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I was an AWACS controller, not a pilot. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they wanted to recall us though...they booted/released a lot of people in 2011/12/13/14. So many people are getting out as O-3s (as the commitment expires) that O-2s are flying in positions previously held by O-4s...there just aren't enough left. They brought volunteer retirees back on active duty in 2010 because there weren't enough O-4s/O-5s, so it really wouldn't surprise me.
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Godholio posted:I was an AWACS controller, not a pilot. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they wanted to recall us though...they booted/released a lot of people in 2011/12/13/14. So many people are getting out as O-3s (as the commitment expires) that O-2s are flying in positions previously held by O-4s...there just aren't enough left. poo poo, I always get you mixed up with Hollybloops because you were both AWACS guys.
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He was a flight engineer...not much need for a recall there either.
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Now the plot of Top Gun 2 is making more sense.
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The only way it could've recaptured anything from the original was if Maverick had transitioned to Hornets in the 90s, retired, and got hired on at Boeing/Lockmart as a test pilot and takes an F-35 into combat for some bizarre reason. Instead he's allegedly a helo pilot. Because of course, however the gently caress that makes sense.
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Godholio posted:The only way it could've recaptured anything from the original was if Maverick had transitioned to Hornets in the 90s, retired, and got hired on at Boeing/Lockmart as a test pilot and takes an F-35 into combat for some bizarre reason. Well, I know there's at least one guy who did the opposite, going from helos to fighters. Maybe a balance needs to be maintained.
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I will love Top Gun 2 forever if they bring Tom Cruise back in Les Grossman form, and have a scene at some squadron reunion between he and Iceman where they both look at each other and sigh dejectedly.
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Maverick goes to prison for sexual assault in the O-club women's room.
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Godholio posted:Maverick goes to prison for sexual assault in the O-club women's room. "RED LIGHT, COMMANDER!" "drat straight, 'red light,' baby.  "(if they remove ten years from Cruise's true age, if he's any more than an O-5 or *maybe* an O-6 it's going to be stupid)
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Godholio posted:The only way it could've recaptured anything from the original was if Maverick had transitioned to Hornets in the 90s, retired, and got hired on at Boeing/Lockmart as a test pilot and takes an F-35 into combat for some bizarre reason. that plotline would have been 90s as hell
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Godholio posted:takes an F-35 into combat for some bizarre reason. All of the other pilots died while crossing the international dateline.
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45 ACP CURES NAZIS posted:that plotline would have been 90s as hell Top Gun isn't memorable because of the dark atmosphere, or the deep and coherent plot. It's fighter jet porn, gay jokes, and one-liners.
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Godholio posted:Top Gun isn't memorable because of the dark atmosphere, or the deep and coherent plot. It's fighter jet porn, gay jokes, and one-liners. 
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Godholio posted:Top Gun isn't memorable because of the dark atmosphere, or the deep and coherent plot. It's fighter jet porn, gay jokes, and one-liners. Don't forget the black pilot named sundown
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Gifs don't automatically load when I'm browsing on my phone. I just get a gray square that says gif, and I have to manually tell it to play. I was 100% certain what this gif was going to be when I clicked it.
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Godholio posted:
So this is really a remake of Firebirds.
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Was talking to my American buddy and I'm a little jealous of the SWO pins your ship drivers get when they qualify. Up here in Canada we dont get nuttin after making through JO life. Seems like a small thing but it's always nice to have a shiny to work towards.
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SuperSix posted:Was talking to my American buddy and I'm a little jealous of the SWO pins your ship drivers get when they qualify. Up here in Canada we dont get nuttin after making through JO life. Seems like a small thing but it's always nice to have a shiny to work towards. Only 2 pins in the navy mean poo poo. SWO is not one of them.
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Phanatic posted:So this is really a remake of Firebirds. What I loved about that movie was that it started out with Cobras, which are a whole hell of a lot more maneuverable than Apaches when it comes to helo vs. helo combat, because they present a smaller target and weigh less, but ~noooo~, gotta have a love letter to the Apache because it's more expensive and photogenic. The most realistic part of that movie was the idea that the Army/DoD would spend millions of dollars to train pilots in helo-on-helo combat rather than providing top cover with a flight of F-15Cs out of Tyndall. A souped-up OH-6 ain't gonna try *poo poo* with an AWACS up top and a bunch of hungry and horny Eagles ready to light up whatever gets declared hostile.
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SuperSix posted:Was talking to my American buddy and I'm a little jealous of the SWO pins your ship drivers get when they qualify. Up here in Canada we dont get nuttin after making through JO life. Seems like a small thing but it's always nice to have a shiny to work towards. It doesn't make up for the intense gayness of the SWO program. I have seen it destroy otherwise good people and turn them into a used up husk.
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orange juche posted:It doesn't make up for the intense gayness of the SWO program. I have seen it destroy otherwise good people and turn them into a used up husk. Oh, I didn't realize we've met.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:What I loved about that movie was that it started out with Cobras, which are a whole hell of a lot more maneuverable than Apaches when it comes to helo vs. helo combat, because they present a smaller target and weigh less, but ~noooo~, gotta have a love letter to the Apache because it's more expensive and photogenic. The most realistic part of that movie was the idea that the Army/DoD would spend millions of dollars to train pilots in helo-on-helo combat rather than providing top cover with a flight of F-15Cs out of Tyndall. A souped-up OH-6 ain't gonna try *poo poo* with an AWACS up top and a bunch of hungry and horny Eagles ready to light up whatever gets declared hostile. The F-15Cs would have shot down the friendlies, too
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I'm going to talk about something important. Put that coffee down. Coffee is for qualified only. You think I'm loving with you? I am not loving with you. I'm here from San Dog. I'm here for Rowden. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name is Levene? You call yourself a SWO you son of a bitch? You certainly don't pal cause the good news is you're fired. As you all know, first prize is a Ford Mustang. Second prize is a SWO pin. Third prize is you're fired. You get the picture? You laughing now? Bunch of losers sitting in a bar. "Oh yeah, I used to be a SWO. It's a tough racket." (drinks fake drink)
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Proud Christian Mom posted:The F-15Cs would have shot down the friendlies, too Well, naturally. Better safe than sorry.
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piL posted:I'm going to talk about something important. Put that coffee down. Coffee is for qualified only. You think I'm loving with you? I am not loving with you. I'm here from San Dog. I'm here for Rowden. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name is Levene? You call yourself a SWO you son of a bitch? You certainly don't pal cause the good news is you're fired. What's your name? gently caress you, that's my name.
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ded posted:Only 2 pins in the navy mean poo poo. SWO is not one of them. I'm pretty sure the trident and crab are the only ones that really matter.
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Proud Christian Mom posted:The F-15Cs would have shot down the friendlies, too 
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Mr. Nice! posted:I'm pretty sure the trident and crab are the only ones that really matter. trident is still second place historically, and then years later they made dozens of others to hand out to candy to thin skinned skimmers and skittles
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Don't act like fish really matter. If it's not worn because you're likely to get shot or blown up it's a basic congrats you know your workplace ribbon or you completed flight school for wings. If we want to get real redundant, pilots wings should get the axe because no pilot needs a badge on their chest to let you know they fly.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Don't act like fish really matter. If it's not worn because you're likely to get shot or blown up it's a basic congrats you know your workplace ribbon or you completed flight school for wings. Will never happen because flyer pride.
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Fish matter in the sense that complete invalids will be sharing back up to the surface. Beyond that they're really not that big a deal.
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Mr. Nice! posted:If we want to get real redundant, pilots wings should get the axe because no pilot needs a badge on their chest to let you know they fly. Truly the crossfit of Navy communities
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"Navy ain't got no pilots, Navy's got *aviators*." 
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Hi guys, I got IDW qualified. Worst experience of my navy career.
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Sir Lucius posted:Hi guys, I got IDW qualified. Worst experience of my navy career. Chick at a bar: "So what do you do for a living?" You: "I'm a Dominance Specialist." Her:  You, later: "Technically I didn't lie to you..."
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My fish show my current community that I am willing to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment willingly.
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My Seabee Combat Warfare device signifies membership in a community where people consistently voluntarily choose to make their conditions as bad as possible no matter how unnessecary
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Worst deployment ever strikes again!
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Ran out of pop tarts? What happened???
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lack of peanut butter
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