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Ok, I am just transitioning to the E-2/C-2 community, so I don't have the "in the E-2 squadron" experience, but I've done 2 cruises in S-3's hanging out with these guys and am in the E2/C2 RAG now, so I'll answer as much as I can. The E-2 guys do get plenty of flight time. More than the...

I'm guessing that it was the standard Navy qual to go to flight school, Right place at the right time. On the serious side, I'm sure they had some sort of background to lend towards the research they would be doing.

When I was in flight school, there were 2 flight surgeons doing the full jet program with my class, they received their Pilot wings after CQ. They told us that this was not the norm for flight surgeons, but there are occassionally a few flight surgeons who do complete the whole program before...

This article does not give you nearly enough facts to judge what happened. What time of day was the accident? Was it IMC or VMC? Was there any radar controller assigned to monitor (flight following)? What kind of info/fidelity does the radar in the S-3 give the operator? What was the S-3's...

I know that one of the Blues a few years ago wasn't a natural Hornet guy, so they sent him to the rag for a CAT III syllabus. Basically an NATOPS qual and that was it. He said that he spent the first year just trying to not hit Boss and not forget his EP's. Of course my info is secondhand...

Totally agree with all the above. Being safe doesn't mean don't have fun. Just plan what you are going to do, brief it completely, and let everone involved know how to call KIO. Plan that the CO is always watching, and all will be well.

For my latest deployment on the JFK, we all got together and bought a portable air conditioner at Home Depot for about $500. Best purchase ever. 5 1/2 months in the gulf and it kept on runnin! Our room was several degrees cooler than everywhere else. Just remember to get a flexible dryer...

Rack fan. gotta have it!

right now it's about a month wait to start, then Pilots take about 9 months to do the RAG. NFO's take just over a year.

The book answer is no it shouldn't. HOWEVER, like Chuck and Bunk said, there is a lot of political crap that goes along with a FNAEB. A FNAEB board is administrative in nature and can be used to clear your good name if despite your heroic efforts, something still went wrong. I can name at...

Ok, I've been asked by a few what a FNAEB is so here is the summary/Cliff Notes Version. (Disclaimer: this isn't the all comprehensive instruction, it's just my summary for those who are unfamiliar. OPNAVINST 3710 and other documents will describe a FNAEB in infinite detail if you desire.)...

This must be a more recent change, when I graduated from OCS Feb '98 the lineal list was strictly alphabetical. I guess this is a better way...

I am normally a huge advocate of USAA, but in buying 2 homes now, they have never been very good for me. I used Countrywide both times and have been very pleased.

I know that this has been an issue that has gone nowhere for years, but it seems that it has picked up more support as of late. I'll be interested to hear what HALpilot & A4s has to say about this. http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/20/news/fortune500/southwest/index.htm Southwest backs older...

My wife and I got married a month before our wedding for a lot of reasons. The priest was very accomodating about it, and married us again a month later without saying a word to our families. She didn't have any medical benefits and I wasn't comfortable with her not being covered, I was going...

I make no judgements.. Just speak from what I've seen in the fleet. My CO put all his stuff in storage and rented his house out during 2 deployments. Of course the rent covered his mortgage payments, so the BAH was pure profit. If he doesn't seem to think that the money needs to be returned...

The Exchange doesn't really have a rigerous (sic) screening process, you can pretty much buy warfare pin/award that you feel like buying. Of course the MOH is the exception.

The only exception to all of this, as I always say, is the Viking guys. With the sundown, if you are selected for any transition, you will be allowed to transition to the new field as soon as your command can let you go. Viking guys do not have to just transition to another platform, BUPERS...

This rule is more of a catch all if there are no other rule violations. So it would probably be a secondary worry for these guys, They would have to worry first about the no supersonic flight over the contiginous US except in designated area's. Those area's are pretty dang remote- Places like...

I kept a couple of them for no particular reason, but when a buddy was selected for NFO to Pilot, he sure appreciated getting a peak at what lay ahead. Not really a reason to hold onto them, but a good second use of the pubs.

Since exceeding the sound barrier IS NOT a normal practice going into the break, I think these guys may have to answer some questions! http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/12/news_pf/Tampabay/Sonic_booms_shake_up_.shtml Sonic booms shake up area Navy jets arriving at MacDill break the sound...

Holy crap! Take a short trip away and the kids start fighting as soon as I go out the door! I think we are going to have to understand that we are not all going to agree on this. I just don't like this logic, I've never actually told my dog to not crap on the floor, but I guarantee that...

Could be Zab, he's been kinda quiet lately. Maybe working on a devilish project??

Don't joke, I bet it comes down to this in a few years. Like, I fly the Microsoft SuperHornet 2.0 etc. Navy is bound to do it, my old high school is sponsored by Coca-Cola for god sakes!

I had a waiver for most of my last cruise for flight hours, but I was one of a few only. OPNAVINST 3710.7T Fig 8-4 is the chart for max recommended. For me, it was: Single Piloted A/C column with limits of 6.5 hrs a day, 30 hrs/7 days, 65 hrs in 30 days, 165 hrs in 90 days, 595 hrs in 365...

Isn't proper gun control: 1. Taking a breath in, letting 1/2 of it out, and smoothly squeezing the trigger? 2. Being suprised when it fires because you made a smooth steady pull of the trigger? 3. Not allowing the barrel to jump too high on successive shots? 4. Properly leading a...

- Micheal (Mike) Hunthurtz Give this one to your buddy - Hugh Jorgan This is the old standby that I see the most

Viking 1st tour - 1300 hours (1550 total) 350 traps Workups & deployment - 60-75 hrs/mo turnaround - 20-35 hrs/mo

Ok, I was going to write a smart azz reply to this, but I'll keep it for another time. No you cannot log time on Microsoft Flight Simulator as actual flight time. The FAR's describe what is required for a simulator to be counted as flight time, and those that do usually cost >$1,000,000.00...

Gotcha...

Nope, you heard wrong... ALL Commissioning sources will be USN Commissions. Read the bold in the excerpt from the message below... (by the way, I just copied this from the message a few above yours so the answer was already there! :icon_tong )

With all do respect, why do you think someone at Great Lakes would have the info on the makeup of OCS in Pensacola? Unless you were hearing this from the most senior levels at Great Lakes, I wouldn't think anyone there is qualified to discuss OCS. Different command, different locations...

If you have a current paygrade over E-5, you will be paid at the same rate. You won't get a paycut just for going to OCS!

Really keeping your fingers on the pulse of Naval Aviation up there at ROTC 'huh? Hasn't IFS been around for at least 2 years now?

the Viking still flies with a crew of three in most overseas AOR's. There will only be 2 onboard if it is only a dedicated tanking hop like Yo-Yo tanking. Otherwise there will always be a second NFO onboard as the primary system operator for the secondary mission. The Viking can carry up...

It's at 60 degrees AOB that 2 G's is required to maintain altitude. 45 degrees would not require that much pull, you would begin climbing at 2 G's.

At this time there are no Law Enforcement type designators for Officers. There is discussion of an MA/Force Protection type designator, but it is yet to be created. I asked about this in the past because I was a CJ major/Police Officer who had thought about Federal LE (But I would never...

Don't be fooled. ZAB will pick anything if he thinks he can make some hooch out of it. Of course I would too. Anyone got blueprints for a still that will fit in the space of, oh lets say a standard USN rack? (Size requirement is for illustration purposes only, I would never think of...

Good point, the Viking has done the hose multiplier mission to a limited extent, but the Rhino will be better at this. Is this going to be the core of the tanking mission though? I don't think it will, I think it will just be a bennie. The main tanking mission (and the one that will get CAG's...

I think what HAL Pilot is asking is this: What do I have to download to make it all better?

Don't be fooled by the higher fuel capacity of the Super Hornet. They burn fuel at a rate vastly higher than the Viking or COD. The only regime that the Super Hornet would be able to have a higher give than a Viking would be in a YoYo tanking roll. Otherwise the S.H. will have to reserve a...

As a former Viking guy, I'll sum up the answers above and expand a bit. The Hornets and Tomcats don't like coming down to the S-3 for tanking because its not a very efficient alt for them. When we did go high to tank, it would take a long time to climb up to alt and accelerating to the...

Pretty much like this... The '90's were much like today. The Navy was downsizing and some airplanes were being retired. For the most part, the A-6 guys were thanked for their service and sent on their way; their services were no longer required. The difference with then and now is the Navy is...

I'm the exception to the rule right as ZAB said. I was an S-3 Guy, but with the jet being retired, we are all moving on to new communities. With this large group of people being promised transitions by the Navy (the Navy doesn't want to repeat the A-6 fiasco), the avail seats for people from...

I haven't been there, but I am pretty certain the Japanese just don't like the Americans to have anything Nuclear in their territory. Kind of a sore spot for them... Seriously, I believe that their constitution/Laws do not permit anything nuclear from being on their territory. I know that...

With the pending retirement of the Kitty Hawk in Japan (2008), the Navy is looking at all options for a new forward deployment homeport for a carrier and the associated airwing. Japan isn't an option right now because of their prohibition against the homeporting a Nuclear carrier there. There...

So I was just kickin' around the BOQ room this evening, and nearly fell over laughing as I watched the dancing video on the Anderson Cooper show on CNN. It's funny when you download it, but even funnier when it's on CNN. This kid will never live it down. I just hope he doesn't do any joint...

He is a transition guy. The package was to be there waiting for him when he checked into the RAG.

when there is USNR & USN, that was indeed one of the advantages of USN; it would be harder for them to RIF you. I imagine without any USNR in the future, they will be able to RIF anyone equally.

Ok, my entire point was that anything a squadron does for 40% of their deployed time MUST be one of their "core" or primary mission area's. I am sure that there isn't anything else that they did for 40% of their time. I'm sure it was split up among Air to Air/Air to Ground, etc, but I am...