Originally Posted by
navigatro
You must be a good enough pilot to get fighter qualified, but not such a pr!ck that you become an F-16 driver.
LJS - I thought that "combat" and "tanker" were diametric. Although it is hazardous when having to take direction from the AWACS tanker controller.
They are almost all of the time. One thing that I remember that began a few years ago was the Tanker Weapons School. Basically they had to beg people to go and they made the graduates wear Weapons School patches. Most of the tanker pilots knew it was a joke, but there were a handful of former tanker navigators strutting around with the patch acting like fighter pilots. You just can't find entertainment like that.