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Plenty of IAs here at NAVCENT and know several who went to Iraq. You serve where they send you, or you don't raise your hand and take the oath.

no real tactical employment..great airshow demo to sell the jets.

No that was "Waylon" Jennings. Different fly by. In the latter mentioned video both crew got out okay.

When the manuvers you see are performed engines are most likely at idle. Thus a significantly lower chance of a compressor stall. If he kept the power up the jet would just climp up into a loop. He add power as thenose falls and engines spool up as it comes back to the relative wind. And...

It's quite real. Very good friend of mine in back seat. I was on cruise with the sister squadron to VF-213, The World Famous Aardvarks of VF-114, at the time this happened. ACM 1v1 similar in seas south of singapore during deployment. First turn of two a circle fight is even, second circle...

USMC F/A-18Cs. They deploy just like USN F/A-18s. Google VMFA

....of the landing Signal Officer (LSO). From the most recent Approach Magazine. By LCDR M.R. Groothousen, CVW-8...now RDML Groothousen, Assistant Deputy Commandant for Aviation Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps and former CO of the USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75. A good read for all Boat Bound...

Got lots of guns...live in MD so no chance for a CCW. That gun shooting video was sick. Are there really rallies like that?

Remember my PM advice to you about keeping your nose clean and staying out of trouble...you are not following it. Where exactly did this happen and what time of day? Most likely not downtown in front of a church? And you are 100% innocent? Why did you stop? Were you going to take care of it...

The rebuttal from the JCS ran in the post.

Practice, practice, practice....my stash job was at the Deep Water Survival Training (DWEST) center. Lots of people get a membership and use the UWF pool. Rather than loll on the beach while stashed or awaiting API, practice your swimming. Only way to get better is to get wet.

Stay out out of phase, use God's G and when in doubt put your lift vector on the bogey. But the #1 rule: don't lose sight. Nothing sweeter than fighting a guy, putting the sun dot on him and watching him, turn hard, turn hard...then all of a sudden.....arcing, arcing...a "forlorn blind call"...

I keep mine under my pillow......:icon_boun

I see stupid people.

Yes, yes my friend.....the old A 799. The gripe: "Radar unable to get a PSTT lock" Best write off ever..."R&R the R 10 unit checks 4.0 on deck." Signed off: A 799 . . . . . . . . . for the newbs....R 10 unit is slang for the GIB, you know the guy in back, the RIO :)

Also a good idea to let the people you put down know, or the MIB with a badge can be a little unnerving. In a few months people will start calling you telling you someone was asking around about you.

Only thing I saw that was deductible wrt phones was federal tax paid on phone calls made from a combat zone. But who the heck tracks that?

This is deep....

As far as donations. A receipt with a list of what you donated is all the IRS needs if audited. If it is a high ticket item, like a car donation, take pictures to keep in your tax folder for that year. You may need to justify the donation write off as FMV (fair market value) if asked.

What talk exactly?

Cut your fingernails...people look at the strangest things...

5-7 days...are you kidding. In January of last year I had Bronchitis, first time for that. Coughed so much (read that professional coughing) I got a free hernia out of it. Hernia was not painful, but felt like something oil canning in the groin area..you know like the bottom of an old style...

Bump....for later... Yowch. I hate you for making me look at that. :tongue2_1

A lesson learned the hard way.

That's not my bag, Baby! No really it's not mine....I've never seen that before...

FLOUR BLUFF - We now know the identities of the two pilots killed in Friday's Navy training tragedy. Naval officials say instructor Lt. Raul David Jimenez, 31, of Freeport, Texas, and student pilot Ensign Jeremy Lee Drag, 24, of Millington, Illinois, both died in the crash. From local news...

Chuck Norris can fly any helicopter.

Helicopters can go Supersonic, too.

I volunteered to be stashed at DWEST. Did demos for the swim stuff I was soon to go through.

A female jet pilot wrote an article for Approach Magazine on the inherent dangers of "tactical dehydration" that some females were doing before flying long sorties. Made mention of there were very few "female friendly" relief products out there. Not sure what the outcome of the article was...

Damn...building helicopters with pumpkins these days...

Had an A-7 pilot use the relief tube on deck. Thought the outlet was over the deck edge...it wasn't. For anyone not familiar with an A-7 the intake is gaping maw on the front of the jet very low to the deck. We always had people stand around it waving hands to indicate the engine was...

Hey....I think that was me! :sleep_125 I always told my classes: "They are allowed to sleep, but only when I sleep." Stand up, move around...no teacher will cite you for trying to stay awake. Saw a female mid fall asleep standing up once...she fell over.

Can you imagine the sh!t-storm if that pilot went flying and a mishap occured...then after the fact info revealed he was over his hours for that week and knew it when he took off? CYA baby...CYA.

Nasa Pilot callsign: Sparky

I disagree. We've had this argument before. We all know no-load Marines and Navy people. Every service has it's good and bad. Being a Marine is great if that's what you want. No more added responsibility than any other position where you lead troops, be that USA, USAF or USN. What...

With jets you can go real fast (yes even faster than sound) and can also look good even sitting still. You get the lion's share of the CNN video coverage and the public adoration...plus chicks dig it. Yeah, go helos. ;)

If you start NFO, you'll most likely stay NFO. You got to what if it worst case. Would you be happy as an NFO? If not, it's the wrong path to start down.

What heyjoe was referring to is a GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interuptor (SP?) It prevents you from electricuting yourself if your hair dryer is not grounde and shorts. My wife pops the one at our bathroom sink outlet sometimes when she removes a plug from the socket. Can be in a completely...

Related tale...I was travelling through St. Louis on a business trip to McDonnel Douglas and found a fat notebook full of notes at the airport. It was Doug Waller's notes for that book. I got in touch with him and returned. You'd think I'd get a freebie. Not even a phone call thank you...

Actually...it's not UEX, but what's left of the propellant part of the RPG. In the midst of it all here in NAVCENT... r/ G

It's twue...it's twue...

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My boss here at NAVCENT is leaving soon to be the new CSCW wing commnader at Tinker for all E-6B Mercury aircraft. He was already a squadron CO there. Also our part time COS and LNO to CENTCOM is a former E-6B wing commander as well. Small world...

Still have F-14s in the inventory at this time, too.

It's only because we love YOU man, really!!!

Clearly, depending on the severity, it could be an impediment to safe flight. Have you ever seen a child with an eye patch. They have what is called "Lazy Eye" where on eye wanders as the other is dominant. They patch the good eye to force the brain to recognize and exercise the weak eye...

A4s, I agree. That speech was bull.

Orange Flight Suits...gotta love it...VF-114 Aardvarks and me. :icon_smil

Mmmmmm good...Manatee Jerky...enough for all my kin. :icon_tong