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| Date | 17-04-2008 |
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| Message | (Thursday 2325) Back home from Aalborg. I really missed my little boy this time so it was great to play with him when I got home. We learned quite alot from the excursions to Karup and Aalborg. I also got a clearer idea of what they actually do, what their daily life is like and what kind of missions they fly. To be honest I thought everything that they do is very exciting. I would be happy flying any aircraft in the Air Force, considering that I would have a great job and get a great carreer no matter what I'll be flying...but damn how I hope I'll get that fighter slot at the end of the day! Fighters will always have a special place in my heart - enough with this emtional crap now! Next week we have alot of physical training in connection with the upcoming physical exam due in a month or so. However the next exam will be in defending the Bachelor task and will take part this coming week. I'll do my best to prepare mydelf for any of those nasty questions that they might ask me. I also have to get an appointment with the aviation medicine centre as my yearly medical will be running out soon... Remember: If it ain't a fighter, it's a target! I don't wanna fly a target! /GEA |
| Date | 10-04-2008 |
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| Message | (Thursday 2005) Back home after GME and it feels great. My job during the exercise was to be the shooting range leader and it was actually good fun. The weather was kind of strange though. Yesterday it was bright sunshine at one point, and the next minute it starting snowing. Some things have happened in the meantime. The Danish government has decided to send 4 Fennec helicopters to Afghanistan in 6 weeks time. The Fennec helicopters come from 724 squadron based at Karup and we'll be visiting them next week in connection with the subject "Operations" so it's going to be exciting to see them getting ready to go into action. At the same time I hope that they have a safe tour to Afghanistan and return home before too long. As mentioned we'll be going to Karup to work with the Helicopter wing on Monday and Tuesday. The 2 helicopter squadrons in Karup (722 & 724) are equipped with AS550 Fennec and the new EH101 Merlin. Then on Wednesday and Thursday we'll be going to Aalborg to work and learn from 721 squadron, which is our transport squadron flying C130J Hercules and CL604 Challenger. Then in week 19 we'll be going to Skrydstrup to work with and learn from our two fighter squadrons 727 and 730. Can't wait to smell some jet fuel and hear some jet "music." The weather's been really great today so when I got home I charged my model (the T38 Talon) and went flying. Canada is getting closer and more real. That's it for now. Stay tuned. /GEA |
| Date | 07-04-2008 |
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| Message | (Monday 2355) On my way to bed but I thought I should mention that we have GME the next 3 days. GME stands (in Danish) for Grund Militær Efteruddannelse which is basically a refreshing of the basic soldier skills. As you probably know, all military personnel have to take part in GME once a year in order not to forget things such as how to handle a weapon and how to provide first aid or how to react in a chemical weapons attack. Should be fun. I hope the weather turns out fine. I almost finished the A4 Skyhawk model and have uploaded a quick picture of it in the gallery. Hopefully it'll be ready for the maiden flight before too long... /GEA |
| Date | 01-04-2008 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 2200) The exam went well today. I got a 10, which was the highest score of the day, so I'm happy. It feels great that those 3 subjects are over now. Later... /GEA |
| Date | 31-03-2008 |
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| Message | (Monday 2245)Tomorrow's a big day as we have the exam in 3 big subjects which were put together for the exam. It's State knowledge, Cultural understanding and Conflict theory. I haven't prepared as much as I would have wanted to, but considering how much time I had to do so, I think I did ok. Hopefully the exam won't be too eventful and I'll get to talk about the things that I want to talk about instead of ending up talking about something that I don't feel too confident in. But you never know what they'll ask about, so it's going to be exciting indeed. Unofrtunately we (Danish defence) lost another soldier in Afghanistan today, which brings the number up to 14 in Afghanistan alone. It's always sad to see it on the news and even though it has happened often lately, I hope that it never becomes "normal" to hear about a fallen Danish soldier. Now I have to get back to work and finish the exam strategy for tomorrow. Wish me luck! /GEA |
| Date | 26-03-2008 |
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| Message | (Wednesday 2320) This week at Karup has so far been better than expected. We've had quite alot of operations seen from an Fighter Controller's perspective which is great when you're doing the pilot training as you get an idea of what things look like from the other side. This way one has an easier time understanding why the Fighter Controllers work and do the things they do. Tomorrow and Friday we'll be taking a look at the Combat Support wing. Hopefully it'll be interesting and relevant for all of us. Unfortunately we (the Danish defence) lost another soldier in Afghanistan today and another one got injured but seems to be out of life danger. My thoughts go to their families. /GEA |
| Date | 22-03-2008 |
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| Message | (Saturday 1930) I'm enjoying my long weekend. This coming week, starting on Tuesday, we'll be stationed at Karup AB in connection with our big subject "Air Operations." We'll be learning about the Air Force's Combat Support Wing and the Air Control Wing. It should be quite interesting but I really hope that most of it will take part indoors as the weather will get even colder than it is already. The A4 Skyhawk model is getting on quite nicely and if I didn't have to go to Karup for the week, then I'd probably have it ready for the first test flight by the end of the week, but anyway, that's life. It's funny how many hacker attacks I've had on my website lately, especially since the two tapes released by Bin Laden came out these last few days. Fortunately none of the attacks managed to hack my website so I guess it's quite secured. That's it for now. Happy Easter to you all! Best regards GEA |
| Date | 18-03-2008 |
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| Message | (Tuesday 1025) I forgot to mention yesterday, that Boeing wants to get involved in the competition for the F16 replacement for the RDAF. They want us to buy their F/A18-E Super Hornet when the time comes. So this week, our ministry of defence will have a meeting with them to see if the Super Hornet can fulfill our demands and for them to see whether they seriously want to take part in the competition. It's going to be interesting to see the outcome of the meeting. Right now there's a Fennec helicopter on our school football pitch. It landed about 15 minutes ago and will be here most of the day. Always nice to see an aircraft while at school. /GEA |
| Date | 17-03-2008 |
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| Message | (Monday 1915) Another week on and today we had the subject Air Operations most of the day. It was about Force Protection which is basically how you secure an airbase when out on a mission. Quite interesting but I prefare air tactics and Offensive Counter Air, where we get to plan missions. Otherwise, the weather has gone bunkers. Both Saturday and Sunday were fantastic, no wind whatsoever and beatiful sunshine and rather warm temperatures. Today, on the other hand, we had snow storms with strong winds all day and it seems that this weather is here to stay, at least for the rest of the week. Grrrrr. It's funny how fast time has gone at the Academy. I had really expected the worst. In just 3½ months it'll be all over and then it's time to go back to the RDAF Flying school for 3 weeks or so to get reaqquainted with the flying business. It's going to be great! Tonight I'll probably start building the A4 Skyhawk model which I hope to finish and test flyin about 3 weeks time. That's it for now. Stay tuned! /GEA |
| Date | 15-03-2008 |
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| Message | (Saturday 2025) Yesterday we had the yearly Officer Academy sports day where the Army, Navy and the Air Force compete in different disciplines. Myself, I represtend our school in 9mm Pistol shooting. I did ok but nothing exceptional and ended up with a rather average result for the competition. After the event, we moved on to the traditional party, this year being hosted by the Navy at the school in Holmen. It was a great party and we had a great time. Apparently they had been out sending invitations to some civilian schools in Copenhagen to make it more interesting. Well, it ended up being a target-rich enviroment so we had alot of fun indeed. Today we finally had a break in the windy weather, so I took the opportunity to fly the T38. It was great to finally try it out properly. It seems that it's going to be just as calm tomorrow so I'm preparing both the T33 and the T38 for the day. In the morning I'll be visiting a couple of school mates, as we've agreed to watch the first Formula 1 race of the season which is tomorrow morning. As you probably know, the first race is in Australia, so the race starts at 0500. After that we'll have a brunch together and probably a fight as we support different teams in the race. I'm a Ferrari fan myself and one of the other guys is a true McLaren fan, so it should be fun. I've uploaded some pictures from STUD.LUF in the gallery so remember to take a look. /GEA |
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