Kind of a cool story. Talk about being there, as in everywhere, and doing that!
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Pilot retires after flying in four branches
- Thread starter phrogdriver
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what else is cool is that he kept his wings of gold on there despite being in an AF uniform
We used to run into the AF MC-12 guys over at Key Field when I was in Meridian, and there were a couple of them sporting wings of gold. Good conversation starter as we were all waiting around in the pilot lounge for gas.
Cool story, that guy sounds pretty legit
Good for him.
In the early '80s I met a young Navy LT who had more chest candy than I had ever seen, especially for his age and rank. He had most all of them except for the MOH! So I thought he was a poser.
Then I learned before becoming a Naval Aviator, in his previous life he had been an Army helo pilot in Vietnam, and had been shot down three different times and wounded, among many other amazing things. I would have never guessed.
Saw him again this past summer, and we both laughed again about my mistake.
In the early '80s I met a young Navy LT who had more chest candy than I had ever seen, especially for his age and rank. He had most all of them except for the MOH! So I thought he was a poser.
Then I learned before becoming a Naval Aviator, in his previous life he had been an Army helo pilot in Vietnam, and had been shot down three different times and wounded, among many other amazing things. I would have never guessed.
Saw him again this past summer, and we both laughed again about my mistake.
We had a former Army Cobra pilot in one of my HSL squadrons. He was loaded up with chest candy and a damn good pilot too (of course). Could have been the same guy, but the guy I knew looked a bit older than us young bucks. (Ha! He looked about as old as I am now!)
From my experience, the transition from Navy to Army is wierd enough. I imagine the Air Force would be equally as strange. And the Marines? Probably best he did that first!
From my experience, the transition from Navy to Army is wierd enough. I imagine the Air Force would be equally as strange. And the Marines? Probably best he did that first!
So, I guess he started out a Marine, then went Navy, then flew in the Guard and finally the ANG? Wish the reporter had a bit more detail on this guy's career. Sounds like it's a heck of a story.
