There was a bit in one of the articles, to the effect of Bill should be safe this year with all the extra security around.
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Israel, Palestine, Beat Army?
- Thread starter Uncle Fester
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phrogpilot73
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Jesus Christ. I had been a Capt for 3 years already... Man, I'm getting old.050048 And yes, mine starts with a zero. Last real class.
'05!? You were in '05 and you're already winged? Jeezus christ and his shiny new bicycle...
Fester '99.
Fester '99.
26 months to NFO winging? You're a tortoise. June 7, 1978 commissioning (yes, a real June Week) to NFO winging on September 30, 1979. In FY79, there was a push to get S-3 NFO's to the fleet, so we began AI on January 7th and were told we'd be done in the fiscal year. My VT-86 class had 28 folks: 25 S-3's, 2 A-6's, 1 EA-6B at selection. One of our S-3's is now a 2-star, Mark Boensel, who was also a Boat School classmate.
When I left the A-6 right seat to go through pilot training, I skipped AI and started Whiting (VT-6) in early August '82, left Whiting for jets in December, and was winged 11 May 1984. I was in VT-4 which, at the time, was still T-2/A-4 strike pilot training, but the slowest of the pipelines. Meridian, Beeville and Kingsville were winging jet guys in 12-14 months at the time.
They were slow for the FY05 NFO's.... Commissioned 27 May 05, reported to P-Cola end of July. Sat around until Feb '06 to start API. Started primary (VT-4) in May '06. Went through to intermediate with no delays, started at VT-86 right before Thanksgiving, so a couple breaks there. And to further delay my winging, I took some "My wife's gonna have a baby any day now" leave right before we started the air-to-air stuff in advanced.
That's why I was such a tortoise.
That's why I was such a tortoise.
Enjoy the RAG. When you hit the fleet, your attitude will be "oh, how I miss the carefree days of doing nothing in Pensacola but learning how to fly. I wish my training time had been doubled."
MasterBates
Well-Known Member
Some of us DO manage to double it..
Compared to Helos, I will damn near triple it.
Compared to Helos, I will damn near triple it.
It's why I love you, bro. Your attitude.
I'm scheduled to start the RAG this coming Friday... but I won't believe it until I start, and even then, it'll be questionable.