Question for military pilots
04-14-2007 | 09:10 AM
#41
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From: MD-11 F/O
The best argument is when a tanker guy tells a 15 guy they do the same job, but the 15 gets in the way. They both orbit over Iraq in a Boeing, supporting the bomb droppers, but the 15's take gas while the tanker gives it. I guess that was why the 15's got sent home early from the war!
04-14-2007 | 11:04 AM
#43
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From: Hopefully on a ski slope in Tahoe.
One of my friends is an AWACS driver and several others are tanker guys, so I can safely say my left hand turns are much better than theirs.
As far as some of my fellow aviators bragging about landing on the boat, well, its better they do that for their ego than us have to pay for therapy for them if they realized that we really don't care.
04-14-2007 | 12:24 PM
#44
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From: Tanker's
Box Head
So there was this one time at flying camp........ I did a figure 8!!!
Last edited by flyfish; 04-14-2007 at 04:37 PM. Reason: sounded gay and people made fun of me....whaaaa!
04-14-2007 | 04:00 PM
#47
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From: 737 Right
Yeah but how many of them counted for anything that were without the tankers? By that I mean outside of training. Even the guys in Balad are refueling on their sorties. I assumed your average sorie duration would be a lot higher due to the fact that I've flown with a lot of fighters who ended up flying longer sorties than their tankers, both in OIF and at Kadena.
I still think the coolest thing I've ever seen in my life is a 7 tanker cell with 50 fighers rejoining for a pre-strike gorilla. Looked like battlestar Galactica.
04-14-2007 | 04:43 PM
#49
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From: G-IV & G-200
[QUOTE=...I'd say it's still in the 1.5-ish realm for most guys.
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Unless things have changed drastically at Balad in the past year, the Vipers guys there are doing 3 ARs and averaging 3.4 hours per sortie - 1.5 is unheard of (but still wished for...) anymore.
[/QUOTE]Unless things have changed drastically at Balad in the past year, the Vipers guys there are doing 3 ARs and averaging 3.4 hours per sortie - 1.5 is unheard of (but still wished for...) anymore.
04-14-2007 | 05:02 PM
#50
Careful w/that axe Eugene
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From: HOTAS...and a SWA gear lever
Did my best to lower it these past couple of weeks: We're in a BFM phase, yeah baby (and ouch, bring on the Ibuprofen for this old man).
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