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Originally Posted by cairns
With all due respect (and plenty is due) to the Navy pilots who land on carriers....I can't imagine any Air Force pilot would be capable of doing that without months of training- the same way the Navy pilots learned. Not to mention I wasn't aware AF aircraft had arresting hooks.
One uncle of mine flew AF fighters throughout the 50s and 60s- was one of the first to go supersonic in an F100. The other uncle was a bombardier in the 8th Air Force 30 plus missions. There are plenty of balls and ability in every line of the service.
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I managed a squadron of AF F5's and F4's at Alconbury RAF, UK. They all had hooks.
I do agree that the AF pilots are not short on balls. Give them a couple months on carrier landing simulators and they'd be just as good.
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