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Yes, but when flying a military aircraft we are required to monitor guard. So when you talk or try to listen on another frequency, "LET'S GO BRANDON!!!" comes over your headset/helmet while you are trying to hear tower tell you about the P-8, MH-53E, Seahawk, P-3, Airbus, etc.. in the traffic...

I initially thought it was funny, but after having my tower calls stepped on several times by "Let's go Brandon" or "C'mon man" it got old real quick.

Perhaps it's a play on words...referring to the actions of the new student pilot and their "thrashing" around with the flight controls?

This is a forum of violence, exclusion and degradation.

And...apparently in Jacksonville yesterday... DUI into a jet at Craig.

Interesting...But I just got this today second/third hand apparently originating from someone at National Guard Bureau: …... BLUF: Continue to manage vaccinations (including all COVID vaccines) IAW AR 40-8. There are no new requirements for surveillance of personnel on flight status who are...

I would settle for a simple appearance on national news/media saying... I made some recommendations based on too little information that proved to be bad or contradictory I will try to do better in the future I will provide both conservative and liberal options (not politically, but in scope...

I like it! I laughed! But then I got to thinking about how accurate the analogy is. I know it's a joke, but thinking about it lead me to research and I came up with the following: 1) Pee doesn't sink to the bottom of the pool after 8 minutes. At least I don't think it does. Airborne droplets...

That's OK. I haven't heard great things about Army EOD either. ;) RedFive is accurate regarding the Air Guard. I am sure it happens, but I have never heard of people being sent to flight school to fly fixed wing for the Air Guard. All of their pilots seem to come off active duty or from another...

It's hard to tell how much was from contracts and requirements and how much is carried over from R&D. If you take a tour of Sikorsky's WPB facility you will see all kinds of FrankenHawks. Composite tail boom? Fly by wire? External APU accumulator pump handle fitting? There is also the X-2, which...

You mean like putting anhedral at the main rotor blade tips, increasing blade chord, and changing the spar from titanium to composite, negating the need for a BIM indicator, requiring less power in a hover and increasing control responsiveness at or near it's service ceiling? see 60M. Also, what...

One cannot overlook the psy-op aspect of leaving 40 year old Black Hawks with the Tollybon. Spend a few sessions troubleshooting an aircraft with old Kapton wiring and you'll know what I am talking about. Imagine the random electrical problems that manifest when wiring with brittle insulation...

No cats? Whaaaaat?

OK, the 46s were being operated by contractors, so when you consider the options, JDAMs, explosives, etc...are not immediately available options. Removing the data plate makes it much less valuable to sell (the whole aircraft) on the legitimate market. They might have even had a value with...

Almost as real. *Trash dump/underground coal fire burning for almost 60 years. It appears to me Centralia is more real than the war on scary virus. *This is about 35 minutes away from EAATS in Indiantown Gap.

The two guys I know are pretty smart, but I am not sure they got to decide the manner used to disable the aircraft. It's also worth considering that their intent was to temporarily disable and devalue the asset.

From two guys I know who were flying them up until the end: #1 drive shaft removed and data plate removed. According to one of them, one of the aircraft had actually been used in Saigon as well.

I know this is a potential monumental thread jack, but if the HSC community poached a lot of Army aviators (or Marines) they might figure out what they need to do to be relevant overland.

I have seen more than my share of scenes like this. Not every time we launched, but a good many of times this is what we encountered. At the end of the mission we get to wash out the back of the aircraft. There is a smell...But that is why we were there. This is what war looks like. Not from...

Every now and then they go on a recruiting drive through the National Guard. While it may be possible to go directly from a different service to the 160th, you would have a significantly better chance coming from the Army or guard. @Scorch2 and @Pags aren't far off. Their decision to accept you...

I never suggested anything other than the fact that it was not murder, by what appears to be any legal definition. Yet you easily throw that label into you argument multiple times to give your post more 'weight'. This is exactly what the MSM does with their headlines, knowing most won't bother...

Not saying some bad people didn't do bad things on Jan 6, but your argument smacks of partisan regurgitation of the MSM. Which officer was murdered on Jan 6th? Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who engaged rioters, suffered two strokes and died of natural causes, officials say - The...

On the lighter side of this debacle...Taliban in Bumper Cars Be sure to check out the Merry Go Round and Gym Equipment videos as well.

Just as a point of reference...we actually did sneak out of parts of Iraq in the dead of night. Once Baghdad closed, the southern FOB/bases snuck out. It was 3:00 am when we left Diwo in 2011 with only three medevac Black Hawks and five MRAPS. Similar for Al Kut, Gary Owen, Kalsu, and later...

The CVT takes a little getting used to. Too much on the gas pedal and it bogs down. But once you figure it out, which admittingly takes a little time, it does just fine. Where I REALLY did not appreciate it was towing the 1100 lbs and 35' of trailer over the small hills between Mississippi and...

Just an Outback...sort of. ADF Lift + slightly over sized tires.

Well, it hasn't arrived yet, but I ordered the 22 version of this. I am kind of excited about plinking in my backyard with it. With a heavy grain lead pellet I should be able to keep it sub-sonic and avoid the crack sound. Anyone else plinking with a higher end air rifle?

Crikey!

Not necessarily "Around the World", this bar is right under the traffic pattern to KNIP. It's private, so you have to be a member, be a guest, or there must be a public event, but I know someone who can hook you up if you're an Air Warrior. The view is great. It is friendly to boaters. And..it...

TLDR update for this thread: L: Everyone get vaccinated so we can stop the spread!!!! R: Uh, that doesn't stop the spread. At least according to "sciences". L: Well carry on wearing masks. Thanks for your effort, ehh I mean falling in line like sheep... L: Next on the To Do List is another...

OMG. Of course they will. The MTPs in the office next to me are CH-47F pilots. A day doesn't go by that we don't exchange some sort of jab at each other.

I read the thread title...I am not disappointed. Well done!

I have a feeling our buddy did little more as a medic than hand out ear pro and condoms in the land of the big PX while in Iraq. I may be wrong, but even though he says he was in Iraq, he says things in a way that suggests he never left the FOB. Even the medics I flew with, as arrogant as they...

These guys... Were in cahoots with these guys... aka Paper A$$holes 6x9" clear covers and first page, followed by 4.5x8" standard procedures section, followed by a 6x9" divider, followed by 4 dividers 6x9" with 3/4" tabs across the top sandwiching 6x9" side tabbed Emergency Procedure Flight...

I know everyone who took a ride in the back of my helicopter had red blood. As for skin color, most of the time, if I had to glimpse in the back during a mission, they all were pretty much blackened with dirt or soot. I am with you on this. Uniformed and offensive.

So much to say here, but seeing as I already blocked half the conversation and hardly have time to read the other half, I'll just leave this...

Not sure what it has to do with guns, but I like me some refrigeration, heating and cooling.?

I think our new Flight Reference Cards in the Army deserve the same treatment! I Like It!!!

Commissioning on a Saturday...Pensacola on Monday...API two weeks later. Corpus for Primary and intermediate Whiting for advanced helos Winged 13 months from graduation/commissioning to wings Mayport for the FRS Sea tour HSL-44 FRS instructor HSL-40 COMCRUDESGRU 5 Helo Ops San Diego HSL-41 San...

There may have been times in the late 80s that more than 3 helos were embarked on an OHP frigate. Prime Chance

There I was...I had a bead on the other balloon, ahem, dirigible, when a bogey broke through the clouds at my six. I set my sandwich down, took a long sip of my coffee and put out my cigarette, then eased the throttles forward. The blimp, I mean dirigible, lurched forward with acceleration. My...

OMG!!! Did he just criticize the content and writing style of an 8 year old thread?

As already mentioned, it is not common. But, I managed to fly SH-60Bs, SH-60Fs and HH-60Hs in the Navy without ever actually changing communities. Rules and policies have changed (or so I am told), so it would be much more difficult to do the same these days. In the Army? A different story. As...

LMAO...When I wrecked on my (real) mountain bike the first time everyone jokingly suggested I get a stationary bike. The second time, they just went ahead and told whoever would listen that I fell off of a stationary bike. F$%^& Peloton!!! LOL

Fixed it for you.

OMG!!! I am getting dizzy. I thought Gonzo08's quote "Man, if only we lived in a free country where people could still wear masks if they wanted to..... " was sarcasm and I didn't realized it wasn't until others responded. This thread is getting impossible to read. In light of the whole removing...

About the National Guard... No street to seat program, so if you want to fly, you'll have to enlist and put in a flight packet or commission and get accepted to flight school You are a soldier first, a pilot second (or third if you are a commissioned officer) Your flight hour requirements are...

So you say it doesn't matter, yet in our -10 manual there are all sorts of adjustments for the different things attached, glued to, hanging off of or protruding from our UH-60Ms or HH-60Ms. And I don't just mean big fuel tanks and wings. There are adjustments for everything (exhausts type...

Maybe this will result in helicopters/tilt rotors that don't look like they are build out of Legos or tinker toys, with all kinds of stuff bolted on. I loved flying the Seahawk, but holy f$%^, all that stuff (radar, ESM, hoists, datalink, FLIR, mirrors, etc...) bolted on never helped in range...

Army airfields are almost as bad. You need a hand written VFR flight plan to get out. At Hunter AAF luckily there is a "strip" flight plan mechanism for MTFs. Although they want almost as much information as a VFR plan. The rework facility pilots told me "Just give them the numbers on ground." I...