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when i was at Whiting i didn't really know what i wanted to fly but it’s best not to say anything anyways as some of the IP’s there will hold it against you if you want Jets. the reason why Primary flight school has no Fighter/Attack pilots as instructors is because it’s a career ender for them...

[in a dry, low, yet serious tone] do you have nothing better to do than reply to every topic here at Airwarriors that you know nothing about?

Congrates mate S/F

when i was up at LSO school (yes Marines can go there) a few months ago, the instructors there were saying that 106 was slowly phasing out as a legacy Hornet RAG and was slowly ramping up to become the East Coast Super Hornet RAG ... 125 & 101 were going to be the only legacy Hornet RAGs s/f

Hornet VTR's use 8mm, but the tapes themselves are classified secret & are kept in a safe, checked out when you go fly. to copy video from them requires approval, which is a redass .... i did it once in the RAG after doing a low-level pop sortie, but it was a hassle to get approval, not to much...

my 2¢ on the topic ..... my last Skipper (Marine, LtCol, Hornet pilot) has two tattoos, one on his arm (that can be seen when he wears Chucks) and one on his back. on numerous occasions i saw him out in the 'barn' showing them off to the Marines S/F

yes, we train A-A about 50% of the time Marine Hornets were running DCA missions over Kuwait & Iraq during Southern Watch, and before & during OIF. S/F

For those that do not know the acronym "teds" ... TEDS = typical enlisted dude … used among officers, never in front of enlisted/ considered derogatory ... from my experience hearing the usage of the term, it basically generalizes the enlisted as uneducated, driving cheap cars souped up like...

Phrog ... yea, i suppose i'm one of thse doubters, but i'm also not totally informed about the Osprey. it's a great concept & i hope it works out because it'll change tactics. as for the flight time ... if the Osprey falls under the "Powered Lift" aircraft category, according to the FAA...

oh, forgot ... for you super-motivators out there, check out MARADMIN 350/04, good gouge on how to, uh, transition to the Osprey here's the "carrot" for the fixed wing fellas ... "4. TO ENCOURAGE FIXED-WING APPLICATIONS, THE FOLLOWING INCENTIVES RE INCLUDED: VOLUNTEERS SELECTED WILL...

my (limited) understanding is the FAA is recognizing tilt rotor as "Powered Lift", not as an Airplane or Helo S/F

FYI ... 4 WSO's (F/A-18) & 1 NFO (EA-6B) was selected for the NFO/WSO to Pilot transition for FY 05, with 2 alternates see MARADMIN 539/04 for more info S/F

gay i'm tempted to try the "Free 5-Day Online Fighter Pilot Ground School" that they are offering just to see what kind of sh1t is being spewed ... S/F

TacAir integration is slowly becoming a reality but with some issues/conflicts. the one Marine Reserve squadron has already been decommissioned. the Marines won't send its F-18D's to the boat due to fuel concerns. approx half of the Corps Single seat hornets haven't been to the boat in years, if...

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Marine hornet perspective ... all but one of the '04 Hornet class A mishaps were pilot error and all of the Hornet class A's were during training hops. Hq USMC is quick to blame the leadership instead of the high op tempo ... it's a shame that they don't realize that non-deployed squadron...

hmm, a Dork or a Tool, i can't decide which one fits your sister's boyfriends description ... what's your Sis think of the dude? she questioning any of his bullsh1t?

welcome back Jack i was at LSO school recently & your name was brought up during class ... i was drunk at the time and can't remember what was being said though, i think it had something to do with your callsign ... anyways, yes, the Hornet is 'limited' to 4 Gs/350 knots in the break, no...

my 2¢ ... for me, i thought Parris Island was mentally tougher than my 10 week PLC experience, mainly because i was an 18 year old bag-o-sh1t when i went to boot camp, and i was already a Marine & knew what to expect, i.e. the little fck-fck games, when i went through OCS. OCS was by far...

Phrog ... i understand that 10k limit is for aircrew, i guess what i'm getting at is it seems like a waste of capability to have to fly under 13k, right in the heart of manpads, when it could cruise 15k or higher. i know Helos have to deal with it but they fly at 50 feet which limits the line of...

Phrog ... question for ya ... i was shooting the sh1t with my XO the other day while watching an Osprey land here and he said he had heard the Osprey the Corps was buying was not pressurized, which we both took it as it couldn't fly above 10k unless all the troops were on O2? is that really the...

VMFA-212 out in Japan normally wears a blue t-shirt under their flight suit s/f

i somewhat agree with Buster245 on this one i still remember the faces of our boot 2nd LT's when they would show up for their first field evolution with our platoon doing their gear inspection and we would have Gortex black boots, Gortex gloves, and PolyPro that we bought from REI & Cabelas...

why? s/f

if you like boomer, i can look at 1/4 sales here to see if they have your size ... i recently paid $24 bucks for a pair of the almost new brown boots of the Gortex variety; they also have the Bates, same price. the boots are from recruits at Parris Island that don't make it through (they also...

the pilot got "spanked" for not going to mil power in the wires S/F

side note: the pilot got a "cut" pass from the LSO for not having 'power in the wires' s/f

ahhh, Artic Alpha ... i was in you fellas shoes almost 5 years ago, prepare to freeze your ass off! good luck & enjoy! semper fi

update from the message board, i copied & pasted it ... ---------------------------------------------- RAAUZYUW RUEWMCS0198 2750830-UUUU--RUCRNAD. ZNR UUUUU ZUI RUENAAA0198 2750830 R 010830Z OCT 04 ZYB MIN PSN 227069J26 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO RHCRNAD/NAVADMIN INFO RHMFIUU/CMC...

this came across the message board on Friday ... it's a text file, open it with notepad or word s/f

found this at the HQMC Aviation website outlining MC aviation plans for the next 10 years looks like the first F-35B squadron will be FY11 replacing a Harrier sqd, and FY12 will be a Hornet squadron ... that's a couple years sooner than the briefs i've sit in on note most Hornet squadrons...

skid guys & assault support guys talking trash to one another, just like the Hornet & Harrier guys talk sh1t to one another about who's better ... as soon as a fixed wing dude starts in on a skid or assault support guy, all the Helo guys band together against that fixed wing guy; same goes...

my post that was deleted from this thread is the same song/poem that i posted in this one, nothing more nothing less, that's why i was wondering what the deal was shrugs whatever, doesn't matter, too petty to worry about s/f

reference this thread sigh since we are deleting posts for really no reason or explanation, why wasn't this one deleted & locked? nobody has any idea what that poem means or pertains to unless they went through the school .... at least have the professional courtesy to let me know why...

don't know if you've seen it but attached at the bottom of this post is the Billet list of FY 05 for fixed wing Captains in .doc format. it'll give you an idea of what is typically out there for fixed wing Capts after their first tour. from what i gather, TPS is career enhancing for fixed wing...

401 has around 21 pilots .... except for a few active duty pilots, THE REST of the pilots are reservists VMFT-401 is a subordinate unit of MAG46, 4th MAW ... unless i'm jacked up, 4thMAW is the Marine Reserve Wing ... http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/4thmaw/MAG46/ but to ensure i'm not jacked up, i...

VMFT-401 is a Marine Reserve squadron, apart of MAG-46 4th MAW ... their Skipper is active duty and a few of their pilots are active duty fighter guys who work over at MAWTS-1 and the rest are reservists semper fi

speaking of sims, does K-rock have any t-45c sims yet? and any word on when (if) the C's will hit the flightline there? s/f

your OSO must be prepping you for TBS ... everybody at TBS waits on "the word". it's magical, "the word" is, it could mean the difference between getting off at 1700 or 2000 ... nothing really changes when you hit the fleet though, i still find myself waiting on "the word" ... S/F

bluuuttttoooooooo, i got it off the K Drive ... you have fun playing w/ those reservists out there in SoCal i'll keep who i am on the d/l s/f

not much info but at least it doesnt say anybody was killed S/F "Public Affairs Office I Marine Expeditionary Force Aug. 12, 2004 CAMP FALLUJAH -- A Marine Helicopter crashed in the Al Anbar Province Wednesday while flying in support of security and stabilization operations...

i have a criminal justice degree, i'm a marine officer, & i'm a marine aviator ... semper fi

i'd be interested to hear some of the collateral duties an AF pilot might have. here are a few collateral duties that we have here in my squadron for pilots; there area few more according to the CGI checklist ... a lot of them we just pay lip service too though because there isn't enough time...

sounds to me like the article is talking about the F-15E Strike Eagle, not the F-15C, which is what the F-22 is suppose to replace. im not too sure that the F(/A)-22 can really replace the F-15E ... s/f

no sh1t ... politicians get elected by telling people what they want to hear ... they all speak bullsh1t, both sides of the aisle, yet people buy into their rhetoric & the spin they put on reality ... S/F

i got overhead around 1330; i forgot it's central time there ... 350 knots, you have to wrap it up pretty tight coming in for the overhead for 14 so not to fly into S Field airspace, not to mention breaking mid field on a 6k runway, it got pretty damn busy quickily ... s/f...

actually it'll be around 1430 local today, if i have the gas ... s/f

well, if anybody is at N. Whiting tomorrow (23Jul) around 1630L, i got a PPR to shoot an approach there, before i head over to NPA for the weekend ... look for the hornet s/f

2 Hornets from Miramar, one was an F/A-18A, the other was an F/A-18B ... all ejected, 1 surviver, two dead. any more info beyond that is FOUO, check the message traffic board (if you have access to it) ... semper fi

i don't know if the amount of money i make makes up for the 12+ hour workdays i'm working as well as being gone on Dets & exercises where i work 7 days a week ... the free medical & dental is nice to talk about but it's definately second (maybe even third) rate medicine s/f