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Old 08-12-2013 | 02:24 PM
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mspano85
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR

Can you elaborate a little more please?
Unless you mean in training.
Some of the Naval Aviators were fast tracked into the war zones the first couple years of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I want to say I got the information from the Speed and Angels Documentary in 2008. I believe the one main character, Jay Consalvi, only had something like 200 hours when he was called upon to give some air support to a convoy that was ambushed by a well planned roadside bomb placement team.

As for helicopters. My buddies in the Army were deployed flying in the war zones with roughly 200-300 hours. Fresh out of Ft. Rucker to fire hellfires on targets. They were basically training in the Apache front seat as a Weapon's Officer. Learning on the fly.
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