Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Times change - no doubt. there were times when EVERY one wanted jets out of primary it seems and then there are times, like the above article mentions, when a friend of mine was sent to command VT-6 and jet guys were specifically recruited (sent) into the VTs in order to *talk up* jets because less and less SNAs were interested in the pipeline for a variety of reasons, time spent in training only one variable.
USMCFLYR
They were all Marine pilots, not a single Navy jet guy at the time. A few of us E2/C2 types but tactical aviation was definitely missing.