Search results

Ken, I think the expression is "slow you're roll." Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought it came from the popular ace-deuce tactic (slow rolling) of keeping all of your pieces on your side of the board and thus denying the better and more aggressive player from quickly advancing his pieces and...

Holy Shit...I think we've all had enough extremism for one day without this rant. The guy is brown to be sure...but maybe...just maybe...he's just a whacko and not a fundamentalist anti-american whacko. Regardless, I sure as hell didn't fly over Iraq to wipe out the middle-eastern race. I...

Niiiiiice!

I think the article claims they were NORDO for 1.5 hours and finally restored comms once they were 150 miles past. I guess the article claims they went NORDO somewhere inbetween starting airport and Minn.

It doesn't matter really what you fly in the Navy. Everyone has non-flying tours and a metric shit-ton of paperwork. BTW, 1000 hornet hours is a lot for an entire 3 year tour unless things have changed a lot in the past year or so. Your hops are usually a 1.5 or so(assuming you fly that day)...

Guys got very creative to make follies a good time despite the different climate nowdays. I'm sure it's not as in your face as the old days, but we always had a blast on my cruise. Admirals, CAG, and skippers all got slammed quite a bit. Everyone seemed to have fun with it. There are a lot of...

I have to say this is the most interesting AW read in about a month. Too bad it's about this stupid shit.

Do you really think anyone read what you wrote and had an epiphany to start making good decisions out in town? Sure, take care of your buddies. That should be common sense. There are always idiots that can't figure it out. I say fuck em. They have no business in this business. Maybe mustering...

You don't get to fly the F18F. You don't navigate or run the RADAR. Make no mistake, at least in the Rhino, you are being paid to ride along and provide awareness to the pilot. I recommend you try for pilot if you are physically qualified. It's a good job for good pay, but being a pilot is much...

The simple version is that ATIS is manually derived observations by humans that are then recorded for pilot use. It may be a human or computer voice, but human observation. AWOS, I believe, uses special sensors that automatically observe the weather and then records it for our listening pleasure.

Do y'all still have to waste half of your life manually chumming your charts? Biggest fucking waste of time.

I thought nav was the easiest test b/c there were no bs trick questions. I did all the practice problems in the book multiple times just for the repetition and aced the test.

I don't know if its still true but CFET is much harder than the airplane even though its the same number of G's. It just feels different. Are they still sending sickly children straight out of SERE to the 'fuge? That was a ball buster.

Back to the OP. Don't worry so much about size/weight/body type. The great equalizer is a proper strain and experience pulling g's. If you do it everyday for a week, your body learns how to compensate, much like running a lot makes you a better runner. Also, make sure you've got food in your...

No kidding. And it takes a month to get your shit back. I even had one of my arms sewed closed after getting my LT bars put on. 20 bucks or so is well worth the money for me to get it done right in town.

I can certainly understand having cold feet before joining the military. It is huge difference from college life. I think many of us were anxious as time came closer to shipping off to OCS. There are a few things I would keep in mind though. 1. The other posters are right. You need to...

You can buy the T34C off the web for about 25 dollars. Google alphasim. Great tool with only very minor inaccuracies. The power settings are alittle off and you only have VOR/DME, but it beats the shit out of 2100 prof sits IMHO. Not sure if whiting is tacan only, but it works great for any...

I was actually married in Lemoore with my wife in Texas to finish up school. They would not pay for her to move to Oceana with me.

Man, I have med waivers up the ass and had to fight like hell to get here, I say don't stop fighting it and get in contact win someone higher up. Don't worry about pissing off your oso or anyone else. Hopefully a doc on this site can get you some good contact info. Trust me, there are plenty of...

I think we have seen local intel is huge in asymetric war to find that needle in the haystack. We need to consider their safety not only to win the hearts and minds but gather essential intel that will hopefully save more lives in the long run.

If you are talking about crazy inav procedures for nfo primary, just use the whiz wheel. Don't get a watch for that. In the fleet you will learn easy ways to figure your gas...and you will get beat up for the said whiz wheel post primary.

An unfortunate Hummer O5 had to "use" the flight bag on a OIF flight. I think the whole airwing knew before he could toss it overboard. Although an unfortunate incident, I woulda paid money to see the look on the faces of the other guys in the back.

Just a question for the E-2 bubbas, how many passes could you get out of max trap assuming blue water ops?

Crud is big in the fighter squadrons at least. It would be a very strong asset for any FNG to have. Not sure if it's cool to bust out on just any pool table but Oceana has it's own dedicated crud table.

The differences are very small. It all boils down to the single seat v two seat philosophy. Currently, they perform the exact same missions with the exception of the two seat squadrons taking the forward air control (a) role. Guys that have flown both say the visibility in the single seat...

With a wife and kid all I can say is......absolutely epic.

From what I have noticed so far, the team building and the like has left the oclubs as stated and moved to the individual squadrons. The JOPA now has the responsibility to either make or break their squadron's social readiness. It's not a surprise that the weak JOPAs have weak squadrons while...

Trigger dowwwwwn....snap.. looked good! :icon_smil

How 'bout the golf course painting fiasco in Oceana 07? Using certified turfpaint for a little squadron spirit on the course prior to the Strike Fighter golf tournament. The "Guilty" squadron owed a weekend of manual labor to make up for 2000 dollars of "damages" and a lot of pissed off base...

Just a question for the airline pilots. I have read some carriers are reducing reserve fuel requirements to make the jets more fuel efficient. If this is true, have these companies traded any margin of safety or are y'all normally pretty fat even if you have to divert?

Well put. Pretty soon you will start losing leave because you won't be able to use it in time. This is a great opportunity to catch up with family and/or work on obtaining meaningless sex.

Sorry for the jack, but I've always wondered if the chutes have any capability for OCF/inverted attitude, or is it designed for the "oops, out of gas in the goo scenario."

Ahhh, got it. I always thought that emergency pressure was annoying but hey, whatever works.

I think he meant he selected 100% O2. A lot of guys swear by its healing abilities.

I too carried a "trashbag" for empty Gatorade bottles and granola bars during the 4 cycle'ers. The guys I'm talkin about actually carry the exact same bag in it's little manilla envelope they had since primary. Like their little rabbits foot. Better than wearin a garter belt or breathin through...

^^^ nicely said. As a somewhat interesting sidenote, quite a few of my old squadron mate jo pilots used to keep a sick bag on their kneeboard as sort of a goodluck charm carried over from flight school. I guess if you always have it, you'll never need it. Anyone else do this?

One thing that might be worth considering if you are thinkin' jets is flying with an "empty tank" on a flight with lots of G's isn't a great idea. Puking isn't really a concern for most guys in the fleet, but G-LOC/ALOC is always a threat and there are plenty of Hazreps/Mishap reports that...

I would think another concern may be the screen itself becoming FOD and making a bad day worse.

Not really. Of course, I'm just happy to be here as a transition guy. The IPs I have worked with seem to be good instructors/guys. Although I probably see a different side of them since I'm a tad older than the average stud, there is a pretty good atmosphere in the student ready room and not...

Nah, 28s alright. Mostly solid dudes.

Jeez, the back of the 39 was nasty. Never seen so many people get sick at one time than during low levels/Radar Nav in the back.

Some of the classics I witnessed in 12-04 Don't call female DIs "Sir" No talking in the head Don't nod off in class Don't laugh when called a "Nasty buttcrack candidate" If you can eat ribs with a spoon, you are ready for OCS If you take a dump, flush....jeez

Seriously, how hard would it be to get some good form/aerobatic footage and post it on the squadron website. Anyone need a FITREP bullet?

Wanna hear stupid, my bud got laid in Lauderdale during JTFX for telling a chick he worked for Crayola and was working on a new shade of pink.

Really nice. Beats the hell out of the constant anal intrusions of today.

As long as it starts with "I'm here for the gang-bang."

Please, go Air Force.. :icon_woma

The AG guy in our tower had to verbally confirm to the Air Boss what he was reading from his computer screen. Each time the gear was reset after a trap and after confirming what type is next in line he would say something like "Gear set Prowler..." and whatever a prowler max trap weight setting...

The AG guy in our tower had to verbally confirm to the Air Boss what he was reading from his computer screen. Each time the gear was reset after a trap and after confirming what type is next in line he would say something like "Gear set Prowler..." and whatever a prowler max trap weight setting...

Not an answer to your question but reminds me of good gouge for newbies: tower flowers should always look over his shoulder and verify what weight is set on his computer screen before your a/c land. I believe it also says the name of the aircraft as well. During our rag CQ, we had a near snafu...