New Delta Medallion Class (Just Kidding)
Aug 9, 2014, 12:06 pm
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US Army Recognizes My KM Status
Recently took a flight in a Blackhawk between bases for a mission I had to do here in Afghanistan. My trip was "last minute" so I caught a ride on a VIP mission (One-star General traveling to the same base for a site visit). The One-star and his entire entourage got in the first UH-60. I rode in the second, all alone. In other words, they gave me an entire UH-60 "Blackhawk" to myself. Only thing I can attribute it to is the KM tag hanging off my backpack I use when traveling here. Glad that my KM status gets me even better treatment than if I was a General Officer! 
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Aug 9, 2014, 1:08 pm
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Aug 11, 2014, 8:05 pm
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Recently took a flight in a Blackhawk between bases for a mission I had to do here in Afghanistan. My trip was "last minute" so I caught a ride on a VIP mission (One-star General traveling to the same base for a site visit). The One-star and his entire entourage got in the first UH-60. I rode in the second, all alone. In other words, they gave me an entire UH-60 "Blackhawk" to myself. Only thing I can attribute it to is the KM tag hanging off my backpack I use when traveling here. Glad that my KM status gets me even better treatment than if I was a General Officer! ^
^I used to get solo seating in a Grumman S-2 Tracker hopping around places but that was way before KM status - more like USMC status
Aug 14, 2014, 6:40 am
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Aug 14, 2014, 7:05 am
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Aug 14, 2014, 7:08 am
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Recently took a flight in a Blackhawk between bases for a mission I had to do here in Afghanistan. My trip was "last minute" so I caught a ride on a VIP mission (One-star General traveling to the same base for a site visit). The One-star and his entire entourage got in the first UH-60. I rode in the second, all alone. In other words, they gave me an entire UH-60 "Blackhawk" to myself. Only thing I can attribute it to is the KM tag hanging off my backpack I use when traveling here. Glad that my KM status gets me even better treatment than if I was a General Officer! ^
^about three months before I retired from the AF Reserve, I talked my way onto a C-35 (Army National Guard Cessna Citation) that was taking a three-star from Langley AFB to Dulles
I had flown down to LFI from Ft Belvoir on a Navy C-12 (Super King Air 200) that morning, but it went mechanical at NAS Norfolk before starting the afternoon schedule ... I had seen the C-35 mission on the JOSAC (Joint Operational Support Airlift Center) website, so when the pilot -- a real live Warrant Officer -- walked into the terminal at LFI, I asked if he was willing to accept three passengers on orders ... he called OSA, who basically said "If the general is ok with it we have no problem"
of course it helped that the others were a Navy two-star and his exec (who was on the phone with Southwest trying to get seats on an 8pm ORF-BWI flight when the C-35 pilot arrived)
Aug 14, 2014, 7:52 am
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Aug 16, 2014, 2:46 pm
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Aug 16, 2014, 3:08 pm
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Sep 27, 2014, 7:57 am
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Is it bad form to sport a KM tag on another airline? What if I am a Crewmember at said airline?
Or should I make a Blue Medallion (there's a hint) card?
-J.
Or should I make a Blue Medallion (there's a hint) card?
-J.
Sep 27, 2014, 11:57 pm
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