Last event was yesterday, finished checking out today, and the graduation ceremony is in a couple weeks. In the meantime, I'm off to Orlando for 5 days.

Some of it sucked, most of it was a blast. It's the best worst thing to happen to me (flying wasn't even on my preference list when I got in, it's just what I was given). Next I'm off to Virginia for a year of aircraft-specific training  and then a 3-year fleet tour (deployments).

AMA, etc.

When do you fly F-22's and drop bombs on Moscow?


Which planes did you get to pilot?

Did you fly so good?

If you get civilian ratings and a CFI, can I trade dank memes for lessons?

I knew you were doing something with the air force but always assumed it was something on the more theoretical physics side of things. Not bad.

Navy, actually.

My brother's hoping to get in the air force himself. He's been wanting to be a pilot all his life and is in the final step of the selection process for the F-whatevers.

Sweep, best of luck to him.

What was the worst experience you've had?

It was an entirely academic setting, so nothing actually dangerous happened; they're really big on safety. The worst thing that happened was that I didn't get selected for the aircraft I wanted; anything else was just lots of studying or shitty scheduling.

If you ever, hypothetically speaking, were flying over Japan with a nuke on board, would you agree that yelling "two bombs not enough" and dropping your payload is the only acceptable course of action?

Anything less would be unprofessional.

What's your callsign?

We'll find out at graduation.

Quote from: Ludwig van Turkey on May 13, 2016, 03:28:45 PM

Quote from: gats on May 13, 2016, 03:26:31 PM

Which planes did you get to pilot?

The only ones I flew here were cessnas (in the very beginning for basic flight stuff) and T-6B Texan II. I'm a naval flight officer, rather than a pilot (think Goose, not Maverick), so I spent the majority of my time in the aircraft navigating and talking on the radio rather than working the stick and throttle.

I see, do you know what kind of aircraft you'll be dealing with in the future?

Yeah, I'm assigned to the E-2 Hawkeye, controlling aircraft for air support, strikes, defense, etc.

Quote from: Ludwig van Turkey on May 13, 2016, 04:22:03 PM

Quote from: gats on May 13, 2016, 04:18:53 PM

Quote from: Ludwig van Turkey on May 13, 2016, 03:28:45 PM

Quote from: gats on May 13, 2016, 03:26:31 PM

Which planes did you get to pilot?

The only ones I flew here were cessnas (in the very beginning for basic flight stuff) and T-6B Texan II. I'm a naval flight officer, rather than a pilot (think Goose, not Maverick), so I spent the majority of my time in the aircraft navigating and talking on the radio rather than working the stick and throttle.

I see, do you know what kind of aircraft you'll be dealing with in the future?

Yeah, I'm assigned to the E-2 Hawkeye, controlling aircraft for air support, strikes, defense, etc.

In regard to your deployment do you know where?

Not yet, I'll find out in about a month though. Either Japan, Virginia, or California.

Your callsign better be Turkey.