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Wow, I didn't actually think that CBC would sink to a new low, but they did.  One sided doesn't sum it up.  More like anti-war propaganda, peace nik, you get the point.  How does CBC put someone on TV that obviously doesn't know much about the reality of the situation in Afghanistan.  Ok, she is...

I just watched it online and the CBC did actually correct themselves.  As per "blaming the CBC if your average Canadian thinks we have a President, or that we're in Iraq".  I never stated that.  In fact, I stated that it would encourage ingorant people to believe that we are in Iraq.  I do see...

This is my lane as I'm a former D/SAMEO of a Tac Hel Unit.  We never bought 200 Griffons.  We only bought 100.  Two crashed and were unrecoverable.  We reduced our overall fleet (including Tac Hel and CSS) to 85.  The a/c that were reduced were put into storage in Edmonton for a while.  I'm not...

Whether the original poster thinks that it would be unethical or not does not matter.  If your hair sticks up on the back of your neck and a question of whether something is ethical or not should answer the question.  If you are debating if it is ethical or not, that tells you what to do...

I don't know if anybody was watching the National on CBC tonight, but once again the media has screwed up!  The story was about George Bush vetoing a bill that Congress had just passed that set a troop withdrawal date for the American forces to come out of Iraq.  Peter Mansbridge was speaking...

Okay, I"m not really sure what type of "Air Force" allowance I am apparently receiving since I am not aircrew.  Last time I checked I was getting paid and receiving PLD, but no allowance.  This has problem written all over it.  For instance, how would this allowance work for Tac Hel?  They are...

The AF does not use AVGAS as a primary fuel in our aircraft (a/c), with the exception of the Air Cadet tow planes and perhaps the SPERWER (anyone know what this uses?).  AVGAS is considered to be an alternative, but is real low on the list since most a/c need some serious inspections after they...

cdnaviator, I'm not talking about "ready-made" techs.  I was talking about apprentices.  Even though the young Pte may be taking a course at an aviation college, he will still need to be an apprentice once he comes into the Air Force.  Therefore, he will need some trg, just like other...

As a former D/SAMEO of a Tac Hel Sqn, I will tell the new Pte that there is a chance that you can go to a Tac Hel unit, but it is more likely that you will go to another fleet.  Also, are you in the Air Force or not?  You say that you are "thinking" about joining and then you sign off as a...

Mush or whatever his name is a dictator.  Everyone must remember that.  Also, he is doing interviews in order to sell his book, not defend Pakistan.  Reality is that insurgents are crossing the border from Pakistan into Afghanistan.  Until this stops, there will be no end to the suicide bombings...

As a 500 series tech, you have very marketable skills that Aerospace companies are constantly looking for.  Canada has a rather large amount of these types of companies and you could easily find a job with them.  The correct term that you are referring to ("Transport Canada license") is an AME. ...

I would second TCBF as I am a former Foot Guard who did two summers of the Changing of the Guard.  PAT platoon should look at the Guard Regiments (Foot Guards and Grenadiers) prior to claiming this. Is this the PAT Platoon at CFSATE or are you talking about PRETC?  If PAT platoon, it belongs to...

Kristin, I would go ahead and apply for doing AERE at the civy u.  They will pay for your remaining years if accepted.  It would be ROTP, but just through a civy U.  Go for it.  It can't hurt to try.

AERE is pretty strong right now.  Probably a little under strength, but not that much.

Yup, just went to Canada's Wonderland last week and had a blast with the family.

AERE is a good trade to be in if you want to do your post-grad.  In fact, not all openings (offers for post grad) are filled each year.  It is encouraged to get your post grad, but is not mandatory for promotion to Maj.  I think that there are more AEREs with post grads than before, but I...

I'm sure that 1 Wg HQ stopped some tasks, but in my opinion not enough.  If we were deployed for 6 months, I know that we would not have received as many tasks as we did when we were on the 12V.  Loachman, I'm not speaking just about what techs or myself thought, I heard this sentiment from...

That was just a picture and nothing else.  The a/c was just mounted with this stuff, not officially I might add, and never took off.  There was and may still be an idea to arm the Griffon and make it an "Armed Helo", but this has never really taken off within 1 Wg or the Air Force.  When I say...

Loachman, thanks for posting that email.  Others, This proves exactly what I said, wait for the final investigation results and don't trust media when they print something.

If you're thinking of using the Griffon for a utility role in Afghanistan, then I think that is the wrong role for it.  Recce could be done with the equipment that we currently have, such as the FLIR, NVGs, and plain old eye ball.  However, I wish ERSTA would be stood back up but I don't think...