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BogiDope Office Hours – Next week!
Wednesday, September 11 · 18:00 – 19:00 (Mountain Daylight Time)
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Favorite WWII Pursuit or Fighter aircraft?
During World War II, George Bush Sr. flew the Grumman TBM Avenger on several key air missions, with the majority occurring during his stint aboard the light aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30).<div>
Check out his WWII era kneeboard. Still in use today.
warhistoryonline.com
US President George H.W. Bush Flew 58 Combat Missions During WWII
He was one of the youngest aviators in the US Navy.
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Did you know that JROTC is not a pre-requisite for ROTC admission or success? This is a widely held rumor that keeps some people out of the ROTC pipeline.
-You don’t have to have a ROTC Scholarship to compete for a pilot slot either. You can do ROTC without a scholarship in the case that none are available. I understand that this is a rare case…
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September member events calendar is set!
9/10 @ 7pm EDT – Open Office- Pilot Q&A w/ @Husky
9/11 @ 8pm EDT – Open Office – Test Prep Q&A w/ @Tutor-Gunboss
9/16 @ 8pm EDT – Webinar – “Optimizing Guard/Reserve/OTS UPT Options During Competitive Times” w/ @Husky 📽
9/24 @ 8pm EDT – Mock Interview Prep w/ @SLAP
9/25 @ 8pm EDT – AFOQT Prep Night -…-
BogiDope Office Hours Link
Wednesday, September 11 · 18:00 – 19:00 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/kzk-zmqq-fuo
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F-22 = Air Dominance. @C.J. = BogiPoint Dominance. Congrats on his 4th consecutive victory in the monthly BogiPoint contest!
It pays to be a winner!
1. @C.J. 5490 pts – $100 BogiDope Gift Cert 🏆💰
2. @chenetteautumn 5010 pts – $50 💰
3. @ClosedFlank 4500 pts – $25 💰
4. @JSampson 4345 pts
5. @kenneth-hehr 3800 pts
6T. @maxgrossweight 3750 pts
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Congrats CJ! That hard work is bound to pay off sooner than later.
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Husky replied to the discussion Former Growler Bro ANG rejoin in the forum General Discussion 4 months ago
So believe it or not there is something called indispensability where we bring USAF pilots back from retirement. We have two flying the mighty viper right now (they just leave their walker with the crew chief).
I don’t know of anyone to navigate the process in exactly the way you describe but it’s probably possible. The key will be finding a…
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Finished up with UPT not too long ago. Current UPT environment seems like it is literally changing every day. At the moment, if you were to go to UPT being hired by a Guard/Res heavy unit you would likely do T-1 only track. There is a program at Vance and Columbus called XPW (Accelerated Path to Wings) and it’s a (I believe) 9 month, T-1…
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TAF started the discussion Former Growler Bro ANG rejoin in the forum General Discussion 4 months ago
sorry for the double post – new here!
Curious if anyone has ever heard of a situation where a retired jet bro (O-4 with around 1,200 hours, 170 carrier arrested landings, former instructor, and former Growler Mission Commander and Strike Lead, OIR and ORS) – went back in 2-3 years after retirement to fly in the ANG. AMC or ACC. Asking for a…
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TAF started the discussion Former Growler Pilot back to ANG in the forum Air Force 4 months ago
Former Growler Pilot back to ANG
Curious if anyone has ever heard of a situation where a retired jet bro (O-4 with around 1,200 hours, 170 carrier arrested landings, former instructor, and former Growler Mission Commander and Strike Lead, OIR and ORS) – went back in 2-3 years after retirement to fly in the ANG. AMC or ACC. Asking for a friend 🙂 I figure there are a lot of steps…
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