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Reminds me of the speeder bike scene in Return of the Jedi.

This happened to me twice at -106. First time was early in FAMs with a WSO in the backseat. He was the one who taught me how to designate the runway with the radar and fly a self contained approach. (Though he was an AESA Rhino guy by trade, and the -79 works a metric shit ton better than the...

Ah, the old Hornet 1. I've also heard of guys dropping marks on the end of the runway on takeoff to accomplish the same thing when their APG-65 isn't having a good day.

Saw 2 of them do a section take off out of Cherry Point today. They looked good.

I'm a Marine- on our side there is a fleet transition process for winged guys and there is a pipeline selection coming out of TBS. Currently there is not an option for selecting UAVs in flight school.

This attitude is changing- those of us whom wear pilot/NFO wings and have made the jump to the UAV world are working hard to change this. Some of the stuff I learned as I joined the DSS shop here was downright scary. Class 4 and 5 communities are changing quicker and have pretty much adopted...

30 hours is a real number, the Reaper can do some crazy long missions when it doesn't have anything hanging on the wings. But 50% safer is all dependent on what we're talking about. We're crashing RQ-7Bs and MQ-21s more than we should be. There are reasons for it though.

^^Read his post again dude. It's only 10 weeks, so as long as you don't get hurt it's not a big deal either way- you're not going to be behind. The bigger question is if you want to be a grunt if for some reason you don't make it early on in flight school.

We only bought the T-45 because the Brits were going to buy Seawolf class submarines. We took delivery first, and then they backed out of the deal.

...Prowler sundown by 2019. The wave of ECMOs coming to the VMU community is nigh.

You won't regret the journey you're going to take no matter what the CO tells you on Tuesday. No matter what you fly you'll be living out the dreams of countless billions who could only look to the skies and wish to fly. That being said, I loved strapping a single seat jet to my back and...

No. Hell no. The wrong guys get killed that way. Best advice I got about this type of scenario: "The JTAC did his job, it's your turn to do yours."

Truth. NFOs are going the way of the dodo in the Marines. ECMOs are already pretty much done. While we will fly 2 seat Hornets until 2030 there are only going to be 3 squadrons, so take that for what it is.

It sucks, but you get through it. Kinda like SERE.

It won't get slow, and they don't go low. They get eaten up like crazy down there from smaller surface to air threats. I'd rather be fast an accurate, they won't be able to shoot at me that way. As far as CAS crew mentality and caring about the job- the same can be said about every TMS operating...

Ah yes, the A-10 circle jerk.

Yes, because operating off of a boat at night in the middle of a storm 500 miles from anywhere is less challenging and easier than operating off of a 10,000' runway in Germany, England, or Italy in the same conditions. Why come to a Navy/Marine board and insult us like that? Go enjoy your glow...

Seems to be the order of the day. Charlie bro or Whino?

Congrats dude! Where ya headed?

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Marine (and therefore it's plural Marines) are always capitalized. You could try to get into PLC, but you're going to run into a similar age restriction. If you want to go that way talk to an OSO. Out of curiosity how did Hurricane Sandy "mess you up real bad?"

Sadly they stopped that many many years ago. Same with the Marines. I wish I had a number like AA Cunningham (NA #5, MA#1).

And why didn't you? 4" is totally respectable! :cool:

They are close, but that is still tough to do...

SMOAT- Shit Myself Over Afghanistan, Twice

Wait, this isn't a fake thread?

It's not absurd, this is how it works. You can't commission under an aviation contract until you are found physically qualified for aviation. The government is going to make sure you're worth the investment. So sit back and relax. When your stuff comes through your OSO will let you know. Don't...

www.MarineOCS.com Go there.

Fuck.... I'm tired of losing friends.

This. A lot.

Why did you come here to bitch about it? Also, please lay off of the capslock key. There are better ways that a hopeful officer candidate should deal with this issue.

Except the Va guard unit doesn't own the airplanes. They just augment the big bad 1st FW with personnel. They don't take guys off the street either- so it's pretty much the Langley flying club.

The T-45 cockpit is tiny and the Hornet cockpit isn't much bigger. There are dudes who simply don't fit in either of them and therefore can't fly them. You have to remember what tactical jet airplanes are designed for (Hint: It isn't creature comforts). Imagine being in a drysuit and 40lbs of...

Right, and get locked into a unit when they either transition to something else or lose their airplanes completely.

The Hawk is a trainer airplane as well...

Oh we'll get the JSF. We bet the farm on that airplane... The future of Marine TACAIR depends on it.

Only if they can hit the tanker twice! ;)

BzB- always looking for a reason to hang out with the nurses. Welcome back my friend! Hopefully they didn't wear you out too much!

Did you get cleared by the webmaster to peddle your wares here? Also- one thread is more than enough spam.

Well fuck. Sometimes there isn't enough bourbon.

The AF guys also don't wear survival gear on a vest like the Navy and Marine types do. They just have a couple of things attached to their harness.

So they are still looking for the pilot. That's a tough part of Virginia to be alone and unafraid on the ground waiting for a pick up. Hopefully he was able to get to his seat pan. As much as I bitched about having to wear all of our survival gear on the vest, it sure would be nice to have it...

The three successes to API: studying, swimming and drinking. That's it. Don't lose sight of the forest for the trees.

Have you checked out the rental market in Milton? Plenty of flight studs around there who do indeed take care of their property. Also, Oceana has stables.

Well... Bankruptcy is not going to help your matter at all, neither is having any type of debt going to collections. Each security clearance is handled on a case by case basis and if you are denied a clearance you do have the opportunity to appear before a judge to argue your case. My sister in...

Not really a discussion that can go any further here, but -9X brings a lot of capability to defend oneself if you need to. Just because you don't have any aircrew aboard doesn't change that.

The AF is testing out putting AIM-9X and AIM-12oD on Reapers now. The End is nigh!

Couple the above with higher attrition rates at the RAGs (especially -106, where some miscommunication between the MC and Navy lead to losing about 5 or 6 guys within the time frame of about a year) and the fact that at home new guys are only getting a few hours a month and things get tricky. A...

:cool:And post it here. I can promise your future squadron won't get ahold of it before you show up!

Maybe the "bespoke" part is only available on their cruise sock line?