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true. Only needed Secret as a JO flying 60B's; however, Prowler's (and anything else dealing with ES/EP/EA/comms) will definately need TS/SCI, but that won't be needed until after flight school. scab

TS definately not required for SNA

Concur with all above. I only wear the Leather flight jacket on deck in a flight suit, khaki's (almost never wear those) or Service Dress Aviator. I've never worn the nomex in the cockpit though (too bulky). If its to keep warm where you're flying, I recommend buying some silks (not nearly as...

Then you have to auto a '23'

http://www.navalaviation.com/navyaviatortag.html Something like a License plate?

First congrats to all you guys for Quallifying at the boat. I'd always advise listening to paddles--no better source for info; however, Punk mentioned flying two balls high. Had alarm bells going off in my head. I can only speak to the Prowler (and only as a plat LSO): its an easy...

wish I could send rep points for that one A-4's.

IFLOLS is nice. I was lucky enough to have it on my last crusie, as well as LRLS--big improvements. One downside of IFLOLS (about the only I can think of) is that even with just a little deck motion (talking 4-5 feet), the 'ball' would quickly get out of sequence with/get behind (right...

Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System (IFLOLS)

that's funny sh#$.

Just got home after a long day (had to get up at 4am...hate waking up before 6), but at least I got to fly twice, shoot stuff, and buzz NFO2b's house :icon_wink I've been sitting here drinking a beer and thinking about a reply and the first thing that comes to my mind--You need to stop...

Physicx, (touched a nerve on the whole--which service can you stay in the cockpit longest remark) You can stay in the cockpit in the navy for as much time as you can in any other service (I haven't left the cockpit yet and I can retire out of my current tour if I want); You just have to play...

I'm on an exchange tour flying A-10's with the AF. Looked fairly extensively through many options available. You've got most, but a couple of USAF options not on your list: A-10's (there will be a slot open in three years), F-117's, and B-2's A-10's require experience in some sort of...

I hope the odds of having to do it twice are a lot worse than that over 20 years. scab

Yep, Peepers was E-3. How's he doin?

Investigation's complete. Can't go into much detail on this medium: catastrophic engine failure. Buy me a beer someday and I can go into the long version. scab

Punched out of a prowler two years ago this Wednesday. long story short... 4 minutes after cat shot in Persian Gulf, right engine blew uo, knocked out other engine, bled out all hydraulics, filled cockpit with smoke, lit up half my fire/temp lights... After doing a wipe out with the stick and...

Enlisted out of high school when I was 17. Think I realized that I was way to immature to make it through college, but I always had the dream to one day fly jets off of carriers. I didn't want to end up in the same town working for a little over minumum wage like everyone else at my high...

I have nothing but the highest opinion of Super's. I've tanked off them many times ;-). It pains me to argue towards an AF jet...but answer this... If you were a FAC with troops in contact, and you could work a section of any two aircraft you wanted...what would you choose? come to...

hilarious callsign. I think its: Flew Right Into a Big Ass Tower heard the story down here several times. Nice Coonts quote. scab

Don't even get me started on coming into the break.... something the AF doesn't understand; now limited to 300 kias :( And crew rest... all I get are looks of disbelief when I mention 3710 and the only hard and fast navy rule=> more than 18 hours crew day=15 hours uninterrupted crew rest.

I'm not speaking from much experience, but I could feel them leaving the jet. Obviously helped the performance of the jet (those TF-34's don't produce that much thrust).

Meat, I won't even go into how much/many different things you can hang on an A-10 (you can fit a lot on 11 stations). Besides I love the A-6 (drive past a hundred of them every day on the way to work). Wish I could have made it to Whidbey to fly them before they went away, but I got sent a...

I kept the pins from mine as well. Firing the 30mm is awesome. Get to fire at least 100 rounds a flight. Someday I'll master this 8mm to computer skill and post some low angle strafing runs. Maybe I'll have some good hud video when I get back from deployment in the winter. scab

Any ideas which navy squadron will be over there this fall? would be nice to be around some navy squadrons...gets old being the lone navy officer on the base. scab

No questions, just an observation.... Doing an exchange tour with the AF, and I had my last flight in the A-10 RAG/RTU (navy pilot on an exchange tour-first attack aircraft). Got to drop 4 Mk-82's today and I just wanted to comment on how much dropping bombs rocks. After all the blue...

Doin an exchange tour with the AF here in Davis Monthan (tucson). Not sure who is flying the F-16's (I'm on the other side of the freeway),bBut I've heard a lot of foreign accents comin from the wipers. I'll ask around tomorrow. scab

FWIW, been through a FNAEB due to a mishap (class A). Whole experience took 4 months beginning to end. Stick a pencil in your eye painful (many different interviews, boards and witness statements), and at the end, the end of a long table and a long conversation with a 3 Star. My FNAEB was for...