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Winged FO's Start Talking! (please)
- Thread starter mid1510
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stop over thinking this. they're all going to be around long enough for you make a career in whichever one you end up in. pay attention to the great advice that has been given here, do your best, ask for what you platform you want, and then go and don't ever think twice. end of story, yes?
Fly what you want. If you are good enough, the Navy will find a place for you. I chose Intruders out of flight school and never regretted that decision even though I only flew them for just over 3 years.
I've loved being an NFO since I checked in at VT-10. I've never experienced anything like this 'second class citizen' thing Ensigns always seem to worry about. Everybody's got their job in the squadron and in the plane. The pilots give us shit about wearing Centurion patches, we give them shit about being bus drivers. Everyone else gives us shit about being Hawkeye guys.
Bottom line: any flying job in the Navy beats the shit out of any other job in the Navy. Hand-wringing about which airplane and how many anchors is sort of like agonizing over whether you'd rather get a nude full-body rubdown from Miss January or Miss March...no matter what, you win.
Bottom line: any flying job in the Navy beats the shit out of any other job in the Navy. Hand-wringing about which airplane and how many anchors is sort of like agonizing over whether you'd rather get a nude full-body rubdown from Miss January or Miss March...no matter what, you win.
Flying in the back of a Rhino is awesome, especially when you and the pilot are working well together in a busy environment like CAS or Air to Air. Echoing what others have said, people may take jabs at your job but your doing it right back. That's how it should be, it's part of what makes this job.
RadicalDude
Social Justice Warlord
What LSO and wlawr said... flew a rhino the other day with <10 hrs on it. They'll be around for a while.
where are you looking? try here. i see two rhinos (an e and and an f), as well as two helo squadrons...
good catch.
mid1510
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If you look the websites for both CVW-14 and CVW-11, they list VFA-154, VFA-147, and VFA-146 as being in both Air Wings.
