Is a Hawk a fast jet?


But I imagine the FA 2 is a fast jet and the Navy have a few of those...do they count?

Navy Pilot
 

The Navy has the GR 7a/9, part of the Joint Force Harrier. and in 2012 ish the first delivery of the JSF will begin. I was told at the AFCO that following this there would be an increase in the need for fast jet pilots?
Am I mistaken?

Sorry guys, but I smell a Walt here. Look at his other posts.

afterburner2

If you genuinely have been accepted for RN, I am astonished at your lack of knowledge (and that the AIB didn't suss you out).

Don't worry too much about the trg ... you won't last long.

STH

Navy Pilot
 

"Lack of knowledge"??? What am I missing?
Have, or haven't the Navy got fast jets?

We are led to believe that today's AIB asks some questions about your likely progression through the system and the Service.

It seems surprising that you are asking these questions at this stage. If it wasn't for your quite good English I'd suspect you were Alexluis in another guise.

The Navy have half of the Harrier GR.Mk 7/9 force. They are supposed to man two of the four squadrons, but can't do so.

Other threads would give you a good idea as to why this was unrealistic, and why the RN is recruiting like there was no tomorrow.

Three RAF Squadrons (24 pilots per squadron at their peak, with plenty of other Harrier mates doing other things - Red Arrows, instructing, etc) and two RN Squadrons (8 pilots per squadron, many of them on exchange from elsewhere) combined to form JFH.

What should the proportion RN:RAF have been?

The unkind might say that you are proof positive that the RN are letting through inferior candidates in order to fill slots.

Others might suggest that your lack of basic study into the career you plan to follow would indicate a lack of whole-hearted and serious commitment without which you are doomed to fail.

You and your wife should know that if you confound expectations and succeed the next few years will be very, very hard for both of you, and that she'll need to be supportive beyond her years, and very understanding, because she'll see very little of you, and when she does, you'll be maxed out and probably knackered.

Ooohh Jacko,
Nice little dig at the RN there, but I thought this was an abuse the wannabe thread?

I got my abuse of the wannabe in, too, Tourist. Versatile, that's me.

And I answered the question, too..... :eek:

When do you start at BRNC afterburnner?

FWIW and a little humor, the USN vs. USAF pilot question:

http://www.f-14association.com/stories-12.htm

Shocking lack of knowedge of FAA deployment patterns and aircraft types here!

Yes you have, it would appear...

Navy Pilot
 

What do you call 800, 801 squadrons then????????

Flights ? :ouch:

Sections ? :ouch: :ouch:

Afterburner2
Good question asked previously, when do you start at BRNC?

Haven't heard of them. Didn't they use to make up the RN Historic Flight?

Navy Pilot
 

Why do you tossers bother with this forum if you are just going to take the piss.

Ouch, if you can't play with the banter you are heading into a world of trouble!

:ouch:

I didn't think our version of JSF had been built yet? Hawks belong to FRADU and we are 'borrowing' the mud moving Harriers from the Crabs (not much fleet defence from those beasties).

Go Purple, Go purple...... now

:E

Young Afterburner is completely correct, you are all a bunch of unhelpful tossers.