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They have always done annual open-application lateral transfers from certain other designators to pilot, and that includes 1320s.
The program I was talking about was a specific F14 RIO to F14 Pilot program. They were guaranteed to go back to tomcats as long as they had jet grades IIRC. Theory was they already knew the platform and the fight.
The program I was talking about was a specific F14 RIO to F14 Pilot program. They were guaranteed to go back to tomcats as long as they had jet grades IIRC. Theory was they already knew the platform and the fight.
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#16
I was very very close to throwing the grenade on going back in the service as an NFO many years ago, basically had it all lined up. While a civilian job prospect came up in the interim, I think sitting in the back with my flying knowledge and ability would have driven me insane (or at least made me eject) if I had actually gone through with it. Couldn't do pilot due to medical, but was going that route to stay in aviation, etc.
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Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, told reporters Sunday evening that while "there was a report of an internal explosion," the Navy is still unclear on the cause of the fire. He insists the ship will sail again.
#19
Midnight shift was the worst.
There may be a systemic problem, but don't blame the crew just yet. Their role is often hall monitor, and the civilians don't want to be monitored.
#20
But the engineering spaces are intact, that's the high-dollar stuff. The rest of an amphib is just a bunch of boxes, pipes, and wires. They can just cut out the burnt areas and rebuild those from scratch in that case, cheaper than a new-build.
But if they can't afford a new ship or the repairs, it could get decommed. But given the situation in the Pac, I suspect they'll fix her up unless they can budget for a near-term new build replacement.
LHAs and LPDs are in production, neither of those are an exact replacement for an LHD. But the LHA is based on the last LHD (Makin Island) so maybe they could use the active LHA production to just build another Makin Island design LHD.