EDIT: Bah, feel free to delete this thread. I searched a couple times to make sure it hadn't been posted. But then I posted this, searched again, and found it multiple times. 
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$ Fighter Pilots Don't Say
- Thread starter AllYourBass
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OMG, it's the 'Chair Force'!EDIT: Bah, feel free to delete this thread. I searched a couple times to make sure it hadn't been posted. But then I posted this, searched again, and found it multiple times.
All suited up for their hazardous UAV strike... 
I'll admit, they sure enjoy PLUSH Ready Rooms!
BzB
LFCFan
*Insert nerd wings here*
OMG, it's the 'Chair Force'!
I'll admit, they sure enjoy PLUSH Ready Rooms!
BzB
Since this is an A-10 squadron I'm surprised you didn't say "I think you mean attack pilots" (no such term in the AF!)
No worries. Anything worth doing is worth doing multiple times…it's a keeper.
No, since the retirement of the A-6,/A-7s, there's no such term in the Navy either. The Hornet drivers STOLE our A, stuck it behind their VFA (F/A-18X}, then changed Attack to Strike.
They tried to obliterate all traces of Attack. They even changed our squadron patch, damn fighter dudes. No justice!
They now do all the fun bombing/rocketry/strafing/lo nav, but still call themselves Fighter Jocks.
BzB
LFCFan
*Insert nerd wings here*
Damn, I knew that somewhere in the back of my head, but having heard the term more recently in the context of the Marines (Lt. Colonel Raible's letter to his pilots on leadership uses the term, which was the first time I'd heard it actually) I had forgotten it wasn't a Navy thing anymore.
Relax…they're not "fighter dudes" either.They tried to obliterate all traces of Attack. They even changed our squadron patch, damn fighter dudes. No justice!
Then WTH are they... since they are officially called Strike Fighter Squadrons?Relax…they're not "fighter dudes" either.
BzB, very relaxed
Nothing to be sorry about…I worked long and hard to help make that happen…
You're right, of course. Both VA and VF types used to have thicker skins…and could take the friendly bar-room banter. As a simple "Non-Flying Object"…probably time for me to yield the floor on the issue. Everyone's in this together.Then WTH are they... since they are officially called Strike Fighter Squadrons?
BzB, very relaxed
Just for the sake of shits and giggles…here's a concept for a 20-30 second video ad that I actually proposed to the JSF MARCOMM-types when I was with LM. The theme was "Lightning CAN Strike Twice!" (A riff on the name "Lightning II" and the Lockheed legacy back to the "original" fork-tailed devil…the P-38). Video shows a pilot and RIO walking out to their Tomcat…first lightning bolt flashes and Tomcat is destroyed/immediately replaced with an F-35C. Second lightning bolt strikes and reduces RIO a pile of smoking cinders, as pilot continue to walk to the new jet.
LM rejected it, of course, but damn, it would have been beautiful...
Then there were my comments about the F-35 assuming the new mantle of "fork-tailed devil"…and F-35 pilots being known as "Devil Drivers"…an unofficial name much like "Viper" or "Warthog". No legs there either...
Ideas? I've got a million of 'em!
Thanks for the work R1."Bombcat" kept that beautiful machine viable for for an extra decade.Nothing to be sorry about…I worked long and hard to help make that happen…
No, since the retirement of the A-6,/A-7s, there's no such term in the Navy either. The Hornet drivers STOLE our A, stuck it behind their VFA (F/A-18X}, then changed Attack to Strike.
They tried to obliterate all traces of Attack. They even changed our squadron patch, damn fighter dudes. No justice!
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They now do all the fun bombing/rocketry/strafing/lo nav, but still call themselves Fighter Jocks.
BzB
No worries BzB the Marine Corps is keeping the A in Attack at least for a few more years. AV-8B FTW.
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True that Rocketman, but I miss the:
A-1 Skyraider
A-4 Skyhawk
A-6 Intruder
A-7 Corsair II
All gone... none forgotten.
There was no slack... in Light/Medium/Heavy Attack!BzB