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The U.S. Navy is the only service that shoots its officers at the enemy.

There was a lot of churn during that time. I was in CVW-11 when Kara put the Tomcat in the water behind the boat (RIO had been a roommate of mine at VT-86). VF-213 also had “Pilot B” who was FNAEB’ed on cruise for landing performance. She ended up suing CAG and other folks. VAQ-135 had one...

She was in my class in VT-10. All I will say is that the airbrush can do magic to photos.

Most of the AF bases seem to have the same basic Exchange and Commissary. All really good. In the last year, I have been to Nellis, Whiteman, Hickam, and Edwards. Still need to visit our units at Barksdale, Dyess and DM at a minimum. Plus homeported at Eglin.

Meant to say give it a go yourself. You just need some fine files and take your time. Easy to take material off, hard to add it back on. But safeties are relatively cheap. Two tips to make job easier: - Remove grip safety - Remove safety plunger and spring while doing the fitting.

Watch a few videos and give it a true yourself. I hated the stock safeties on my Springfields and fit all of them with Kimber safeties.

Suppressed .22 bolt action (with CCI Quiet if you don‘t want to wake the baby next to you).

I shot IDPA for almost a decade. My go-to was a 9mm 1911 in SSP. 150 grain Federal Syntech was a breeze to shoot. In the panhandle now (Eglin) and the lack of matches compared to Central FL is disappointing.

Agree with everything written here. Started a new job last year working for the Air Force (yup, I crossed over). The gent who retired from the position got a cancer diagnosis three months after he retired. Sucks. I just got my VA up to 100%, so retirement plans are in flux right now Job is...

Pensacola isn’t much better. Been over there a couple of times in the last year and School’s Command side of the base looks run down.

Next AOCS Reunion: 06/07 October 2023 https://www.aocsreunion.com/ Stephen “Meat” Gaze 18-90

So, yesterday, was looking for something to do today in Central FL. After looking at the website, wife and I dropped the top on the big block C3 Corvette and headed over to the Valiant Air Command Museum in Titusville. On 07 April 1992, I flew my ATM-2 (Air Tactical Maneuvering) aka BFM hop in...

Did a downwind recovery once to stay ahead of the inbound fog in SoCal. 27 kts axial with a 10 kt tailwind. Do the math. Had to turn at the bow (vice LSO platform) or you were way long in the groove. Lots of fun.

Oh, did someone say 1911s. Yeah, I like an arched mainspring housing. ? Also run either Nighthawk, EGW, or Wilson Combat flat springs in all of them. The three on the left are all Kimbers in .45 ACP. Desert Warrior TFS. Custom II. Ultra II 3” (old carry gun). The three on the right are all...

Just saw a video on TTAG about magazine issues with the Prodigy. The as shipped Duramags seem to have issues with multiple FTF. The guns seem to like Checkmate magazines. Heck, I like Checkmates for my .45 ACP 1911s.

I was a VAQ-129 RAG instructor when we had the first batch of USAF folks come through to help man the expeditionary squadrons. Lots of mixed backgrounds, some good, some not so good. So, we were doing a "production det" to El Centro. Lots of flying, getting Xs. Students would fly twice a day...

Couple more. Both Seiko 6138 movements. - Silver one is a 6138-0010 UFO. Dated April 1972, it was my Dad's. He passed in 1994. I got it restored a couple of years ago and it works great. - Brown/gold one is a 6138-0040 Bullhead. Dated Nov 1976. Bought it this past January from the guys who...

Been a long time. Life got busy. Left Pax and got a NAVAIR job at NAWCTSD in Orlando. "Stuckey" Covelli is our skipper.

Of course, when the weather is so bad that everyone else goes home or hurri-vacs their birds, the Coast Guard is launching into the storm to find some idiot in a sailboat.

Bremont MB I

18-90, Gunnery Sergeant Woodring, United States Marine Corp, Non-Commissioned Officer in charge of Battalion II. I can also highly recommend: The Pressure Cooker: Forging Naval Officers Through Marine Leadership...

First black female TACAIR pilot. Not the first Black Female in TACAIR. Christine Taylor cruised with VF-213 and CVW-11 in 1995.

Virginia Pilot reports 4 rescued, search still ongoing for one crewmember. http://news.hamptonroads.com/702468.html

Pretty sure that it was tested. Never saw it in the fleet. But never say never. LOL Just found the pic that I wanted to post earlier. Hook '91 invitation:

Well, we could always carry the MK4 20mm pod if we had too. Probably no worse than the F-35C pod. LOL. Pic on one on a Phantom.

A-6F was the answer. With the A-6E we could carry 22 MK-82's and a 400 gal centerline for 18.7 gas. Average fuel flow of 1.8k per a side. Figure I fly with 12 JDAM due to bring back, etc. Still go with the single centerline due to drag. Easy 3.0 hop and still come back to the boat with 6.0 for...

CAPT Brown also holds the record for most types of aircraft flown. 487, not including subtypes (i.e. all types of Spitfire are counted as one type). List here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_flown_by_Eric_%22Winkle%22_Brown Interview with CAPT Brown...

A long time ago, I saw a video from VA-115's Desert Storm cruise called "Eagles' Greatest Hits". One segment was from a video camera mounted on the canopy bow between the pilot and B/N with the ICS tied into the audio. First night of DS, the Eagles went in low. This was before the Intruder...

What are these NVG's of which you speak? LOL Intruder low levels at night were usually run at 700-800' AGL using SRTC (Search Radar Terrain Clearance) only. Our system was completely manual as well unlike the F-111. I flew some on dark ass nights on the IR-344. 2000' OVC, 2000' ridges on...

Other thread on this: http://www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/f18-april-virginia-crash-cause-found.39314/#post-703928 Link to good article and the actual JAGMAN investigation report here: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/07/navy-jet-crash-caused-dual-engine-failure

Link to good article and the JAGMAN investigation here: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/07/navy-jet-crash-caused-dual-engine-failure Note that the JAGMAN is not the mishap investigation but they can interview the same witnesses and look at the same evidence. OK, not a Hornet guy but here is my...

I will agree with "The Fighting Fours" for US Naval fighter aircraft. Now, for best US Naval aircraft ever, I would have to argue that the following best supported the mission of the aircraft carrier as defined by the US Navy (22 x Mk82 and 18k of gas, yeah baby): Description Aircraft...

From wiki: "A roundel in heraldry is a disc; the term is also commonly used to refer to a type ofnational insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours."

Hey, I did say most influential "naval" fighter. LOL.

Maybe this picture will work...

In keeping with the theme of not USN/USMC aircraft has been posted yet (RAF Harrier does not count ( check wing roundels)), how about this little guy? Probably the most influential naval fighter of the first half of WW2.

Oscar Winner: Best Documentary 1942 "The Battle of Midway" directed by John Ford (who filmed it on the island during the Japanese attack). At 5:10, you get to watch the B-17's takeoff and later on there is some great SBD footage.

Actually, six TBF-1's launched from Midway. Harry Ferrier was the radioman of the one that returned. The gunner was Sea1/C Jay Manning who was killed in the attack. The pilot was ENS Albert Earnest was was awarded two (2) Navy Crosses for his actions that day (one for the attack, one for getting...

Major Pless was the class officer at AOCS when my stepfather got commisioned in class 33-68. Geoff said that nothing is more impressive than Marine Corps Dress Blues with the CMOH. As an aside, the actual UH-1E that Pless flew on the mission for which he awarded the CMOH is on display at the...

Marine H-53 driver that I went to ASO school with: GUE (prononounced Gooey) - "Go Ugly Early"

VA-95 circa 1995 "Spicoli" - LCDR still driving his '77 Firebird ENS-mobile "Bun Bun" - make sure the wife covers the phone before yelling for you when SDO calls your house. "Stiffy" - believe he was a Harvard grad "Boner" aka "Dabone" "Meat" "Big" - last name Johnson but he was also 6'4"...

Another small bit of info. You can be no older than 27 at the time of commissioning to be a Naval Aviator or Naval Flight Officer. Some other areas, you can be older. More info: http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/milpersman/1000/1100Recruitinig/Documents/1131-010.pdf

Damn. Prayers to the families.

On the other hand, that TS is really nice to have when you get out. So make sure that you get a Periodic Review the year before you leave active duty. Employers would rather train a guy with a TS than have to get a clearance for someone with training but no clearance. Someone once told me that...

And I was thinking that you were talking about either the VA-195 "kitchen sink" or VA-25 "porcelain bomb".

Shades of the F-4. Navy got gun pods, AF got the internal gun.

More here: http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2012/02/sunday-funnies.html Comments...

Things that make you go hmmm.... Fitrep is a 1 of 1 EP CONCURRENT (basically a goodbye kiss) from what looks like a 10 month TDY from the USS Howard (DDG-93) where she only spent 7 months for her SWO DH tour. Me thinks there is more to this than meets the eye..........

From the 1994 edition of the A-6E Intruder NATOPS, canopy airspeed limits were: Opened 250 KIAS Opening 200 KIAS Closing 150 KIAS Of course, if you had the canopy open, better safe the seats since the canopy frame would be right over your head. BTW, had the canopy pop open an inch or so or...