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the rudder toe-in helps pitch the nose up on takeoff S/F

There is a LCPL David Motari in MOL ... not found in the Global. I'm not gonna post any info from MOL. Marine Corps Times Online has a bunch of info on the incident. S/F

just in case that last comment is directed toward me and my post, we can note the disclaimer I placed in the last sentance of my post ... in reference to the thread ... one thing that is being looked at is the way 3 plane ACM solos (the last two flights in the ACM syllabus which are 2v1...

rgr HD I've heard rumors CNATRA arced around Airwarriors, so it's true; heard some more senior gentlemen lurked also ... S/F

your "Biography" says you work at CNATRA, you probably know more than anybody else down the chain ... rumors I've heard ... after the T-6 and T-45D are online ... "they" are going to push some basic/"baby" FORM flights & early AN flights to a new "intermediate" stage of flight training after...

I wasn't being serious, just "stirring the pot", getting you Tomcat guys riled up :) S/F

a picture on a roll of commemorative toilet paper maybe, but on a stamp? come on, what did the "mighty" tomcat do to rate a stamp? Now a stamp with the "legacy" Hornet ... yea, there's you a stamp, maybe even on a commemorative silver dollar ... :D S/F

spin or not fully informed ... PS3 is the only player out that is capable of being updated to the 2.0 profile (it's at 1.1 right now - 2.0 isn't suppose to be ready for a few more months). Only a couple of BD players out right now are at 1.1, most are 1.0. What does that mean? Nothing...

The media made a big deal about how much the shootdown cost, but why hasn't anybody mentioned the fact that a multi-million dollar "spy" satellite never worked from day one? Who paid for it? Did the govt get it's $$ back? also, I'd be curious to know how much ELINT the commies got from this...

my point is, IMO I think dudes are going to get a shotgun blast to the face if they roll into a TC-12/T-44 brief thinking it's gonna be similar to a T-45 brief. I have a little bit of T-45 experience ...

no worries bud, not mad or trying to fight, it's a touchy subject in which we agree on some things and disagree on others. S/F

can't positively answer that yet but one thing is for certain ... those dudes that get selected for E2/C2 out of this "Tailhook" experiment will be in for a rude awakening when they show up at Corpus for their prop training ... with their arrogance from being carrier qualed and the laid back...

here's some gouge & min requirements for your astronaut dreams ... Marine Corps CY 09 Astronaut Candidate Selection Program S/F

I don't know the full situation and haven't read the full mishap report but if it's as bad as you say, then why fly with them? Why didn't the IP's at VT-86 bring it up to the CO or higher or during safety standdowns if those "old" contractors were scaring you guys? I say fuck flying with some...

my father in law is a Doc and has his own business ... he pays over 150k a year for liability insurance. on topic ... IMO, the lawsuit's a money grab, and the lawyer's gonna get rich here's a question for you sea lawyers ... if I'm flying a hornet with a WSO and we crash, the WSO dies or...

learn how to strap in prior to your first BI flight S/F

just to throw it out there ... the title of the thread should be: fox 2, oops, fox 1, splash 1; fox 1, splash 1 (at the merge) S/F

affirm ... a kills a kills, even if you do lob an Aim-9 when you think you have a Sparrow under the trigger. the whole sequence of events gave me helmet fire just watching & listening to the HUD tapes, I can't imagine what was going through those dudes minds. S/F

I agree You ever see the HUD footage from both shootdowns? Proved #1 - the AIM-9 had pretty good range, #2 - the AIM-7 was pretty good at the merge, and #3 - it's better to be lucky than good ...

hornet - jack of all trades, master of none. I'm on the side that thinks the Navy should have a dedicated A-G platform and a dedicated A-A platform. I'm in the Corps though, and we have our own platform issues. I personally think the F-35B will be a great replacement for the harrier but not for...

rgr, I see what your getting at.

my understanding of deep strike is go in, drop on your DMPI, and get out ... no loitering around. Loitering = on call CAS, TCT, armed recce, etc.

ok, I'll bite ... division of hornets, (2) 1k# JDAM's a piece, 8 DMPI's, one pass, thru the goo, 8 shacks division of hornets, (4) 500# JDAM's a piece, 16 DMPI's, one pass, thru the goo, 16 shacks

looks like a dude ... speaking of dudes, here's an American Gladiator who was a former Marine and a gay pornstar ... Gladiator fans know him as "Militia", you homos know him as Elian Cortez.

yea, it sounds more like a day working at MAWTS-1 or NSAWC vice a Marine fighter/attack sdq. While it's kinda funny what the Herc guy wrote, it's spreading bad gouge. I know my sqd wasn't anything like he joked about ... the only dudes in before 0600 were either helping with FOD walk or had an...

to go along with this (for Marines) ... MARADMIN Number: 765/07 SUSPENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL PAYS AND BONUSES "2. EFFECTIVE 1 JAN 2008 THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE REFERENCES ARE SUSPENDED: COMBAT EXTENSION PROGRAM (CEP) RECRUITER EXTENSION PROGRAM (REP)...

- all three. Here's a piece from the Training & Readiness manual for Marine Hornets that's put out by MAWTS-1 ... Prior to beginning this stage, FA-18A/C pilots will be either a division leader with prior ground FAC or FAC(A) experience or a Mission Commander. FA-18A/C FAC(A) pilots will log...

no hate, mate, your post came off as "one of those guys" #1 - true, and IMO, the only reason to go two seat. #2 - I was (un)lucky to stand duty once a month in my single seat squadron (we were land based the time I was there though, maybe the difference between little duty vs a lot of duty)...

what pain does being single seat bring about? don't tell me your one of those guys that brag about not having to do anything in the jet but "start up, join up & shut up" while your WSO does everything for you (comms/navs/radar/etc). I've heard guys brag about that and it's disgusting (the most...

as an example, here's what Southwest says about PIC time ... Flight Experience: 2,500 hours total or 1,500 hours turbine total. Additionally, a minimum of 1,000 hours in Turbine aircraft as the Pilot in command3, as defined below is required. Southwest considers only Pilot time in fixed...

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serious question - is there a TMR code for fire fighting? I glanced at the back of the 3710 but didn't really see anything. what do you guys log? fly safe S/F

he's Marine Hornets

Get your paperwork submitted ... FY08 Transition Board -RW TRANSITION TO MV-22 (2) -FW TRANSITION TO MV-22 (6) -RW/FW TRANSITION TO KC-130J (10) -RW CONVERSION TO UH-1N (3) -RW CONVERSION TO CH-53D/E (3) B. NFO TRANSITION TO SNA (4) FY08 Field Accession Board "...IS SEEKING TO FILL...

The Yeti - "I may be ugly.....but at least I smell bad" – never met the guy but I’ve seen his zappers everywhere - BFT, Yuma, Miramar, K-Bay, Guam, Kadena, Iwakuni, Korea, everywhere - my understanding is he didn't have much say so in those zappers, his boys in 242 hooked him up. If the SNA...

Just to throw it out, I want the Osprey to succeed because at this point it has to work or a lot of Marines are going to die. If anybody is hoping it doesn’t work, they have serious issues. I think what frustrates me and a lot of others is all the money the Corps has thrown at the MV-22 Osprey...

Listening to a 1st Lt about fleet gouge ... that's smart. Serious question (since you've selected Hornets) - out of curiosity, what do you know about the career progression for a Hornet pilot? ... I ask because here's my gouge - the quicker you get to your fleet squadron, the better off you are...

I've heard rumors from pretty credible sources but I'll refrain from posting them here for fear of starting a riot. Thanks for the offer but, again, I'll pass on the transition. I heard that the guaranteed orders back to your original platform isn’t being offered for this FW push. S/F

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figure since he flies the Osprey, I'd consider your question answered

Thanks for the gouge, but having 3 years left on my commitment and then 4 more years after that to retire (prior enlisted), I'm in the "taking the bonus" category. Plus, I’m not bitter, and for the most part have enjoyed my time in the Corps. For those of you brainwashed youngens out there...

agreed ... dudes who take the bonus are staying in anyways, whether the bonus was there or not. but a bigger joke than the bonus system IMO is involuntary separation pay ... dudes who know they are getting out of the Corps, gaming the system to get double P'd thus forced out, and then...

Link 2. THE FOLLOWING AVIATION PEP AND ISE BILLETS WILL BE AVAILABLE BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST 2008: (A) AUSTRALIA, AUS ARMY, TIGER (7565) (B) CANADA, CAF, CC-130 (7557) (C) CANADA, CAF, CF-18 HORNET (7523) (D) SPAIN, SN, AV-8B HARRIER (7509) (E) UNITED KINGDOM, RAF, GR7/9 (7509) (F)...

Link (1) SHORT-TERM CONTRACT. THIS OPTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR CAPTAINS WITH 24 MONTHS OR MORE TO COMPLETE 13 YCS. (1) FIXED WING PILOTS: (A) 7509 (AV-8B) $10,000 PER ANNUM (B) 7523 (F/A-18) $7,500 PER ANNUM (C) 7543 (EA-6B) $6,000 PER ANNUM (D) 7556/7...

Not sure how many other military aviation forums you participate in but, as previously mentioned, this is a Naval Aviation forum so you should expect some AF bashing to go along with the other discussions here. If you go over to Baseops.net, which is predominantly AF, you will find some...

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So, who has heard CNATRA is getting rid of NSS in the near future? I have, twice, on different (and recent) occasions, from good sources ... the only info I could gather is that the decision to retain or boot, and where an SNA goes for further training will be pushed down to the discretion...

what's the chances a sked writer lurks here and "hooked" you up with that sim time just to fuck with you? seems kinda shady to me

just to throw it out there ... fleet A-A training rules I'm used to are "break off gun attacks at 1000' to pass no closer than 500'". somebody from the SH community pipe up ... isn't that a BATR cue at about 11 o'clock from the pipper (the little circle) in HeyJoe's pic? if so, wouldn't that...

when was the last time you read anything from NSAWC? they recently stepped into reality. S/F