Dudes thei was such awesome time,,,,
Nick took me to his dark hole and set me up with the C5 sim,,,,,,,, What a blast. If you notice I am 10 miles out and landed on center line, Sweeeeeeeeeeeet


Thanks Nick

Dave

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Nick here you go bud

Haha, what Dave didnt mention was that i had him on Cat 2 autoland, and disconnected inside the final approach fix....AND I MADE THE LANDING!! Just playing he really did land on centerline, but he had all the engines running. Good times!

LOL,,,,,,,,,,, Oh God I am glad my head was getting to big even for that cockpit

That's incredible! How COOL! I'm going back to Abiliene for some B-1 Sim time in January, can't wait!

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How totally cool! Some of us are lucky, I get to fly the A-10/B-52 when I go see my friends. I think everyone should do it. Folks, if you are near an air base, you can make contact and probably get some sim time unless classified. If the Scout troop can do it, you can! I love the strafing runs over Iraq, dropping 50Klbs. over other parts of the world that need to be turned to glass! The only short come is the lack of feel when the guns and missles are on the way!

teebox, it is cool that you have been able to get in those sims, however- not just any person can usually get sim time because the flying squadron, which ever one it is pays for that time. The simulators are outside agency contracts, like FlightSafety in our case. I had to ask a friend who works at FlightSafety for a favor. Happy New Year!! Nick

SWEEEEEEEEEEEET!
Mario

Nice work Nick! Fly safe Braaahdaa!

I've got lots of sim time.....but I prefer the real thing

B-2, F-117, B-52 (all seats), KC-135, EA6-B (all seats), F-16

Hey sweetpea, i have got 2.2 hours of actual F-16 time-HOLLA!! Best damn rollercoaster ride ever!

You guys are too lucky... I think I have some apache sim time lined up here shortly in the next month...

I got more time in the F-16 puking than you do in total hrs flying! I've got about 120hrs or so in the F-16

You guy's are so funny,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I love it, its like a bunch of kids, Al I know is if you have any time in any of them feel blessed . I wish they would have closed the door and left me in there for hours.

All I need to know is were is the reset button

Hey sweetpea!! My airframe has three sh#tters, 6 beds and plenty of room to stretch the legs- i will take that anyday over a -16!! Pissing in a piddle-pak is overrated!! Nick

Question: Which one of these airplanes does not belong in this list?

Answer: EA6-B

Sweetpea, what gives with the Navy airplane?

Craig

PS: If it was me, I would put the F-16 on the avatar

I've got a few rare buds who started one place, got out, went in at another place - Air Force to Navy, etc. Even more do exchanges in other countries in their fighter or transport squadrons too. Maybe that's Sweat's deal too (Air Force to Navy)? Or maybe he's just talkin SIM time!!! (I know it's all the real deal, just kid'n!)

Eddie,

Yes, I know guys who have done the Navy active/Air Force Guard thing and vice versa. Looks like Sweetpea has covered a lot of bases with the airplanes he has flown. It was more unusual in my day to switch between TAC and SAC or even between airplane types within a command. Must be different these days.

Craig

Craig why bring up the avatar,,,, any new dad would be proud to have his son on it

Dave

Dave,

I'm talking about Sweetpea's EA6-B avatar. Nothing against the EA6-B but a 4 seat, fly level, electronic jammer vs a single seat, single engine, go fast, set your hair on fire, fighter.....I know which one I would pick.

Craig

way cool bud,, Thanks

For all those inquiring........

My AF career has been, well different. I'm an EWO (Electronic Warfare Officer). I never went to Pensacola to do navy flight training, I went to Randolph from the get go. I chose the B-52 so I could be in the fight as a Nav/EWO (No AC-130's left for the year in my drop). I spent 5 yrs there and flew in OEF/OIF then got a sweet deal assignment to fly in the backseat of an F-16D for 4yrs (no combat time) Actually it was a desk job but being a young Capt they had to fly us to keep our gate months going for career progression so we flew very little....just enough really. This was a handpicked assignment that I had to interview for. From there I again got a sweet deal by interview to fly with the Navy as an AF EWO and become an ECMO, sorta. We are a small AF squadron that flys in the EA6-B. So at this job I will have 2 bosses, 1 AF and 1 Navy but the AF will write my performance reports.

As for the Avatar......I put my current plane in there. I have not actually flown yet in the EA6-B but my first flight should be sometime this month (Jan, fingers crossed). The Navy is a little slower than the AF on training. In this plane I'll fly both front seat (NFO) and backseat (ECMO).


Very rare for AF guys to do this much switching of airplanes while on Active duty. I only know of 3 other B-52 guys that did this same career path. My next goal is to push some new kind of AF EW platform. Few choices out there.......EAB-52, EAF-15, EAF-18G, or to keep AF guys flying with the Navy in the EAF-18G which we currently are not going to do.

Wow, interesting career! Thanks for doing what you do!

Craig