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I Enlisted!
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:32 pm
by alphaonecharlie
I enlisted today [Dec. 28] in the United States Air Force. I hope to get my preferred job choice of Airframe Maintanance. Then once my Active duty is over I can become a civilian Mech.
Anyone else here enlisted or prior service?
SOUND OFF!
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:50 pm
by benstern
GOOD FOR YOU!!!
I hope you like the Chair Force!
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:56 pm
by killagorrila99
Anyone else here enlisted or prior service?
Maybe if and when I feel like dying for my country
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:36 pm
by Insomniac
You don't die for your country, you make the other bastard die for his lol
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:41 pm
by alphaonecharlie
benstern wrote:GOOD FOR YOU!!!
I hope you like the Chair Force!
Hellz yeah, I love chairs. 8)
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:42 pm
by sgehring
you have the right to be proud and I am proud for you. Maybe yoiu can design the fisrt air powered gun on a jet. I have heard the Navy has one on some of its ships.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:54 pm
by rl93
Im too young but im thinking about enlisting when im old enough.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:00 pm
by Torch
Nice, congrats! I am planing on enlisting in a few years (when im 19 or so) in the Air Force/Navy so I can work on the next gen aircraft carrier
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P.S. Be safe..I hear they are deploying more out too Iraq
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:19 pm
by judgment_arms
“I hope to get my preferred job choice of Airframe Maintanance.”????
What’s wrong with being a fighter pilot? Do you even get to fly?
On a more serious note, have you been or are you going to go to “Top Gun” (that is what it’s called, right? It’s been awhile since I saw it on the military channel.)
Any who, good luck to ya, Semper Fi! (Yes, I know that’s the marine’s motto but I don’t care.)
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:21 pm
by Flying_Salt
Great job! If I can't pay for college I may enlist
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:24 pm
by Torch
Haha, yeah. Woo almost free college
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:13 am
by alphaonecharlie
judgment_arms wrote:“I hope to get my preferred job choice of Airframe Maintanance.”????
What’s wrong with being a fighter pilot? Do you even get to fly?
Not everyone in the AF is a pilot, you know
Besides, I would've had to go to the Airforce Academy in Colorado Springs. It seemed a likely choice for me, before I started getting lazy in school
Also, I'm not that good of a pilot. With Airframes I can work on machines all day. I may even learn how to use a CNC Lathe, so that's pretty damn cool.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:20 am
by ProfessorAmadeus
Whats better... Using a lathe or dropping 1500 pound bombs on some terrist. I would go with the bombs. Thats just me. Oh im a terrible pilot also.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:28 am
by alphaonecharlie
Most pilots going in and out if Iraq (in the air) are Cargo guys dropping off and picking up Army and Marines entering or leaving. Most Fighter-Bombers or strike fighters aren't being used too much these days. The grunts usually call in a AH-1 or Apache to blow some shit up. Fighters take too long. They're more strategic where a helo is tactical.
Before I enlisted I thought about being Special Forces (AF Combat Control). Those guys jump in and call airstrikes, and generally fight like SEALs and Green Berets.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:32 am
by Flying_Salt
Dumb Question Warning*
Do you have to go through "Boot Camp" for the air force?