Over and done with...
#41
USMCFLYER, Fantastic run. There are few of us who got to fly fighters, very few who get to the twenty year/ 3,000 hour point and all of that is even tougher with the Marines. Well done!
#42
USMCFLYR
#43
Congrats my friend!! Sorry I didn't respond sooner...I'm back in the states for a few weeks spending time with the family and not spending much time on the computer.
You should be proud of a great career! Hopefully someday our paths will cross and I can shake your hand in person. Until then I will drink a cold one for in honor of your service!
Cheers,
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You should be proud of a great career! Hopefully someday our paths will cross and I can shake your hand in person. Until then I will drink a cold one for in honor of your service!
Cheers,
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#44
Congrats my friend!! Sorry I didn't respond sooner...I'm back in the states for a few weeks spending time with the family and not spending much time on the computer.
You should be proud of a great career! Hopefully someday our paths will cross and I can shake your hand in person. Until then I will drink a cold one for in honor of your service!
Cheers,
Tweet
You should be proud of a great career! Hopefully someday our paths will cross and I can shake your hand in person. Until then I will drink a cold one for in honor of your service!
Cheers,
Tweet
USMCFLYR
#45
Congratulations!
It is a wonder, bittersweet, and very satisfying moment to wind up one's fighter flying. You never know exactly who it will feel until its over, but I knew that I was very, very proud and grateful for all those great times when it was finally my time to finally hang it up.
I hope your day was magic, and the rest of your life is as successful as the first part has been. Good luck and Godspeed, and thank you again for your service.
It is a wonder, bittersweet, and very satisfying moment to wind up one's fighter flying. You never know exactly who it will feel until its over, but I knew that I was very, very proud and grateful for all those great times when it was finally my time to finally hang it up.
I hope your day was magic, and the rest of your life is as successful as the first part has been. Good luck and Godspeed, and thank you again for your service.
#46
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Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Latrine Queen
Posts: 46
The first important thing to happen after my last flight was for my computer to crap itself so I'm writing this reply on my new iPhone (there is your answer Dal :-) Anyways - thanks to all for the well wishes. Your heart felt congrats are appreciated. I do have some pics to share as soon as I can get to a new computer next week - so please stay tuned!
USMCFLYR
USMCFLYR
#48
That was the end of my 20 years and 3,000+ hours in the Hornet. It has been a heck of a ride the entire time. The great times were unbeatable and the lowest times were tolerable - it was certainly worth every minute in the end, but at the same time I know that it is time to move on.
USMCFLYR
USMCFLYR
#49
Over the years, the software changes were incredible. Now - Link 16, Helmet mounted sights, ATFLIR, secure comm, smart weapons rule the tactics now, and the eventual 4,000 lbs of thrust more was a welcomed addition. I still say that I should have been a Korean War vet
They are struggling with maintenance issues some now days. I use to take a 4 ship on the road for a weekend of 3 fights a day and I'd bet money that I would make it back with all 4 come Sunday night. Nowdays - I'll bet you we don't get three fights out in a day before limping home. That would be my biggest gripe. Now the legacy Hornets are beginning to become the F-4s of my early years (I was stashed with VMFA-112 when they still flew F-4Ss - among the last of the F-4s)
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