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Hey, I re-read my post up there; I didn't mean to sound like the ignorant jet-wannabe type again that I came off as originally (if that is how the post sounded); I just meant that, as an example, in 3-4 years what the Marines may need in terms of pilots may be different from what they need now...

I C; I was just curious because I know there are just certain small things that the military likes to do to ensure the country is ready for war always (like how the military is always supposed to be able to fight on two fronts, though that isn't the case anymore, how every highway I believe has...

From what I was told, you are under no obligation to join the Marine Corps upon completing PLC UNLESS you accept tuition assistance; though that means, I believe, that if you drop or fail PLC, you still have to serve enlisted for a while to pay off the money (not totally sure on that one...

True, I was asking though if the MILITARY implemented those rules though about having foreign equipment still made here due to those reasons.

No one knows anyhow. For example, it'll be 3-4 years still until I graduate college, and then there's The Basic School, then Flight School, and after all that training, they might need lots of jet pilots again. It depends.

Wouldn't they on purpose make it where a foreign part must be made in the U.S. simply due to old wartime strategy (i.e. if some other country can design a better aircraft, fine, but the parts should still be made in the U.S. so the U.S. isn't dependent on that country in case of a war)?? For...

Well, I may have read this in a past thread at this site, so don't flame me if someone already said it a long time ago, but I read that when the Hueys were first coming into service, there was some type of flaw where if you maneuvered the helicopter a certain way, the main rotor would detach...

Well, engines because engines are a critical component of an aircraft and that was just what my question was on. Yeah, I know about guns, almost every gun used in the U.S. military is foreign-designed I believe, except for the M-16. I'm aware of that about how the foreign corporation designs...

Well HueyCobra, in the last few posts I made, you often would say something like, "Nothing a good use of google probably couldn't have solved." I figured you'd say that here too, so I just figured I'd mention I tried google already. And yeah I agree with your statement. Just engines...

Plenty of people ask senseless questions on these boards that they could look up with google or the past threads. As for mine, I simply asked a question as I said my knowledge on it was limited, so that was why I asked. No need for insults. As for technology sharing, like I said I know...

Yes, but national security is what made me ask the question from the start. The military in general, from my understanding, doesn't outsource stuff to foreign contractors, especially key pieces of military equipment. Guns and rifles, yes, and electronics I guess I can see, but things like aerial...

I was reading that the French supply the video systems for Apaches and Cobras and the engines for many of the refueling tankers used by the Air Force; just wondering, if this is true, why would the DoD have a French corporation, when they and the U.S. have never liked each other, supply such...

Just a little confused here, but won't the Corps let you change aircraft if they need someone to fly the particular aircraft you want to change to? I ask because isn't it cheaper to train someone who is already a pilot in a new airframe, if a pilot is needed, rather than train a total newbie for...

Sorry if this sounds ignorant, but what do you mean by "a pretty awful stigma?" Do they consider the USMC and Navy helo pilots cowards or something, or just not trained enough?

I am currently reading that book too, it is what made me ask the question of this thread actually. It is very good from what I can tell.

I have always been, and always will be, a bit "nerdy" about questions. I have asked "off-the-wall" questions since I was very young. It is just me.

Well I did check google, but I ended up finding sites on the nightstalkers having to do with X-men, or something like that. And then the rest was all on the Army Nightstalkers when I made it more specific. I asked because I know Force Recon is supposed to be Special-Operations capable, just...

I am just wondering, but does the Marine Corps have an equivalent of the Army Nightstalkers for Force Recon?

Just a side note, but the Russian battle tanks actually had superior armor to the German ones and could go through mud the German tanks got bogged down in, due to their wider tracks. I think they also had a gun that rivaled the German tanks. Aside from that, though, German tech was pretty...

Yeah, true, I wasn't trying to imply though that China would be easy to fight (easy like Iraq, which also gave a little bit of trouble in marching to Baghdad)in like a conflict over Taiwan; I just meant more in terms of their projection power, it will be a while before they can be considered a...

http://athena.blogs.com/athena/2004/07/usmc_cobra_pilo.html This is a journal from a USMC Cobra pilot over in Iraq; it is a good read too, so I figured I'd post it. He tells what life there is like and describes some of the missions he was on, and some of the scary encounters he had too.

Hey, this was a letter I stumbled upon that a Marine Cobra pilot wrote to his father from Iraq; just thought it was very well-spoken: "A Marine Cobra Pilot writes USMC Lt. Kevin Brown, a Marine Cobra pilot and 2001 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, wrote the following letter in...

I think F/A-18 E/F Superhornets and F-35's launched from carriers could take on any fighter China has, as their pilots lack the training of U.S. pilots and they also do not have the avionics in them of the American aircraft. As for Japan, they hate China, and if China was a real threat, you can...

Air superiority and a quality fighting force wins a war such as WWIII (assuming nukes aren't used), not crappy air power and huge sizes of manpower; it wouldn't take much (assuming air superiority) to bomb the Chinese manufacturing centers and the major Chinese cities, meaning you'd really have...

The Army scrapped the Commanche, but remember, not necessarily the Commanche technology. They are using the technology that was developed for the Commanche, just the helicopter itself was scrapped right now. Kent, I don't think the Navy wants to cut its air wings, I think it just has to do...

Personally, I don't think fighter planes are going to totally disappear because they will probably always need test pilots for testing aircraft types that would need pilots; also, PEOPLE LIKE TO FLY. Sort of like how scientists envision one day a highway with all the cars travelling a foot...

Hmmm, in checking further, it says he supposedly did not check to see if he was bombing the enemy, and didn't obey the air controllers' orders to wait while they processed the information.....I am guessing then that if they gave him the go-ahead and he bombed the Canadians, he would be okay...

Well, take this guy for example: http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/07/19/friendlyfire040719.html I am just wondering, since people in here are real pilots, if such a thing can happen (i.e. you bomb a friendly target but purely by accident, but go up in flames regardless), or if...

No new weapon system replaces the current one until it proves itself. The tank didn't, the carrier didn't, hell the gun didn't. And attack aircraft that are unmanned have faults, like communications; you could lose communication with the aircraft. Or what if the enemy jams your communitcation...

I C; I don't know why, for some reason I had thought they used the Apache too. Maybe I DID read it somewhere and the author of the article was just wrong. Thanx

I know you're joking, but it just seems like a bad idea to me to post a joke like that if you are an aspiring pilot; just my 2 cents.

I am just wondering, and yeah I did google this, but no answer came up for me, but does the Marine Corps use AH-64A Apache helicopters as well as the Army? I ask because I could swear I read that somewhere, but now I can't find anything relating to it.

Why the heck did he faint!?

So you don't have to worry about being "politically correct" about that kind of stuff? I am just wondering because I remember in "Full Metal Jacket," when Hartman is like, "Private Joker, why did you join my beloved Corps!?" Joker: "Sir, to kill, Sir!!" I know that was supposedly in the...

Okay, I am the last person you would want to listen to on this, but from what I have read so far on these forums, the Marine don't like it if you have an air contract and drop it for a ground one, whether you're in PLC, flight school, whatever, if you have an air contract and drop it, they don't...

Cool your heels folks, jeez. It's a MILITARY AVIATION IN GENERAL thread. It is just a light discussion. I am glad though that that idea is outdated.

I hope the Marines get the V-22 Osprey and I hope the Air Force gets the F-22. Both those aircraft I think are very important for the future. The F-15 and F-16 both fell under heavy criticism in their early days as well, I believe. So did the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the Abrams tank, and the...

So do you mean, in your opinion, the Tomahawks are good enough to prevent us from needing the F-22, or just that they are so good that making a new plane is kind of pointless in that no plane could outrun a Tomahawk anyhow? (I have not read about them yet).

Well, for not buying Su planes, my guess would be national pride; also, air superiority. Russia isn't our best friend; it isn't our enemy, but it isn't any ally like Britain is supposed to be. Buying jets from them would mean we probably cease building our own fighters a good degree, or cut...

Nope, I'm done with this thread. No sense arguing over anything here.

Well man, I was kind of just joking with the Top Gun quote (i.e. clocking Maverick), as for the other stuff, I don't get your point of view. And believe me, I DO do a lot of reading up on my various questions. I just have a lot of questions is all. Also, I don't see your gripe with the...

What is the "Silver Bullet" exactly?

Also, I really did NOT mean for this to be some annoying, "come on kid, use your head" - type of question, it was something I was legitimately curious about. This is a Navy forum, so what better place to ask?

Yeah, I was the guy who asked questions non-stop to the teachers :D No seriously, what I meant was, from my limited knowledge of ship warfare here, I just meant if you suddenly needed to turn the ship fast or something, I think it would be a lot faster to turn by pressing a control stick...

Are you replying to what perchul2 said, or do you mean, in other words, "If you read about how capable the new Tomahawk missiles are, you'll realize we do not need the F22...etc..."?

Yeah, I couldn't believe that scene at the end of "Behind Enemy Lines" when Owen Wilson is being shot at with all that firepower from the European guy's men, and then he stops literally, and turns around, runs back, grabs the thing he forgot, then runs all the way back again, without taking a...

Lemme expand though; I never really meant to dish on the guy though, he may have really hated the Corps and felt like writing a book after he got out, so wrote it and whala it was a success, lucky him. The guy may be totally honest in everything he says, but I just mean the critics who praise...

I read it since it was a requirement for my college Writing & Literature I class, but I said to everyone when we were talking about it that I didn't see why it was any "required" reading. Some guy writes a war book and markets it right, and everyone makes out like it is so great. I said the...

So you mean amongst the officers there tend to be more aviators, but overall, troop-wise, there are more ground people (counting both enlisted and ground officers)?

Hmmm.......why are there more pilot/naviator slots than ground slots most of the time? Isn't the ground portion of the Marine Corps the larger force? Also, aviators have 6-8 year contracts, so wouldn't they have to stay in longer as well, thus resulting in fewer air slots?