TOP GUN for NFO's?

[Purdue Jones]

Do NFO's go to TOP GUN anymore? I would think not since from what I hear TOP GUN is for A/A combat which I would assume would then be all single seater planes. Anyone know?

 

[Brett327]

Do NFO's go to TOP GUN anymore? I would think not since from what I hear TOP GUN is for A/A combat which I would assume would then be all single seater planes. Anyone know?

What do you think the NFO does during an A/A fight, just enjoy the scenery? Yes, NFOs go to Top Gun. I'll let the pointy nose types pile on with specifics.

Brett

 

[KBayDog]

NFOs just enjoy the scenery when they are NOT in an A/A fight

 

[wink]

Not only to the pointy nose NFOs (F-18F, maybe a few final F-14 guys) go to Top Gun, but so do the E-2C NFOs and enlisted Operation Specialists (OSs) that run AAW intercepts from ships. Top Gun is about Air to Air Warfare, not just throwing around jets within a mile or two of each other for a gun shot. It takes more than just a pilot in a single airplane.

 

[Schnugg]

In a word...yes.

Purdue Jones...PM me if you want specifics...NFWS has changed a lot in the past ten years.

r/
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[CommodoreMid]

Not only to the pointy nose NFOs (F-18F, maybe a few final F-14 guys) go to Top Gun, but so do the E-2C NFOs and enlisted Operation Specialists (OSs) that run AAW intercepts from ships. Top Gun is about Air to Air Warfare, not just throwing around jets within a mile or two of each other for a gun shot. It takes more than just a pilot in a single airplane.

I thought the E-2C was unarmed, so how the heck would it do AAW?

 

[zippy]

I thought the E-2C was unarmed, so how the heck would it do AAW?

Command and Control...

 

[Fly Navy]

I thought the E-2C was unarmed, so how the heck would it do AAW?

Missed the part about A-A intercepts, did we?

 

[Tripp]

'Dore...someone's got to tell the [Edited :dunce_125 ] at the pointy end where to go.

Oh, I'm gonna get it now... :icon_smil

 

[Fly Navy]

'Dore...someone's got to tell the stick monkey at the pointy end where to go.

Oh, I'm gonna get it now... :icon_smil

Based on your profile, you haven't earned the right to call a pilot a stick-monkey.

 

[Schnugg]

whatever....

Based on your profile, you haven't earned the right to call a pilot a stick-monkey.

Allow me...

....M is for sTicK-moNkEy......

 

[Fly Navy]

See, that's an example of someone who can call a pilot a stick-monkey.

 

[airgreg]

I thought the E-2C was unarmed, so how the heck would it do AAW?

The latest tactic is for the E-2 to ram opposing jets with their 8-bladed prop. They switched to that, because the big white frisbee wasn't very accurate. :icon_tong

 

[cindy]

Sooo.. am i going to be able to got directly from the RAG to Top Gun?

 

[Brett327]

Sooo.. am i going to be able to got directly from the RAG to Top Gun?

Only as a Janitor.

Brett