm a former KC-10 Boom Operator, so I might know just a little bit about this.

That's great... it's what numerous crews from McGuire have told me... I was with the 514th AMW there (Res), but I worked on C-141's.

[PHall]

That's great... it's what numerous crews from McGuire have told me... I was with the 514th AMW there (Res), but I worked on C-141's.

I bet they smiling when they told you that. Now, were they KC-10 crew members or C-141 crew members?
The 141 guys wouldn't know any more then you do.

The contractor who has the training contract for the KC-10's (currently Boeing) is responsible for conducting all training for both aircrew and maintenance personnel.

There never has been a "schoolhouse" for KC-10 training other then the simulator facility at each KC-10 base.

Air Force Maintenance only does home station maintenance to include "B" checks with contractor support.
Depot maintenance or "D" checks are handled by whoever gets the contract. At one time it was American Airlines.

You may have noticed a bunch of AGE equipment that is painted light blue on the ramp at McGuire.
That stuff is owned by the maintenance contractor and can only be used on the KC-10's.
Use it on something else and the legal office gets a notice of a Breech of Contract suit.

[afgeo4]

That's great... it's what numerous crews from McGuire have told me... I was with the 514th AMW there (Res), but I worked on C-141's.

I bet they smiling when they told you that. Now, were they KC-10 crew members or C-141 crew members?
The 141 guys wouldn't know any more then you do.

The contractor who has the training contract for the KC-10's (currently Boeing) is responsible for conducting all training for both aircrew and maintenance personnel.

There never has been a "schoolhouse" for KC-10 training other then the simulator facility at each KC-10 base.

Air Force Maintenance only does home station maintenance to include "B" checks with contractor support.
Depot maintenance or "D" checks are handled by whoever gets the contract. At one time it was American Airlines.

You may have noticed a bunch of AGE equipment that is painted light blue on the ramp at McGuire.
That stuff is owned by the maintenance contractor and can only be used on the KC-10's.
Use it on something else and the legal office gets a notice of a Breech of Contract suit.

They were Cadillac drivers... and they're always smiling.

Unlike the base commander at Tinker when he sees this photo.

[SAR-EMT1]

That's great... it's what numerous crews from McGuire have told me... I was with the 514th AMW there (Res), but I worked on C-141's.

That stuff is owned by the maintenance contractor and can only be used on the KC-10's.
Use it on something else and the legal office gets a notice of a Breech of Contract suit.

It is really sad that this is what the Air Force has come to. Then again I think it a crime that the military has more civillians then uniformed members.

I want a return to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the threat of Communism, and the kind of funding that only Reagan could give.   

[PHall]

That's great... it's what numerous crews from McGuire have told me... I was with the 514th AMW there (Res), but I worked on C-141's.

That stuff is owned by the maintenance contractor and can only be used on the KC-10's.
Use it on something else and the legal office gets a notice of a Breech of Contract suit.

It is really sad that this is what the Air Force has come to. Then again I think it a crime that the military has more civillians then uniformed members.

I want a return to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the threat of Communism, and the kind of funding that only Reagan could give.   

That equipment was provided by McDonnell-Douglas as part of their maintenance-support contract.
McDonnell-Douglas (now Boeing) owns it, it is not government property. It's private property.

[MikeD]

In theory, all, or at least MOST of the people here should be rocket scientists of one sort or another.

As a NASA engineer, I shudder in horror at the spelling and grammer and such in a lot of our project papers and presentations.
Also, from what I've seen, we took the list of things NOT to do in a powerpoint presentation, and turned it into a checklist for making slides...

[ßτε]

As a NASA engineer, I shudder in horror at the spelling and grammer and such in a lot of our project papers and presentations.
Also, from what I've seen, we took the list of things NOT to do in a powerpoint presentation, and turned it into a checklist for making slides...

[SarDragon]

That's a common tendency among Grammar Cops. And the more the message counts, or the harsher it is, the greater the likelihood that the poster will make a misteak in his/her post. 

[MikeD]

As a NASA engineer, I shudder in horror at the spelling and grammer and such in a lot of our project papers and presentations.
Also, from what I've seen, we took the list of things NOT to do in a powerpoint presentation, and turned it into a checklist for making slides...

to quote Ralph from The Simpsons "Me fail english?  Thats unpossible!"

[Duke Dillio]

That's a common tendency among Grammar Cops. And the more the message counts, or the harsher it is, the greater the likelihood that the poster will make a misteak in his/her post. 

Hmmmm, did someone stay Steak?  Yummmmmmm

[flyerthom]

That's a common tendency among Grammar Cops. And the more the message counts, or the harsher it is, the greater the likelihood that the poster will make a misteak in his/her post. 

rare or well done? And what kind of critter is a mis that you et steak from it?