I'm just guessing, but from what I read on the Aerial Achievement Medal it sounds like this is an Air Medal Lite for flightcrews that don't otherwise qualify for an Air Medal. For instance, as an ass and trash guy flying out of Bahrain to ships in the NAG and to Kuwait, I wasn't eligible for air medal points. But the HSL guys who flew in the NAG every day were eligible as were the Air Ambulance guys who flew around Kuwait. We flew through the same airspace, but because the instruction disallowed air medal points for logistics flights outside of certain area, then we weren't going to get it. I don't know, but I'd hypothesize that the same rules might apply to AMC guys.
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Really??: Ten Thousand Feet and Ten Thousand Miles (A UAV Article)
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I hope the AF doesn't spend $$ sending those UAV pilots through pilot training, FCOL. Hell, just recruit the best video-gamers out there & turn 'em loose - or, knowing the AF, they could create a 12-month video-game course that costs $1MM per trainee.
That was how it worked three years ago... The class after me had a guy who WANTED UAVs. He was a hero to the rest of his class.
I've heard of SNAs/SNFOs who loved flying & Naval Aviation, but had to drop out due to chronic airsickness. Being already commissioned, it seems they'd be primo candidates for UAV training? Or would they still be vulnerable to the illness mentally, even strapped into the UAV Operator's plush, padded chair?
BzB
I've heard of SNAs/SNFOs who loved flying & Naval Aviation, but had to drop out due to chronic airsickness. Being already commissioned, it seems they'd be primo candidates for UAV training? Or would they still be vulnerable to the illness mentally, even strapped into the UAV Operator's plush, padded chair?
BzB
I had a squadronmate who didn't make HAC in 24 months. Rather than facing FNAEB he resigned his wings (he was not going to pass the HAC board and the CO didn't trust him to take an aircraft and crew on his own).
He stayed in and switched over to UAV's and progressed. Last time I checked he was an O-5 doing UAV work still.
Hmmm... As a Hornet guy, this just makes the UAV community more laughable to me. If I were one of his "squadronmates" or whatever they call it in UAV-land, I would be pissed at this guy for making the rest of the community look bad.
As for the medal piece, I'll give him my strike flight air medal if it fixes his hurt feelings. He can paste it all over facebook and tell everyone how much of a badass he is. That isn't the reason I fly jets into combat.
RE: Wings as a decoration. Wings/TopGun/MAWTS etc. patches are qualifications, not awards. The "My granddad didn't need wings to be a badass" argument is a red herring in this thread. Gramps didn't have wings because they weren't invented yet.
RE: UAV pilot's article. I wonder what the surviving residents of the "Hanoi Hilton" would have to say about this guy?
As for the medal piece, I'll give him my strike flight air medal if it fixes his hurt feelings. He can paste it all over facebook and tell everyone how much of a badass he is. That isn't the reason I fly jets into combat.
RE: Wings as a decoration. Wings/TopGun/MAWTS etc. patches are qualifications, not awards. The "My granddad didn't need wings to be a badass" argument is a red herring in this thread. Gramps didn't have wings because they weren't invented yet.
RE: UAV pilot's article. I wonder what the surviving residents of the "Hanoi Hilton" would have to say about this guy?
His assertion that he IS in harm's way every day driving to/from work, is pure drivel. He is in no greater danger on the road than any other daily auto commuter, or even Wifey's daily runs to the daycare center. By his reasoning, would not then all daily commuters, military or civilian, be eligible for similar recognition?
The UAV drive for prestigious awards for "chairborne warriors" will intensify over time, and will eventually be realized... especially by our USAF brethren. I only hope the combat "V" continues to be authoriz2d for only actual airborne combat for (aerial) awards, perhaps a combat "UV" to distinguish between airborne & chairborne valor?
BzB
I get the picked on in dodgeball, audio visual club president vibe from this guy.
His assertion that he IS in harm's way every day driving to/from work, is pure drivel. He is in no greater danger on the road than any other daily auto commuter, or even Wifey's daily runs to the daycare center. By his reasoning, would not then all daily commuters, military or civilian, be eligible for similar recognition?
The UAV drive for prestigious awards for "chairborne warriors" will intensify over time, and will eventually be realized... especially by our USAF brethren. I only hope the combat "V" continues to be authoriz2d for only actual airborne combat for (aerial) awards, perhaps a combat "UV" to distinguish between airborne & chairborne valor?
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BzB
How can you say that about BZB???
Exactly. I get more of a "slapping the top of the TV, looking for the rabbit ears, and complaining about how 'the clicker' has disappeared again" vibe from BzB...How can you say that about BZB???
Gents, I can't be talking about BZB...there was no A/V club when he went to school.
The world was still in black and white and dodgeball hadn't been invented yet. Orville and Wilbur were still studying for their CFII checks.
Everyone knows this.
The world was still in black and white and dodgeball hadn't been invented yet. Orville and Wilbur were still studying for their CFII checks.
Everyone knows this.