Originally Posted by
2loud
I'm hearing that the Air Force is standing up a T-6/T-1 squadron at Pensacola; anyone in the know, feel free to answer. Is this SUPT or for nav training? What is Pensacola like compared to other UPT bases besides the fact that Pensacola NAS is not located in another God forsaken place (12 hour days, trip turn or not, less structured than UPT, fun factor? etc.)? Muchas gracias!
I just came from P-cola and I was an associate IP with VT-6. Now 6 is out at Whiting not NASP...about 45 minutes away. I assume you mean the new AF hangars being built at NASP for the T-6/T-1 job. I don't know much about that. I do know that this Thursday, Whiting is getting their first two brand new T-6B Texan II's with the HUD/glass cockpit. Over the next few months, they will be getting more so that VT-3 will stand up and be the first to use them. VT-3 is the primary AF manned squadron though there are Navy/MC/CG as well. The front office rotates between an AF and Navy CO/XO.
With that said, Pensacola is not a bad place, relatively speaking. Especially summer time. The beach life rocks, plenty of bars to party and drank. I've had a blast out there, great times. It was my second choice to go back to and if the Kingsville gig falls through, I'm going back to P-cola. Not the K-ville is better..or Corpus but T-45C flying is better.