Navy blasphemy

CaptBill

CaptBill

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So on my way to Tampa tonight from Houston I hear Blue Angel 1 check in with Jax center. After a nice welcome aboard, Jax center calls a C-130 passing by (apparently of the Air Force variety) and calls out traffic at 1 o'clock passing overhead - Navy Blue Angels flight of 7. The C-130 driver calls traffic in sight and then follows up with "Go Air Force". My first officer is an Naval Academy Grad and of course I am ex-Navy, and we both about had a coronary right there on the spot. The Blues never said a word but about 10 other aircraft in the area had some creative retorts. The best that I could come up with was "Oh yeah, your dog eats cat food".

I am now in my hotel room in Tampa wondering how I am ever going to get to sleep tonight. First Harleys, then this......:panic:
 
calcapt said:
So on my way to Tampa tonight from Houston I hear Blue Angel 1 check in with Jax center. After a nice welcome aboard, Jax center calls a C-130 passing by (apparently of the Air Force variety) and calls out traffic at 1 o'clock passing overhead - Navy Blue Angels flight of 7. The C-130 driver calls traffic in sight and then follows up with "Go Air Force". My first officer is an Naval Academy Grad and of course I am ex-Navy, and we both about had a coronary right there on the spot. The Blues never said a word but about 10 other aircraft in the area had some creative retorts. The best that I could come up with was "Oh yeah, your dog eats cat food".

I am now in my hotel room in Tampa wondering how I am ever going to get to sleep tonight. First Harleys, then this......:panic:
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I'm going to refrain posting the pics of the F-14s being crushed in the Davis Monthan boneyard then.

Remember, check out the Victory bikes!
 
Perhaps the C130 was a SPECTRE. Add that to the F18 without weapons. Then take that divided by the amount of percent you were over Hurlburt or Eglin instead of NAS Pensacola to come up with the irony quotient.

As for how you'll sleep, just think back when you were playing volleyball shirtless on the beach with a bunch of other sweaty dudes and racing your crotch rocket against a fighter jet.

Oh, and going "ballistic on Penny Benjamen".

Sweet dreams, Sailor. ;)
 
MikeD said:
I'm going to refrain posting the pics of the F-14s being crushed in the Davis Monthan boneyard then.

Remember, check out the Victory bikes!
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Thanks Mike, the Xanax, Ativan and Valium were just starting to kick in. Now you force me to resort to the extra-anejo Big T to deal with the crushed Tomcats. When will it ever end? :crazy:

Fine, I will do as you ask and check out Victory bikes - just because you are the man.
 
MikeD said:
I'm going to refrain posting the pics of the F-14s being crushed in the Davis Monthan boneyard then.

Remember, check out the Victory bikes!
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Not only did you stick the poor guy with the knife, but you twisted it too.:crazy: Your looney tunes man! I think JC is eating your brain. Go get yourself a tinfoil hat.
 
mshunter said:
Not only did you stick the poor guy with the knife, but you twisted it too.:crazy: Your looney tunes man! I think JC is eating your brain. Go get yourself a tinfoil hat.
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I was going to post those in another thread, but then i saw this one!

I tried to raise him up with the motorcycle comment.

But you're probably right about the rest though.....:)
 
Polar742 said:
Perhaps the C130 was a SPECTRE. Add that to the F18 without weapons. Then take that divided by the amount of percent you were over Hurlburt or Eglin instead of NAS Pensacola to come up with the irony quotient.

As for how you'll sleep, just think back when you were playing volleyball shirtless on the beach with a bunch of other sweaty dudes and racing your crotch rocket against a fighter jet.

Oh, and going "ballistic on Penny Benjamen".

Sweet dreams, Sailor. ;)
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Perspective is everything isn't it. The irony quotient makes it a bit more....well.....understandable. You know, the guy from Huntington Beach, call-sign "Little D" did have a nice serve. :rolleyes:

I don't think it is completely unreasonable to arm Blue Angel 5 and Blue Angel 6 (opposing solos) with AIM-9s lest they encounter a stray hostile C-130 from time to time. We just need to update the rules of engagement for such events. C-130's "Go Air Force" followed by Blue Angel 5 and 6 calling Fox 1.
 
calcapt said:
I don't think it is completely unreasonable to arm Blue Angel 5 and Blue Angel 6 (opposing solos) with AIM-9s lest they encounter a stray hostile C-130 from time to time. We just need to update the rules of engagement for such events. C-130's "Go Air Force" followed by Blue Angel 5 and 6 calling Fox 1.
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Or the more appropriate Fox 2 as the Fox 1 call would be for the AIM-7 Sparrow - just wanted to correct my senility post before MikeD got a hold of this and well....it wouldn't be pretty. :o

I first memorized the missiles I carried by ranking them 1 thru 3. Fox 1 was the sparrow because I really liked birds. Fox 2 was the sidewinder because I liked snakes less than I liked birds and Fox 3 was the Phoenix which as a city I didn't like at the time due to the extreme heat. Speaking of heat, the AIM-54 Phoenix missile carried A LOT.

Fox 4 was the 20mm guns that we shot at nuggets pulling target streamers. :laff::eek:
 
calcapt said:
Or the more appropriate Fox 2 as the Fox 1 call would be for the AIM-7 Sparrow - just wanted to correct my senility post before MikeD got a hold of this and well....it wouldn't be pretty. :o
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Haha! I was just wondering a bit about that, just saw it. :D

I first memorized the missiles I carried by ranking them 1 thru 3. Fox 1 was the sparrow because I really liked birds. Fox 2 was the sidewinder because I liked snakes less than I liked birds and Fox 3 was the Phoenix which as a city I didn't like at the time due to the extreme heat. Speaking of heat, the AIM-54 Phoenix missile carried A LOT.

Fox 4 was the 20mm guns that we shot at nuggets pulling target streamers. :laff::eek:
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Fox 4 for us, was a good old fashioned midair, sometimes the last resort to take the other guy down.

Did you ever get the opportunity to fire off a Phoenix? Damn cool missile. Soviets copied the AWG-9/AIM-54 concept with the MiG-31 and it's Flashdance/AA-9 Amos combo.

Now, just the Iranians are the only remaining proud flyers of F-14s.
 

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MikeD said:
Did you ever get the opportunity to fire off a Phoenix? Damn cool missile. Soviets copied the AWG-9/AIM-54 concept with the MiG-31 and it's Flashdance/AA-9 Amos combo.
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Actually got to shoot two. Both coordinated with PMTC off SoCal. Two shots with two kills. It felt a bit strange squeezing the trigger at $1m a pop plus the cost of the drones.
 
calcapt said:
Actually got to shoot two. Both coordinated with PMTC off SoCal. Two shots with two kills. It felt a bit strange squeezing the trigger at $1m a pop plus the cost of the drones.
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You lucky dog! What was your target? Full scale, such as a QF-4/QF-86 or similar?
 
I want a Phoenix missile. I instruct in a Tomahawk, think we could rig up a way to mount it on that?
 
My friend spent three days with the Blue's for Plane and Pilot. He said they fly the oldest, beat up planes in the fleet.
 
fholbert said:
My friend spent three days with the Blue's for Plane and Pilot. He said they fly the oldest, beat up planes in the fleet.
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They are one of the few US operators of F/A-18A's (there are a couple squadrons that fly A+'s which are Charlie standard, but I digress), so they definitely are the earliest production models. I heard recently that they are about to transition into more modern F/A-18C's so I bet that will probably be a good move for them. Regardless, with their high level of maintenance and ground support, I'd imagine the difference would be relatively transparent aside from the fact that the cockpit looks old school.
 
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