Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
The guy never had a non-flying billet I think the story went and eventually was the CO of VMFA-134 'Smokes'. I only ran across one 5,000 USN Hornet pilot. A former VFA-106 OPSO of mine ('Smurf' Szarletta for any of you USN types out there) had just broken 4,000 last I saw him and was still going strong.
Marine pilot reaches 5,000 Hornet hours
I once met Jack Jackson (USMC, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing), who set a record of 5500 hours in the Harrier before he retired.