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Again, different strokes for different folks my man. NATOPS states maintain 350kts until 10k for vis over the nose---who does that?? I’ve had one lead do that in my flying career and I burned a T-45’s worth of gas trying to catch the jackass (I was -4)…finally caught him 40miles later...

Some of you are comical about not wanting to fly 200 knots. You'll fight the jet to <150 kts but you won't slow down to 200 kts to help out sequencing. Different strokes for different folks...but in the Hornet in CONUS, I'm not too concerned about that extra 100-200 lbs of gas I might burn on...

The Marine Corps should shitcan the F-35 and figure out how to land a Reaper on an Amphib. Marine F/A-18F's from the carrier and Marine "Sea" Reaper's from the amphib. S/F

(been boozing all day at the airshow) so lets say I'm driving up the 15 on my way home from work one afternoon after hanging with some squadron bros... still in my flight suit and I have to take a shit. A serious no-shit shit (likely caused by a JO spiking the hinge drinks with crushed...

What if your flight suit nametape is made of "synthetic leather material" that happens to be brown? I ask because my nametape is brown but it is made of synthetic leather material, not leather. It doesn't specify that it has to be black synthetic leather, just black leather or synthetic...

if your OSO says you have a better shot at an air contract, why not put in for it and assuming you make it to TBS, drop your air contract at TBS for a ground contract? (if the ground thing is what you want) S/F

And that's why the F-35B (or should it be F/A-35B) is such a waste of money for the Corps. Our reliance on PGM munitions and A/A missiles is going to bite us in the future. Serious question, how well does that strap-on 25mm work for you guys? You guys ever use it for A/A? and finally, once...

those "smart" people didn't put an gun on two of the versions so I wouldn't give them that much credit with the canopy.

See, you're ruining it man! ... we know most of you helo dudes can't stand it being called a"chopper" so that's why we call it that! You aren't suppose to embrace it... it ruins the fun for us "FAGs" who are trying to get under your skin... as for the checklist thing... different strokes for...

Those were ATARS jets sent to augment 232 in OEF. Back stateside, occasionally squadrons will have a majority of their jets getting mod'd so they might borrow jets from another squadron from time to time until they get all of their jets back. Hornet pilots get qualed for the F/A-18 A-D in the...

Bud, there's buffoonery across all platforms, whether single piloted or multi-crew, jets or choppers, in which checklists were ignored and mishaps occured. I get what you're saying, and whether or not it's right or wrong, it's just the way it is in the pointy nose world...most checklists are...

Damn dude, bad day? Squeeze is correct, majority of the dudes I know in my community memorize the checklists and use acronyms/mnemonics to remember the checklists. I can't remember the last time I used a startup checklist...probably SFAM's back when I was a RAG student. Same with takeoff and...

GWOE dork...

I always get a good laugh when I see the local RAG here using it’s T-34 for a weekend cross country being flown by one dude who leaves on Friday and hits 7 or 8 different airports over the course of a weekend… all in the name of “currency”. I think the squadron flies more "currency" hops than...

not officially, DADT hasn't been fully repealed yet. kidding aside, yes, "moto-TBS LT that phrog guys are" was a joke. The rest was serious though, across all platforms. One must keep his cards close these days. S/F

I was wondering the same thing. ............................................................. Major Smuckatelli, 7562, walks into the Skippers office after reading this MarAdmin - "Sir, I want to put in for the Voluntary Early Release from ACP." Lt Col Moto-phrog Guy - "Why?" Major...

cone, sounds like your tumbleweed chuckle

pole only when va-jj is dancing on it... but we digress....

that's navy only

They aren't coding it in the software, e.g. no symbology, no ccip/auto designate, no delivery computations. The gun stuff will be there but the ability to roll in to deliver dumb bombs won't be. That's not to say it couldn't be added later, I suppose (assuming it's not bad gouge in the first...

here's a juicy rumor that I heard today from an unclass discussion ... the F-35B isn't being designed to do roll-ins; it will be level laydown only. Just a rumor though, could be bad gouge.

If you loved the Harriers then, you'd love the Hornets now...they are flying 25% more hours a month than the Harriers. While it literally gags me to say it, the grunts are loving Harvest Hawk. Helmand has changed a lot over the last year. I think you'd be really surprised. I know it was a...

I almost spit my Kabul produced Diet Coke all over my keyboard when I read in that article about the MV-22 readiness numbers. That author must not be using the MV-22 readiness numbers over the last year from here. The Marine Corps has thrown a lot of cash at the Osprey. I'd be interested to...

EXECUTION GUIDANCE FOR REPEAL OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL MARADMIN 108/11 words... A. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. ALL ACTIVE COMPONENT MARINES, RESERVE COMPONENT MARINES (MINUS INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) UNLESS ON ACTIVE DUTY), AND CIVILIAN SUPERVISORS OF MARINES MUST UNDERGO REPEAL...

Probably the first year ever that the chopper guys averaged higher than the fixed wing guys. With the airlines beginning to hire, HQMC is making the decision easier for jet dudes to get out. MCBUL 7220 FY11 AVIATION CONTINUATION PAY (ACP) MARADMIN 109/11 5. PAYMENT PROVISIONS: A...

From that information, I don’t think you can draw a conclusion that single seat aircraft gets shot down more than two seat aircraft. What that information does not include is what kind of mission was being flown and what altitude they were at when they were shot down. Matter of fact, it could...

MARADMIN 091-11 AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD NAVAL AVIATION OBSERVER WINGS TO DIRECT AIR SUPPORT CENTER (AIRBORNE) QUALIFIED MARINES 3. THE PRESENTATION OF NAVAL AVIATION OBSERVER WINGS TO QUALIFIED MARINES, INCLUDING RETROACTIVE AWARDING OF THIS DEVICE, IS AUTHORIZED UPON RELEASE OF THIS...

except for the "roll tide" part, respectable post S/F

Don’t hate, my friend. My time out here surrounded by chopper guys has proven one thing to me, that helicopters is synonymous with gay. Besides, we all know that Osprey pilots are the confused ones (“I try to fly like a fixed-wing guy, but deep down I know I’m really a helicopter guy”) so I’m...

Dude, KBay and I couldn’t even generate a smidgen of a response from Phrogdriver and you drop in and get him to spool-con 5 in one post….and then you come back with this!!?? You went from hero to zero in two posts! Don’t ever mother-fuck your community out loud! All of the communities & services...

I was at 15 years last year when I had to make a choice to either stay in or get out. At the time, I had the hours to get my ATP (I’m at 2000 right now). With just five years left to get my “20”, it was hard to turn down a guaranteed $40k+ a year with some medical at only 42 years old. I took...

I thought the second post in this thread answered the question ...

FWIW...my thoughts were similar to MMX1’s when I read that Fox News web article. I don't think we need to be "terrified" or lose any sleep at night over a video of an airframe doing a taxi-fam. More likely though, Fox News warped what "Whiz” Buckley said to sensationalize their story. S/F

All of this political correctness makes me gag. We have dudes getting their legs and arms blown off almost daily over here and people have their little panties in a wad about a 3-4 year old video of an XO trying to keep the morale of his sailors up with bathroom humor. Retarded. If you don’t...

Don't you get San Deigo BAH or are you just making a statement that those folks stationed at Camp Pendleton are getting less BAH next CY? I'm getting a $222 raise in BAH for San Diego. S/F

Na, I doubt it...they're gonna get along just fine over here on "man-love Thursday's". (tastelessly kidding as well) Somebody mentioned co-ed Dutch showering & head facilities over here… we (Americans) are banned from certain coalition showering & head facilities due to them being co-ed. We...

Helmand Province is the ass-crack of planet Earth. S/F

you can find it at https://airworthiness.navair.navy.mil current version is 15 Nov 2006 & is 12mb

you must mean "Army ground commanders" because that's definitely not the case for Marines in theater.

I've had the Contour HD1080P for about a year now. I like it, works well. It seems pretty durable...I've taken to the boat & I've used it numerous times during BFM sorties. I use it with an 8GB card and record at 720P, 60fps. At 1080P, you'll run out of battery life before you run out of memory...

...but SPY-1 is. ------------------------------------ While buying F/A-18F's block II makes sense to me, HQMC will dig in it's heels for the F-35B. It's already set in motion... a working group at MAWTS-1, a squadron CO has already been named, the RAG is being established... the F-35B is...

your answer ... was waiting to see it open source before answering. It's doing some good work.

Happy birthday Marines, from the buttcrack of planet Earth. Throw a few back for us, particulary for the ones outside the wire. Semper Fidelis

I can't see the video due to it being blocked but all smack talking and dick measuring aside... ... is right on the money.

Yearly quota of CBUs + only 2 CBU ranges stateside (one in the R2507 near El Centro) – finite sorties flown on Det = dump ex

FY 11 AV PLAN is in the wild... S/F

AFN showed that episode here yesterday. It’s the same “Carrier” episode where they interviewed the female WSO just before her “first combat mission” and then talked with her when she returned. Then they discussed an issue with a Hornet that was struck by lightning at night, “wasn’t talking to...

he was a -53 dude.

An acquaintance of mine, serving as a FAC, was shot and killed a few years ago in Afghanistan in a firefight. So, yes to your question. Phrog, some Regiment Air O's are deploying forward to OEF. S/F

With what appears to be the Brits backing out of the F-35B and going with the F-35C, I wonder how this is going to affect the F-35B program. I guess one logical result would be the increase in cost for the Corps.