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03-03-2006, 06:00 PM
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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.
03-03-2006, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by RamAiry
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.
03-04-2006, 06:13 PM
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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.
03-05-2006, 04:33 PM
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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. 
03-16-2006, 01:51 AM
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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.
03-16-2006, 03:25 AM
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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...
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...
03-17-2006, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by OutlawZ
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...
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...
yes but real woman fly 4 stoppers into the box every other day.
(800+ combat hours. over 160 combat missions.)
03-22-2006, 02:39 PM
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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! 
03-23-2006, 07:20 AM
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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 *** without tanker gas) dont forget it.
03-26-2006, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by roadrage1
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!
03-28-2006, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by roadrage1
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!
Originally Posted by CALL911
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.
Roadrage1, what squadron are you in??? I can't for the life of me figure out who you are.
04-09-2006, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by JJKJ
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.
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.
04-10-2006, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by indyboom
KC 135 BOOMER. your hole is my goal... You c-17s scare the **** out of me and pre contact isnt 20 feet away.... "its 50" 
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.
04-10-2006, 05:09 PM
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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.
Good luck to all of you in flight school. Last edited by EightBallTTA; 04-10-2006 at 05:14 PM.
04-10-2006, 05:54 PM
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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.
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.
