Air National Guard fast jet pilots
On an exchange tour, I helped train the Louisiana Air Guard to transition from the F4 to the F15. They were very professional and their aircraft were extremely well maintained and always highly polished!
MACH2,
Yes, as far as the 'new philosophy' ANG, the New Orleans Guard has the best of both worlds.
They can deploy at the expeditionary level in the air superiority role or sit at home making 2 days pay overnight in the air sovereignty alert role while working on a Masters Degree, like the old ADC ANG pilots in F-89s, F-101s, F-102s, F-106s & F-4Cs did for years at various locations.
And yes, ANG (and USAFR) MX is unsurpassed, you've got guys with 20+ years working the same type aircraft (maybe even 10 years on the same tail number) they always have known....inside & out.
And the New Orleans Guard, locationwise, is probably safe from any BRAC action.....who cares what goes on in the swamps out there.
Yes, as far as the 'new philosophy' ANG, the New Orleans Guard has the best of both worlds.
They can deploy at the expeditionary level in the air superiority role or sit at home making 2 days pay overnight in the air sovereignty alert role while working on a Masters Degree, like the old ADC ANG pilots in F-89s, F-101s, F-102s, F-106s & F-4Cs did for years at various locations.
And yes, ANG (and USAFR) MX is unsurpassed, you've got guys with 20+ years working the same type aircraft (maybe even 10 years on the same tail number) they always have known....inside & out.
And the New Orleans Guard, locationwise, is probably safe from any BRAC action.....who cares what goes on in the swamps out there.
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When I was on exchange in Canada we had a US Navy Reserve sister squadron at Navy Dallas flying Crusaders. They were possibly the happiest bunch of fighter pilots I've ever known!
Flying an awesome (and possibly underrated) aircraft, they got a pretty large number of flying hours every year whilst holding down a "money job". Having said that, one of the guys had pretty much an ideal existence. Flying about 150 hours a year in the Crusader, his "real" job was as one of Hugh Heffner's personal pilots!
Flying an awesome (and possibly underrated) aircraft, they got a pretty large number of flying hours every year whilst holding down a "money job". Having said that, one of the guys had pretty much an ideal existence. Flying about 150 hours a year in the Crusader, his "real" job was as one of Hugh Heffner's personal pilots!
