What happens to pilots of airframes that get phased out?

[Ice-Goose]

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[mmx1]

They're taken out back and put down.

It's the only humane thing to do.

P.S. fix your profile

 

[BigIron]

Depending on where they are in their career, they are moved to another platform if available.

 

[Bio]

Many great A-6 crews came to the F-14 community. Not only did it give them the chance to keep flying, but their professional contributions as the F-14 became a strike-fighter were extremely valuable. Plenty of them were selected for squadron command, so IMHO the Navy treated them right.

Of course before that there were a lot of F-4 pilots and RIOs who transitioned, A-7 pilots to FA-18s, RA-5C pilots and RANs to (frequently) F-14s, etc.

I worked with a lot of USAF F-4 and F-111 pilots and WSOs who became F-15E aircrews.

I guess I could have conveyed my message with one word: transition.

 

[Ken_gone_flying]

Many great A-6 crews came to the F-14 community. Not only did it give them the chance to keep flying, but their professional contributions as the F-14 became a strike-fighter were extremely valuable. Plenty of them were selected for squadron command, so IMHO the Navy treated them right.

Of course before that there were a lot of F-4 pilots and RIOs who transitioned, A-7 pilots to FA-18s, RA-5C pilots and RANs to (frequently) F-14s, etc.

I worked with a lot of USAF F-4 and F-111 pilots and WSOs who became F-15E aircrews.

I guess I could have conveyed my message with one word: transition.

At my last command (NADEP North Island) I worked with an O-5 that went A-7's to A-6's to F-18's finally.