The Air Boss wings his son...4th generation of naval aviators from one family

[2sr2worry]

VADM Thomas J. Kilcline, Jr. wings LTJG Thomas J. Kilcline III

Nice story from the local news station. Be sure and check out the video--lots of happy folks.

http://www.wtok.com/news/mississippiheadlines/96696469.html

 

[MIDNJAC]

Nice Tom (junior) was a few classes behind me in Meridian. Good guy, cool way to get your wings!

 

[Floppy_D]

Hot dog, now that's how you pass a torch! Congrats to a whole bunch of Mr. Kilcline's.

 

[scoolbubba]

70ish year old wings? Awesome.

 

[wlawr005]

Anyone else wonder what Tom III's chances were of getting jets when he showed up at primary?

 

[fc2spyguy]

Anyone else wonder what Tom III's chances were of getting jets when he showed up at primary?

Nope, didn't have any affect on my performance in primary . . .

 

[Ducky]

Anyone else wonder what Tom III's chances were of getting jets when he showed up at primary?

He's an awesome guy and deserves to be where he is. Enough said.

 

[C420sailor]

Anyone else wonder what Tom III's chances were of getting jets when he showed up at primary?

I hope that you're implying that, being a fourth generation Naval Aviator, he has an innate ability to fly---and not that he received preferential treatment.

If it's the latter, stand by for the dogpile.

 

[wlawr005]

He's an awesome guy and deserves to be where he is. Enough said.

I don't doubt it.

I hope that you're implying that, being a fourth generation Naval Aviator, he has an innate ability to fly---and not that he received preferential treatment.

If it's the latter, stand by for the dogpile.

I'm not implying anything...just askin' a question. I know plenty of Admiral's sons that don't fly jets.

 

[Deror]

70ish year old wings? Awesome.

Very. I googled "1940's Naval Aviator wings". They potentially now look like this:

 

[statesman]

Did anyone else notice the uniform the guy was wearing around 2:05 in the video? I dont think I have ever seen whites like that before. To me it looked like SDBs but with white material... Is that guy a foreign student?

 

[MIDNJAC]

Did anyone else notice the uniform the guy was wearing around 2:05 in the video? I dont think I have ever seen whites like that before. To me it looked like SDBs but with white material... Is that guy a foreign student?

That's a frenchie

VT-7 trains all French fixed wing Naval Aviators

 

[D_Rob]

Did anyone else notice the uniform the guy was wearing around 2:05 in the video? I dont think I have ever seen whites like that before. To me it looked like SDBs but with white material... Is that guy a foreign student?

He scoops a mean Banana Split too!

 

[SynixMan]

Very. I googled "1940's Naval Aviator wings". They potentially now look like this:

Those are awesome. [Threadjack] Is it kosher to wear antique wings that aren't gifted? Like if you found a set on the secondhand market? [/TJ]

 

[RHPF]

Those are awesome. [Threadjack] Is it kosher to wear antique wings that aren't gifted? Like if you found a set on the secondhand market? [/TJ]

If they weren't gifted, nor family, I personally wouldn't ever wear them.

As for Tom, he's a good dude. I had heard stories from people of McCain's era who said McCain was a bit of a handful when he went through training. You would never know who Tom's Dad is, and I never saw him pull that card.