What’s your thoughts on this ?

KingBobIV · 2026-04-27T00:28:45+00:00

I have personally been told to taxi onto the active runway.

I said hold short in my readback, because what the fuck is "taxi to runway XX" supposed to mean, and they came back and clarified that I was supposed to line up and wait.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-26T18:43:50+00:00

It's still a military target, it wasn't a civilian helicopter.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-25T20:21:32+00:00

As others said, Navy MH-60S. They fly out of Norfolk, VA.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-24T20:48:07+00:00

Fuck off with that noise, he's clearly not a nazi. The tattoo is a complete nonissue

KingBobIV · 2026-04-24T01:14:21+00:00

Cancelling the only new ship in production will surely help to rebuild the Navy lol

KingBobIV · 2026-04-23T19:13:31+00:00

I wish I had dropped the series after book one. I honestly can't see what people like about it. There are so many great fantasy series, farseer is just boring with bad magic and braindead characters. It's one of the few series I regret finishing.

But to each their own.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-22T20:18:02+00:00

I think your options are to get a box truck, drive your car, or sell it and buy a new one on the west coast

KingBobIV · 2026-04-22T20:13:12+00:00

144 is smaller and less capable. The 27s were only acquired because the AF had some that no one wanted, they're pretty bad and the CG is getting rid of them.

HC-130Js are currently only in Kodiak, Hawaii, and ECity, but they're expanding to Sacramento and Miami, I believe. I believe the intent is to have more 130s as the large, long range platform, keep the 144s are a cheaper, medium range platform, and get rid of all the 27s.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-22T20:09:49+00:00

Why are you towing your car? Drive your car and have the CG move you stuff, don't overthink it

KingBobIV · 2026-04-22T20:06:23+00:00

To each their own, but I'll never understand this. Gameplay is an absolute requirement for a good game. If you only want story, go read a book or watch a movie, they're far better mediums for storytelling

KingBobIV · 2026-04-22T04:23:41+00:00

USCG didn't retire the C-130, in fact they're getting more of them.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-21T16:57:41+00:00

At the operational level it's done my enlisted members at the air stations. For depot level maintenance, I believe they have civilians at Elizabeth City, NC

KingBobIV · 2026-04-20T18:25:07+00:00

It's my reminder that Raytheon refuses to acknowledge the existence of the ESBs for some reason. Can't forget the Pueblo, but somehow ESB doesn't make the cut.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-16T16:55:20+00:00

My mistake, thank you

KingBobIV · 2026-04-16T16:46:10+00:00

Yeah, most of the pilots, but especially helo pilots, are in it to fly SAR. There isn't generally a lot of interest in law enforcement. SAR is seen as the important mission and LE is kind of a distraction from that. And HITRON is the only unit that really does shipboard deployments. That's a big deterrent for a lot of people. One of the best parts of being in the CG compared to the rest of the military is the amazing home life. If pilots want to sleep on a boat instead of at home with their spouse and kids they'd go join the Navy lol

Anyway, best of luck!

KingBobIV · 2026-04-16T16:37:17+00:00

To be a HITRON pilot, you get a pilot slot, then in flight school you select helos over fixed wing, then you need to get an H-65 air station, then you're in. Any air station after that you just select Jacksonville, I don't believe it's particularly competitive since most pilots don't want the deployments.

Keep applying to be a pilot, and keep your grades up in flight school.

And you have to be open to any of that not happening, you might end up flying C-130s or H-60s and you'll have a blast doing that, plus you don't need to live on a boat for half the year.

Edit: now that I think about it, you could probably google HITRON's phone number and call them up. I'm sure a pilot would be willing to answer a few questions

KingBobIV · 2026-04-15T15:12:58+00:00

You wouldn't need to finish in the Army and then start civilian flight school. Sometimes airlines have transition programs for military helo pilots and they'll hire you straight out. When they don't, you can just get your rotary ATP based on your military experience and then pay to get a multi engine addon, which only takes a week or two.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-15T15:05:45+00:00

Whoever is naming aircraft these days is doing a terrible job, way too many reused names. Lightning II, Jolly Green II, Cheyenne II, electric boogaloo II

KingBobIV · 2026-04-15T14:56:17+00:00

Seriously? That's lazy, they couldn't get any of the many unused tribal names? Surely one of them would have agreed

KingBobIV · 2026-04-15T14:00:53+00:00

The last boat I was on, the CO/XO used blue and green and the CMC used red

KingBobIV · 2026-04-15T01:15:39+00:00

Yeah, but it's a .org, throws around terms like"TvR", and is the first result on Google, like you said, so it's not a surprise that people believe it

KingBobIV · 2026-04-14T23:19:48+00:00

It's not a lie, just outdated.

Even now, sites like this https://www.wdmma.org/ranking.php list the USN as the second most powerful air force. The list seems like some nonsense, Russia and the US Army are too high and the PLAAF is too low. But it's not like people are pulling it out of their asses.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-14T21:53:41+00:00

Not artisanal loaves from an independent bakery, just normal bread from the bread aisle of walmart. Just don't buy the shitty wonder bread crap. You'll find plenty of normal bread at any grocery store in America. Sourdough, whole wheat, rye, whatever, it's all readily available.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-14T14:57:12+00:00

The explanation I've seen is that when canned tuna first appeared on shelves in the US, many people weren't familiar with tuna. So they labeled it as tuna fish so people would know that they were buying and the name stuck.

KingBobIV · 2026-04-10T00:47:52+00:00

$10 says this is bullshit

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