Catholic military chaplains

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Now THAT is flying by the seat of your pants. 🙂
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A phrase which, during the detente period was used and intended as a complement to the skill of the Russian pilots who didn’t have our technology.

Unfortunately, it was rendered by the translators as, “fly with their backsides forwards” . . .😱😳:roll_eyes:

We also got told of an A6 coming in for landing during a particularly bad storm.

Called off twice at the very last second (again, a carrier landing is at best a controlled crash; the plane touches down at full throttle and tries to take off, and the arrestor tries to stop this).

The back seat of an A6 can’t see anything when the nose is up.

They managed land on the third pass.

Crew had to remove the bars the poor NFO was clinging to for dear life (a literal “deathgrip”) as he couldn’t let go, and he was lifted out holding the peaces.

Purportedly, when the weather cleared, he was flown to the nearest base with a bar and deposited there until he could speak . . .

hawk
 
A bunch of F-4s in formation rolled upside down and passed an SA-16.

The amphibian pilot said “ha-ha, watch this.”

They waited … and waited … and waited.

Finally, the pilot said.“What did you think of that?”

The fighter jocks said “WHAT??”

The Grumman pilot said, “I went in the back, took a leak and got a cup of coffee.”
 
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LOL that still circulates today, except with F16s and the C17. When I was enlisted I heard it with F15s and the C141.
 
we had a lot of navy pilots wandering about the bridge attempting to learn surface warfare skills

i respected those flyers

i think the pilots that showed up on the bridge in the middle of the night were the career people

the others were: get heavy lift experience & work for the airlines

no way you make flag in the Navy with air wings, but not water wings
 
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no way you make flag in the Navy with air wings, but not water wings
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pilots would need to command a carrier to get there and I shuddered the ida of a carrier captain who didn’t understand water warfare thoroughly . . .

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As medical officers we are required to have the same professional military education as our line counterparts. A lot of my colleagues gripe about having to understand warfare and the line’s mission because by law we can never be combatant commanders. When I was enlisted, I of course worked for the line (and I often say “I was raised by the line”) and was a legal combatant (I was a military working dog handler, and I loved every minute of it). I will never be a wing commander, but I think as a commissioned officer an understanding of the mission my counterparts on the operational side carry out is essential for me to make decisions about things like health care delivery and medical evacuation in a war zone.

I’ve learned a lot by having friends who are line side officers - most of my active duty friends are senior pilots with many years experience. There have been times it has come in handy. When someone was trying to explain how the aeroevac system worked, I could actually explain how the Air Mobility Command, who oversees all the C17s and other planes we use for transport, received notification of the need and how they select and do what they call “pulling the tail” for the mission. It can take time for various reasons, and knowing what goes on behind the scenes is, to me, vital. But I like knowing how stuff works anyway, so that might explain my interests.

I agree - how can you command a carrier if you don’t know a thing about water warfare? 🙂
 
typically the fly boy brown shoes earn their water wings ;; with help

they’ve no idea how to run a navy ship

then they go to captain school in newport

and are given executive officer position of maybe an oiler or an ammo ship

if they succeed there the best of the best come back to command a USN aircraft carrier
 
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