Marine Commander Relieved After "Unsafe" Fly-By

[Pilot Fighter]

There has to be more to the story.

Commander of California fighter squadron fired after F-18 retirement event

Lt. Col. Ralph Featherstone was relieved of command Jan. 24.

www.marinecorpstimes.com

 

[NovemberEcho]

That seemed....very benign.

 

[Boris Badenov]

May be a case of the old "any branch will do to beat a wicked dog".

 

[fholbert]

Just proves everyone wants to be part of the Blue Angels.

 

[Murdoughnut]

Dude has a pretty cool backstory ... Youth hockey program in Washington helped Marine persevere

 

[FlyingAccountant]

Was he even the pilot flying at the time? It says he was sitting backseat in a D model.

But yeah, that looks pretty innocuous to me.

 

[inigo88]

That seemed....very benign.

Uhh... that’s basically a “carrier break”, maybe a little lower than normal but not that much. They do dozens of practice carrier breaks there every day. Wtf.

 

[USMCmech]

That seemed....very benign.

If you want to fire a CO, at least find a better poultry fecal matter reason.

 

[Pilot Fighter]

If you want to fire a CO, at least find a better poultry fecal matter reason.

You mean don't wait until his last flight in the Marines?

 

[Ajax]

Maybe benign, it also could have been the straw that broke the camels back.

 

[CFI A&P]

Don’t forget that Bud Holland had a history of low passes too.

 

[Jordan93]

But did he do high speed passes over 5 air control towers and 1 admiral’s daughter?

 

[CaptainYoda]

But did he do high speed passes over 5 air control towers and 1 admiral’s daughter?

(whispered): Patty Benjamin?

 

[Lawman]

There has to be more to the story.

Commander of California fighter squadron fired after F-18 retirement event

Lt. Col. Ralph Featherstone was relieved of command Jan. 24.

www.marinecorpstimes.com

Jesus.....

meanwhile in the 90s...

 

[Wardogg]

10 years ago. Performing the actual published inadvertent IMC procedure in our manual for a change of command for a CO. You wouldn't believe the fallout from this.

 

[Jordan93]

(whispered): Patty Benjamin?

“And you •. You’re lucky to be here!”

“Thank you sir”

 

[Lawman]

10 years ago. Performing the actual published inadvertent IMC procedure in our manual for a change of command for a CO. You wouldn't believe the fallout from this.

That’s pretty badass


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