I Enlisted!

alphaonecharlie · Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:32 pm

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!

benstern · Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:50 pm

GOOD FOR YOU!!!
I hope you like the Chair Force!

killagorrila99 · Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:56 pm

Anyone else here enlisted or prior service?

Maybe if and when I feel like dying for my country

Insomniac · Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:36 pm

You don't die for your country, you make the other bastard die for his lol

alphaonecharlie · Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:41 pm

benstern wrote:GOOD FOR YOU!!!
I hope you like the Chair Force!

Hellz yeah, I love chairs. 8)

sgehring · Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:42 pm

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.

rl93 · Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:54 pm

Im too young but im thinking about enlisting when im old enough.

Torch · Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:00 pm

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

judgment_arms · Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:19 pm

“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.)

Flying_Salt · Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:21 pm

Great job! If I can't pay for college I may enlist

Torch · Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:24 pm

Haha, yeah. Woo almost free college

alphaonecharlie · Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:13 am

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.

ProfessorAmadeus · Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:20 am

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.

alphaonecharlie · Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:28 am

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.

Flying_Salt · Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:32 am

Dumb Question Warning*

Do you have to go through "Boot Camp" for the air force?

I Enlisted!

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