Originally Posted by
sigtauenus
BTW, for the AWAC guys on here, how tough is it to get ORF if that's your first choice? I'm guessing if guys are on reserve there for awhile that its a fairly senior base?
A year ago it was easy to get ORF. Now less so. It has been slightly downsized. But I think that it would be pretty easy to get after a few months.
I agree with your assessment of the ORF area. I lived there for 6 months and kind of liked it. I didn't try to buy, but there is a part of me that wouldn't have minded it. My budget would have been around $160K and I probably could have found something acceptable for that price.
It's a nice area and the climate is very mild.
In some ways it is the best AWAC domicile and the trips I flew were good trips, with lots of flying through CLT. And the airport is small and easy to deal with. Lots going for it, IMHO.