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And I'm sure you believe that whole fairy tale about how they never had a bomber they were escorting get shot down by the Luftwaffe...

Along with the 30MM gun pod... I've heard some great stories about that POS...

Yep, my old man was there for that too. He actually started flying the A-37 with them; though he didn't stick around after they went to the predator. Can't say I blame him one bit. Anyway, welcome to the site.

My old man flew A-10s with the Syracuse unit in the 80s. You weren't around that unit in that time frame were you?

And the little exchange on Camp Barrett would go out of business. I don't think they kept dip on the shelves for more than a couple hours. There was always a truck full of the stuff at the loading dock behind the store.

I commissioned at 26. I'm 30 now. No one cares.

There is a T-45 where the guys ejected on take off, (From Acadiana IIRC) the jet went off the end of the runway, around the tacan, and found the only break in a deep drainage ditch to cross before it came to a rest. That airplane definitely wanted to live to fly another day.

I'm not sure if I still have it, but I'll see if I can't dig it up for you. I hope it isn't time critical, as I just PCS'd and still have an entire room full of unopened boxes.

There was something like that I remember from IFS. It was just a big triangle explaining VFR wx mins for each class of airspace- is that what you're looking for?

Take charge of this post and all gov property in view? :confused: Crap, the motard is flowing strong in my veins right now. :eek:

Chiefs are officer recruiters in the Navy. It is never too early to talk with an officer recruiter. You make an impression when you walk in the door. Look/smell clean and don't be a douche. You don't have to walk in the door knowing much, and you don't have to wear a suit and tie. If you don't...

That's going to be fun when you get the bi-monthly clown jet circus in town on boat dets.

Sheesh. Definitely not a place you want to get stuck. Probably the only place worse would be Four Corners.

I flew with a coastie IP a bunch of times at Whiting in VT-2. I may have flown with him more than my on-wing.

There is an awesome Brazilian steakhouse on the north side of town. Chama Gaucha is the name of it (I think). Howl at the Moon is another cool bar, it's just off the riverwalk. The place will be packed with a line out the door on the weekends after 10.

Why settle for the cheap stuff?! If it ain't at least 23 years old it's not smooth enough.

What would stop someone from being right there to plug into it and walk around with it on the flight deck while it was being taxi'ed?

I took a couple of classes over at the AF spec ops schoolhouse at Hurlburt while waiting to class up that were actually kind of fun. Learning about stuff like insurgent warfare, the use of media in warfighting, and about what AF spec ops actually does was interesting. Plus it gave us a reason to...

Everyone who selects jets has to have a TS before they leave either Kingsville or Meridian. Most guys get the interview done right when they show up.

The canopy seal doesn't pressurize when you close it? Does it have something to do with the sliding action of the canopy?

Was this in the 1950s? :)

... Really? Did you live under a rock in Pcola?

Pixar getting into the Naval Aviation movie business? I'd be lying if I said it doesn't look cool. :cool:

And if you go one place and your buddies go another, well, you'll be around some new awesome buddies, and you'll have a good time. If you don't come out of Primary with friends in every community in Naval Aviation you are doing something wrong.

......Wow... I don't think we've seen such levels of homosexuality on Airwarriors before.

That stuff is expensive when you make it in small quantities. Start churning it out and you'll see the price go down dramatically.

Is the local gov in Oki still doing the free 5 day vacation for 2 days of protesting the Americans? I heard someone talking about that around here a while ago.

Whiting guys like Whiting. Corpus guys like Corpus. South Texas sucks, but so does Lower Alabama, and yet both places have some pretty cool stuff about them too. You won't be there long, you really won't get a choice in where you go, and both places will be what you make of it.

I use the Corel stuff. It works well enough for slapping together my gopro footage.

Head over to MarineOCS.com- you'll get better info on this type of stuff there. However, there are some PLC types who are waiting 12-16 months. YMMV.

VT-21 still has it on their patches....

And by different versions you mean exactly the same except for the addition of the USMC Seal on the first slide next to the DON one. This was starting to go away at VT-21 just before I left. I hope it continues that way, but I am not planning on it.

Turn in your JOPA card immediately!

Unless you are looking for people to chip paint and clean heads for 2 years. You can make them pretty easily.

Dude- it's MOUT- Be creative, have fun and don't get wrapped around the axle wrt the instructors liberal use of the "God Gun". Seriously though, MOUT was some of the most fun my buddies and I had at TBS.

30% attrition rate? 80 is still passing correct? Primary/Intermediate/Advanced only get progressively harder. You'll look back and realize that API isn't that hard as long as you put in the work that is required.

That is significantly longer than we can go in the T-45.

The word that is spreading over at the baseops.com forums is that he was hit by a boat(!). http://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/index.php?/topic/19391-airman-dies-during-survival-training-in-pensacola-bay/

What other info can you tell me about my career Ms Cleo?

I know some guys who asked during the jet draft that happened about 1.5 years ago. They were given some counseling on the finer points of shutting the hell up, growing where they were planted and taking their selection like a man, while standing at attention.

Search function. http://www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/nami-whammy.22625/

You should find both the NAMI requirements and the waiver guide for SNAs, and know the rules verbatim wrt ADHD and the meds you took. You need to be ready to show in writing where you are either A) good to go, B) eligible for a waiver or C) (the not good one) NPQ. Here is the thing, people...

Kind of like peopleofwalmart.com but more depressing.

That was the general consensus. The Col did say that we aren't the "demographic" for UAVs- but that for a guy at TBS who is learning that they don't really want the infantry job, but also don't want supply or log it could be a pretty good deal.

MEPS physicals and NAMI style flight physicals are very different animals. One is gauging how well you meet the basic requirements for military entrance, the other for entrance into flight school. I would definitely plan on this being an issue again, that way you'll be ready for it.

I've heard that story before- I think the guy was in a solo around the world race. It may be have been the Vendee Globe. Cool story though!

The Col at MATSG-22 owns that pipeline. He told us during a checkout brief that those UAV guys would get a little bit of stick type with the AF in Pueblo, Co, then go through the UAV courses at Randolph AFB and at Ft Huachucha. That is correct that it is an enlisted guy who "flies" the airplane...

The On-Demand sex is also a nice perk... but to each their own.

There is a sim instructor in Corpus running a similar racket, only he charges $100. I tried to get my Kingsville buddies to just stop by the SA FSDO on the way to Austin- they didn't believe me that the FSDO doesn't charge.