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I finished it tonight. My closing thoughts are this:

1. The “drama” was unnecessary.

2. I found it interesting that no one appeared to be assigned to Growlers.

3. I was also interested to see that the best SNA of the group, the female Marine captain, picked F-18’s over F-35’s that all the other Marines apparently got.
 
Watched last night, enjoyable.

1) We here are definitely not the target audience, but I would have eaten this up in high school or as a mid.
2) The student selection of those they followed definitely curated for interesting back story material and some of the narratives clearly didn’t make sense. For example, the narrator said that the two women they depicted were the only two in their class, but there were clearly other female students in the mix (one appeared to be an NFO to pilot transition).
3) Still heart warming to see a new generation to battle all of what we know flight school involves and get what they want.
 
I'm just now realizing that these students are some of the first to not go to the boat as an SNA.

I suppose that's why the focus is different from the PBS Angle of Attack documentary they did 15-20 years ago.
 
Griz882 said:
3. I was also interested to see that the best SNA of the group, the female Marine captain, picked F-18’s over F-35’s that all the other Marines apparently got.
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I’d have done the same. Actually I guess I kinda did on the USN side. Writing is on the wall that it’s going away rather soon, so might as well fly it while you can…..plenty of career left for F-35 (or Super Hornet in my case). Just one school of thought. I’d also understand the folks wanting to go to the newest, shiniest, and best funded airframe as well, or at least better funded than USMC F/A-18s at this point. I enjoyed my time in the Lord’s Chariot, and I think it made me a much better aviator over the years. But it is also very nice to have flown basically only high lot Rhinos (or G) since mid-2017.
 
MIDNJAC said:
I’d have done the same. Actually I guess I kinda did on the USN side. Writing is on the wall that it’s going away rather soon, so might as well fly it while you can…..plenty of career left for F-35 (or Super Hornet in my case)
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Makes sense.
 
Swanee said:
I'm just now realizing that these students are some of the first to not go to the boat as an SNA.
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This isn't necessarily correct - Marines haven't gone in a long time, they stopped sending Navy jet studs back in 2024, and a Navy jet SNA who went med down after failing the boat actually went back and qual'd this year. Hawkeye SNAs continue to go and will probably sundown the jet when the replacement gets phased in around the year 2069. I'm guessing this documentary was filmed a year or two ago at least?
 
Griz882 said:
I finished it tonight. My closing thoughts are this:

1. The “drama” was unnecessary.

2. I found it interesting that no one appeared to be assigned to Growlers.

3. I was also interested to see that the best SNA of the group, the female Marine captain, picked F-18’s over F-35’s that all the other Marines apparently got.
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Gotta get that multi-engine time for the airlines later in life.
 
Slightly cringy, weirdly dramatic. Great photography. The faux HUD, personal avatars, etc are a little much.

But it does highlight these amazing young people and Naval Aviation culture and mission. All good things. The IP - SNA banter is cool.

AF Public Affairs released a cool, well produced video this week...

 
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