Posted on 10/17/2024 1:07:33 PM PDT by thefactor
This is a fun video I saw on X. The Air Force calls this "Drop Night" where pilots find out what planes they are going to be flying during their career. I saw this video and think many here will appreciate it. Perhaps some former pilots can recall their "Drop Nights."
Me too. I was only ever offered a Nav slot, but then I was a Music Major with a Minor in Harpsichord Performance. Understandable.
“..IMHO, the A-10 is the best and they should have chosen that!...”
Probably the last thing any of em would ever want to fly...
A good friend of mine, long since passed, was an A-10 flight instructor for quite awhile. He was a good guy, just don’t ever let him at the controls of an airplane. He was something else....crazy.
Something for everyone. FAIP T-6 can be a real downer. FAIP T-38 is like going back home. 15E drops or fires just about everything but there are only 3 basing locations so if you like Goldsboro, NC, Lakenheath, England or Mountain Home, Idaho you should be happy. B-2 lots of TDY and home to Missouri in between.
Have to be a bit loony to want to fly that low and slow while things are shooting back at you, I guess.
Don't lose your minds, freepers, it's just my personal observation. I could be wrong in my assessment.
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Maybe so but when the grunts hear that “BRRRRP” coming over the horizon you’re the most popular guy in the world! I miss getting to hear that sound, nothing like it.
In the Infantry world, A-10 pilots never have to buy a drink.
i flew the A10 tank killer for years and virtually killed thousands of tanks... i miss that game...
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Interesting video, but a commenter was surprised that the first AND last names of all these pilots were displayed. So was I.
I would think when graduating from training you’d get the least popular aircraft and then,as you prove your worth,you work your way up to the F-22 or F-35.
A little more dramatic than how those of us who got commissioned in the Army received our branch assignments.
I THINK this is considered graduating from the first part of flight school where they assign you an aircraft based on your performance. Then you move on to the next phase of training, which is specific to these aircraft. But I’m not sure.
I’m HillbillyBeast on X. As I said there:
Retired Air Force here. ALL those birds are badass. anyone remember B-52’s doing ARC-LIGHT or clearing Iraqi trenches? Bees fell out of the sky a mile away.
Also, no one got C-130’s, 17’s or 5’s. No KC-135’s or KC-46’s. So no bus drivers.
The Air force could have fun with that. As a joke they could assign some guy to a WW2 Prop plane.
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I THINK this is considered graduating from the first part of flight school where they assign you an aircraft based on your performance. Then you move on to the next phase of training, which is specific to these aircraft. But I’m not sure.
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That is how Army Aviation works. Everyone takes basic flying course in trainer helicopters. Then after graduating that class student pilots submit their airframe preferences and they are assigned based on preferences in view of class rank. Then the pilots take another extended course dedicated to their assigned airframe. The whole training program is around two-years.
National Guard pilots have their airframe determined based on their home unit. Since they are already in a NG unit before they go to flight school. And their airframe choice is limited to airframes at their unit.
Maybe not.
One got the A10 and a couple got the B52....awesome plane..I’m surprised there are any still around.
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