duty station question

[jarhead]

The F-5'S in Yuma are not reserve they are senior Marines that act as the bad guys for training including WTI.

VMFT-401 is a Marine Reserve squadron, apart of MAG-46 4th MAW ... their Skipper is active duty and a few of their pilots are active duty fighter guys who work over at MAWTS-1 and the rest are reservists

semper fi

 

[buckeyes366]

VMFT-401 is a Marine Reserve squadron, apart of MAG-46 4th MAW ... their Skipper is active duty and a few of their pilots are active duty fighter guys who work over at MAWTS-1 and the rest are reservists

semper fi

What do you mean by the rest. The maintenance is contracted out. Thats all they are is a skipper and a few pilots. I have a few friends that work on them with boeing. I also talked to one of the pilots said there was only a dozen of them.

WTI Grad

 

[Clux4]

Sorry to ask but where is 401? is this a reserve rag or ????

 

[jarhead]

What do you mean by the rest. The maintenance is contracted out. Thats all they are is a skipper and a few pilots. I have a few friends that work on them with boeing. I also talked to one of the pilots said there was only a dozen of them.

WTI Grad

401 has around 21 pilots .... except for a few active duty pilots, THE REST of the pilots are reservists

VMFT-401 is a subordinate unit of MAG46, 4th MAW ... unless i'm jacked up, 4thMAW is the Marine Reserve Wing ... http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/4thmaw/MAG46/

but to ensure i'm not jacked up, i just asked a senior pilot in my squadron who was a MAWTS-1 instructor in the Hornet shop a couple years ago and he said the same thing, "the skipper, usually the OPSO, and a couple other pilots are active duty, the rest are reservists"

but don't take my word, i'm just a lowly first tour Capt ... a WTI Grad, you should have a good phone # to them or MAWTS, give'm a call

S/F

not a WTI Grad, just somebody who has flown with 401, against 401, sit in on 401 lectures, and have drank beer with 401 in their bar and our bar