Military Hotrod Club - military pilots

Are there any military pilots here? If so what do you fly?

Hey, I'll be the first to bite. I saw your post in the Mother Rucker thread about flight school. I went through in 2001 and chose the 60 Blackhawk You are correct, it does take up alot of your time but you'll be able to sneak out a couple weekends to enjoy UCLA, or Ugly Corner of Lower Alabama! We mean that in the most sincerest of terms. I take it your going warrant, either way, great career move if you ask me. I really wasn't into racing back then so I don't know of any tracks in the area. One good thing, the Florida beaches are just down the road!! Take care and if you have any questions concerning flight school I'll do my best to answer them, me or someone else I'm sure.

The CPT I work with here in Iraq is a Longbow pilot. His normal job is the Asst S3 at 1ATB at Rucker. But he's here in the sand and we're doing some other work for a little while. So if you have any Q's, I can turn around and ask him.

I fly a 2000 Formula WS6. *lol*

kidding, I'm not a military pilot, but they have saved me and my soldier's ass time and again in the desert. Hats off.

I'm a 2nd LT in the Marines. I'm going to Pensacola FL in june to start Naval flight school. I'm hoping to fly FA-18's, but since thier useless in the current war, I'm counting on not ever seeing them.

I think it would be cool to fly the new V22 osprey if I can't get the mighty hornet.

lol...LT Malice SIR, I'd rather see you in a Hornet than an Osprey. You have two cars that need to be taken car of when you go home at night.

Cpl Edwards
Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting
TQ, Iraq

One thing my CPT did say if going to Rucker, run, run and run some more. They love to run there. If you're going to WOCS, hahahaha, be prepared to have some "FUN"...(scarcasm).

I'm a 2nd LT in the Marines. I'm going to Pensacola FL in june to start Naval flight school. I'm hoping to fly FA-18's, but since thier useless in the current war, I'm counting on not ever seeing them.

I think it would be cool to fly the new V22 osprey if I can't get the mighty hornet.

Not true, the F/A-18's are not useless. They are the Navy/Marine's only attack aircraft now. They can still carry guided munitions, so don't count them out.


I'm AFROTC, hoping to go to UPT and hoping to strap on (in order):
T-6A Texan II
T-38
A-10
:)

I'm commissioning in May, and heading to Nav school in September...hoping to fly C-130's :)

I am a E-5, that has got accepted to WOCS, cant wait to go, and I will probaly be flying Blackhawks.

Hawks is a great choice if you ask me, maybe I'm a little biased but here is a little food for thought. With Hawks you can get stationed anywhere, and when I say anywhere I mean anywhere. For instance, where I'm at now you won't see any other military aircraft flying 100ft. above the Potomac River downtown D.C. with a birds eye view of all the monuments as well as all the museums along the Mall!

Im Not A Pilot But I Do Fly On The Kc-135 Im The Boom Operator

lol...LT Malice SIR, I'd rather see you in a Hornet than an Osprey. You have two cars that need to be taken car of when you go home at night.

Cpl Edwards
Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting
TQ, Iraq

Yeah, I love the Hornet more than anything, but the latest gouge from P'cola is that the Hornet pipeline is all but closed. I'm trying to brace myself for the blow.

lol, you don't need to say SIR over the net.

I've flown military for a while.

Started as UH-1 crewchief in highschool with IA Army Guard
Went to Army Pilot training in '87 (damn I'm old)
Flew UH-1's in IA Army Guard while going to college and got degree
Put in app to OTS with Air Force (I was a WO while in Army)
Went to AF pilot training '92-'93 at Sheppard AFB, TX
Since then flown:
C-21's (military version of Lear 35)
C-141's
C-17's
Now off of active duty but still flying C-17's with AF Reserve
It's been a fun and rewarding career. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Pilots always break my shit!

ive flown in the back seat of an F16. does that count? lol

oh, and i second Justion00SS

apaches all the way!

Like JJKJ I'm also a C-17 Pilot at McChord AFB. Love the plane and recommend it to anyone. Flown it now for 6 years and still happy. Hoping to teach basic pilot training next assignment so I can actually be home a little more.

Lance

I have been picked up by you guys in choppers, and jumped outta ya'lls perfectly good planes.Ya'll kept me and more than a few of my SF buddies alive.Here's to ya. :chug:

Naval Aviator here. Helo pilot by trade. Been looking for some shops out in California, does anyone know any?

I fly on C-130's if that counts for anything. Im a loadmaster so i ride in the back and make fun of the pilots for the most part, thats where most of the action is anyway.

I fly on C-130's if that counts for anything. Im a loadmaster so i ride in the back and make fun of the pilots for the most part, thats where most of the action is anyway.

From Illinois none the less! Where out of with the C130s? There is an ANG squadron in Peoria that fly's C-130's, they are a hoot.

Im out of Pope afb, NC. but i know a bunch of IL ANG guys I have even flown with some in the desert. They are pretty cool. I will ether transfer to Peoria or just get out havnt decided yet.

Definitly go to the Peoria ANG. It's a pretty sweet gig, my buddy is going for a Nav slot there, seems like a decent group of people. Plus Peoria isn't that bad to live in compared to some places, and you can always trip on over to U of I and party. :)

I'm not quite a military pilot. yet. I'm just about to join the Air National Gaurd. One of my good friends just got hired flying F-16's in Montgomery which is where I'll be. I'll be in Life Support. My oldest brother will be flying CD-130's back home in MN. He is currently at Laughlin AFB flying the T-6. Another friend of mine just got a job flying KC-10's out of McGwire I think. My father is retired, but was a C-140 and C-5 captin, currently flying A330's for Northwest. As for myself, I'm almost done with my instrument rating here at Auburn University. Looking to go military for sure tho.

Not a pilot but I'm an enlisted aviator.... C-5 Loadmaster stationed at Travis AFB, CA....

1500 hours on heavy fixed wings so far..... and like 50+ combat missions direct into Balad/Baghdad/Al Asad....

real men fly into the box... :D

Not a pilot but I'm an enlisted aviator.... C-5 Loadmaster stationed at Travis AFB, CA....

1500 hours on heavy fixed wings so far..... and like 50+ combat missions direct into Balad/Baghdad/Al Asad....

real men fly into the box... :D


yes but real woman fly 4 stoppers into the box every other day.
(800+ combat hours. over 160 combat missions.)

KC-10 Boom Operator 7000 hrs. Real men and woman don't get anywhere without tanker gas! 103 Combat sorties, Desert Shield,Desert Storm, Allied Forces, OEF, and OIF. Please let the next conflict be somewhere nice with big per diem! :cry:

I cant touch that but 1500 hours in 3 years on a KC 135 and over 75 combat sorties, and 250 combat hours, you name it in the AF and i've refueled it, and i agree with roadrage1 not one pilot can get anywhere without a 135 or 10 dragging them along, N.K.A.W.T.G (no-one kicks ass without tanker gas) dont forget it.

KC-10 Boom Operator 7000 hrs. Real men and woman don't get anywhere without tanker gas! 103 Combat sorties, Desert Shield,Desert Storm, Allied Forces, OEF, and OIF. Please let the next conflict be somewhere nice with big per diem! :cry:

I am also a Boomer from McGuire on the KC-10. What squadron you from? I am working on my degree for OTS and then a pilot spot a year or so down the road. I am hoping for B-1's. Chances are if you have an F-body here, I have probably already talked to you.

KC-10 Boom Operator 7000 hrs. Real men and woman don't get anywhere without tanker gas! 103 Combat sorties, Desert Shield,Desert Storm, Allied Forces, OEF, and OIF. Please let the next conflict be somewhere nice with big per diem! :cry:

I am also a Boomer from McGuire on the KC-10. What squadron you from? I am working on my degree for OTS and then a pilot spot a year or so down the road. I am hoping for B-1's. Chances are if you have an F-body here, I have probably already talked to you.

Ok, one of you I know and one I don't. Who's who here???? I only have about 3500 hours on the KC-10 though......

Roadrage1, what squadron are you in??? I can't for the life of me figure out who you are.

KC 135 BOOMER. your hole is my goal... You c-17s scare the shit out of me and pre contact isnt 20 feet away.... "its 50" :bang:

I've flown military for a while.

Started as UH-1 crewchief in highschool with IA Army Guard
Went to Army Pilot training in '87 (damn I'm old)
Flew UH-1's in IA Army Guard while going to college and got degree
Put in app to OTS with Air Force (I was a WO while in Army)
Went to AF pilot training '92-'93 at Sheppard AFB, TX
Since then flown:
C-21's (military version of Lear 35)
C-141's
C-17's
Now off of active duty but still flying C-17's with AF Reserve
It's been a fun and rewarding career. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Hey John, I'm coming up there in June through the 4th of July. You gonna be around? Would love to stop in while I'm there, since the primary reason for the visit is for the wife's family but I ain't got nothin' to do while I'm there.

KC 135 BOOMER. your hole is my goal... You c-17s scare the shit out of me and pre contact isnt 20 feet away.... "its 50" :bang:


I agree with that i think they need to go throught the depth preception test again 20' isnt 50', loadsmashers let your pilots know. And You hole is our goal,
stick em hard and leave em wet.

P.O.L.
"without fuel pilots are pedestrians"

Could have been an NFO here, with a 9 on the FOFAR and an 8 AQR. However, my eyes are getting progressively worse and I wanted to be a pilot, so I'll settle for "just being an engineer". :) Good luck to all of you in flight school.

My pops was a military pilot. 21 years USAF.

WSO ~5 years - F-4 WW

Pilot ~16 years - Started out in F-111s, then got selected as a Bandit with the F-117 program, his "cover" story was he was flying A-7s. Got back from the Gulf, and got stuck behind a desk at Langley. Then he got lucky and got back into the jockey seat of the F-15E and thats where he finished out his career.

Now he's a First Officer with Delta, flying 757s out of Atlanta.

right now the mighty TH-67 :)

Moving up to 58-D's it looks like in another 6 weeks :D

Currently in a T-1A Jayhwk. Shweeet ride....can't wait to see what's coming next

Just left the A-10 community to instruct new guys in the Mighty Tweet. Who knows what I'll fly when this tour is up.

TH-67s also here going Apache hopefully

Just left the A-10 community to instruct new guys in the Mighty Tweet. Who knows what I'll fly when this tour is up.

I thought they were retiring the t-37? And A-10's are my dream, you are my hero. :)

I am a E-5, that has got accepted to WOCS, cant wait to go, and I will probaly be flying Blackhawks.
The hell with uh60's go fly longbows

Hey John, I'm coming up there in June through the 4th of July. You gonna be around? Would love to stop in while I'm there, since the primary reason for the visit is for the wife's family but I ain't got nothin' to do while I'm there.

Hey Brent, how's it going? I'm not up at McChord anymore. We left there a couple weeks ago. My activation is complete so I'm back to being a part-timer, and moved back home to Iowa. Just trying to get settled in back here. While I was up at McChord, I did get to see a lot of the guys from the old list. It was kind of cool seeing everyone again.

I cant touch that but 1500 hours in 3 years on a KC 135 and over 75 combat sorties, and 250 combat hours, you name it in the AF and i've refueled it, and i agree with roadrage1 not one pilot can get anywhere without a 135 or 10 dragging them along, N.K.A.W.T.G (no-one kicks ass without tanker gas) dont forget it.

No offense but you're not familiar then with the C-17 with extended range tanks. Frankfurt direct McChord AFB, almost 13 hours straight without a gas stop or refueling. I love air-refueling and appreciate what you guys do, but to say we can't get somewhere without air-refueling isn't completely accurate.

Hey Brent, how's it going? I'm not up at McChord anymore. We left there a couple weeks ago. My activation is complete so I'm back to being a part-timer, and moved back home to Iowa. Just trying to get settled in back here. While I was up at McChord, I did get to see a lot of the guys from the old list. It was kind of cool seeing everyone again.



No offense but you're not familiar then with the C-17 with extended range tanks. Frankfurt direct McChord AFB, almost 13 hours straight without a gas stop or refueling. I love air-refueling and appreciate what you guys do, but to say we can't get somewhere without air-refueling isn't completely accurate.

Ahh bummer. Alrighty then, well do you live in the Quad Cities? Not TOO terribly far from K.C. I do go back about once a year.

And yeah, thank God for Block 12 C-17's! Done that ride before (Frankfurt to McChord). Had a 25" T.V. strapped to the floor w/ an X-box....13 hrs of Halo baby.. :jest:

Just left the A-10 community to instruct new guys in the Mighty Tweet. Who knows what I'll fly when this tour is up.

I thought the Tweet died ala the T-6?

Im out of Pope afb, NC. but i know a bunch of IL ANG guys I have even flown with some in the desert. They are pretty cool. I will ether transfer to Peoria or just get out havnt decided yet.

I'm in the 61st.

I thought they were retiring the t-37? :)

They are, Sheppard AFB is the last base to get the T-6. So we have at least another 1 1/2 years in the T-37.

Roadrage1, what squadron are you in??? I can't for the life of me figure out who you are.[/QUOTE]

I'm your worst Nitemare! :judge:

Roadrage1, what squadron are you in??? I can't for the life of me figure out who you are.

I'm your worst Nitemare! :judge:[/QUOTE]

I think I got ya narrowed down to 1 or 2 people. You an "O" or an "E"????

Sorta off topic but I saw you were a Boom. I just got picked up to retrain into one. Going KC-135's to Fairchild.

AV8B HARRIER II All the way!!!!

I am a E-5, that has got accepted to WOCS, cant wait to go, and I will probaly be flying Blackhawks.
I am not a pilot, but I play one on TV :jest: Seriously, I went through WOCS in ummmm 98 I think? It was fun then :nutkick: I did hear phase inspections are out, disiplined dining is done too and your room inspections are done by students now not TACs wtf? Good luck brother!!!
Dave :chug:

No offense but you're not familiar then with the C-17 with extended range tanks. Frankfurt direct McChord AFB, almost 13 hours straight without a gas stop or refueling. I love air-refueling and appreciate what you guys do, but to say we can't get somewhere without air-refueling isn't completely accurate.

Ok you may be able to do that but can you do that with a full cargo load and if you can do that then why is 80% of our taskers refueling C-17's im not talking training missions im talking operational, oh and what other aircraft can fly that far non-stop without an AR besides the U-2

Oh and BTW how may C-17's are operationaly using the extended range tanks?

Taking PT test today before I go to boards on Saturday. Then off to W.O.C. school.

Good luck

I'm still in high school but I would sure as hell sign up if I could fly an F-15 or F-22 :devil:

BTW could someone give me some info on that? Like if I were to sign up would I know for sure that I could fly those? :emb: :confused:

Are there any military pilots here? If so what do you fly?

UH-60 BlackHawk Test Pilot here. :)

I'm still in high school but I would sure as hell sign up if I could fly an F-15 or F-22 :devil:

BTW could someone give me some info on that? Like if I were to sign up would I know for sure that I could fly those? :emb: :confused:

The only way to be guaranteed a specific airframe is to go Air Guard and pick a unit (they have F-15s, but no F/A-22s yet). If accepted you will fly that units aircraft. Otherwise, there are no guarantees in the military.

First you will need to get a commission (unless you go army since they have Warrent Officer pilots). Next you need to get a flight billet, including passing all medical, academic and physical tests. After that, you will have to pass Primary flight training where (using AF as an example) you will select a platform, either fighter/bomber, heavies, props or helos. Following track selection you will have to pass advanced where you will select an aircraft. Assuming through all that you get fighters and F-15Cs (I haven't heard/seen anyone get Raptors out of flight school yet) you will go to Introductory Fighter Fundamentals, where you will have to learn the basics of air to air and what not for the type of mission you will perform. Finally you will go to the Replacement Training Unit, where you will train to fly the aircraft. Each step you can fail out of and through most of it the is the job of the instructors is to weed out the herd. It's a lot of work and a ton of studying. If it's what you want, good luck and study hard. Any other questions, or if you want some specifics guidance on where to start, send a shout out. Hope this was helpful.

PS. You can always talk to an officer recruiter.

I'm still in high school but I would sure as hell sign up if I could fly an F-15 or F-22 :devil:

BTW could someone give me some info on that? Like if I were to sign up would I know for sure that I could fly those? :emb: :confused:

No guarantee. The Marines have a guaranteed aviation slot, but you can be flying anything from a Ch-47 to a F/A-18. All depends on how you do during UPT (or whatever they call it) and what the Marines need.

But USAF wise, your just gonna have to go into ROTC and work your ass off. Get selected for UPT and then score in the top 5 or so of your class and then you might get an Eagle or Raptor (Raptor depends on if they open it up to pilots right out of UPT).

Like SAJIN said, but you don't get to select an aircraft. You fill out a dreamsheet,(list your preferences in order) The top guy get his pick,the 2nd guy gets his pick if its still availabe, and so on. So the better you do in UPT, the more likely that you'll get what you want. But there are no guarantees, there might not be a specific airframe slot available when your class graduates so you have to suck it up and take something else.

OH-58 RAID pilot here. 4 years enlisted in Uncle Sams Monkey Club, then the last 13 or so in the National Guard (full time). Currently in New Mexico but moving to Tucson in a week. I was an IP at Mother Rucker 99-03 as civilian and military.
Taught NVG's in Bat Flight. Its time for this old dog to move on, the Military has changed alot in the last 17 years. I'm gonna leave it to the young studs in a couple years.

apaches all the way!

Im slotted for flight school, and I am coming back to my unit that fly's A-models. I cant wait.

Where are all the CH-47 Guys at? Sheetmetal repair/general mechanic/and flight engineer. Yeah, I stay busy, and if all goes right with my PRK surgery tomarrow there might be a flight packet in the near futur.

any of you heli pilots flown oil rigs