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Hmmm...I was thinking along the lines of Mav returning from splashing those evil MiG-28s...picking up the Top Gun instructor billet...and then a VERY dramatic scene of him asking his detailer "why the f&*K his orders say to report to NAS Fallon instead of Miramar?!?!?!" Jump cut...and...cue...

You might get a better response over at www.informationwarriors.net It's just like airwarriors, but for the IW types. While a number of folks hang out at both sites, this site is IW specific...you will probably find a wider variety of accession experiences.

Phrog, I know what you're saying...and the beauty of this country of ours is that you are free to question someone's patriotism...and vote accordingly. However, playing the devil's advocate (mainly because it's fun to stir the pot sometimes and also m0tballie or whatever this name is does a...

Extreme partisanship is never fun to watch or hear, but what is being said in today's election truly pales to what was being said back in the day...you know, like the election of 1800 (or 1802...too tired to do the math) between Adams and Jefferson. Or almost any other election, for that matter...

Have we noticed the litle red stickers? Absolutely. However, according to press reports (again, all we have to go on) these were personal phone calls of military, Red Cross, and other AMCITs. Therein lies the problem...

Hmm...yeah, we're treading a little close to the line. In lieu of locking it down, however, we can take it a slightly different direction... Let's change the focus from this specific instance and extend it to a discussion of the (inherent?) right to privacy. This shouldn't cause too many...

Good point, except according to the news reports, they were pressing the record button...then letting everyone else know where to find the juicy bits. And at this level of classification all I can say is that there are other caveats in the Intel Oversight program that bring other restrictions...

Your probably should be upset, though, as this goes further than an OPSEC check...which are carefully controlled evolutions. The right to privacy is only inferred in the constitution...it's not explicit. So it's worth the effort to protect what we have. If the allegations are true, this is a...

No matter which candidate wins this election, he is going to have some serious bills to pay after covering the cost of the war in Iraq, the economic bailout, and the rapidly approaching fatigue life of many platforms. One of the prime directives for any politician is to protect and grow...

Well...that's 20 minutes of my life I'm never getting back.

The other method will continue to be airframe-by-airframe flight hour management...which is why pilots are seeing their overall time in the bird decreasing. The wing mods (SSI/ESSI) still only add so many fatigue life hours...and since the aircraft have to last until 2020 (at the earliest) I...

Second hand story (aren't they all) that I heard when I was stationed at Pax was that back in the mid-80's they played around with hanging AIM-9s on the Orion with some success. Also heard (during same bull session) that during testing they found that an F-14 was unable to acheive a gun kill...

Ok, now I'm a bit more confused. Are you applying for an officer program or trying to enlist? If you want to be a CTI (which is a linguist), then you want to enlist. If you want to be an Information Warfare officer, then you want an officer program. Both are part of the IW community...

2 years into shore duty at NAVAIR down in Pax. My wife called to tell me that a plane had flown into the WTC...I was in a brand new, totally wired building...without a single TV. Finally drove home and arrived shortly after the 2nd plane hit. Jumped back in the car and sat in traffic as the...

Cyrpto? You gents are all sounding rather salty...since it's usually only dinosaurs (you know...folks who entered the navy before 2005:)) who still call it crypto. Kunerk...I'm pretty sure you are writing about the Information Warfare community...the artist formerly known as Cryptology. BTW...

P-3C and EP-3E...VP-30 @ Jax. E-6B...VQ-7 @ Tinker AFB (Oklahoma City, OK)

Yes, a tour with a VPU squadron after VP-30 (I assume you mean after your FRS instructor tour...and not directly out of VP-30 as a nugget) is a possibility. Normally, VPU is in place of your dissassociated boat tour, but occassionally there are billets for folks to flow to VPU directly from...

Othromas, Mouth shut and eyes open is a good way to spend your first 6 months in the squadron...but even FNGs are allowed to have and verbalize good ideas...occassionally:icon_tong. As far as drinking the kool-aid...and looking beyond simply flying a 737 airframe...here is the advice I gave...

Not quite. The EP-3 replacement aircraft (officially known for now as the EP-X) has not down-selected to a final contractor...hence no airframe yet. Boeing will likely pitch their P-8 airframe in their bid...but 2 other KTRs (Northrup-Grumman and Lockheed) are also planning to bid on the...

I thought I had some other photos with additional bunny buggery, but I guess not. My favorite whale photo is this line-up from VQ-2...

I'm liking this thread...as you might imagine A few more older VQ photos...including the original PR-31 The whales aren't EKA-3, though, just "straight" EA-3Bs.

I remember a couple of USAF or Air Guard wives (can't remember exactly which) doing the exact same thing a few years back. They sued both the government and GD after their husbands were killed in F-16 training accidents. I never heard if their suits went anywhere, though.

From what I've read, the Germans originally went with the swept wing in the jet fighters primarily to solve their CG problem. It was only later that anyone realised the trans-sonic aerodynamic benefits of it. Serendipity happens. Either way, clever folks, those Germans. Makes it kind of hard...

Nice website. I've been looking for photos of a number of these aircraft...some are pretty hard to find. Attached are three other "oddities" of aviation for your viewing pleasure. I'm still trying to figure out what the "rotate" speed must have been for the Sea Dart...

Work with what you know. Your profile says you're on the road to NASWI, which I take to mean you are checking in shortly. For the sake of argument, let's say you officially check in on 01 Oct 2008. Check-in VP-46: Oct 08 Check-out VP-46: Oct 11 (3 year tour...timing depends on final FITREP)...

Interesting. Of course, I can't tell you the number of times when I was a hard charging DIVO who pushed the salty chief petty officer aside and then saved the day by correctly solving a quadratic equation. Wait...yes I can...exactly never. I have, however, used the basic psychology that I...

I would rephrase your question as "would that put me on a path to maybe get VP?" Your selection will not be airframe-based but community-based. If the ouija board of community selection tilts in your favor toward props/maritime...maybe. Assuming the P-8 program does not appreciably slide to...

Gents/Gals, I'm probably PCS-ing to Oahu next summer and I'm looking for some gouge on the community. And as a proud product of the Kauai elementary public school system (I still can't write cursive but I do understand pigeon..brah) back in the 70s/80s, my primary concern are the schools...

Correct. However, it will take some time to fully replace all the current P-3C airframes once they do start rolling off the ways up in Seattle. There is only so much production capacity at Boeing. Additionally, very few programs reach Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on time...though P-8...

I remember walking out the flight line in 1995 as a 24 YO LTJG and getting worried that all the aircraft were older than me. I also remember walking out the flight line in 2006 as a 35 YO LCDR and getting even more worried that all the aircraft were STILL older than me. The ego blow...

Are you guys going into the P-3 or EP-3 community? Despite the aircraft similarities, there are some differences between the two. If you go P-3, by 2009 there will only be 3 P-3 bases...which does make for a somewhat "small world" feel to it. If you end up with EP-3s, there is a single base...

Go to www.imdb.com and you can look up any actor's film career.

Non-aviation, but definitely military related... "In the Ruins of the Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia" by Ronald Spector. If you've read "Eagle against the Sun" which was about the PTO is WWII, it's the same author taking a look at the post-war occupation of...

In addition to your pre-PRT work-outs, take a look at your strategy during the 1.5 mile run itself. Back before my warranty expired after I turned 35, some of the best advice I got was to attack the first 1/3 of the run...instead of trying to run a steady pace throughout the 1.5 miles...go out...

I'd forgotten about Hip Pocket Deli. Good memories. I'd eaten there all of 3 times during API and VT-10. I then left for 9 months to head down to Randolph AFB for maritime NFO training. Came back for the basic EW school at Corry...walked into the Hip Pocket in civvies a couple of week...

I saw one at an air show at Carswell AFB back in the mid-80s. Incredibly manueverable for an aircraft its size...it put on a better show than the T-birds or Blues (can't remember which team was there that year).

Pretty sure the primary KPP for EPX (EP-3 replacement) is to finally get the drag count to "E":icon_tong

Looking at the antenna layout, it looks like someone did a pretty good job of thinking through the mission. Shouldn't experience much in the way of connectivity drops during turns. I'm still not sold on using turbofans at low altitude...but at least it will be a while before we see any wing...

We already do hand out "bling" to everyone when they enter the military...we simple choose to call it a National Defense Service ribbon.:icon_wink As a 13 year NFO heading to off to greener (hopefully) pastures in the IW world, I'm sure I'll be diving right into this sort of stuff. But it...

Nov 2008 Lateral Transfer / Redesignation Board Since the majority of the posts in this thread involve getting into aviation (and rightly so), I'd like to open it up a bit for anyone looking (or being voluntold:icon_tong) to get out. In light of the NAVADMIN announcing the November...

The crash was on the morning of September 23, 1997. This photo (lifted from another webiste) is probably from the next day. I'm still looking around the house for the panoramic photos I took the next day when my crew rotated down to relieve the crash crew. Not a great day to have recently...

Dollar-wise...between chartering the Antonov and running the chop shop on Lingshui...then putting her back together again...easily a Class A. To tell the truth, I'm not sure if the Safety Center ever listed this one...I'll have to check their back files. By the way, that aircraft (with a...

P-3 Photos? Unless this happens:icon_tong Best line I heard after this was the detachment intel officer asking the OIC is this meant the plane wash was cancelled?

P-3 photos? Okay, these aren't P-3Cs...but if you want to go a bit old school in MPR land...that's about as action-packed as it gets in VQ

My question for you, before discussing the pros/cons of entering the Navy as an enlisted sailor or as an officer, is: what is it about serving in the US Navy (be it enlisted or commissioned) that appeals to you, as opposed to staying the civilian workforce?