MD Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 At the time my girlfriend was interested in being a pilot for the AF and noticed a female pilot (F117/Viper) walking around. That narrows it down to two (the 3rd one was a light grey background). Dark hair or dirty blonde? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ITB Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 To all of my Strike Eagle, Gunship, Buff, Viper driver kind of folks out there,...basically "meateater" types on this forum,...AF PA has really missed the mark on this. Nobody wants to really hear about an all female -135 crew passing gas, or an all black female crew delivering the "goods" to some god forsaken place in the sand box. Agreed,...those feel good airlifter/gas passer stories are lame news. What do I really want to see AF PA do an aircrew story about? I want to see an exclusive story about an all JEWISH Strike Eagle, Gunship, Buff, flight of Vipers/Hawgs bombing or strafing the shit out of group of Al Quaeda/Taliban/Mahadi Army terrorist camps/compounds. Now that would be the type of AF PA story that would make us all proud! Hell, have AF PA pass that story unto Al Jazzera, CBS, etc.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawnman Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I'd have been more impressed if it were an all female RC-135 crew. Doesn't seem like it would be that difficult to find three chicks...now the 20-something they have on an RJ, that would be impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Oh yes, the female pilot scene. Reminds me of a time back at the air show over here at Luke. At the time my girlfriend was interested in being a pilot for the AF and noticed a female pilot (F117/Viper) walking around. So she thought, I'll go talk to her and see what it was like as a women going for a pilot slot. Let me back track. Earlier that day while I was by myself I spoke with this woman and she wasn't to friendly about talking pilot details (at the time I was just starting the rotc route and had some questions). I eventually got the red flag that she didn't care much for conversation and so I bailed. Back to my gf wanting to chat with said woman. We both walk up to her again and my gf introduces herself and says, Hey I'm interested in getting a pilot slot through ROTC. What can you tell me about it? So this lady lifts her eye brows in sheer excitement and turns to me and gives me a dirty look, like bug off. She pulls my girlfriend off to the side for a half an hour and lowers her voice the whole time so I can't hear a dang thing. WTFO? Turns out, she gave my girlfriend her personal cell phone #, e-mail address, and account information to an "all girl online pilot forum" so they can stay in touch as 'girls'. Ridiculous. Careful, they even have their own version of the LPA... Fighter Chicks But I gotta admit, I kinda like it! Almost as good as the FBO Hotties web site! Cheers! M2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarheadBoom Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 When I was in the Corps, we got the very-first female Marine Corps pilot in our squadron in '95. Talk about a three-ring circus... PA, journalists from every-friggin-where, generals & admirals of both sexes, all falling all over themselves to "get her story" or "get her picture" or "fly with the first female USMC pilot". Right about the time things at home station were getting back to ops-normal (a year later...), we deployed to Okinawa, and the circus began all over again. We've got enough females in my current SQ to make an all-female KC-10 crew. I'm kinda surprised (and glad) WRI's PA hasn't picked up on that. But, then again, it is WRI I'm talking about... ** EDIT ** Just checked out the fighter chicks website (didn't even know such a thing existed), and I have to ask: WTF is this??? I thought "party suits" were a Navy thing... http://www.fighterchicks.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techsan Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Almost as good as the FBO Hotties web site! M2, thanks for that memory jogger. I haven't seen that site in almost a year. Quite a few hotties added since then...and a fair share of not-so-hotties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasta Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 M2, thanks for that memory jogger. I haven't seen that site in almost a year. Quite a few hotties added since then...and a fair share of not-so-hotties. It's just "notties" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hd5032 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 On that fighter chicks site, there's a pilot with the call sign "Gspot". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 ** EDIT ** Just checked out the fighter chicks website (didn't even know such a thing existed), and I have to ask: WTF is this??? I thought "party suits" were a Navy thing... http://www.fighterchicks.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=616 USAF party suits have been around since at least the Vietnam war...here are a couple of examples... Jolly Green party suit worn by the donor when the 37th ARRS at Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, took a break from the reality of war. Maj. Hatch flew "Jolly Green" helicopters and had five pick-ups to his credit -- an F-4 pilot and a crew from another "Jolly Green." The suit was donated by Maj. Emmett E. Hatch, Jr., USAF (Ret.) from Milipitas, Calif. The suit is on display in the Modern Flight Gallery. Major Gorman is shown here in his "party suit" while at Takhli; these were made by local tailors and outfitted to suit the pilot's personal tastes. The color varied from squadron to squadron - the 333rd chose red for their color.(Photo courtesy of Paula Bear) There is even a pic of the Fiends in their party suits...same unit the chicks in the above link are in... 36th TFS (1977) (36th Fiends Site) (SITE NOTE: Those party suits were mandatory for every USAF officer in Korea for years. Like the embroidered unit jackets garishly emblazoned with the unit's patches, these were intended to promote group cohesiveness and esprit d'corps during social events.) And no, I am not in any of the above pics! Cheers! M2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest momann Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 where was the all black aircrew for black history month? Nice!! You beat me to it. The PC stuff these days have gone way too far, if you asked me. Mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boom Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Nice!! You beat me to it. The PC stuff these days have gone way too far, if you asked me. Mo. The tanker squadron at the Deid had one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasta Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 where was the all black aircrew for black history month? I thought it was Black History Mumph... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boom Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 The Boom gets bonus points for breaking a limit and not using a glove on the chin rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johann Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I thought it was Black History Mumph... Its "Mumf" not "Mumph". Jeeze! When I was in the Corps, we got the very-first female Marine Corps pilot in our squadron in '95. Talk about a three-ring circus... PA, journalists from every-friggin-where, generals & admirals of both sexes, all falling all over themselves to "get her story" or "get her picture" or "fly with the first female USMC pilot". Right about the time things at home station were getting back to ops-normal (a year later...), we deployed to Okinawa, and the circus began all over again. We've got enough females in my current SQ to make an all-female KC-10 crew. I'm kinda surprised (and glad) WRI's PA hasn't picked up on that. But, then again, it is WRI I'm talking about... ** EDIT ** Just checked out the fighter chicks website (didn't even know such a thing existed), and I have to ask: WTF is this??? I thought "party suits" were a Navy thing... http://www.fighterchicks.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=616 The chick in the middle? Hell yes. The other two? No way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarheadBoom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 USAF party suits have been around since at least the Vietnam war... Cheers! M2 Neat; learn something new every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 The Boom gets bonus points for breaking a limit and not using a glove on the chin rest The boom operator refueled an A-6 and two Navy F-18 Hornets What is the aft limit for Probe and Drogue AR? you got her on the glove thing though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 What is the aft limit for Probe and Drogue AR? you got her on the glove thing though... I forgot that was a drogue mission. And just cause it was Navy receivers doesn't mean it could of been drogue. Plenty of MPRS -135's out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xtndr50boom Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 <YAWN> Anyone serving up a mai tai yet? So far it's been a bunch of BS about chicks doing the job they've been expected to do for the last 20 years or so. Anyone doing above and beyond has normally been considered noteworthy?????.....Maybe I'm just old fashioned when it comes to that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MizzouNav Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 While we are talking about diversity, here's a great army recruiting video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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