They're called PEP tours. It can be a real good deal, but billets can be hard to come by, and it's considered a shore tour even though you may be with a deploying unit. So not real popular if you've got a wife and young 'uns.
They're called PEP tours. It can be a real good deal, but billets can be hard to come by, and it's considered a shore tour even though you may be with a deploying unit. So not real popular if you've got a wife and young 'uns.
He's hard to spot because RAF guys usually have more hair, also it's kind of hard to see past all the cheese in this picture.I found a link to an occasion when a det from VMA-513 deployed with an RAF guy in tow.
Yeah, I remember a Venezuelan T-2 (?) driver instructing in Texas. There were some in F-9's too, I think. Hell, we even had an Air Force officer as the GUN BOSS @ VT-4 in PCOLA ... how much more "foreign" can you get???There is a French Super Etendard pilot instructing....
Here she is - HMAS Melbourne R21.
A few of her Skyhawks came ashore to visit us at Leuchars in Scotland (home of the 892 Sqn, Ark Royal Phantoms)
during the Queen's Silver Jubilee review of the Fleet at Spithead in 77 - a very long way from home.
Hope the change of culture 'Down Under' proved to be a positive experience for you, A4sForever!
Regards
granville
VA-75 also had a German Navy Exchange pilot from the Tornado Community in the 1991-92 timeframe. He CQd in the RAG, came with us on workups, but a combination of less than stellar landing grades, a don't give a $hit attitude when not flying, and one too many run-ins with the front office sent him back to the RAG to finish his tour. This guy was also the epitome of a German stereotype, although in his case it was Berlin Partyboy.
Both of them had smokin hot wives, so the program was definitely worth it from my perspective.
ABSOLUTELY, Mate!! It was great -- and so's your picture. I'm gonna keep it.Here she is - HMAS Melbourne R21. ....
Hope the change of culture 'Down Under' proved to be a positive experience for you, A4sForever!
Regards
granville
Have a friend who did a PEP with the Brits and Nimrods. Worked out well for him but he's worked his ass off to make it so.
Is that something that you need to work out with the detailer when it comes time to start looking at shore tours? Do you know if your buddy spent his full 3 or so year shore tour down there or was it a shorter time?