the last manned fighter

[navyao]

"Fox is a civilian employee of the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), a Navy think tank. In 1983 she was dispatched to the West Coast to serve on the staff of the admiral who commands airborne early-warning and fighter aircraft for the U.S. Pacific fleet. Says Capt. Monroe Smith, until recently the operations officer for the wing: "She's the smartest woman I've ever met. I like women for a lot of things and being smart isn't usually one of them." Fox is currently the only woman working in the field for CNA."

Good thing Capt. Smith has long since retired..........

I would highly recommend reading his biography though, 'Roger Ball! The Odyssey of John Monroe "Hawk" Smith.' He may not be PC enough for today's Navy but he, just like a lot of you guys are dealing with today, had to deal with a changing Navy between the 60's & 90's. I learned a ton on leadership alone from the book.

 

[TheBubba]

Not to threadjack the threadjack, but I said I'd find a link. Since I keep at least some of my promises, here it is:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/robots-hand-gestures-0314.html (copyrighted material)

 

[RotorHead04]

Not to threadjack the threadjack, but I said I'd find a link. Since I keep at least some of my promises, here it is:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/robots-hand-gestures-0314.html (copyrighted material)

... and so it starts ... aircrew trade flight pay for flight deck pay and become LSEs ...