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Old 21st Jun 2016, 16:18
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OK465
 
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Spent a bit of time in ANG F-100s & A-7s in the 70s.

ANG pilots were (and I assume still are) authorized 48 AFTPs (Additional Flight Training Periods) per fiscal year. Full day pay for 4 hrs work including what were usually about 1-1.5 hour flights in fighters. You could do two of these a day.

Told my wife one day I was going out to the airport to do an AFTP. She asked, "What does that stand for?....All Farmers Turn (into) Pilots?" If you've ever been to Sioux City IA or Mansfield OH or Terre Haute IN, etc, etc you can appreciate this was not totally off the mark.

About the mid 80s the Guard had a bunch of ambitious guys (ex-reggies) who wanted to 'out-reggie' the regulars and get shiny new equipment instead of hand me downs, and politicked aggressively for more 'respect'. Be careful what you wish for. I'm not sure why these guys got out of the regulars in the first place.

In any case I would offer that AFTP eventually became 'All Fun Terminated Peremptorily'.
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